World of Horror
World of Horror Review (PC)
How can a horror game with a graphical look pulled straight from a black-and-white 1980s Apple IIe manage to instill fear and dread? In a world of high-fidelity jump scares and graphic violence that would make ‘80s slasher movie makers say “That might be a little over the top”, can a tiny indie horror game blending Lovecraftian and Japanese horror elements bring something new to this blood-saturat...[Read More]
World of Horror – A PAX Hands-On Redux
Astute readers may recall last year’s PAX South hands-on with World of Horror, a black-and-white horror game that harkens back to much earlier days of computer gaming. At the time, the game was expected to be released sometime in 2019, however, that schedule slipped into 2020. For PAX South this year, that meant that World of Horror was back at the Ysbryd booth, showcasing both the school story fr...[Read More]
World of Horror – PAX South Hands-On
The Ysbryd booth at PAX South this year featured two games: YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, and World of Horror. Obviously I didn’t need to see the YIIK demo, since I was playing through my review copy at the time, but World of Horror looked like nothing else on the show floor. “How scary can a black and white game be, especially one with an old-school point and click style UI?” The PR rep just smiled at...[Read More]