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NOCT Preview [Geekly Inc]

Nika Howard from Geekly Inc. says, "What do you do when you find yourself living in a world where terrifying monsters the size of buildings want to have you for dinner? Well, if you play NOCT, you can find out. Set in an apocalyptic wasteland, NOCT, is a great indie game from the mind of Chris Eskins and one that I was pumped to try at the Devolver Digital booth at PAX East. Well, if you play NOCT, you can find out."

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Horror Games That Don't Rely On the 'Mental Illness is Scary' Trope

Stephanie Watson writes: "Video games may not be the only culprit of this offensive trope, but they have always been especially guilty. It's pretty difficult to name games that don't use the “mental illness is scary” trope, even though it's so easy to scare your player without it. What games can you play this Halloween that don't poke fun at the “dark side” of mental illness? I'm glad you asked!"

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WeAreLegion2802d ago (Edited 2802d ago )

What an awful website.

These games aren't making fun of mental illness. What planet is this author from?

RevXM2801d ago

Everything is a problem because they say so.
now that we are approaching halloween we will see articles on how costumes are sexist, racist and culturally apropriative.

Who is going to stand up to these whiners and say that if we cant dress up as an native american or a ninja and eat taco's then they cant eat pizza and pasta, use a cheese slicer or wear seiko watches or drive a prius.
What you use a cheese slicer to put cheese on your sandwhiches?
"STOP APPROPRIATING AND MOCKING MY CULTURE, IM SO OFFENDED!!!!" lol

https://www.scandinavianfoo...

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Noct Fades Into Darkness

Noct, the Kickstarter funded multiplayer survival horror game from C3SK, is about to go through a lot of changes to improve its quality.

garyanderson3342d ago

Glad to see they haven't given up on it.

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hey Only Come Out at Night – Noct Preview | CriticalIndieGamer

(CriticalIndieGamer) What’s most surprising about Noct is just how foreboding an atmosphere it can cook up, given its simplistic pixelated graphics. The terror of the night accompanied by the unseen evil hiding in the shadows will always be unnerving, but Noct‘s sound design and tense, edge-of-your-seat gameplay are the game’s true centerpieces.

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