Tag Archives: SOMA

Soma is one of the December 2018 PlayStation Plus free games (opens in new tab) – if you’re a subscriber, be sure to check it out!   It’s happened to the best of us: waking up on a rusty, submerged research station at the bottom of the ocean without the …

Spoilers for Myst, The Talos Principle, and Soma below I must have been nine or ten the first time I played Myst. My dad had just purchased a new computer (complete with a top-of-the-line 4X CD-ROM drive!), and at the time, Myst was the hotness. Full motion video, breathtaking graphics, …

Haunted houses are inherently ridiculous. Walking inside comes with an inherent acknowledgement of the house’s artifice: you know it’s all fake. People made it, not spirits. Surrender is also an inherent aspect of the experience, though. Giving yourself over to the house means you’re willing to be scared. You want …

“Do not employ sliding block puzzles. Ever. That includes sliding statues! No!” advises an essay on Useful Tips for Horror Game Designers, written by Frictional Games Co-founder Thomas Grip (in cooperation with Robot Invader CEO and Co-Founder Chris Pruett), and hosted on the Frictional Games blog. If those names sound …