It’s always been a bit of a grey area to me, and with some younger brothers in Christ on my Steam list beginning to go invisible to play games like Phasmophobia, I figured it’s time to think and talk more about this. So this season, I’m going to talk about horror games. If we’re willing to face our fears, it can also be a season for deeper thinking and stronger convictions. Halloween can be a lot more than some annual showcase event for Christians to make choices between right or wrong. That line of reasoning, while well-intentioned and sound on principle, can cause us to bury our consumption habits in secrecy or defiance if we haven’t taken the time to think through what we watch and play for ourselves. The reason I shared all that is to demonstrate my deep investment in the topic and to suggest that my answer to the “should I” question isn’t going to be as simple as “doesn’t edify, so no”. Right now? I’m about a quarter through Resident Evil Village and looking forward to Resident Evil 4 next year.
GAMES LIKE PHASMOPHOBIA SERIES
Zombies didn’t have that effect though, and so in junior college I continued to slay them with my friends in Left 4 Dead 2, and read and watched The Walking Dead series and other zombie movies like 28 Days Later.įor my honours thesis in university, I even wrote on zombie films. That was a thrill like no other.Īfter our O-Levels, my friends and I would watch dozens of horror movies over the span of a few months, but I stopped watching those kinds of movies (ghostly and gory ones) after realising that the horror binge we went on had made me a fearful person. Then in secondary school, my then cell leader let us watch RoboCop at his place followed by a screening of The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
… my answer to the “should I” question isn’t going to be as simple as “doesn’t edify, so no”. I also played Silent Hill around the same time and was intrigued but noped out real quick because that was actually terrifying. I vaguely recall playing Alone in the Dark on my dad’s computer, and I became a big fan of Dino Crisis 1 and 2 on the PlayStation (man, the late 1990s was a great time to be a fan of dinosaurs with the Jurassic Park movies as well). Looking back, it probably started with video games. I hadn’t fully realised how much of my preferences in media and entertainment had to do with horror - until I researched and reflected for this article.
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