Silent Hill 8 Trailer
Silent Hill continues to trouble travelers in this trailer for Silent Hill 8. Seriously, a prison bus is about the only way anyone would go there now.
Unlimited Fear, Limited Controls
Michael Thomson talks about the traps and dangers of survival horror and gaming: “There’s no limit to fear of the unknown, but as soon as an enemy is quantifiable the boundaries are drawn. Fear will eventually become supplanted with frustration or, worse, tedium.”
LEGO Harry Potter Trailer
Gamers and Harry Potter fans rejoice! It’s the LEGO Harry Potter trailer! (thanks, Dan!)
It’s a feature, not a bug.
The small pleasures of gaming: Red Dead Redemption and Q*bert.
Get’em All!
An exhaustive and illustrated guide to every video game reference in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim. Get’em all.
Hit Restart.
After ending his excellent gaming blog Hit Self Destruct, Duncan Fyfe has a new literary project, “Life Starts Here is a series of twelve stories inspired by the culture of video games.”
The Cultural Gutter 