Leigh Alexander » Phantasmagoria 2 http://leighalexander.net on the art, culture & business of interactive entertainment, social media and stuff Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:56:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.10 Question Of The Week: What Scares You? http://leighalexander.net/question-of-the-week-what-scares-you/ http://leighalexander.net/question-of-the-week-what-scares-you/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:01:00 +0000 http://leighalexander.net/question-of-the-week-what-scares-you/ Look, I remembered to do Question of the Week this week!
The horrific Phantasmagoria 2 became available on GoodOldGames.com this week. I haven’t played it since I was young (and it’s not appropriate for young people, bless my parents) — but I remember that it scared me worse than nearly any other video game ever to date. I could not even finish it for a good couple years because I was too scared to try things and die over and over. It took me a few years before I was brave enough to print out a walkthrough for the very last section and beat the game.
I have a sneaking suspicion that if I tried it again today, it would be terribly disappointing, possibly even hilariously terrible. But paradoxically — kid you not — I’m still too frightened to revisit it.
What game scared you worse than any other in your memory? Do you feel stupid about it now, or does it still scare you?
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