Category Archives: What I’m Doing With My Joystick

Either my survival instinct sucks or this The Walking Dead game does

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Daniel

Ever wonder what life was like for Daryl and Merle Dixon before they met the other survivors of The Walking Dead? According to the “story” in this game, they simply traveled across country in cars that constantly broke down or … Continue reading →

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Dead Rising – Jesse Metcalfe looks tasty….

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Daniel

Adorable Jesse Metcalfe, zombies, and one of my favorite video game franchises? You sucked me in, Crackle! Dead Rising: Watchtower is a Crackle original. If you don’t know what Crackle is, it’s a free streaming service with a catch. Commercials. … Continue reading →

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The Last of Us isn’t your standard survival horror game

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Daniel

In The Last of Us, you’re a man (who looks exactly like Dylan McDermott with a beard) on a mission to protect a girl (who looks and sounds exactly like Ellen Page) during the zombie apocalypse. And therefore, it’s much … Continue reading →

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Resident Evil light!

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Daniel

It’s time to take on the Resident Evil “light gun” games! At least, the ones that got a U.S. release. RESIDENT EVIL SURVIVOR First there is Resident Evil Survivor, the game people love to hate from way back in the … Continue reading →

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Vanquish those vamps…with a gun…

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Daniel

Arcade game turned Playstation 2 light gun game Vampire Night is pretty much House of the Dead with “vampires.” The vampires are simply all kinds of different monsters that leap, fly, run at you, roll at you, toss shit at … Continue reading →

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The never-ending feeling of DOOM

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Daniel

Doom is one of those video game franchises that always seemed more action than horror to me, plus it was a first person shooter, which I suck at, so I never checked it out the first time around. But when … Continue reading →

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Alan Wake – the horror of playing a bestselling author

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Daniel

It’s shocking to me that Alan Wake isn’t considered one of the scariest survival horror games of all time. It is so easily comparable to Silent Hill and is fricking terrifying! It’s also a visually beautiful game. And the attention … Continue reading →

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When dinos rocked survival horror…then went painfully extinct

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Daniel

In the 90s, the Resident Evil video game franchise was hot. And so was the Jurassic Park movie series. So Capcom did something brilliant; they replaced the zombies with dinosaurs and made Dino Crisis! DINO CRISIS The original Dino Crisis … Continue reading →

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Zombie horses and mutant sea monsters!

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Daniel

It’s amazing how many zombie video games there are. Even when video game companies want to cash in by just tossing zombies into popular series that have nothing to do with horror, I totally get sucked in. That’s why I … Continue reading →

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Mindless zombie shooting video game set in the Yakuza universe

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Daniel

I know absolutely nothing about the Yakuza video game franchise, but once they put zombies in the mix, I was so there. Hell, I didn’t even care about the storyline while playing Yakuza: Dead Souls. And you really don’t have … Continue reading →

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