I haven’t actually been playing any games for the past week, so I don’t have all that much to talk about. Today was the first time I actually sat down and played anything, which was some random Ninja Gaiden 2 survival mode on Xenia Edge emulator and then a couple of fights on my ongoing playthrough of modded Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. The latest custom moveset mod from ShowR18 dropped the other day and so I played around a bit with the new toys.

Otherwise I want to get back to my first playthrough of Darkwood, which I only just started last week. Game is incredible, absolutely top notch horror and atmosphere - without a single deliberate jump scare. Some of the best sound design you’ll ever hear, and some just brutal, oppressive survival horror. I am not easily spooked, but this game gets to me. Almost to the point where I am not sure I will finish it, actually. The convergence of gameplay design and audiovisual design during the nights in your hideout make for some of the most tense moments I’ve ever experienced in gaming. It’s similar-ish to the powerlessness you feel towards the xenomorph in Alien Isolation, but this might honestly be scarier.