Fear Sphere turns the scary flashlight levels of horror games into reality

Fear Sphere takes one of those flashlight levels in a horror game and brings it to life. It’s a co-op game: One person crawls inside an inflatable dome and prepares to find their way out of a virtual maze, and the other is outside with a map to guide them. Hnry is a three-person studio from New […]

The best flashlight

By Doug Mahoney This post was done in partnership with The Sweethome, a buyer’s guide to the best homewares. When readers choose to buy The Sweethome’s independently chosen editorial picks, it may earn affiliate commissions that support its work. Read the full article here. After spending three weeks in the New Hampshire woods with 23 […]

How experimental games dumped us into a giant trash bag with a flashlight

SAN FRANCISCO—The newest tradition at the Game Developers Conference is the “Alt.Ctrl” pavilion. Every year, hackers gather to present some of the weirdest games ever made. Some count as “video games,” while others eschew screens and even computers for content that only barely qualifies as “digital entertainment.” We managed to play nearly all of the […]