Category: Video Games

  • Five Night’s at Freddy’s 4: A Child’s Nightmare

    Five Night’s at Freddy’s 4: A Child’s Nightmare

    Remember when Scott Cawthon cranked out four games in the span of a single year? I still can’t decide if that was awesome or exhausting, for him and for us. Probably both. Of the original four games, Five Night’s at Freddy’s 4 is the strangest. It completely changed the core loop while still maintaining the…

  • Five Night’s at Freddy’s 3: Alone Together With the Nightmares

    Five Night’s at Freddy’s 3: Alone Together With the Nightmares

    This one feels like a personal attack against me. “Oh, not a fan of the jump-scares?” cackled Scott Cawthon. “Have one every ten seconds! Hope you didn’t like your eardrums!” Which is a shame, because aside from that, this is my favorite Five Night’s at Freddy’s game. You play as a security guard for the…

  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Upping the Stress

    Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Upping the Stress

    Man, the hype behind this game was huge! The first game took the world by surprise. Now, people were waiting with bated breath for the sequel. And boy howdy, they were not disappointed. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 expanded on everything that the first game did. More robots, more lore, more difficulty, more everything! To…

  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Game That Changed Horror

    Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Game That Changed Horror

    I’m gonna regret this retrospective, aren’t I? I remember back in my high school days, when this game first came out. Back then, you couldn’t escape the Five Nights at Freddy’s craze. From what you’d see scrolling down your social media feeds to what you’d hear kids whisper about in the hallways, it was everywhere.…

  • How the Characters of From Software Games Define Their Worlds

    How the Characters of From Software Games Define Their Worlds

    It’s no secret that From Software games are brutal. And their worlds reflect that. Their atmospheres are oppressive and depressing. As you wander through, finding practically nothing but monsters and traps, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the doom and gloom. But then, like two ships passing by on the sea, you’ll run…