SOMA finds the horror inherent in glitch art
The hell of malfunctioning machinery in SOMA
H.P. Lovecraft
The Japanese ghost stories that give What Remains of Edith Finch its eeriness
What Remains of Edith Finch is rooted in Japanese horror as much as it is Lovecraftian. That’s why Giant Sparrow, the team behind the game, is pretty happy with its localized title over in Japan: ????????????????? or, translated back to English, What Happened at the Strange Estate of the Finch Famil
The Literary Heritage of Sunless Sea
Or: why all those poor captains had to die.
Bloodborne and the history of horror
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SOMA’s creepy tendrils threaten to reach out with reality-questioning horror soon
Frictional Games, creator of 2010’s infamous horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent, has announced that its latest title SOMA has hit beta—it looks and plays near-exactly as it will in its final version, in other words. All that’s left between now and a release date is waiting for Frictional to gather