If you’ve ever walked through a semi-unused mall, the sort that hasn’t really seen any changes since the early 2000s, you’ve probably come across spaces that are both familiar, yet pretty creepy at ...

For a lot of people, indie game POOLS will lean into horror territory. While the walking simulator doesn’t have any monsters chasing you down, the liminal design of its environment is very capable of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. People who are into games today generally know the term "walking sim." It seems to have cropped up around the time of Dear Esther in 2012, a ...

There was nothing immediately noteworthy about the image of a deserted road and three brick arches. I encountered it a few months ago, during a late-evening doomscroll, and stopped because I felt ...

It was during that second week of the lockdown in March that I started shifting furniture around my daughter’s playroom. Artwork came in and out of the door as I tried to change the whole mood ...