May 19, 2026
Everyone Can Die Horror Game: The Ending Nobody Comes Home From
The ending where everyone dies is the truest test of a branching horror game. A reading list of games that earn it.
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The Blog
Late-night essays about cinematic horror games — what they're for, where they came from, and what comes next.
May 19, 2026
Branching Narrative Horror: Why I Replayed Until Dawn Twice
Branching narrative horror is the rare form where playing it again is not redundant. An argument and a reading list.
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Permadeath Horror Game: The Designer’s Trick That’s Harder Than It Looks
Why permadeath in horror games is harder to design than it looks. A working theory from someone who is trying to build one.
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Cinematic Horror Games: The Form, The Lineage, The Argument
The cornerstone essay — what cinematic horror games are, where the form came from, what it does that no other medium can, and what it owes its players.
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Interactive Horror Games: A Working Definition
Where does "interactive horror" end and "cinematic horror" begin? A working taxonomy from someone who has thought about it too much.
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Story Driven Horror Games (And the Argument That They Are Better Slower)
Story-driven horror games are better when they take their time. An argument and a reading list from someone trying to make a slow horror game himself.
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Choice Based Horror Games and the Choice That Broke Me
On the Telltale choice that broke me, the genre that grew out of it, and which choice-based horror games actually deliver on the promise.
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Supernatural Horror Game: The Ones That Made Me Doubt What Was Real
Not just scary — destabilizing. Supernatural horror games that change the rules of what's real while you're playing them.
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Games Like Until Dawn
Games like Until Dawn — what they all share, what they each get wrong, and why no one has fully matched Supermassive's 2015 high-water mark.
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Games Similar to Until Dawn (For People Who Already Played Until Dawn)
Games similar to Until Dawn — assuming you've already played it twice and need the next thing. Heavier on structure, lighter on summary.
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