We got together with some awesome people to talk about horror games and their terrifying problem with tropes!
Table of Contents
0:00:35 Introductions
0:06:21 What Makes a Horror Game?
0:14:05 Good Horror
0:18:45 The Asylum Game Jam
0:24:16 Negative Troupes/Cliques
0:35:03 Passive Horror
0:43:32 Negative Troupes 2 (Disability-shaming boogaloo)
0:45:47 Actual Warfare
0:47:05 Mental Illness in gaming as subject matter?
0:54:42 Writing needs Variety
0:57:48 What’re we Playing – and Plugging
1:06:57 ”We Need To Talk” The Game
1:09:00 The End
Roster (left to right)
Alex Steacy @AlexSteacy - http://voxlunch.tumblr.com/
Anjin Anhut @AnjinAnhut - http://howtonotsuckatgamedesign.com/
Harry Bentley @MrHarryBentley -http://sexygeeky.harrybentley.co.uk
John Marquiso @jmarquiso -http://www.youtube.com/LatetotheGameShow
Lucy Morris @lucyamorris - http://lmorris.carbonmade.com/
Links
Asylum Jam Games - http://www.asylumjam.com/submissions
Solenoid Arc - https://twitter.com/solenoidarc
John’s Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/pocgamers