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Go beyond the realms of death with Sylvio
From out of the murky depths crawls a classically weird horror game.
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The spirit of P.T. will live on after all
P.T. was a mirage. Thirsty for horror, we supped from its frightening wellspring, it sending shudders through our bodies and electric in our hairs. We were revitalized. Then it was taken from us. Konami shut it all down, both P.T. and the game it acted as a teaser for, the now vaporware survival hor
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Exploring the cramped, beautiful cinematography of survival horror
The hidden pleasures of “bad movies.”
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The game-like films of David Lynch
To engage with David Lynch films is to undertake a puzzle.
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The gamer-core nihilism of Earl Sweatshirt
An insufferable shit grows up.
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Face darkness in the jazz-noir horror of White Night right now
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” – J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit What do you imagine waiting for you, out there in the dark? Perhaps an in
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The unmistakable influence of Shintoism on videogame history
Japan’s naturalistic religion defines many of our shared experiences.
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Silent Hill 2’s endings aren’t what you want, but what you deserve
Or: Why I’ve never seen “In Water.”
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Creator of Clock Tower announces "the ultimate J-horror experience"
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” – Alfred Hitchcock Hifumi Kouno, creator of the classic 1995 Japanese horror franchise Clock Tower, announced an upcoming spiritual successor to the series, to be developed by a small studio with some very big names, called Nude Maker
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Grappling with the lords of darkness