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  • Why We Crave Zombie Games – No Matter How Bad They Are

    Over the last ten years, we have seen a steady rise in the popularity of survival horror games especially ones starring the undead. The notion...

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    Amanda Dyar
    by Amanda Dyar
    Over the last ten years, we have seen a steady rise in the popularity of survival horror games especially ones starring the undead. The notion of walking corpses really sprung to life with the release of the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead which was written by John A. Russo and directed by George...
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  • The Evil Within Has a Lot of Work to Do to Fix Horror Games

    Today was the big sort of, almost reveal of Shinji Mikami’s first new title since forming his own studio, Tango Gameworks, in 2010. The game...

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    Dave Walsh
    by Dave Walsh
    Today was the big sort of, almost reveal of Shinji Mikami’s first new title since forming his own studio, Tango Gameworks, in 2010. The game was formerly known as Project Zwei and now we at least have a title for it; The Evil Within. There is a lot of hype and talk surrounding the title,...
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  • How a Genre Classification Can Turn Someone Off Instantly

    Tuesday marked the release of the much-anticipated Dead Space 3, the third in a trilogy of critically-acclaimed and big-selling series that has spanned this entire...

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    Dave Walsh
    by Dave Walsh
    Tuesday marked the release of the much-anticipated Dead Space 3, the third in a trilogy of critically-acclaimed and big-selling series that has spanned this entire generation of consoles’ lifespan. This also marks the third game in a series that I’ve never had even an inkling of inspiration to ever look into or even care that...
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  • Amnesia and Outlast: Survival horror is all well and scarier than ever

    It’s barely a month since Resident Evil 6 was released. In the gaming community, it was hoped (somewhat against hope) that the game would resurrect the one-time...

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    Robert Zak
    by Robert Zak
    It’s barely a month since Resident Evil 6 was released. In the gaming community, it was hoped (somewhat against hope) that the game would resurrect the one-time iconic survival horror series. Purists of the games bemoaned that RE had lost its way after the third game, while many critics believed that the fourth outing struck the perfect cord between...
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  • A Soliloquy on Survival Horror

    As I found myself picking off decaying zombies in a dim graveyard in Resident Evil 6, I couldn’t help but flash back to the early...

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    Mark Loproto
    by Mark Loproto
    As I found myself picking off decaying zombies in a dim graveyard in Resident Evil 6, I couldn’t help but flash back to the early days of my gaming career when not everything was about boat loads of ammunition and action heavy set pieces. It was a time long before games like F.E.A.R. combined horror...
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  • My Hour With Misery

    The other night I made a mistake. An awful mistake that, even today – almost two days later – I’m still paying for. Through my...

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    Mark Loproto
    by Mark Loproto
    The other night I made a mistake. An awful mistake that, even today – almost two days later – I’m still paying for. Through my Gamefly account, I rented Ju-on: The Grudge. For those that don’t remember it even coming out (and chances are, you don’t), it released in October of 2009 on the Nintendo Wii. I don’t...
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  • The Key to Good Horror

    Every gamer has their own concept of horror. Where one may jump at the sight of a ghastly image, another may scoff at the infantile...

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    Mark Loproto
    by Mark Loproto
    Every gamer has their own concept of horror. Where one may jump at the sight of a ghastly image, another may scoff at the infantile attempts at fright. The most common horror element is the “jump scare”, but does it fall under the most accurate description of horror? At its core, horror extends far beyond...
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