Horror Game Analysis
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I am running this blog in which I am currently writing a weekly article on the 1999 PS1 game Silent Hill, as well as a variety of game recommendations, game design pieces and analysis of themes, and writing of important and intelligent games. I'm fascinated by narratives in video games and how they influence the player as they experience the story through not just traditional narrative but..
Horror Game Analysis
1w ago
Full spoilers for Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves follow. “You’re an ignorant child playing dress-up in his father’s legacy.”– Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004)I can unequivocally recommend Sly Raccoon and Sly 2: Band of Thieves. Both games fill a decided niche in the 3D platformer space, creating a compelling narrative out of what appears ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
2w ago
Header art credit goes to Ian McCaig’s wonderful artwork, done for the Fighting Fantasy, Deathtrap Dungeon (1984). Time is a funny thing. I have seen people changed by it in ways they could not have possibly guessed for themselves. Indeed, who can predict the paths that life may take? The thorns, the crashing waves… obstacles ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
3w ago
First things first: I actually quite like The Forgotten City. For all the criticism that follows, I enjoyed much of my time with it. It is earnest, human, and a game that defies both its budget and its small team. It builds a really compelling setting and weaves a mystery that held my interest for ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
3w ago
Spoilers for Bloodwash follow. Bloodwash is a traditional Puppet Combo adjacent, Torture Star published horror game in many ways. In some ways, Jordan King and Henry Hoare’s game is a very strong recreation of the formula that has been established in previous Puppet Combo games. The story is pretty simple – you play as a ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
1M ago
LEGIE (hereafter referred to as Legie) is an odd game in many ways. But it does appeal to me – and not just because of its brevity. I love roleplaying games, but I hardly have any time to play them at the moment (next year I hope that will change as I finally take my ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
1M ago
Sometimes there are games that have impacts on me that I don’t appreciate at the time. These kinds of games are often very good in the moment – I enjoy them a lot – but I don’t quite factor in just how cool or interesting some of them are. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines was ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
2M ago
Show your bling and let me shine you! Making a sequel, to anything, is tough. On the one hand, the temptation to cohere to the same core elements entirely is always there – but on the other, there is an intuitive sense that some reinvention is expected, if not necessary. Sly 2: Band of Thieves ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
3M ago
“Hide in your caves, in your ruined forts, in your secret lairs. Raise your minions, summon your servants, cast your spells. Answer the call of the Order when you are needed. Watch and listen.” – An excerpt from “Brothers and Sisters of the Worm“, a readable text in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion “Necromancy is ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
3M ago
“Real men ought to be a little stupid.” Positive masculine role models within video games can be surprisingly hard to find. Male figures who can be emotionally vulnerable as well as tough and rugged are still relatively rare within mainstream video games. Most video games tend to opt for “tough and rugged”, particularly when contemplating ..read more
Horror Game Analysis
3M ago
It is rare that I get so excited for a game that I anticipate the day of its release, and try to set aside time to play it. Blasphemous 2 was one such game. I adore the first game, and so for the developers to make a sequel… it was both dizzyingly exciting and also ..read more