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Tag Archives: Playstation 3
Deadly Premonition – talking to the video game voices in my head
While I was between Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame games in the days of PS3/360/Wii, I delved into the budget title Deadly Premonition. Originally an Xbox 360 exclusive, it was eventually released in a slightly expanded “Director’s Cut” … Continue reading
I did it! I escaped Dead Island!
Dead Island is one of the first games that finally got me to break my “I hate FPS” rule. It was made even more fun thanks to co-op online play with a friend. Well, don’t expect FPS or co-op play … Continue reading
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Tagged Escape Dead Island, living dead, Playstation 3, PS3, survival horror, undead, Zombies
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Either my survival instinct sucks or this The Walking Dead game does
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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Tagged living dead, Playstation 3, survival horror, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, undead, Zombies
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The never-ending feeling of DOOM
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
Zombie horses and mutant sea monsters!
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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Tagged living dead, Playstation 3, PS3, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Resident Evil: Revelations, video games, Xbox 360, Zombies
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Mindless zombie shooting video game set in the Yakuza universe
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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Tagged living dead, Playstation 3, PS3, undead, video games, Yakuza: Dead Souls, Zombies
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Saw and Saw II: the torture porn of survival horror video games
I’ve always been a fan of a good spanking, but I must be more hardcore than I realized to take the punishment the Saw video games administer. Why would I have expected anything less from games based on a movie … Continue reading
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Tagged Playstation 3, PS3, Saw, Saw II, survival horror, video games
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