Topics Discussed

• Description and overview of the horror and survival game genres
• What makes suspenseful horror games so immersive
• Origins of the genre, from Sweet Home to Resident Evil
• The “Golden Age” of survival horror games, from 1996-2004

Games Mentioned

• Resident Evil & Silent Hill game series
• Dark Souls & Bloodborne
• Alan Wake
• Castlevania
• Dead Space
• SOMA
• Friday the 13th
• Dead by Daylight
• Splatterhouse
• Call of Duty: Zombies
• Penumbra
• Alien Isolation
• F.E.A.R.
• Blood (3D Realms)
• The Evil Within