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A digital watch has never been more threatening than in 2015’s Dying Light.

Pained howls pierce the darkened sky.

Games like Resident Evil - Dying Light

You are out of options, out of time, and out of daylight.

The fear is paralysing and that’s the whole point.

“The nightmares are walking.

Dying Light zombies attacking the player

Don’t let them see you.”

You cannot kill them; all you might do isgo.

So why would anyone risk it?

Dying Light The Beast: A screenshot of Kyle Crane in the upcoming game.

Because there are actual benefits to risk-taking.

The optionality of interacting with Dying Light’s strongest horror moments is cyclical.

Ultimately, this turned me into just another resident of Harran; I was playing it super safe.

Dying Light characters walk across the screen through a town

On one hand, it makes us feel more powerful when the sun comes out.

On the other, we constantly fear the dying light above us.

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Look Outside screenshot of the player character looking out of the window at an unseen horror

Cronos: The New Dawn key art featuring a mysterious building in the background and traveller in foreground

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Until Dawn screenshot of the ensemble cast standing outside a log cabin on a snowy night.

REPO blue robot manning a camera

Ritual Remnants appear in various rooms in The Horror at Highrook

Lethal Company trailer

A player using a flashlight in horror game REPO.

Two players in horror game REPO.

The cover of Edge Magazine showing Cronos: The New Dawn spread across all the way to the back cover

GTA 6 trailer screenshots

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

A screenshot from Super Mario Odyssey showing Mario throwing Cappy in New Donk City.

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Wyatt Russell, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen and David Harbour in Thunderbolts

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The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2