The 12 Things That Truly Scare Us
Forget ghosts and videotapes that kill you if you watch them. These are the things that really make us hide under the covers at night. Boo!
10/30/2008 9:31 PM | 8 Comments | Page 1 of 2
Scott Jones
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(Contributor: James Fudge)
Now that we're older, though arguably not all that much wiser, the CG staffers realized that the things that once spooked us no longer work the same voodoo on us. Forget vampires and zombies and ghouls. You want a real scare? Try looking at your 401k these days. Or have a stare-down with this month's mortgage payment. Pretty ghoulish, no?
In honor of this year's Halloween, that time of year when we're supposed to celebrate old-fashioned Boos! and Aiiieeees!, we came up with a dozen things guaranteed to make any gamer curl into a ball and hold himself. Enjoy.
12. Traveller's Tales releases LEGO Nights in Rodanthe.
Starring LEGO Richard Gere and LEGO Diane Lane as two lonely LEGO people stuck in an inn made out of LEGOs during a LEGO storm.
11. EA announces that a new Madden will be released every six months.
Official title:
Madden NFL 2009 and a Half. It features seven new tackling animations and artificial intelligence that actually tries to call a timeout during the final two minutes of a game.
10. Activision sues MTV, and through a legal snafu, winds up owning Harmonix.
Their first title since the merger:
Guitar Hero Rock Band World Tour 3: Special Allman Brothers Edition Now With Wireless Wigs.
9. Carnival Games 2.
This one includes a virtual version of the Throw a Softball Through a Toilet Seat And Win a Sawdust-Filled Doll game. A true classic.
8. Link comes out of the closet.
That explains why he was always watching those wrestling DVDs whenever we stopped by his tree house.
7. Sid Meier runs out of inspiration, takes his turn-based strategy series in a unfortunate direction.
Official title:
Sid Meier's Sterilization. It's the story of a sperm that can create new units, build a barracks, or erect a library in either the left testicle or right testicle.
