BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 36: Scary Good Games

[erich]

To celebrate Halloween, the Pixel Verdict crew—minus a sick Adam—invite you to dip your hand into a bowl of fun-size audio candy, as they discuss their favorite scary games. Get into the spooky spirit with talk of abandoned schools, chainsaw killers, deep space monsters, grim boss fights, and Jonathan Coulton. Plus, take part in a gaming-themed version of “name that tune” with five scary snippets from classic games. How many can you guess without peeking at the answers (posted over on PixelVerdict.com)?

What is your favorite scary game? Give us your recommendations below.

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[Dan Mancini]

I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but the show better spend a lot of time honking on Dead Space's bobo or I'm going all Necromorph on someone.

[Jon Mercer]

I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but the show better spend a lot of time honking on Dead Space's bobo or I'm going all Necromorph on someone.

I have to play Dead Space with a night light.

[Dan Mancini]

I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but the show better spend a lot of time honking on Dead Space's bobo or I'm going all Necromorph on someone.

I have to play Dead Space with a night light.

I have to have my mommy come over, sit on the couch next to me, and put one hand on the back of my neck.

[mavrach]

Dead Space, good god. I recently replayed that a second time. They have the atmosphere nailed. You can see they drew a lot from Alien.

It's a little dated now, but the original Resident Evil is the only game to ever get me to jump out of my seat.

[Gabriel Girard]

It's kinda dated now but Clive Barker's Undying is pretty darn creepy and fun to boot!

[Dan Mancini]

Even though it's not a horror game, the first appearance of the conquistadors in Uncharted remains one of my most terrifying game-playing experiences. It was so out of left field that I pretty much had the exact same WTF reaction as Nathan Drake.

[Jon Mercer]

BEWARE. I...LIVE!!

[Steve T Power]

Even though it's not a horror game, the first appearance of the conquistadors in Uncharted remains one of my most terrifying game-playing experiences. It was so out of left field that I pretty much had the exact same WTF reaction as Nathan Drake.

Dude, that scene where Nate is reading the torn out page of the journal while the projector is spooling away in the background gave me the chills.

[Dave Johnson]

While the game itself wasn't super terrifying, Resident Evil 4's end credit sequence disturbed me a good bit.

[Jon Mercer]

I can remember hanging out with some friends...perhaps engaging in a misdemeanor, switching off the lights to try out Silent Hill 3 the day it was released. The guys had to turn the lights back on because I started to have a panic attack at the loading screen.

[mavrach]

I forgot to mention, when I was playing Dead Space for the first time with the volume up, my wife asked me to "please lower the death."

Good use of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" too...

[Steve T Power]

I forgot to mention, when I was playing Dead Space for the first time with the volume up, my wife asked me to "please lower the death."

Good use of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" too...

That is goddamn hilarious.