Terror in Five Night’s At Freddy’s

Putting my personal feelings toward this franchise aside (my feelings are certainly mixed), the discussion we had about terror in media immediately reminded me of this game. We discussed how in horror games, oftentimes players are forced to move around and fight against horror creatures/escape them. The original Five nights at Freddy’s game completely flipped…

Bioshock as a Horror *and* Terror Game

As we were discussing Stephen King’s differentiation between horrifying and terrifying narratives during yesterday’s class, I couldn’t help but think of my own personal experience playing the game Bioshock and how I experienced both types of narratives in a single playthrough. I first started playing Bioshock a few weeks ago upon the recommendation of multiple…

Little Inferno | a hidden gem for busy people

I’ve never been opposed to any kind of game playing. Playground/Kids games, sports, table top, board games, video games; I’m all in. I’m sure if you gave me a Nokia phone from 2003 or a TI-83 graphing calculator right now in 2023 I could spend at least an hour playing Snake or Falling Down. Or…

Horror vs. Thriller: The Ability To Choose

By: Nicole Kulick Today in class we talked a bit about the distinction between horrors and thrillers. As Stephen King appears to have described thisdifference, he has explained that when it comes to horror, there is an element of choice involved. On the contrary, in a thriller, that sense of any level of power or…

Outgrowing the MMO Genre

Recently I decided to give Final Fantasy XIV (2013) a try with my girlfriend and it was overwhelming. Even with my over-a-decade of experience with MMO’s like Maplestory (2005*), Guild Wars 2 (2012), and Lost Ark (2022), starting a new MMO can be mind-boggling. As an introduction to the genre, MMO’s are Massively Multiplayer Online…