Games

Based on designer Matt Gilgenbach’s battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression, Neverending Nightmares is a psychological horror game that amplifies feelings of unease through repetition in a minimalist setting. Personally, this was the most difficult game for me to finish because of the content. There were several moments when I just had to stop and seriously question whether or not I could feasibly finish the game. I am a little squeamish around blood, which is why I refuse to see most horror movies right now, and Neverending Nightmares artistic style made sure you knew there was blood on screen.

Among the Sleep returns players to a time when they had merely two years of world knowledge under their diaper. At this tender age you are just beginning to hold conversations, everything is new and exciting, and imaginative play is how you spend most of your day. Of course, sometimes life gets a little scary. Among the Sleep uses the perspective of a two year old protagonist to remind players just how frightening the world can be, especially when dealing with traumatic events. Be warned. This game looks cute and creepy, but it deals with pretty heavy topics like alcoholism and child abuse.

Lakeview Cabin Hypnohustler PC Private island. Peaceful cabin. Perfect weather. These hardly seem like the elements of a horror game, but Lakeview Cabin manages to turn this scenic vacation spot into the stuff of nightmares. It’s impossible to talk too much about this horrifyingly comedic puzzle game without ruining the plot, so, SPOILERS AHEAD! You have been …

Zombie fans, welcome to the ultimate game of survival. This little gem was created by 16 year old Canadian, Nelson Scott. A fusion of Minecraft and DayZ, Unturned takes the idea of zombie survival dead serious.

Lurking may not seem like much, what with your screen showing you a whole lot of nothing most of the time, but this short detour into darkness packs a powerful punch. Developed by four students at the Digipen Institute of Technology over the course of two semesters, Lurking is a first-person survival thriller game where sound provides sight, and danger.

Never in a million years, did I think that the sight of black forest cake would one day make me simultaneously smile and cringe. Portal ensured that it happened.

Some of the first video games I ever played were Pac-Man, Centipede, Tetris, and Pong. However, it wasn’t until I played Super Mario Bros. that I saw the true potential of gaming. It was time to say good-bye to stationary backgrounds, and hello to side scrolling platformers.

It’s interesting to consider how for many of us, games have been growing up with us. Atlus’ Catherine serves as a prime example of this phenomenon. Having been developed by a team who grew and matured as games themselves did the same, it simultaneously reaches much of the gaming audience as they confront the very issues addressed within it.

The first Silent Hill game introduced us to a very different version of the survival horror genre we had come to know. Before its release, it was only the jump scares and twitch action of the Resident Evil series that most players were really familiar with. Silent Hill would come to shake up that formula dramatically.

This month’s Nintendo Direct is one a lot of you have been eagerly awaiting; a Smash Bros 3DS/Wii U information overload! Super Smash Bros director Masahiro Sakurai talks extensively about the features of the upcoming installment for 39 mesmerizing minutes.

SuperHot Blue Brick Unity It is rare for a first-person-shooter to feel like anything but a point and shoot game, but SuperHot manages to add a refreshing spin to an old genre-time.  Time moves only when you do. This time bending game is brought to you by the crafty minds at Blue Brick who churned …

There is no doubt that being the hero can be tiring after a while. Everyone is always counting on you to save the day, and once you do, you get the pleasure of waiting around for the next crazed psychopath to come along. Overworked heroes rejoice! Cursed Treasure 2 offers you a chance to switch sides for a while, and it feels sooo good to be bad.

Super Crate Box Vlambeer Vlambeer Collect the crates. Kill the monsters. Don’t die. Seems simple enough, right? Not if you are playing Super Crate Box. This indie game by Vlambeer is a throwback to the golden days of arcades when 8-bit was king, but it also brings the complexity and solid game design we have …

There are plenty of video games that captive gamers for a brief shining moment before fading back into the shadows, lost for all time. A lucky few never seem to go out of style. For example, Mario, our favorite Italian plumber, has been in over 300 titles since he jumped his first barrel in 1981. …

The world’s first transmedia game. That’s what Trion Worlds and Syfy promised with Defiance; a new level of connectivity between video games and television.  However the results of  this transmedia experiment have been less than stellar-so far. Defiance is set in the year 2046 on a futuristic Earth that has been terraformed beyond recognition by …

Last week I read an article where George Lucas and Steven Spielberg gave their predictions of where videogames will be within the next five years, give or take. Spielberg believes videogames will not be completely immersive until they are a three-dimensional experience. Microsoft is allegedly working on that. Lucas thinks videogames will soon be revolutionised …