Category Archives: What I’m Doing With My Joystick

A throwback to old school survival horror with Tormented Souls

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Daniel

Tormented Souls is a satisfying nod to classic, turn-of-the-millennium survival horror games. The setting is a big old mansion that will bring memories of earlier Resident Evil locations flooding back, but the hideous monsters are totally inspired by the creeps … Continue reading →

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Everything I know about The X-Files I learned from a survival horror video game

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Daniel

I have to admit, I never watched The X-Files when it aired in the 90s. Those were my prime clubbing years, I was going to college, and I was working two jobs, so I was out all the time. Therefore, … Continue reading →

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Back to the days of survival horror inspired by J-horror movies

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Daniel

Kuon is reminiscent of Fatal Frame, with a female character wandering Asian architectural structures while being attacked by ghosts and other creepy, angry entities, but instead of fighting with a camera, you use magic and a melee weapon. The game … Continue reading →

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PS2 Playthrough: Hunter The Reckoning Wayward

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Daniel

The sequel to Hunter The Reckoning, which could support up to four players on Xbox, this sequel was a PS2 exclusive that only supports two players. I got through it with a friend two decades ago, but this time I … Continue reading →

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I went ghost hunting on the PS2 one last time

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Daniel

I continue to revisit all the horror games from my old game systems (still chipping away at the PlayStation 2 games), and this time it was Ghosthunter. I don’t even know how I managed to get through it the first … Continue reading →

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The game that took years off my life

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Daniel

As a zombie game lover, I have to say Dying Light was such a blast to play through…until it wasn’t. What a devastating experience this proved to be. It’s such a vast game, and I chipped away at it from … Continue reading →

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You’ll have to pry the PS2 controller from my cold, dead hands

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Daniel

It’s a double feature video game marathon of survival horror titles for PS2 that take place in the snow. Brrrrr! Was revisiting these games fun for me? EXTERMINATION Bringing the survival horror genre into the bitter, snowy cold before the … Continue reading →

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Going back to where Silent Hill all began…Silent Hill

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Daniel

Silent Hill Origins, which came late in the life of the PS2, is an “origins” story, but like most Silent Hill games, it doesn’t really fit into any sort of timeline, so basically it’s just another standalone excuse to drag … Continue reading →

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SILENT HILL: back to the beginning

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Daniel

It’s trippy revisiting games from the early days of the survival horror era, but despite being a PS1 game, the original Silent Hill from 1999 still holds up for me in terms of horror gaming experience. I expected it to … Continue reading →

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Do doggie companions make survival horror more fun?

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Daniel

As I continue my endeavor to replay all my horror games I haven’t covered on Boys, Bears & Scares yet, I take on Haunting Ground and Rule of Rose, two games in which the protagonist is joined on her horror … Continue reading →

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