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Just bumping this since it's, you know, the right day for it. Happy Halloween, everyone!
Barricade your doors, load your shotgun, and find your spare pants, because Horror Week is upon us once again. All week long the community and staff of Bitmob will be chipping away at your Sanity Meter with chilling tales about their favorite scary games. We're collecting the lot of them right here, so check back as often as you dare.
If you have a story growing inside of you, ready to burst out of your Idea Chest, read the instructions in this post. All of the Horror Week stories will be added to this hub, making it the second most terror-packed page on the Internet (next to the Google Image results for "brown recluse spider bite").
Now who wants candy corn? Nobody? Good, because that was a test.
Resident Evil 4: The terror of El Gigante - Jonathan Oyama
El Gigante's bone-crushing attacks are far more painful than any stabs from a zombie.
Tales from the Flaming Troll Inn - Evan Killham
Three game characters meet at an inn on a dark and stormy night and tell scary stories. Kind of.
Puzzler: Box-art mysteries (episode 7) - Samir Torres
How many horror-themed games can you identify by looking at snippets of their creepy cover art?
Condemned: Criminal Origins fan non-fiction - Corey Motley
A creative non-fiction account of a scene from the overlooked Xbox 360 launch title.
Glitches, not gore cause fear - Siri Karri
Glitches: what really make games scary.
The horror in Dark Souls' online play - Rob Savillo
Dark Souls uses vulnerability in its online play to create genuinely horrifying thrills.
Shoggoths are the worst - Matt McArdle
Warning: horrors beyond horror contained within.
The unspeakable horrors of Splatterhouse's West Mansion - Samir Torres
What's your favorite horror game? If your answer is not Splatterhouse, you need to read this.
A writer looks back on all the scary moments video games have provided...and quickly goes to hide in a corner and cries himself to sleep.
The Best of Gaming Horror, part six - Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth - Stan Rezaee
The Best of Gaming Horror looks at Headfirst's tribute to the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Puzzler: Guess the monsters - Samir Torres
Monsters are real, and they're out to get you. How many of these creatures can you name?
Two years later, Zeno Clash still weirds me out - Andrew Hiscock
Not all horrifying video-game experiences happen in conventional horror games.
Games costumes: What not to do - Ned Lesesne
Halloween’s nothing if not an opportunity for socially sanctioned idiocy, especially if you aspire to become a video game character for the duration of the evening. Avoid embarrassment and mental scarring with this handy guide.
The Best of Gaming Horror, part five - Manhunt - Stan Rezaee
This controversial game introduces a new style of horror by retelling Richard Connell’s classic story "The Most Dangerous Game".
Can horror games truly haunt us? - Danny Concepcion
Does the interactive nature of games prevent us from remaining scared after play time ends?
Silence is horror - JJ Mahoney
Silent Hill: Where truly disturbing video games began.
A writer recalls his painful memories of Fear Effect for the PS1. No one understands true pain until they've seen these characters maimed miserably.
Horror Week: The Revival - Jason Lomberg
Halloween’s just one week away, and you know what that means...Horror Week is back! We want all your ghoulish editorials, frightening top-ten lists, and terrifying features.
