You know, it's funny, but Jim's voice is actually a dead ringer for the joker at the start of the video. Studios should take note should Mark Hamill ever take a holiday.
Jimquisition: Five Scary Games For Halloween Probably
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Kudos for putting the Lone Survivor theme in the background for almost the entire video. It's my favorite video game music track by far, and one of my fav music tracks of all time, brilliant stuff. The game is also great, although it becomes much less scary, when you find out that once killed, the monsters are actually staying dead (yes, I got the Blue ending, how did you guess?).
Gee, Scarecrow. You've had it rough since Batman: Arkham Asylum. Maybe you should drop a couple? Okay that was mean. But as usual, Halloween is a thing here in my part of Yurp which doesn't garner that much attention. Because: 'too American'.
The people here usually go to a small party or just go binge watching Halloween style films. No trick or treating kids here (thank the flying Spaghetti monster for that). And scary games to me are like scary films... it just doesn't do it for me.
Oh and there is a Halloween style event going on at my job where they ask people to dress up and walk around the entire day at the office with a Halloween outfit. Imagine the fun if you will.
So thanks for the suggestion on scary games, Jim. But I'll take a pass. And like you, pass out instead (probably).
The people here usually go to a small party or just go binge watching Halloween style films. No trick or treating kids here (thank the flying Spaghetti monster for that). And scary games to me are like scary films... it just doesn't do it for me.
Oh and there is a Halloween style event going on at my job where they ask people to dress up and walk around the entire day at the office with a Halloween outfit. Imagine the fun if you will.
So thanks for the suggestion on scary games, Jim. But I'll take a pass. And like you, pass out instead (probably).
Pssst. http://comicsalliance.com/mark-hamill-retires-the-joker-arkham-city/Lightknight said:
Here's a few of my not-quite-as-popular horror game suggestions.
Siren:
Want to know what most of the Silent Hill guys did later on? This was that game. "Sight-jacking" lets you see through the eyes of the monsters, and nothing creeps you out more than "seeing" them stalk you, drawing closer to where you're hiding...
Clive Barker's Undying:
While the Clive Barker name has been attached to a lot of junk games (looking at you "Jericho"), Undying is legitimately creepy, atmospheric, and severed screwed up in the best ways. It's a little dated, but well worth the asking price at GoG.
Haunting Ground/Demento:
Very similar to the original Clock Towers, this is basically ICO meets survival horror. It's eerie, often obtuse, and frequently frustrating... but definitely worth checking out for fans of the genre.
Cold Fear:
Everyone who played Resident Evil 4, and then was letdown by how unscary Resident Evil 5 was, should try this game out. It was a very obviously copy of RE4, but that's the point... it was a better RE4 experience than RE5 or RE6 were, with better atmosphere, monsters, and scares to go along with it. Really underrated.
Siren:
Want to know what most of the Silent Hill guys did later on? This was that game. "Sight-jacking" lets you see through the eyes of the monsters, and nothing creeps you out more than "seeing" them stalk you, drawing closer to where you're hiding...
Clive Barker's Undying:
While the Clive Barker name has been attached to a lot of junk games (looking at you "Jericho"), Undying is legitimately creepy, atmospheric, and severed screwed up in the best ways. It's a little dated, but well worth the asking price at GoG.
Haunting Ground/Demento:
Very similar to the original Clock Towers, this is basically ICO meets survival horror. It's eerie, often obtuse, and frequently frustrating... but definitely worth checking out for fans of the genre.
Cold Fear:
Everyone who played Resident Evil 4, and then was letdown by how unscary Resident Evil 5 was, should try this game out. It was a very obviously copy of RE4, but that's the point... it was a better RE4 experience than RE5 or RE6 were, with better atmosphere, monsters, and scares to go along with it. Really underrated.
I think being forced to play Star Wars Kinect for 5 hours would be far more horrifying.
Also, nice completely unnecessary jab at the end Jim. Ethics in game journalism isn't going to fix itself by being sarcastic about it.
Also, nice completely unnecessary jab at the end Jim. Ethics in game journalism isn't going to fix itself by being sarcastic about it.
Yeah, Mark Hamill has retired as the Joker like three times now. I do think he's serious this time though, sadly.Cpt. Slow said:
I'm not sure if that punishment is indeed worse than making bittersweet love to Aliens: Colonial Marines.
And I will agree on ZombiU, it's fucking great even if the last hour and a half can go dive into that barrel full of acid from the clip (and there I was thinking he would light them on fire, that death was horrifying).
And I will agree on ZombiU, it's fucking great even if the last hour and a half can go dive into that barrel full of acid from the clip (and there I was thinking he would light them on fire, that death was horrifying).
Well, there are enough talented voice actors to take up the mantle so it's sad, but it's not the end of the world.Thanatos2k said:
Nah, he retired because he was afraid the voice acting gig would ruin his voice. Because talking that all the time like the Joker isn't really healthy for anyone's voice to be honest.Lightknight said:
Or the gig. He did say he'd come back if they ever made an animated version of The Killing Joke, so he must be a big fan.Lightknight said:
Please : Either turn the background music off or turn up the volume in your videos Jim. When it is as low as it is, you can hear what it is and thus it only becomes distracting. Other than that, thank god for Jim.
Scissor-man attacked us and everyone scattered!
I'm really glad that Haunting Ground didn't make it onto the list. I played it around when it came out, and contrary to popular opinion, I felt the game kinda sucked. It was good for about three minutes, but lacked the power to keep me interested.
There's also Baroque. If you can sit through Baroque's lower levels without your stomach churning as you're not quite sure if it's simulation sickness or the visuals are just that gut-wrenching. ALSO IT'S A ROGUE-LIKE ON THE PS2. Not since Azure Dreams was there a pre-indie-boom Rogue-like.
I'm really glad that Haunting Ground didn't make it onto the list. I played it around when it came out, and contrary to popular opinion, I felt the game kinda sucked. It was good for about three minutes, but lacked the power to keep me interested.
There's also Baroque. If you can sit through Baroque's lower levels without your stomach churning as you're not quite sure if it's simulation sickness or the visuals are just that gut-wrenching. ALSO IT'S A ROGUE-LIKE ON THE PS2. Not since Azure Dreams was there a pre-indie-boom Rogue-like.