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A review by fruitbatwoman
P.T.: A Video Game Ghost Story by Joel Couture
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
3.5
I read this book as part of a buddy read/reading challenge.
I am one of the nerds who kept my old Playstation 4 with the P.T. demo still installed, although I never finished the short game because I got too scared... This book detailing not only what happens in the demo, but also why the different horror elements are so effective, a surface analysis of why horror games appeal to people, lots of background information about the halted development of Silent Hills (for which P.T. is a demo), and how gamers worked together to solve the horrifying puzzles of P.T. was a great read for me. As a (former?) horror gamer I found a lot of interesting points, although the author got a bit repetitive and rambling at times. Another minus point were the many spelling and grammar errors - the book would have benefitted from another pass by an editor.
A short read for a very niche group of people who are interested in horror games, game development, and nonfiction texts about video games.
I am one of the nerds who kept my old Playstation 4 with the P.T. demo still installed, although I never finished the short game because I got too scared... This book detailing not only what happens in the demo, but also why the different horror elements are so effective, a surface analysis of why horror games appeal to people, lots of background information about the halted development of Silent Hills (for which P.T. is a demo), and how gamers worked together to solve the horrifying puzzles of P.T. was a great read for me. As a (former?) horror gamer I found a lot of interesting points, although the author got a bit repetitive and rambling at times. Another minus point were the many spelling and grammar errors - the book would have benefitted from another pass by an editor.
A short read for a very niche group of people who are interested in horror games, game development, and nonfiction texts about video games.