In college a few years ago I had a instructor who believed arthritis was made up in a person’s head.

I had a car behind me with LED headlights the other day. When I would look in my rear view mirror, it appeared fine, but if I focused on the road, the refresh rate on the LED’s created a strobing effect, which was extremely distracting.

Oh ohh or my other favorite is when people have massive trucks that illuminate your whole car because of their lights. It would be nice if there was a required standard

Edit: Honestly, if it wasn’t for urban sprawl, stupidly cold winters, and these massive vehicles with aggressive drivers, I would prefer to just bike.

I wouldn’t have guessed this would be the tipping point, but I’m excited to hear more about this in the future. This would be amazing news

Did anyone play the Blair witch game? I didn’t find it too scary, but the woods in that game are phenomenal. I thought they did a great job with making it feel like you were actually in a forest.

Outer Wilds is probably one of my top 5

It’s probably my favorite game that I’ve played in the past decade

The 3DO.

I didn’t have many games for it, and emulation I think is kinda sketchy last I checked (I think the main emulator is all in Russian?) But it was full of FMV’s and all the fun that came with them.

Twisted: The game show is one of my favorite titles, but parts of it are definitely a product of its time (specifically the trivia)

Oh man, I want one of these, but the price makes it hard to justify. One day I’ll snag one up :)

Ohh I’ve wanted to play the zero escape series at some point. I didn’t realize it could be unsettling! Cool I will put it on the list, thanks!

Ahh, that’s such a shame when that happens. I’ll avoid it like the plague then!

Yeah, I thought it was pretty okay! I ended up getting about halfway through, I think? I got caught by the monster a couple of times when he randomly decided to pop up, and I somewhat shifted from “this is spooky” to “I’m just avoiding this road block”

It’s super tricky because I don’t know how to keep myself immersed in the experience for a lot of these titles.

I did enjoy the fact that they tried something new with the bunker. I thought it was probably the closest I got to being scared since the Dark Descent, so I think that says something for sure.

I think I’ve been exposed to too much horror, which might have dulled the experience somewhat. I really enjoy hearing about what/why people enjoyed horror games, so I don’t think your point was moot! I think horror is a very unique genre that pushes game design to its extremes in a lot of ways.

I really liked Outlast when it first released. Outlast 2 was pretty good as well. I think the tricky part is if you die or mess up too many times in horror games, the fear gets dulled.

I don’t recall layers of fear creeping me out much, but I haven’t tried the second yet. Definitely worth a shot

I find Amnesia titles don’t do it for me anymore. I think maybe I played too much and got too familiar with how the AI works. I’ve peeled back the curtain, so to speak and ruined them for myself, aha.

I really liked alien isolation when it first came out. I thought it was a very cool take on horror. The AI seemed super impressive

PT is great. I wish it was still easily accessible.

That whole situation is such a shame. There was so much potential there!

I’ve always heard about this game from time to time. It’s one I really want to try at some point. It sounds amazing!

Dead space is great. I recently played the remake and thought they did a pretty good job! The anti grav sections were cool

I’ve yet to play the first 3 silent hills. I feel like they’re the elephant in the room for me lol

I’ve never gotten a chance to play the thief games. They look right up my alley, though!

Hellblade had some of the best audio design I’ve heard in a game. I’m curious what games will take inspiration from it in the future

Condemned 1&2 are excellent. I would love if they made a game like that again

During my search, I keep seeing things about VR, and it seems like it very well could be the next big thing to scare me lol. The added immersion might be just the ticket.

I’ve yet to try darkwood, clive barkers undying, doom3, lone survivor, or clock tower. So I’ll have to give those a try.

I’m specifically curious about darkwood because I’m unsure how a game in a top-down perspective could be scary. Same with Lone Survivor, actually. I’ll have to see!