When has any other game ever included offbeat, observant moments like these? These sequences are not only moments to breathe in between breathless action sequences; they are moments to truly imbibe the sadness and stillness that permeates the entire experience. In that sense, Heavy Rain is very much a game about depression.
Resident Evil and Silent Hill are the twin faces of the survival horror genre, but there’s a little known PlayStation-era title that truly conveyed panic, fear, and helplessness–Clock Tower. Developed by Human Entertainment (the same folk behind the marvelous Fire Pro series), and published by ASCII Entertainment, Clock Tower differs from Resident Evil by not focusing on clunky gunplay and horribly awesome dialogue. Instead, this point-and-click adventure game emphasized puzzle solving, and hiding from the antagonist–the blade-carrying, appropriately-named Scissorman
If you’re a late ’80s/early ’90s kid, you’re probably familiar with R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps novels. They were scary, entertaining, and featured some pretty damned good writing. Now, how many of you remember the PC game, Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland? Not many perhaps. If you played it, you understand why that game scared the crap out of an entire generation: The game was basically a greenscreen with actors in monster suits popping out at you. Needless to say, it inspired a string of nightmares when I was eleven.
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Has he retired? Was he tired of the Spider-Man franchise? Did he lose an arm-wrestling match to Chris Barnes? We go straight to the source!
Spider-Man is back in the hands of Beenox for another adventure that defies space and time.
This 2D adventure game combines sci-fi, noir, and mystery into one solid package.
Telltale Games’ time traveling adventure game is headed to PS3 later this month.
Hysteria Project 2 delivers live action survival horror to iOS.
This engaging 2D games trilogy is a must-play for film-noir and adventure game fans.
