Meet ‘Storpey’ – Horror Gaming’s Best-Kept Secret

Do you like scary games? Do you like watching people freak-out while playing scary games? If so, you’ll love the criminally under-appreciated work of perennially-terrified YouTuber ‘Storpey’ – whose playthroughs of ingenious indie chillers and notorious mainstream shockers inevitably see him reduced to a gibbering, yet highly entertaining, wreck. Otherwise known as Steve Torpey (see what he did there?), the British omni-phobe... Read More

Opinion: Survival-Horror Is Back – And It’s Better Than Ever

Putting atmosphere, vulnerability and psychological-oppression right back at the heart of the experience, a whole new movement of inspired indie games are revitalizing a genre that was thought to be dead and buried. Mark Butler salutes this fresh wave of ‘super-hardcore’ horror titles – and the welcome dose of fear they are trailing in their wake.  It may be renowned as the game that launched a thousand YouTube reaction videos... Read More

Mad Mack: 8 Must-Have PC Games – According To A PC Virgin

Having spent countless years in the firm, reassuring grip of consoles, disgruntled gamer Dave ‘Mack’ McConkey has finally succumbed to the seductive  powers of the PC. Excited but slightly clueless in this baffling new world of possibility, he sets out the eight hugely-hyped experiences on his immediate hit-list.  So, I’m embarking on my next big adventure – and purchasing a PC. Ostensibly it is because my laptop died a few months... Read More

Opinion: What’s The Scariest Game Of All Time? (Part Three)

Continuing his quest to crown the most terrifying game ever made, horror enthusiast Mark Butler spent another fearful night in the company of intense fright-fests and haunting chillers. Scarred once again by the evening’s events, he reports on the traumatizing  experience… Having already put myself through two nightmarish nights of full-on horror in my search for the scariest game of all time, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to... Read More