GamesRadar - Eternal Darkness

Myth in games (Feature)

Sep 17, 2009

We’ve all had our fun spotting recurring elements in games. So many kidnapped princesses! So many spiky-haired antiheroes! But why the constant repetitions? Are developers that lazy? Or could games, in their transition from high-score one-upmanship to narrative medium, have tapped into the basics of mythic tropes? ...

Gaming's most facepalm-worthy heroes (Feature)

Jun 26, 2009

When the hero's mistakes end the world instead of saving it. ...

12 games you might never play (Feature)

Apr 24, 2009

Remember how great StarCraft: Ghost was going to be? Sorry, it’s dead. It’s not uncommon for games to be cancelled. It usually happens like this: A game is announced, we hear nothing about it for years, then buried somewhere in a press release about another game we find a note that mentions that it has been “indefinitely delayed,” which actually means “permanently delayed.” And that’s it, we never hear about it again. ...

34 ways to kill a zombie (Feature)

Nov 19, 2008

We love zombies to bits. No, sorry - that came out wrong. We love to blast zombies to bits. But that's not the only way we like to kill them. In fact we've got a video of 33 other ways to make the dead even deader ...

"Mature" games that are actually mature (Feature)

Oct 14, 2008

Real world definition of "mature": Showing the mental, emotional, or physical characteristics associated with a fully developed person; involving serious thought. Videogame definition of "mature": Shits, tits and gibs. ...

Remote emote (Feature)

Sep 25, 2007

Sept 25, 2007 Microsoft and Sony declare blitzkrieg on your soul; Nintendo gives you a shoulder to cry on. With wetted eye we return to our most emotional Nintendo moments… A matter of life and bemani Ouendan's Over the Distance sequence is a mature ode to the recently deceased. Mullered in a motorcycle crash, young Ishida barters three more hours to make peace with his peeved girlfriend Ryouko - prompted by a mad cacophony of drums and cymbals, natch. If you don't cry to these ...

Eternal Darkness (Review)

Mar 16, 2006

There are basically two types of survival-horror games out there. On one side are the psych-out, mess-with-your-head nightmare titles like Silent Hill. Flanking those is the group of in-your-face bloodbaths akin to Resident Evil. Lurking quietly between these two pools of gory, shambling creatures is the classically maddening, eerily brilliant Eternal Darkness. Eternal Darkness' plot isn't ripped straight out of Lovecraft, but it might as well be. For most of the game, you play Alexandra ...

Eternal Darkness (Screenshots)

Mar 16, 2006

Show Credits (Cheat)

Jan 23, 2006