By Mr Biffo
What you are about to read has been written by Mr Biffo, the creative force behind the 90s Teletext videogames magazine Digitiser. He now runs the show at digitiser2000.com
Few people expected it, but System Shock 3 is coming. In development by OtherSide Entertainment, its impending arrival got me thinking: few games have gotten under my skin to the point of scaring me.
I often roll my eyes when I read a reviewer describing a game as “terrifying”. Was it really terrifying? I mean, really? Terror is hearing a noise downstairs while you’re in bed, or discovering an unfamiliar lump, or a tax audit. The less we understand something, the more our mind plays tricks. The brain is an amazing engine for extrapolating fear and anxiety out of the tiniest nugget of unfamiliarity.
Generally, videogames might make you jump, but do they really terrify? I spent most of Alien Isolation hiding under things, but not because I was scared of the Alien; I just couldn’t be bothered having to retrace the same section of game again and again. And again.
Terror is …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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