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6 days ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
I have a vague memory of playing a strange action game on the family computer years ago. I was a little too young to really understand what was going on, but the constant trickle of colorful visuals, explosions, and the search for things to jump over in vehicles that I stole off the streets gave me a few fleeting hours of entertainment. I never really got very far in it. But it stuck with me ever since I originally got my hands on it.
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4 weeks ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
Whenever you’re making some “top x of y” list, there are usually a few staples that the most knowledgeable members of your prospective audience will come to expect. For example, any “best horror games” collection is sure to feature numerous entries from the Silent Hill and Resident Evil franchises, among a plethora of one-offs or indies that managed to make significant headway throughout internet discourse.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
We dive into the game preview for Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree, developed by Primal Game Studio and published by Knights Peak.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
War is hell. Beyond just being a throwaway line in an Ace Ventura film, it’s interesting to look at how many games use real-life conflicts as their source of inspiration, either mirroring the events that took place in an interactive form or telling a fictionalized account of the chaos that unfolded. World War II in particular has been a well that many a talented developer has tapped to craft incredible games in all genres. And why wouldn’t they?
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
Order 13, developed by Cybernetic Walrus and co-published by Oro Interactive and Drillhounds, asks a pertinent question: What’s scarier than running for your life from a monster? The answer, of course, is meeting your daily quota during an average shift at a warehouse. But what happens when the two worlds combine? What you’ll find is something that’s both equally cathartic and chilling.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
An indie horror game starring a troubled girl? How original. Admittedly, that’s unfair—many similar indie horror titles like Ib, The Witch’s House, and Mad Father paved the way for the kinds of incredible horror games we have today. I could feel their potential influence in Unfriendly Friend, a game developed and self-published by betetiro, when I played its demo during Steam Next Fest.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
Horror. Headers. Strikers. Scares. What do these things have in common? Nothing, really. The popularity and mass appeal of football (or soccer, if you’re in the United States) isn’t necessarily something you’d attach horror elements to, as the two worlds of screams and sport seem at odds with each other.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
I wasn’t familiar with Atmos Games until fairly recently. The developer had a fairly consistent track record when it came to charming indie titles, with games like 2020’s Neversong and 2017’s Pinstripe blending mature storytelling with engaging platformer gameplay in effective, condensed packages. It came as a shock to realize that they’re the very same developer behind 3D Realms’ Twisted Tower, a stark departure from their previous body of work in multiple ways.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
I used to play puzzle games a lot when I was younger. You know, the kind of easy-going, not-too-difficult games where all you had to do was swap different shapes around or click on matching groups to earn points. Jewel Quest, Bejeweled, Collapse—there was a simplicity in all of these that made them refreshingly addictive, even more so when they eventually ramped up in challenge.
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1 month ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
As I get older, I can’t help but feel more and more drawn to the world of the weird. Games like Disillusion and Cruelty Squad really tickled a part of my brain that felt untouched for the longest time—this raw, unbridled sense of creativity that threw convenience and convention out the door in favor of something that’s a bit more adventurous. Naturally, the demands of the AAA scene necessitate leaning in the other direction, leaving the indie scene to pick up the slack.
