Let's hear it for spooky season and our fave monsters
Lyndsey Beatty
Cry of War
Cry of War
I love campy horror. I've been a fan of the not-seriously spooky for a long time, probably starting with my first viewing of The Addams Family live-action film in 1991. The creepy family appealed to me strongly and I've been happily darkly amused ever since.
It makes sense, then, that my video game tastes incorporate that dark leaning. I adore The Addams Family and Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt games and absolutely fell in love with Vampire/Darkstalkers series. And if you couldn't tell, I am heavily into the macabre dealings of the Mortal Kombat series.
Spooky video games have always been there, but I tend to stay away from the super serious straight up horror games. Apparently, as I've learned over the years, my undiagnosed ADHD says absolutely not. Too much anxiety about the potential realism of slasher and supernatural horror occurring are problems. So campy it is.
Also, I love fall and this time of year. October to late November is mild in temperatures and colorful in leaf offerings so I have a grand old time reveling in the winding down of the year.
This is the time that I grab a blanket and get involved in playing something goofy but spooky.
Lyndsey Beatty is editor-in-chief of Gaming Insurrection. She can be reached by email at lyndseyb@gaminginsurrection.com
It makes sense, then, that my video game tastes incorporate that dark leaning. I adore The Addams Family and Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt games and absolutely fell in love with Vampire/Darkstalkers series. And if you couldn't tell, I am heavily into the macabre dealings of the Mortal Kombat series.
Spooky video games have always been there, but I tend to stay away from the super serious straight up horror games. Apparently, as I've learned over the years, my undiagnosed ADHD says absolutely not. Too much anxiety about the potential realism of slasher and supernatural horror occurring are problems. So campy it is.
Also, I love fall and this time of year. October to late November is mild in temperatures and colorful in leaf offerings so I have a grand old time reveling in the winding down of the year.
This is the time that I grab a blanket and get involved in playing something goofy but spooky.
Lyndsey Beatty is editor-in-chief of Gaming Insurrection. She can be reached by email at lyndseyb@gaminginsurrection.com