Author: Max Mitchelson
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Shroomchitect: A Forest Spirit Life Sim
Shroomchitect is a feature-light simulator that strips away any of the stress from the genre. It neither requires a heavy time investment nor masterful micromanagement to complete your vision and take care of your virtual shroomies. Yet it has just enough systems to keep you engaged for hours developing little mushroom homes and taking care…
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Dying Light 2: Parkour and Zombie Madness
This week we explore the zombie apocalypse in style — jumping, running, and sliding past and over the zombie hordes. We discuss Dying Light 2′s excellent parkour and combat systems. But all is not perfect in this zombie wonderland. There are significant bugs on consoles, and Dying Light 2 might be too big for its…
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Indie Horror Games to Start Off The Year – Digital Nightmares
We are back! We were working hard to find some great hidden gems during our one episode of hiatus. If you are itching for short, terrifying experiences, look no further. In this episode, we introduce two new hosts, Erik, who is returning from episode four, and Dan Mandour, and recommend eight great indie horror games…
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Grapple Dog: Petting Dogs and Platforming Perfection – PC Review
Every year, it feels like there is one indie platformer to stand among the rest; a clear winner. Where game feel, momentum, tight controls, and a strong art style come together to strike at the core of what makes a great platformer. It may be early to declare it, but Grapple Dog might be that platformer for…
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Resident Evil 1: Returning to the Mansion That Started It All
During this drought of horror game releases, we’re taking the time to look back at one of horror’s most recognizable classics. We share what we love and what we don’t, and what makes Resident Evil 1, one of the first survival horror games, still worth playing even today. We also discuss what we watched and…
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Murder House: A Return to PSX Horror
In this week’s podcast, we go over the absolutely terrifying retro throwback, Murder House. If you like fixed camera angles, low-poly graphics, and 80s slashers, then this one is for you. For those classic survival horror fans, we have lots to say about this one and discuss its faithfulness to the classics and what new…
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Solar Ash: A Solid Movement-based Hack and Slash – PS4 Review
Although I hate to compare games to other games outright in reviews, the influence of Shadow of the Colossus and Journey is impossible to ignore in Heart Machine’s sophomore effort. Solar Ash does not reach the heights of either. Still, it does mash the two concepts together to produce an entertaining if shallower result, sprinkled…
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The Best Horror Games of 2021
We run down our horror favorites from the year. Also, look forward to a thorough discussion of Resident Evil 8 with some spoilers discussed. Digital Nightmares wraps it all up with what horror games we are looking forward to in 2022. Tweet at us your favorite horror games for the year, and add some new…
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Diving Into Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes – Digital Nightmares
In this episode of Digital Nightmares, the gang shares thoughts on the latest Dark Pictures Anthology entry, House of Ashes. Journey into the caverns of ancient Sumeria and uncover some dark secrets and terrifying monsters with us. In this horror adventure game, every choice impacts the narrative or character relationships. With tons of possibilities, there…
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Introductions and Our Favorite Horror Games – Digital Nightmares
Welcome to Digital Nightmares! Digital Nightmares is a video game podcast keeping the spirit of October going all year long. We look at horror games past and present and will have discussions twice a month. In the future, you can expect interviews, series retrospectives, general topics, and more. For our first podcast, we introduce ourselves…
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Airborne Kingdom: A Wonderful Bite-Sized City-Builder – PS4 Review
I’ve always struggled with city builders as a genre. I never get more than a few hours in before my whole infrastructure falls apart, and I decide to give up. They can be complicated, with a multitude of menus and tech trees, along with long and dull tutorials. Like grand strategy games, they can be…
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Revisiting My First Horror Game: Alan Wake
As I was working on our recent horror games list to celebrate October, I chose to start the list with Alan Wake. I have not played it in over a decade but it lives firmly in gaming memories. It was the first, and for a while, the last horror game I played until I became obsessed with horror in…