Assignment 8 Reflection

For this assignment, I decided to choose the good old internet to find a website to help me out. I searched for an explanation behind the horrors of video games and what draws people in. Since I'm all about horror and scary things, I found this part of the assignment quite enjoyable. I found good and helpful answers and explanations of why video games are structured the way they are, when dealing with horror. The secondary research articles also have given me useful information and a sturdy background to help back up facts and other topics that I discovered doing this portion of the assignment that may become useful in the future. The information I found on the website revolved around the ways video games are developed and what elements tend to scare us. Everything from the atmosphere, character building, darkness, the usage of children, cults and religion, and our own personal expectations are key factors in developing a video game that can get inside our head. I semi-analyzed two different video games, Silent Hill and F.E.A.R. Both of these games consists of a pleasing series that don't leave fans disappointed. For future research, I wish to know more about video games that use horror techniques, or possibly more of a narrative/decision making basis and how those game are created.