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‘Code Vein’ [Review]
Code Vein is a video-game I knew I would be interested in early on. Described often as a Souls game blending elements of…
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‘Crow Country’ [Game Review]
By now, a videogame that pays homage to the survival-horror of yesteryear is easy to come by. If…
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‘Cthulhu Saves Christmas’ [Game Review]
As 2025 closes out, one thing I find myself having to take a step back and look at…
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‘In Nightmare’
Little Nightmares is a side-scrolling horror adventure game. D
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‘Lords of the Fallen’ [Review]
Lords of the Fallen is a big swing for Hexwork, offering an ambitious series reboot. How does it…
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Bendy: Lone Wolf
If the 1920’s were the roaring twenties, we might, in-fact, be in the roguelike twenties for the…
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BrokenLore: LOW (Review)
BrokenLore: Low is the first installment in a new fledgling horror series, but how does it land?
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Cronos: The New Dawn
I was really digging Cronos for awhile. Its a very 7 out of 10 kind of game with…
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Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame is a videogame I have had on the docket for years now, and a series…
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Fatal Frame
It grew on me. The controls are odd, but they add to the tension a little. I think…
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Fatal Frame 2
The first Fatal Frame is probably my least favorite of the survival horror games that I’ve beat on…
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Final Fantasy: Strangers of Paradise
Final Fantasy Strangers of Paradise is from the people that made Nioh and is a remake of the…
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‘My Friendly Neighborhood’
We see a lot of mascot horror nowadays. If you’re like me, you’re pretty open to it. I may have…
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“A Way Out”
As gaming continues to aspire and reach new heights, it’s unfortunate that local couch co-op has largely been left by the wayside.…
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“Alien: Isolation”
Alien hasn’t ever really been the nearest and dearest horror franchise for me. I love horror films, and the genre itself,…
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“Castlevania: Lament of Innocence”
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is an action-adventure video-game developed by Konami for the PlayStation 2 console. As a…
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“Code Vein”
Code Vein is a video-game I knew I would be interested in early on. Described often as a Souls game blending elements of…
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“Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc”
In retrospect, if I had to describe 2023 for me from a videogame perspective, the year could be summarized…
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“Dark Souls III”
The Dark Souls is the source for one of my deepest affections in the gaming industry. Although…
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“Dark Souls”
Vessels and vagabonds, it’s that time of the week again, the time that I indulge some of your…
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“Demon’s Souls”
ids, today, I want to tell you the story about how your father met a video-game. Not just…
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“Heavy Rain”
Discussion always seems to happen about what is art and what isn’t, more specifically, discussion is…
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“Hellpoint”
Hellpoint is, perhaps, the most polarizing experience I have ever had while playing a video-game, and that makes…
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“Indigo Prophecy”
Ever since I first played Heavy Rain on the PlayStation 3, I have been deeply interested in the concept of…
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“Let It Die”
Let It Die was an unexpected detour with a bittersweet payoff. After completing Code Vein, I felt like my thirst for…
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“Lollipop Chainsaw”
Lollipop Chainsaw is an action hack and slash video-game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Xbox 360, (the…
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“MediEvil”
In 1998, in time for the Halloween season, Sony Computer Entertainment published MediEvil for the Original PlayStation, introducing the world to Sir Daniel Fortesque, an unlikely hero,…
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“MediEvil”
In 1998, in time for the Halloween season, Sony Computer Entertainment published MediEvil for the Original PlayStation, introducing the world to Sir Daniel Fortesque, an unlikely hero, at…
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“Mortal Shell”
In an earlier review, I referred to the videogame Hellpoint as one of the most polarizing experiences I had…
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“Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City”
Resident Evil 6 crushed hardcore fans of the Resident Evil franchise when it was released. It received mixed reviews…
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“Resident Evil: Revelations 2”
Resident Evil has been in a critically dormant state for some time now. Resident Evil 4 served…
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“Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper”
Fellas, I love Sherlock Holmes and I know that all of you love ‘em too. Unless, of course,…
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“Slender: The Arrival”
I have been taking full-advantage of the PlayStation Network’s Holiday Sale, and while I initially thought it…
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“Spawn: Armageddon”
Adaptations haven’t ever been able to do much justice for Todd McFarlane’s Spawn comic-book series. The film released…
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“The Evil Within 2”
When The Evil Within first arrived in 2014, myself and many others were very excited. Directed by Shinji Mikami, developer Tango Gameworks’ new survival horror appeared…
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“The Last of Us”
There’s a lot of discussion about artistic merit in video-games, and there’s a lot of discussion about which…
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“The Longing”
My playthrough of The Longing was committed on a whim, based on the conscious decision to touch upon…
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“Willy’s Wonderland”
Did you know Willy’s Wonderland had a videogame? Well, you do now. Released in 2021, Willy’s Wonderland beat Five Nights…
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KLETKA
KLETKA is a multi-player survival rogue-like that sees you descend down an elevator that wants to eat you.
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Resident Evil (2002)
I technically beat Resident Evil 1 remake last night. I say technically because I used a guide, which…
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Resident Evil 4 (Remake)
RE4R is obviously fantastic. But it feels really weird to me. This is a game I’m so familiar…
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Resident Evil VII
Its my favorite game series riffing on some of my favorite horror movies. Alot of that game felt…
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Resident Evil: Revelations 2
I’m nearing the end of Revelations 2 and I really don’t like it at all. Update: I have…
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Sally Face
Sally Face is a videogame I never personally had on my radar. I had seen it around, along with a…
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Silent Hill 3
Beat the final boss. SH3 is great. I think it takes awhile to pick up, I don’t think…
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Silent Hill f
I beat SHf. 9 hours 47 minutes from the in game time and 19 hours by PS5 time.…
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Underward
I talked about it briefly in my review of KLETKA, but I have been scouring the internet, dumpster…
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“Agony”
Agony was released on PC, the Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on May 29, 2018 after a…
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“BioShock”
BioShock isn’t always considered a survival-horror video-game from some aficionados of the craft, but I don’t care.…
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“Blasphemous”
Developed by Spanish studio The Game Kitchen and published by Team17, Blasphemous was a videogame on my radar since its arrival on home consoles…
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“BloodRayne”
BloodRayne is a hack and slash action video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by Majesco Entertainment. (and…
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“Blue Fire”
Since buying a Nintendo Switch early last year, I will admit I have not offered it a fair chance to…
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“Castlevania: Curse of Darkness”
While Castlevania: Lament of Innocence failed to live up to the expectations that I had set for…
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“Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2”
When Castlevania: Lords of Shadow came out in 2010, it breathed new life into an old franchise. There was…
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“Castlevania: Lords of Shadows”
While Castlevania: Lament of Innocence didn’t exactly meet the heightened expectations that I had for it. (5.8…
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“Clive Barker’s Jericho”
Looking back at some of the most famed names in horror, names like Wes Craven and George Romero,…
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“Cold Fear”
Cold Fear is a 2005 survival horror video game developed by Darkworks and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 2,…
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“Condemned: Criminal Origins”
I feel like this whole month I have started every review off with a preamble about how I…
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“Curse of the Dead Gods”
Released February 2021, as opposed to September 2020, Curse of the Dead Gods was always doomed to be met by comparisons to Supergiant…
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“Dead Cells”
Although the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has had a noticeable impact on the entertainment industry, particularly for film, with companies struggling to…
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“Dead Space”
All in all, there was a lot to love about the Dead Space series. Originally developed by Visceral Games, Dead Space…
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“Deathverse: Let It Die”
When Let It Die was released, I found myself enamored with it. Make no mistake, the free-to-play title from Grasshopper / SUPERTRICK GAMES wasn’t…
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“Devil May Cry 2”
In a lot of ways, Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2 are the antithesis of one another, both in-terms of…
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“Devil May Cry”
Devil May Cry is a videogame I have let fall into the dreaded videogame queue for way longer than…
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“Elden Ring”
Although I was no doubt looking forward to Elden Ring, I have to admit my excitement wasn’t at the…
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“Hades”
Although it may not always seem that way with the oddball titles I talk about on the Nightmare Shift,…
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“Hades”
Although it may not always seem that way with the oddball titles I talk about on Die Die Retry,…
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“INJECTION Π23 ‘NO NAME, NO NUMBER”
How about that mouthful of a videogame title, am I right? Injection π23 ‘No Name, No Number’, or…
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“Layers of Fear”
If you’re into horror gaming, you have likely seen Bloober Team’s ascension as a game developer. Some of you, I know, are…
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“Nioh”
Although talking about Nioh so late after the fact might not be the timeliest of decisions, it is a videogame…
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“Outlast”
In continuing the first day of October, (which started with my review of Resident Evil: The Director’s…
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“Persona 3”
A lot has changed for me over the years. A lot has changed for Nickelbib.com (and…
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“Resident Evil 2”
Everything’s coming up Milhouse for Capcom in recent years. Not only did they successfully bring Monster Hunter into the forefront, but they’ve…
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“Resident Evil: The Director’s Cut”
Resident Evil is a survival horror video game developed and released by Capcom originally for the Sony PlayStation…
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“Saw: The Video-Game”
The reception for the Saw film series has always been mixed to negative but the idea of a…
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“Silent Hill: Homecoming”
Silent Hill: Homecoming is the sixth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror video-game franchise and it…
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“Silent Hill: Origins”
Silent Hill has definitely become one of the most known franchises out-there. A lot of that has to…
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“Stray”
The hype train for newcomer BlueTwelve Studio‘s Stray is chugging full-steam ahead after its release on July 19th of this year. The videogame…
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“Succubus”
I wouldn’t consider myself a fan of Madmind Studios, per se. After all, I did refer to their…
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“The Evil Within”
Horror in gaming has faced a lot of calamity and harrowing disappointment over the last couple of years.…
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“The Last of Us Part II”
The Last of Us arrived in the Summer of 2013, at the tail end of the PlayStation 3‘s life cycle,…
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“Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness”
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness is the sixth installment in the Tomb Raider series, serving directly as…
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“Tomb Raider: Legend”
Tomb Raider: Legend is an action-adventure video-game released and published by Eidos Interactive. It was the first of many…
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“Tormented Souls”
I was looking forward to Tormented Souls when it was first released. I immediately bought it on Steam and…
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“Twisted Metal”
Twisted Metal was a central aspect of my childhood. I remember that I had a black-case filled with PlayStation…
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INJECTION Π23 ‘NO NAME, NO NUMBER’
How about that mouthful of a videogame title, am I right? Injection π23 ‘No Name, No Number’, or…
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“A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead”
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead looks to take the popular horror film series and put control in…
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Welcome to Hanwell
Although, as you’ll soon discover, Welcome to Hanwell is not a perfect videogame by anyone’s definition, it’s about everything I…
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