{"id":2146,"date":"2023-04-06T23:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T23:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/premdm\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2023-04-25T23:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T23:15:33","slug":"horror-games-are-more-frightening-than-horror-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/2023\/04\/06\/horror-games-are-more-frightening-than-horror-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Horror <\/strong><strong>Games are more Frightening than H<\/strong><strong>orror <\/strong><strong>Movies <\/strong><strong><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by Claire Gao 2022 Cohort<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a big fan of horror movies; I started watching horror movies when I got into high school; before that, I loved reading fiction with horror elements, for example, &nbsp;<em>Under the Midnight Sun <\/em><em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keigo_Higashino\">Keigo Higashino<\/a>,1999), <em>Confessions<\/em><em> <\/em>(Kanae Minato, 2008) and <em>Full Dark, No Stars <\/em><em>(<\/em>Stephen Edwin King, 2010)<strong>. <\/strong>However, if I have to compare,<strong> <\/strong>horror games are extremely hard for me; the experience of playing is different from watching movies, it feels like you are in control, and the surroundings become realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing horror games gives audiences an immersive experience; you put yourself into the game world to explore it as the game designer created it, and you don\u2019t know what will happen next; for example, <em>Resident Evil 2<\/em> is a survival horror game and a remake of the 1998 game&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resident_Evil_2\">Resident Evil 2<\/a>, although I haven\u2019t played the original version, I heard that the new version of the game is more realistic. I played this game in 2019; at that time, I was very scared and even had nightmares. As part of the game, you do not know when the zombies will pounce; you must complete the main task while exploring because your weapons are scarce, and you will lose your lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another outstanding horror game is <em>Outlast<\/em>. I was too afraid to play this game, but I accessed the game streamers and saw them play it on YouTube. Unlike other horror games, the main character does not have any means of attack. The only weapon is a DV camera with night vision, no gun, and no other defence options. The game designer allows players to deeply experience what is called a sense of powerlessness; to face this situation becomes a breathless experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a different note, I have always felt like a third-person perspective when watching horror movies. I could predict what would happen next, and although the sound and atmosphere were realistic, I still think horror movies are less frightening than horror games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image:https:\/\/aminoapps.com\/c\/anime\/page\/blog\/update-31-days-of-halloween-official-event\/V1t7_uMP4JnRQBz10zk31jo3aLB0zW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Claire Gao 2022 Cohort I am a big fan of horror movies; I started watching horror movies when<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/2023\/04\/06\/horror-games-are-more-frightening-than-horror-movies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><strong>Horror <\/strong><strong>Games are more Frightening than H<\/strong><strong>orror <\/strong><strong>Movies <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2148,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions\/2148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.thecdm.ca\/techspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}