I’ve just posed a review of Echo Night: Beyond, a pretty great game about a haunted (and throughly deserted) lunar space station. I wasn’t expecting it to be all that great, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and competence with which the game was executed. I think it got a pretty bad rap […]
Rule of Rose is a game with some pretty disturbing scenes. Kotaku has a story about the game causing controversy in Europe. It looks like the debate stems from the game’s use of children as antagonists, as well as some misinformation about scenes depicted in the game (one news agency erroneously reported that the game […]
There is a debate among game industry pundits about what games as a medium are about. If you roll with the groups that like to argue academics about video game design, you’ve probably heard of ludology. Ludology (from the Latin ludus, meaning “game”) is the study of video games (and other types, such as board […]
Thanks to forums member alz for the heads up on The Collective’s new horror-action game Harker. 1Up.com has a fairly detailed preview, including some videos. It appears to be a horror themed beat-em-up with vampires as the main antagonists (hence the title). It’s unclear if this is really survival horror material or a good candidate […]
A pretty good selection, but no list is complete without Siren.
As we approach Halloween, the number of sites running stories about horror game seems to steadily increase. Here’s a couple of interesting links I saw today: Rumor Mongering: Silent Hill Origins appears to be in serious trouble. It’s all rumor at the moment (and it should be noted that employees who’ve recently been laid off […]
I followed a link from Slashdot Games to this interesting post about the difference between horror games and horror movies over at the hilariously titled GamersWithJobs.com. The author admits to being absolutely terrified by horror games despite having no trouble with horror movies. The point he makes, which is a big part of the reason […]
I was all set to give Fatal Frame III the highest score of the series, something around an 8.5. I gave the second game an 8.3 for being well executed but sort of lacking in focus, and at first it seemed like Fatal Frame III was a distinct improvement. Sure, the third sequel in this […]
I’ve been playing Fatal Frame 3 lately, and I’m enjoying it quite a lot. It’s not a big departure from the previous games in the series, but it does offer the ability to play as multiple characters and the progression is made more interesting by the addition of dream sequences. Most of the “regular” Fatal […]
The official site for the American version of Rule of Rose has been launched. I am really looking forward to this game–so far it’s been a slow year for horror games. The game hits the stores September 12th.