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Tag Archives: survival horror
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
Resident Evil Revelations 2 – game sequel is a new revelation….
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is quite a different experience than the first game, especially if you play co-op local with a friend. But the truth is, the “friend” is going to have to settle for being a helpless victim for … Continue reading
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Tagged living dead, Playstation 4, Resident Evil Revelations 2, survival horror, undead, Zombies
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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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New millennium horrorthon
Fiction and video game adaptations, slashers, witches, zombies…here’s a mish-mosh of crap from the first decade of the 2000s. RIDING THE BULLET (2004) Based on a Stephen King novella, Riding the Bullet will really only work for you if you … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Alone in the Dark 2, gay horror, living dead, Mortuary, Museum of the Dead, Riding the Bullet, Stay Alive, Stephen King, supernatural, survival horror, undead, Venom, video games, witches, Zombies
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The Last of Us isn’t your standard survival horror game
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
Alan Wake – the horror of playing a bestselling author
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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Tagged Alan Wake, Stephen King, survival horror, Xbox 360
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When dinos rocked survival horror…then went painfully extinct
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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Tagged Dino Crisis, Dino Crisis 2, Dino Crisis 3, Dino Stalker, Playstation, survival horror, xbox
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The high point in the Alone in the Dark video game series
So this is how it goes. Infogrames created a groundbreaking 3D survival horror game in 1992, about a couple of people stuck in a mansion full of monsters. While Infogrames went on to create 2 sequels that made the game … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, survival horror, video games
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If David Boreanaz was a hunky video game character…
Instead of the vampire, he’d be the vampire slayer in this game! Countdown Vampires came out for the original Playstation during the major popularity of the true Resident Evil survival horror days. So reviewers at the time logically called it … Continue reading
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Tagged Countdown Vampires, Playstation, survival horror
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