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Alone in the Dark is still creepy in its brightly-colored remake

Today’s consoles might be a bit of hassle when compared to their predecessors. Years ago, when consoles first came out, there was no such thing as DLC, server issues, forcing players to be online in order to access a specific part of the game, or even the game itself. This might be why so many game makers and players have taken to the fantasy console that runs on your PC created by Lexaloffle Games’s founder Joseph White. White made sure his PICO-8 fantasy console include everything a person might need when creating their game, ranging from code-editing tools, sound creation, sprites, and even…
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2Dark, the next game from Alone in the Dark creator, gets a classically horrific trailer

You know when a horror game or trailer for a game pulls out the creepy little girl lullaby music, it’s a sure sign that shit’s about to get real—too real. 2Dark, the next project from creator of the classic Alone in the Dark series, Frédérick Raynal, knows his game is supposed to be a hokey, fun-scary time. The title in itself connotes a self-indulgent humor: being alone in the dark isn’t great, but apparently 2 isn’t better than 1. being alone in the dark isn’t great, but apparently 2 isn’t better than 1  The trailer presents a classic band of characters from…
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Face darkness in the jazz-noir horror of White Night right now

“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” – J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit What do you imagine waiting for you, out there in the dark? Perhaps an inexplicable shadow, or a ghostly face. Or maybe clammy, cold, dead hands—or a hulking mutant-monster. Whatever you imagine coming out of the darkness, it’s exactly that: your imagination. According to Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious, the things we fear in the dark…