Haunted houses,‭ ‬tales of gruesome deaths and vengeful spirits,‭ ‬terrifying movies,‭ ‬and midnight jaunts are all a part of the Halloween experience.‭ ‬People are simply fascinated with scaring themselves out of their wits,‭ ‬and they’ll take the experience of true fear in any form they can get.‭ ‬This fixation carries over into the gaming industry as well,‭ ‬catering to thrill seekers‭ (‬such as myself‭) ‬by producing titles that seek to elicit blood-curdling screams from their players.‭ ‬But why‭? ‬What prompts an average Joe to actively seek out video games that could cause his heart to beat rapidly,‭ ‬his blood pressure to rise,‭ ‬and the potential of soiled underwear‭?

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Fatal Frame fans outside Japan mourned yesterday with the annoucement that Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, will not be coming to the US. The title, fourth in the survior horror series, was released in Japan last July, and had been widely anticipated in the US. However Nintendo, who holds the publishing rights to the game, has decided not to release a North American version of the game.

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