The Watson-Scott Test uses online quiz format for suspense and paranoia. Slender: The Arrival weaponizes paranoia with lurking threat mechanics. The Sinking City's paranoia mechanic adds urgency to ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

Director Na Hong-jin’s shamanic possession thriller earns its place among the genre’s finest for its unflinching exploration of superstition, dread, and post-colonial paranoia. Reading time 5 minutes ...

One of the best parts of Dishonored and Deathloop creator Arkane Studios' 2017 sci-fi game Prey was its alien threats' ability to disguise themselves as ordinary items in the game world. The routine ...

Y’all watch Friendship yet? Andrew DeYoung’s showcase for I Think You Should Leave star Tim Robinson is a cringe comedy first, a horror movie second. I mean that earnestly. Whether it’s a midnight ...

Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...