No, but that's cool and something I did not know. I believe my first friend was lindalou.
Keep in mind I was also blogging on 1up in those early days (I joined just three years after it was launched, in June 2006... there's that number again lol), and even still had dial-up, hence my early blogs being all text! lol
I remember hearing about Siren, and of course Silent Hills are considered classics by many. Sadly, no more Sony consoles left for me, as they belonged to my brother, but let me know how Siren is if you do pick it up.
I was a lot more scared by The Shining as a kid, when I saw that elevator on TV, than I was watching it in full in high school. Again, mystery scares me, and you're right, atmosphere is everything in horror.
Excellent blog; 1up was all about community, glad that continues here.
Don't blame you, plus a whole new slew of people get to check the stuff out.
Forget lyrics, how many game songs are just melodies from popular music? Capcom in general, and specifically Mega Man 1's Elecman stage being Journey's "Faithfully" comes to mind. lol
My backlog doesn't exist. Again, I'm not kidding, go look at my collection, I've finished or almost finished all of it, and there isn't that much. lol
Oh yeah, Lovecraft was a huge influence on this, and of course Metallica (make of that what you will, I liked the band lol), so I like the guy's stuff.
Well, sorry for reminding you, but I didn't make you sell it! lol And yeah, I've heard, and in the case of 3 experienced somewhat, that Silent Hill gets it as well, but I've never played a full one, though I believe my older brother completed 1 and 2.
Doom makes sense, I think I may have been a bit creeped out when I played an N64 version. I think I thought it was more "cool" than scary but that was a long time ago.
Oh yeah, Fatal Frame seemed like an awesome concept for a game to me, but I don't think any Sony consoles were left in the house when it came out.
I've heard of FEAR and seen footage here and there, I think, but never really played it. PC games, right? Or were they on consoles as well. I have a Dell D620, so I can't really play most newer PC titles lol.
And The Ring is my favorite horror film, and it was inspired by/based on the Japanese film, so I have to agree there.
Especially in games, jump scares get old quick.
