How Lone Survivor Gets Horror Right

‘Fear is only as deep as the mind allows’. This short Japanese proverb that I pilfered from the putrid bowels of the internet provides us with an insight into the nature of fear. It’s the mind that is the driving

After Pressing Start: Silent Hill

I’ve always been fascinated with horror games, but haven’t played many real ones. I haven’t because they don’t exist. At the least, they no longer exist in the mainstream spotlight as they once did. The tense atmosphere of the Dead

Terror when walking in their shoes, terror when running in their stilts

What makes survival horror terrifying is a well discussed topic. From the ambient sound to the ambiguous environment, there are plenty of articles already regard to how to stir up most fear in players. Fear, like humour, is such an

More Than Just Zombie Bashing – A Dead State Interview

I had the privilege of interviewing Brian Mitsoda, previously at developers such as Obsidian and Troika, who’s working on a new and very promising zombie survival game, named Dead State. We talked mostly about the specifics of the game, but

Writing Stories with Lightning

“It is like writing history with Lightning” said President Woodrow Wilson, allegedly after seeing the first screening of a movie in the White House. As exceptional as President Wilson’s ability to conjure awesome metaphors was, his remark carried little hyperbole.