Aside from the many that we have over here, one of the yearly traditions that I seriously look forward to is picking out a survival-horror game to play through the month of October. Renting
In the Mouth of Madness earlier in the month put us in a dangerously
Lovecraftian bent, so our game pick for this year was
Eternal Darkness, a polygonal pastiche sung in the key of Cthuhlu for the Gamecube.
Past entries have included
Ghosthunter for the PS2 and 2006 saw us bring the adaptation of
The Haunted Mansion into our house as it cuts across another one of our yearly traditions: Visiting the Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom. The former game was pretty decent, but almost a style copy of the
Ghostbusters movies but without the great dialogue. The
Haunted Mansion game, while not monumentally innovative, visually outstanding or well-polished, was surprisingly entertaining for what it wanted to do. If given enough time to gestate, it probably would've done well for the ride's diehards and maybe even a commercial success. But I digress. Anybody else have any Halloween traditions that fall beside the usual "dressing up and whoring for sweets" pastimes?
BTW, did the lifestyle subforum go Claude Rains or is it just my computer?
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