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2 weeks ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
It’s always a tricky thing to mix melee combat into a first-person perspective. While it’s usually relegated to being an absolute last-ditch effort to defend yourself, some games attempt to make melee combat a core part of their identity. Condemned uses it to craft a gritty horror experience, Zeno Clash uses it to weigh down its otherwise otherworldly presentation, and even Doom gives it some kind of elusive quality with the occasional berserk power-up.
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2 weeks ago | 
horrorgeeklife.com | Sean Shuman
Spoiler Warning: Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch TreeI’ve said before that I don’t really like Soulslikes. I still don’t. Well, Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is a brand-new Soulslike from Primal Game Studio, which is duly published by the fine folks at Knights Peak.
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4 weeks 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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1 month 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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.
