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What Makes Horror Games Scary?

What Makes Horror Games Scary?

FromTriple Click


What Makes Horror Games Scary?

FromTriple Click

ratings:
Length:
63 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

BOO! To celebrate Spooky Spring, Jason, Maddy, and Kirk dive into some of their favorite horror games and talk about what makes a video game scary. How does interactivity enhance horror? What's the difference between "dread" and "panic"? And are controls sometimes meant to be terrible?One More Thing: Kirk: Persona 4 Golden/Persona 5 RoyalMaddy: Elden RingJason: Eternal ThreadsLinks:Maddy talks with Dead Space 2 director Wright Bagwell about the infamous eyeball scene: https://www.polygon.com/interviews/2020/10/4/21498961/dead-space-2-director-eye-poke-needle-scene-horror-wright-bagwell-interviewKirk’s take on horror doors: https://kotaku.com/the-horror-of-video-game-doors-1819921161Support Triple Click: http://maximumfun.org/joinBuy a Triple Click t-shirt: https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-tc-tclogo-shJoin the Triple Click Discord: http://discord.gg/tripleclickpodTriple Click Ethics Policy: https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Video games: They’re serious business! Except when they’re not serious at all. Each week on Triple Click, video game experts Kirk Hamilton, Maddy Myers, and Jason Schreier journey into the fascinating world of games. They’ll explore hot topics in video game news and culture, answer burning listener questions, debate the pros and cons of the biggest new games, and replay old classics together.