This week, we’re going to look back a little, at what may well be one of the finest (and undoubtedly the most terrifying) Half Life mods ever made. It’s received numerous accolades on both ModDB and IndieDB, it’s been downloaded over five hundred thousand times, and it actually ended up collapsing the ModDB page on…
If Stephen King were to make a video game, I’d imagine it’d look a lot like Alan Wake. This lovely yarn has all the trademarks of the father of modern horror, with some X Files mixed in for good measure. Set in the town of Bright Falls, Washington, Alan Wake pits the titular character against…
Story, ambiance, characters, and gameplay–four factors necessary for a good horror game. To achieve greatness, a horror game needs to combine all four into a unified experience. One that unsettles the player, instills a sense of urgency, creates immersion, pumps adrenaline, and causes conflict. A game that gives the player hope so that he or…
As I mentioned in my review of Outlast, I’ve heard many people claim it to be a better horror game than A Machine For Pigs. In my experience, this wasn’t so at all. I thoroughly enjoyed both games – albeit for different reasons – and found that both were equally worthy of being part of…
Hey there, folks! I’m trying something new; something which will hopefully become a regular fixture on Geek Insider. It’s called Horror Game of The Week. Every week, I’ll dig up a new horror game – or mod – from the deepest, darkest recesses of the Internet. After playing that game for a little while (and…