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In this month's Monster Mania, Jay Krieger examines the Psychopaths of 'Dead Rising' and their humanity beyond the comedy.
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In the latest Monster Mania, Jay Krieger looks at 'Alien: Isolation' and the surprising terror inflicted by the Working Joes.
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From 'Sinister' to 'Longlegs', Jay Krieger looks at the five best opening sequences in modern horror history.
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New video game 'Still Wakes The Deep' exemplifies the best of cosmic and aquatic horror. Read more from Jay Krieger…
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In the latest Monster Mania, Jay Krieger looks back at ‘Dying Light’ and their terrifying, undead behemoths, the Volatiles.
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In this month's Monster Mania, we dive into 'Doom Eternal' and the stellar redesign of the metal demon spider, Arachnotron.
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Dread Central's Monster Mania dives into the oddball world of Oddworld: Strangers Wrath where nothing is too...odd.
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In this week's Monster Mania, Jay Krieger looks into the piles of carnage that is Dambuster Studios' 'Dead Island 2'.
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Monster Mania is a weekly column celebrating the unique and varied monster designs in horror gaming. There is no other…
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This week we take a look at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and how it adapts Resident Evil's monsters for…
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For this week's Monster Mania we take a look at Half-Life and how th egame manages to have some magnificent…