Psychoanalyzing Resident Evil and Silent Hill

The Game Career Guide site has up a piece doing a psychological examination of horror games. The uber-successful series Resident Evil and Silent Hill go under the microscope, giving readers a look at the psychological archetypes the games elicit, while also discussing the titles from a gameplay standpoint. It is the author's contention that the RE series is the 'standard' for the genre, while Silent Hill games shake up the gamer's viewpoint with 'avant-garde' elements. An interesting, and thoroughly academic look, at the modern face of gaming horror.

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wow...

[onemorehour]

From this perspective, Saddler's long tentacles could be considered maternal, representing the "umbilical" (discussed further below) rather than the traditional phallic.

This article is, hands-down, the stupidest thing I've read all day.

It's psychology...

[Junta]

In psychology, everything is either about sex, or your mother, but usually both at the same time...