Let’s think about chili powder. Base a whole meal around this popular red dust, and unless you know what you’re doing, you’ll end up with a plate of searing garbage fit only for ladboasts. But soothe chili into the ingredient lists of other meals – even those you wouldn’t usually associate with it, like fancy chocolate – and you can add a whole new element of sensation to your meal. It’s a team player, is what I’m saying.
I reckon horror in games works the same way. Yes, it’s possible to cook a michelin-starred vindaloo like Alien: Isolation, where the heat is the main event. But often, the horrible is tastiest when it’s creeping out from behind something else, entirely unexpected.
Which is how we come to Let’s Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: Teaches Typing, the most memorable lowkey horror game I’ve played in a good while. Developed by Montréal-based academic and game designer Pippin Barr, LP:AGP:TT is the seventh in a series of short games based on ironic punishments from Greek myth, which Barr calls “an investigation around what it means to make the ‘same game’ multiple times”.
Source : rockpapershotgun.com
