Game Theory: We need more sex in our horror - much more sex

Opinion by Matt S.

Horror games are far too sexless. This isn't to say they're bad - I love a good horror game and the intense chases and/or jump scares that it provides as much as the next person. However, the more I compare what has been achieved with horror in literature and cinema to what has been done in video games, the more I realise that horror game developers really struggle with the thematic depth, and I would argue that it's as simple as this: horror needs sex, and too many developers miss that.

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