Yes, Halloween is here and will soon be gone. If you remember, I committed at the beginning of the month to 31 days of horror. While I didn’t quite hit that mark, we did generally have more Halloween-centric stuff that in the past. Here’s a list of all the horror stuff we covered this month so have a great Halloween and get ready all you writers because NanoWriMo starts tomorrow!
- Before Silent Hill: The Colonel’s Bequest and How to Get it for Free
- Horrifying Movie Moments: Scrooged
- Creepy Toys from the 90s: Creepy Crawlers
- First Impressions: Arkham City
- YouTube Classic Scare: Vader Horrifies Wife
- Arkham City Midnight Launch
- Packrat and Ten Pin Alley’s Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Party
- Review: Thankskilling
- Cosplay 101: Chell (Portal 2)
- Review: American Horror Story
- 5 Halloween Costume Trends that Need to Die
- Reminder: The Thing Coming out this Friday!
- My Favorite Horror Toy from the 80s: Sponk
- Haunted Columbus: Camp Chase Cemetery
- Review: Ghostbusters #1
- 3 Bone-Chilling Books from my Childhood
- Dark Comics: Fell
- The Scariest Web Comic I’ve Ever Read
- McFarlane’s Top 5 Horrifying Toys
- Come Bowl and Watch The Walking Dead with 199 Zombies!


So today my friend Jake and I finally completed the original Silent Hill. I’ve beaten it before, but it was nearly 10 years ago and needless to say, it hasn’t aged well. Don’t get me wrong, the atmosphere’s still terrifying and the sound design holds up just as well, but the graphics and some of the outdated play mechanics that have unfortunately continued plaguing the series are more than a little hard to swallow. But, I don’t play it because it’s got fantastic graphics, controls, or even story. I play this series because of the atmosphere and while it’s certainly got its shortcomings, the Silent Hill series has always excelled at flat-out scaring the piss out of me. I think that’s what drew Jake in as well, but he cut his teeth on Silent Hill 2 with me a few years back and like me, has eagerly anticipated each new release like the rabid and ravenous dogs we so often scuttle away from, terrified as we desperately claw our way to Alchemilla Hospital.

If it’s not obvious to you by now, October is our favorite month of the year. Apple cider, Halloween, hayrides… but most importantly, it is the perfect time of year for survival horror games. In fact, tonight after our party we are heavily considering playing some Silent Hill or Fatal Frame to kick off this glorious month. Bottom line, if we suddenly become obsessed with talking about our latest adventures in Raccoon City, it’s simply because nothing else can bring us as much joy as being chased by zombies/monsters/ghosts.