Horror

Ghoulhammer: The Twilight (Deployment) Zone – Players from Hell

To finish off Ghoulhammer 2024, we ask some of our writers for their fevered imaginings of the worst opponents possible...

Ghoulhammer Classics – Content from Spooky Seasons Past

As we kick off Ghoulhammer 2024, we are taking a look at the articles we released in previous years - as well as unearthing some seasonally-appropriate content to get you into the spirit. Ghoulhammer covers a lot of ground...

Home Safety Hotline: Do You Have Hobbs in Your House? 

Analog horror aesthetics have been growing in popularity over the last few years, even if in a lot of cases, “analog” just tends to mean, “the concept of a VCR distortion is the scariest thing I can imagine,” rather...

Pacific Drive: A Challenging Run-Based Ride Through the Zone — If You Want It To Be

What’s the worst that could happen on a car trip up the scenic Washington state coast? Pacific Drive aims to let you find out. Far from a cozy walking simulator or a slow-paced, iterative survival game, the first offering...

The Goonhammer Review, Game of the Year Season: Alan Wake 2

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS COMPREHENSIVE STORY SPOILERS FOR ALAN WAKE 2.   To get this out of the way up front: I didn’t really like the musical number. Alan Wake 2 is the long-anticipated sequel to a game that was frankly kind of...

Goonhammer Reads: Horror

Fall is a great time to get cozy with a book and scare the hell out of yourself with, but frankly, it’s sometimes difficult to come across good, gripping horror. It isn’t for lack of trying; there are many,...

Goonhammer Roundtable: 2023 Is the Year of the Horror Game Remake

As Halloween approaches and we looked back on the horror games of 2023 we were struck by how this year in particular produced an unprecedented slate of very successful big-budget remakes for beloved horror franchises. Between Resident Evil’s RE4...

Goonhammer Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Video Game

I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it. - The Cook Michael: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - considered by many to be the best /...

Welcome to Ghoulhammer 2023!

Happy Spooky Season and welcome to the official kick-off of Ghoulhammer 2023! It is I, your Mistress of Misery, Marcy, here to help guide you along through the next few weeks as we'll be working on giving you some...

Monster of the Week: How Genre Improves a Game

The more time I spend playing TTRPGs and trying new ones, the more interest I have in genre-specific games.  It makes a lot of sense for how most people I know play these games: we think of a cool basis...