Lately I’ve been trying my hand at Illbleed. It’s an exceedingly strange game, both in terms of its premise and its game mechanics. I don’t really like it so far–the ideas seem good but I’ve found the execution to be very frustrating. There’s a lot of interesting things here, like the trap disarming mechanic, but […]
I’ve written up a more detailed report on E3 2006. It was a really good show, I think, probably the best I’ve been to since 2003. Check it out.
I’m back in the U.S. this evening, struggling to stay awake long enough to negate horrific jet lag. To that end, I spent much of the afternoon trying out the rather obscure (mostly Japan-only) games I picked up last week. Here are some quick impressions: Michigan is a strange game told from a first person […]
This is totally off-topic for a horror blog, but I’m going to post it anyway. Resident Evil 4 was clearly game of the year for me until last month when I started playing Shadow of the Colossus. Colossus isn’t a horror game; if anything, it’s probably closest to a platformer. Created by the team behind […]
A buddy of mine and I have been playing through Kuon lately. It seems like it will be pretty short, so hopefully I’ll have a review up by the end of the week. If you’re not familiar with Kuon, it’s basically a Resident Evil game set in Heian (794-1192) period of Japan. You can play […]
I made it out of E3 alive after only a single day this year, which is a feat. Better yet, both my feet and my sanity remain intact! I’ve posted my impressions of the event in the features section. Here’s a brief followup to my pre-E3 rant. Nothing at E3 2005 did much to encourage […]
This week a friend and I played through most (about 3/4ths) of Obscure. I was away from home on a business trip, so it was a good excuse to take a break from Silent Hill 4 and check out the two-player action in Obscure. Though I must reserve final judgment until the game is complete, […]
Obscure is now out in the US, and I found it brand new for $20. I also tracked down Echo Night Beyond brand new for a mere $7 over the weekend, which seems like a pretty good deal. Doom 3 is now out for Xbox too. Lately I’ve been playing through Silent Hill 4, which […]
So I’m still only an hour or so into Resident Evil 4, but I thought I’d post my initial impressions anyway. With all the hype surrounding this game, I wasn’t really sure if I was going to like it or not. I mean, the graphical quality is amazing (I thought it was the best-looking game […]
I’m almost all the way through Fatal Frame 2. The game’s been pretty easy, and after 9 hours I’ve reached what I believe to be the final save before the end boss. Before I get into ranting about the design of the end boss, I need to briefly cover some Fatal Frame mechanics for those […]