Pick Something Horrible
Horror, survival horror, or a game that simply wants you uncomfortable. Resident Evil, Alien Isolation, Amnesia, or a small indie game about a corridor.
#TerrorTober
Because Shocktober is way too mainstream. Get your horror games out and see if you can make it to the end of one. There are no winners for this one, only losers...
Turn The Lights Off
Headphones on, curtains shut, door closed. Playing it at two in the afternoon is cheating and you know it.
Get To The End
Starting a horror game is easy. Everybody starts a horror game. Very few get past the bit where the thing appears in the corridor.
The XboxCast's #TerrorTober
Every October we play horror games, then spend an episode telling each other how brave we were about it. Nobody is brave about it.
The bar is low and the month is long. Play something that frightens you, and try to reach the credits before November turns up and you go back to something with a map screen and a nice bit of crafting.
There are no winners for this one. Only losers. Some losers just come out of it with a better story.
Rules
It Has To Actually Be Horror
Not tense. Not atmospheric. Horror. If it is being argued about in Discord, it probably does not count. DOOM is loud, not scary.
Finish One
Any length. A four hour indie horror counts every bit as much as a forty hour one, and is considerably more likely to get finished.
Quitting Is Allowed
If a game genuinely gets to you, put it down. This is meant to be a laugh, not a dare.
How Far You Got
Lights On, Door Open
The beginner tier, and still a tier. Everybody starts here. Most people quietly stay here and say nothing about it.
Headphones, Curtains Shut
The proper way round, and the point where it stops being a game you are watching and starts being one that is happening to you.
Alone, After Midnight
For whoever finished last year and has been unbearable about it ever since.
The Honourable Retreat
Put it down and say so in the Discord. Somebody will tell you which bit to skip. There is no shame in it and we have all done it.
Make October a little more XboxCast.
Get your horror games out and see if you can make it to the end of one. Shocktober was too mainstream.
Join the community in Discord for this year's details and to share what you're playing.
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