In Bloodlusters, the most recent effort by a loose collective Pham calls “Crowseeds and friends,” players control ghosts that have kidnapped a vampire princess. In order to repel the sparkly bloodsuckers that come to find her, they must haunt various household items to act as their towers.
From Castlevania to Resident Evil, the horror genre is full of gothic castles, incomprehensible living horrors, and cryptic notes. So many notes.
Requiem, the latest effort from solo developer Justin Herrick, is no exception.
One of horror’s greatest strengths is its ability to mirror societal anxieties and force its audience to come to terms with the real horrors that surround them. Many scholars and critics have written pages upon pages about the links between society and the horror it creates, forcing readers to consider that they themselves could be the true monster.
And then there’s Linguini’s Mansione.
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Uncle Henry Isn’t Home is the very first video game I’ve ever worked on. If you’re familiar with my other works, you know I usually make TTRPG systems. Short fiction is often a part of those books, but it’s been a while since I did some real, meaty character writing instead of just improv. And that was so nice to get back into!
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Dani Orizaba outlines their process for making all things sound for Chicaghoul standout Uncle Henry Isn’t Home.
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Uncle Henry Isn’t Home was one of the standouts of Chicaghoul 2025, a real deal point-and-click adventure game presented in an arcade cabinet and capturing the existential, lonely horror of both games like Myst and H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos.
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Ghoul Kazool is an alt-control experiment where players use either their keyboard or the custom “kazool” controller to make sounds and rack up “Ghoul Power” in an endless rave throughout looping days and nights. Something in the experience may be lost when it’s played in-browser, but we think it’s still worth a look for the charming art and sounds.
