Sean Shuman

1 week ago | horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman

There’s really never been a better time to be a fan of traditional survival horror games. Though tank controls at one point in time were critically maligned as a technologically-impaired remnant of the past, it’s been incredible to see not only that, but all the staples of the subgenre come alive once more in the modern day: fixed camera angles, limited opportunities to save, purposeful level design, the works.

1 week ago | horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman

A little while ago, I took a look back at NAM-1975, a game in the surprisingly short-lived subgenre of cabal shooters that still hits just as hard as it did back in 1990. Unfortunately, the total number of cabal shooters released since then can barely be counted on two hands. It’s a shame. Modern technology would’ve really allowed for a more thorough exploration of the subgenre’s biggest appeal: the constant back-and-forth of combat between the foreground and background.

2 weeks ago | horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman

Music and gaming have been linked together for quite some time now, either in the form of incredible original soundtracks or through the utilization of music in gameplay itself. Take the ever-lucrative world of rhythm games, for example. Fast reaction times and careful note charting make up the bulk of some of the most popular music-based games out there right now, whether they’re ten days old or tens of years old.

2 weeks ago | horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman

Remember liminal spaces? For a moment in time, they were all the rage when it came to independent horror productions across all forms of independent media alike. And why not? For the newest generation of horror fans, who have grown up with the interconnectivity of the web and a nostalgia for a life they could have never lived, locales that should ideally be filled with people lacking such a presence do give off a kind of eerie, contemplative feeling that occasionally tingles the spine.

2 weeks ago | horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman

Sometimes, the last thing you need in life is a hole in the head. But what happens when such a morbid request comes to fruition after some blunt force head trauma and a past riddled with terrible regrets? Naturally, you’re recruited into a mysterious plot to take down mask-wearing maniacs with wanton gore and grime galore. PIGFACE, developed by titolovesyou and published by DreadXP, promises such a grotesque show of violence and then some.