Games That Go Bump in the Night
on CG Online is a look at scary computer games, examining several examples
of games that offer significant fright factor, including DOOM, Thief, System
Shock 2, and more, capping off with a look at the upcoming Call of Cthulhu: Dark
Corners of the Earth, featuring quotes from HeadFirst Productions' Simon
Woodroffe and writer John Saul along the way. The article is accompanied by a
complementary piece titled
True Horror Stories
that looks at horror games gone wrong, saying "a horror game that fails to
be frightening is a bit like a comedy that fails to be funny," offering
Phantasmagoria and Harvester as examples of horrible horror games.