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On 10/19/2013 at 01:27 AM,
by daftman
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is a famous and important literary figure for many reasons. He helped popularize the short story and turned the horror story genre on its head, creating detective fiction/the mystery genre in the process. But even his tales of terror and the macabre feature much more character depth and motivation than anything else of his time. Horror stories leading up to Poe’s works tended toward mindless brutality, violence, and shock for their own sake. But Poe’s characters grappled with grief, alcoholism, and hatred, to name a few, and often lost their battles and their sanity in the process. Whether the terrible acts and outcomes in the stories are actual occurrences or the delusions of Poe’s tortured narrators is not always clear. Was she buried alive? Was the tell-tale heart actually beating? Of course, pigeonholing Poe into the horror genre would be a mistake. Aside from establishing the mystery genre (which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle readily credited him for), he wrote satires, humorous pieces and hoaxes, poetry, and even contributed to the burgeoning science fiction genre (Jules Verne actually wrote a sequel to Poe’s only complete novel). Speaking of poetry, who isn’t familiar with “The Raven,” no doubt Poe’s most famous work?
On 10/14/2013 at 11:20 PM,
by daftman
In October 2010 Double Fine released the quintessential Halloween game: Costume Quest. A game about trick-or-treating, dressing up in costumes (to gain super powers, of course), and fighting monsters, Costume Quest is an RPG that plays kind of like a cross between Dragon Quest and Mario & Luigi. Originally released on PSN and XBLA, it has since come to Windows, Mac, Linux, and, as of last Thursday, iOS. The release of Costume Quest onto the App Store took everyone by surprise but what a wonderful addition it is! $4.99 will get you the main game and another $1.99 will snag you the "Grubbins on Ice" DLC pack, making this by far the cheapest way to get the whole experience (Steam, for instance, will run you $15). If you still need convincing, check out the old 1UP review. They liked it 
On 10/12/2013 at 09:06 PM,
by daftman
A while ago my wife introduced me to the two-sentence horror story, which is just what it sounds like. A horror story in two sentences. Now you might think that it would be difficult to be scary in just two sentences, and you’d be right. Many of these stories aren’t that great. Some manage to get by on shock value, but the really good ones tap into our human fear of the unknown and let the imagination run with the possibilities. You don’t want to blow through these stories and keep going because you’ll lose the effect. Really put yourself into the story then stop after reading and let it sink in. Here’s my favorite:
On 10/07/2013 at 09:00 PM,
by daftman
Zombies have been all the rage in popular culture for quite some time now and that’s reflected in the App Store. You'll find zombies in every sort of game imaginable but the best thing to do to them, naturally, is shoot them in the face!
