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The final installment of this column prior to Halloween saved the best for last. There’s no denying John Carpenter’s “The Thing” from 1982 is a master class in claustrophobic paranoia. Forget the 2011 prequel and turn your attention to the 2002 sequel, developed with Carpenter’s blessing as a continuation/expansion of the events from the movie on its […]
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Revenge of the License: The Thing
October 30th, 2016 
Michael Crisman 
Posted in Comp, Console, News, Sony, Xbox 
Tags: action, console, film, horror, john carpenter, microsoft, pc, playstation 2, ps2, revenge of the license, sony, the thing, video game, windows, xbox 
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Minimalist Game Fans Check Exit out Now
October 30th, 2016 Carl Williams When you think minimalist gaming you probably think of the Atari 2600. That era of consoles had to rely on good gameplay with great controls to keep the player interested. They didn’t have awesome HD graphics and 7.1 surround sound to work with. Those crutches would come a couple of decades later. That is what […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: adventure, atmospheric, Exit, first person, horror, nukeSpoon, puzzle, Saw No Comments »
Revenge of the License: The X-Files (PS1)
October 23rd, 2016 Michael Crisman ‘The X-Files’ utterly changed the face of television. It scared us with ghost stories for adults. It boggled our minds with conspiracies within conspiracies. In its early days, before internet access was something everyone took for granted, it gave us a reason to visit the library and research topics ranging from alien abduction and the […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Sony Tags: 1999, adventure, craig willmore, dana scully, fmv, fox interactive, fox mulder, horror, hyperbole, pc, playstation, point and click, ps one, ps1, revenge of the license, x-files No Comments »
Carmageddon Goes Free for Android Users, Reports of Bugs Already
October 8th, 2016 Carl Williams Carmageddon is a classic vehicle based action game with horror overtones. If you remember Death Race 2000 then you know the basic idea of Carmageddon already. Not content with just being a homage game to that classic movie, Stainless Games Limited went further and created a phenomenon in gaming. Spawning a few sequels and remakes […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Portables Tags: android, carmageddon, Death Race 2000, free to play, horror, In App Purchases, racing, Stainless Games No Comments »
Clock Tower Lops Limbs Off PlayStation Owners – October 1st, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
October 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams When you think of horror games on the original PlayStation console, what do you think of? Maybe you only know Capcom’s Resident Evil in this genre. Maybe you go a little less mainstream and remember something called Clock Tower by our friends at ASCII Entertainment? While this is technically the second Clock Tower game it […]
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Posted in News, PSOne, Sony Tags: 3d, adventure, ascii, capcom, clock tower, horror, Human, king's quest, playstation, point and click, psone, resident evil, Scissorman, sierra, sony No Comments »
Capcom Gives Fans Resident Evil Director’s Cut – Today in Retro Gaming – September 30th, 1997
September 29th, 2016 Carl Williams When Capcom released the original Resident Evil onto the Sony Playstation console it was unique. Never before had gamers been presented with a 3D horror game like this before. No, I am not counting Alone in the Dark here as that was more of a 3D adventure game with monsters. Resident Evil was a 3D […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Sony Tags: aitd, alone in the dark, arranged, capcom, directors cut, easy mode, horror, playstation, psone, RE, resident evil, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sony, zombies 7 Comments »
Last Stitch Goodnight Kickstarter Campaign Funded
August 28th, 2016 Carl Williams Out of body experiences probably suck. I have never had one that I remember but I have not heard good things about them. Last Stitch Goodnight follows this train of thought too as things are less than glorious for your character. Besides experiencing an out of body experience you have been kidnapped by an evil […]
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Splatterhouse 2 Drops Gallons of Blood on Sega Genesis – August 3rd, 1992 – Today in Video Game History
August 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams Splatterhouse 2 was the first title in the series to hit a Sega console. The first game was an arcade game and hit the home on the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx-16 console. Namco continued the 2D side scrolling action with this sequel. Blood poured and guts fell as you progressed in this 16-Bit action game.
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So Bad It’s Good: Run Like Hell (And Grab Your Bawls)
June 22nd, 2016 Michael Crisman A guy travelling through space arrives at his intended destination to discover nearly everyone on board is dead, and his love interest is missing. Occasionally with the help of a partner, but usually all by himself, he proceeds through the levels in third-person perspective, solving puzzles, reading other people’s e-mail, upgrading his arsenal, and destroying aliens […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sony, Xbox Tags: action, bawls, digital mayhem, horror, interplay, microsoft, playstation 2, ps2, rlh, run like hell, so bad it's good, sony, xbox No Comments »
Dead of Knight Vectrex Game Coming
June 7th, 2016 Carl Williams It is interesting to note that while we just covered another indie movie to game combo by Joe Grisaffi (Conjoined), he is not resting. Joe has another movie available that is receiving the game treatment. Dead of Knight is being ported to the Vectrex console. I say ported because it is based on the Atari […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: Dead of Knight, Gemintronic, horror, Joe Grisaffi, Luchs Soft, vectrex No Comments »
