Mobile

New Humble Bundle Has All The Great Games You Should Have Already Played

Even by Humble Bundle standards, the Humble Bundle V contains some fantastic games. They’re all so great, in fact, that I’d be surprised if you haven’t played pretty much all of them already.


April 27, 2012
News

Two Ways To Make Horror Games Better? More Build-Up, Less Combat

If you ask Frictional Games’ developers, horror games haven’t evolved much since the genre’s late 1990s/early 2000s heyday where Silent Hill and Fatal Frame showed off just how scary a video game experience could be. Sure, titles like Dead Space and Frictional’s own Amnesia capture new glory for the horror category, but other former heavyweight franchises like Resident Evil seem to have lost their way.


March 30, 2012
PC

Here’s How The Sequel To Amnesia: The Dark Descent Will Be Even Scarier

One of the scariest games in recent memory came in the form of Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Dark Descent. And while there’s a sequel underway — titled Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — the indie developer’s not the one making it.


February 28, 2012
In Real Life

He Screams At Gaming’s Most Terrifying Moments So You Can Laugh

YouTube entertainer PewDiePew likes to record himself doing scary things, like playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent or the Cry of Fear Half-Life 2. His reactions are glorious moments of pure panic. It’s like having a surrogate pants-pisser.


February 23, 2012
PC

Horror Game Amnesia Scores A Terrifying Sequel

Gaming site Joystiq reports that it will be called Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. It will feature a wealthy industrialist who is haunted by dreams and disaster following an unfortunate trip to Mexico. [Joystiq]


August 8, 2011
PC

Real Life Can Be Just As Scary As A Scary Video Game

Amnesia: Dark Descent is a scary, scary video game. But just what makes it so scary? Can you, say, simply layer the game interface and soundtrack over the real world, and suddenly the real world is scary?


April 15, 2011
PC

Compendium Of Freaked-Out Reactions To Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Ordinarily, you toss a video like this on YouTube, and every comment shouts it down as fake. But anyone who’s played indie horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent knows this guy’s skin-crawling, pupil-dilating, sphincter-clenching, headphone-grabbing reactions are on the level.


January 7, 2011
In Real Life

Grown Man Cries Like A Baby Playing Amnesia

Kotaku AU

Wow. I still can’t tell if this is real or fake, but if you feel like watching someone have a nervous breakdown playing Amnesia, then this is the video for you. This chap starts out small, with a few squeals and whimpers, but finishes big by practically weeping like an enormous baby.