Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: I am Google Cardboard By Matt Marrone • October 22nd, 2015 “I am Google Cardboard. I come to this realization slowly.” Matt Marrone explores VR, horror, and childhood with a cardboard case and an expensive smartphone.
Trick r’ Treat Is Back. Just Not On the Screen. By Jeremiah Cheney • October 20th, 2015 There are werewolves. There are zombies. There’s a version of Sackboy when he’s off his medication. What more do you need from Halloween entertainment?
Fearing Fear Itself By Rob Rich • October 14th, 2015 “Jump scares and monsters are nothing compared to SOMA’s true horrors.” Rob Rich dives deep with Frictional Games’ newest horror title.
Cassilda’s Songs By Bill Coberly • September 17th, 2015 “…the keys of the piano, now transformed from their pedestrian black-and-white into a dozen nameless colors, spinning and dancing and laughing with me…”
Senses All Turned Up: An Interview with Stephen Graham Jones By Stu Horvath • August 31st, 2015 “It’s not just being scary on the page, it’s being scary in a way that plugs into the psyche of the audience.” Stu interviews horror writer Stephen Graham Jones
The Burnt Offering The Dread of Knowing in Until Dawn By Stu Horvath • August 28th, 2015 In Until Dawn, it is fear of the known that will give you nightmares.
D-Construction By Brian Crimmins • July 1st, 2015 Brian deconstructs Laura, protagonist of survival horror oldie D.
How Diablo II Reshaped RPGs By Rowan Kaiser • June 30th, 2015 Rowan Kaiser explores the revolutionary innovation of Diablo II: character customization.
Publicity Trepidation By Jed Pressgrove • June 17th, 2015 A dissenting opinion on the value of Silent Hills‘ PT.
His Face Placid, His Mouth Full of Fangs By John Langan • June 12th, 2015 John Langan reflects on the passing of Christopher Lee.