We celebrate spooky season by unpacking our obessions with scary games and games that get scary! From King's Field and Silent Hill to Amnesia and Returnal, Xan, Zac and Bryan get deep into what makes a horror game. What's the history of horror in games, the relationship between horror and the queer community, and their hopes for the future of the genre. Happy Halloween!

• 0:00 - Defining horror and fear. Who enjoys being scared?
• 11:50 - The queer community's reverence for horror.
• 21:52 - Our recent highs and lows: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Alien: Isolation, The Callitso Protocol.
• 30:30 - Scares in non-horror games: Morrowind, King's Field.
• 37:28 - Sentiment and nostalgia for late 90s/early 00s, "lofi" horror. Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Paratopic.
• 52:02 - Horror as a theme: Castlevania, The Last of Us, Returnal.
• 1:00:54 - Horror themes vs. horror gameplay.
• 1:11:31 - Scary levels in non-horror games: Half-Life 2, Halo, Fallout 3, Mario.
• 1:23:54 - Why people DON'T play horror.
• 1:35:49 - Therapeutic horror, horror during the pandemic. The Last of Us Part 2, Resident Evil Village
• 1:41:55 - Real world topics covered in horror. Plus our hopes for the future of horror

Bryan - @analogdarling on Twitch, Twitter, and Instagram

Xander - @xanwithaplan on Twitch and Twitter

Zac - @zacaroniandcheez on Twitch, @GaijinWota on Twitter and Instagram

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