We all have our favorite games that were cancelled for whatever reason or the servers shut down. Some of us have been waiting years to see these favorites return, to no avail. We’ve decided to rank the top 7 games we really want to see again. 7. Beyond Good & Evil A sequel for this…
Ah, video games. Endless worlds of lovable characters, heartwarming adventures, and sometimes, just sometimes, bowel emptying monsters from the depthless hell of someone’s imagination. This is an article about five of the scariest video game monsters ever. **WARNING: Some of the videos contain spoilers and disturbing content. View at your own risk! Out of This World- The…
Halloween is All Hallow’s Eve, the one night of the year when the dead can rise and wonder the earth alongside their monster kin. But anyone who’s ever played a Silent Hill game will tell you that, in that particular town, every night is Halloween. The atmosphere constantly oscillates between the dark of night and…
Last August, Sony made available a downloadable demo called “P.T.” (which, it was later revealed, stood for “playable trailer”) that was developed by a company named 7780s Studio. Those who downloaded this trailer and played it discovered that it was actually a preview for Konami’s newest entry in its legendary video game series Silent Hill,…
The sleepy little resort town of Silent Hill may hold peaceful weekends full of sailing and sight-seeing for its tourists, but what it has in store for its protagonists is a whole other monster (literally!). Wandering the streets of Silent Hill has never been a walk in the park for the survival horror series’s stars…
One of the many aspects in which survival horror series Silent Hill has stood out among its gaming peers is the fact that every title takes place in or relates back to the fictional titular town. The strong emphasis on it coupled with its organic reactions to those who enter it has pretty much made…
It seems the winds of possibility are always turning the turbines of the Silent Hill fan community’s rumor mill. A recent rumor pegged a September 2015 release date for a supposedly upcoming console title called Silent Hill: Otherworld. Another rumor that’s been floating around the lake (Toluca Lake, that is) is the possibility a third…
Well, yesterday was Easter: a time to celebrate Jesus and also find some eggs or something. If this were a religious website, I’d write some stuff about the holiday in detail, but since it’s not, let’s discuss Easter’s most important geeky contribution: the Easter Egg. Easter eggs in video games have been around since…
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…