Tag Archives: Cosmic Horror

This review contains some spoilers. They’re not that big, though. Despite being a cosmic horror novel, The Hollow Places is a bit afraid of scaring us too much. The narrator is frequently making jokes and downplaying the grotesque events she’s witnessing, which may add to the character, yes, but also hampers the overall tension. This narrator is Kara, a recently divorced …

Call of the Sea is a first-person point-and-click adventure that tries to put a new spin on the Cthulhu mythos. With a colorful and vibrant art style, the game is unfortunately marred by exposition-heavy writing and questionable puzzle design. It’s the 1930s, and a woman called Nora Everharti is traveling to a remote island in the Pacific in search of …