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Although I’m happy to watch my other-half play horror games, you’ll rarely find me on the controls. I have no problem admitting that I’m a complete coward: an overactive imagination … Continue Reading LudoNarraCon 2020: <em>Beyond the Veil</em>
Playing Until Dawn with the help of those watching was one of the highlights of our 24-hour stream for GameBlast back in February. We decided to schedule another stream for … Continue Reading <em>Until Dawn</em>: community choice stream
It’s Halloween on Thursday and we all know what the majority of gamers will be doing: turning off the lights and picking up the controller for a jump-scare-filled horror title. … Continue Reading Scary-not-scary gaming moments
You get to adopt a pet from any fictional word you want; why did you pick it? This is one of the questions Carla from Pop Culture Literary posed to … Continue Reading <em>Blair Witch</em>: not biting the Bullet
December’s Question of the Month is brought to you by Daniel from Home Button: action-adventure fan, Nintendo aficionado and photo-mode lover. To find out more about him and his site, … Continue Reading Who needs Santa (a <em>QotM</em> answer)
There are plenty of articles dedicated to the best entries in the horror genre in honour of Halloween. But what about those at the other end of the scale: what … Continue Reading Horrifically bad: worst horror games
As discussed in my Question of the Month response last week, it’s often the strangest things that scare us. Video games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Outlast can … Continue Reading Creeped out: spookiest video game moments
October’s Question of the Month is brought to you by Ian from A Geeky Gal: long-time blogger, video game player, anime watcher and all round lovely lady. To find out … Continue Reading <em>Shivers</em> down your spine (a <em>QotM</em> answer)
A few weeks ago, Brandon from That Green Dude very kindly nominated Later Levels for a Sunshine Blogger Award (a huge thank you if you’re reading this!). As seems to … Continue Reading The case of the missing <em>Draugen</em>
Horror games are like Marmite: you either love them or hate them. There are plenty of gamers who can’t wait to step across the threshold to an abandoned mansion, hiding … Continue Reading <em>SOMA</em>: the real monster in the dark
Earlier this week, I picked up on the increase in the number of narrative games on display at Rezzed this year. The ‘detective’ theme seemed to be popular also, with … Continue Reading Rezzed 2018: the trouble with narrative games
When I was very young, I loved text adventures. It started off with the Ghost Hunter choose-your-own-adventure by Edward Packard then progressed to games such as Zork. I used to … Continue Reading <em>Stories Untold</em> and the joy of text
nufafitc has been on the blogging scene for seven years now and so it’s highly likely you’ve already come across his Emotional Multimedia Ride site. This lovely guy has been … Continue Reading Conversation and critique: <em>CAYNE</em>
As I written before, I’m bad at playing horror games because I’m a bit of a wimp. I’d much rather watch someone handle the controller while my eyes are half-shielded … Continue Reading EGX 2017: <em>Lake Ridden</em>
I don’t watch an awful lot of television: it’s rare that a show captures my attention enough to make me want to watch it and I’d rather play a video … Continue Reading Stranger adventures
This year’s Steam summer sale kicked off on 22 June 2017 and ended a couple of weeks ago on 05 July 2017. There’s a while to wait until the next … Continue Reading <em>Resident Evil 7</em>: ‘fleshing’ out a story
