Joel Couture
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Canada
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Godzilla: Monster of Monsters – Strange, Surreal, Accidental (?) Horror
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters doesn’t seem like it’s trying to be a horror game. So what is it about the game that unsettles us so much? → Read More
Mandatory Fear – The Dreadful Whipping of Castlevania
The delayed strike of Castlevania's whip may seem aggravating, but it turns out to be vital in creating fear in this early horror title. → Read More
Hell House – The Erosion of Safety and Home in Silent Hill 4
Silent HIll 4 gives the player a space to feel safe from the dangers of its supernatural world, but uses that feeling to make itself even more frightening. → Read More
Anatomy of a Scare – MOTHER’s Big Small Fright
Dread XP spoke with the developer of MOTHER to learn about how a single small scare made it impossible for players to ever feel safe again. → Read More
UnderTale & The Horror of Facing Your Own Monstrosity
UnderTale's charming story of love and compassion has a horrifying flip side, one that may have players examining their own cruelty in video game worlds. → Read More
Terrible Tunnel – The Unintentional Horror of Battletoads
Battletoads was likely never intended to be a horror game, but that hasn’t lessened its unintentional power to provide some of the most tense, nerve-wracking sequences and chases in all of gaming. → Read More
Horrible Noise - How Corpse Party Scars With Simple Sounds
The ordinariness of Corpse Party's sound design makes its gruesome, horrifying moments all the more chilling and unforgettable. → Read More
Purposely Wretched - The Thematic Power of Rule of Rose's Combat
Rule of Rose's combat, as enraging as it may feel, fully captures the helplessness of a child struggling to fight against the cruelty of monstrous beings. → Read More
Eyes in the Dark - The 13 Most Chilling Ghosts of Fatal Frame
There are hundreds of ghosts throughout the Fatal Frame series, but thirteen of them stand out to us as the most frightening. → Read More
Green Ghouls - Creating Horror With a Game Boy Style
The Game Boy wasn’t exactly a console known for its ability to inspire fear. So why are developers using its style to create compelling, eerie horror titles? → Read More
Death Stranding & The Fears of Imminent Parenthood
Death Stranding managed to be a horror game that didn’t scare me much, but made me face a parental terror beyond anything I’d felt in a game before. → Read More
Tactical RPG Regalia Gives Players Their Own Kingdom (That’s In Massive Debt) To Rule
Fight monsters, recruit new allies, and try to rule your kingdom while dealing with its monetary woes any way you can in Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs. → Read More