Welcome to Day 2 of your Ghoulish & Ghastly Gift Guide!

#1: MOVIES & TV
#2: VIDEO GAMES
#3: BOOKS
#4: SURPRISING FINDS

Additional reporting by Laura Bitten, Maggie Z, and Christopher Foulke.

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22-11-2011 3:00 am by Joshua Gee

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[UPDATE: A permanent Pac-link now resides at Google.com/pacman. Special thanks to FREAKAZOID for the tip.]

By now you’ve probably heard (and heard and heard) about today’s “ghost sightings” over at Google. For two days only, Google is hosting a free version of the original Pac-Man game.

Yes, behold hungry-hungry Pac-Man versus those rainbow-colored wraiths Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde!

Free 30th-Anniversary Pac-Man at Google!

Here are a few secrets for all of you ‘core gamers:

To play Pac-Man, click the “INSERT COIN” button. Easy peasy. To play Ms. Pac-Man Co-Op Mode, double-click the “INSERT COIN” button, and use the W-A-S-D keys to navigate.

Google’s Pac-Man is also compatible with iPhone OS! That means you can chomp your ghosts on the go, via iPhone, iPod Touch, and glorious iPad. Alas, the only thing missing is sound.

Of course, this wouldn’t be THE FEARSEEKER FILES without a horrific twist. So here it is: A few years back, a Pac-Man crop circle was discovered in the UK at lat: 51.4001846313, long: -0.985098004341.

Aliens (or hoaxers) are gamers too. IS IT REAL?

21-05-2010 6:01 pm by Joshua Gee

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Today, BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM debuts on xBox 360, PS3, and PC. Even if you are not a gamer, there is much to be feared and admired in the game’s presentation and storytelling. It’s an extraordinarily well-crafted tribute to Arkham Asylum, the decaying repository for Gotham City’s fiercest foes.

Two key influences seem to be 1.) Batman’s 3D graphic user interface during the climactic sonar scene in last year’s THE DARK KNIGHT, and 2.) more interestingly, ARKHAM ASYLUM: A SERIOUS HOUSE ON SERIOUS EARTH.

AA: ASHOSE is a hugely unsettling 1989 graphic novel written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean, who is most famous for CORALINE, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, SANDMAN, and other ghastly collaborations with Neil Gaiman. In AA:ASHOSE, Mr. McKean brings the haunted hospital to life by combining his stylized sketches and paintings with old & eerie found objects (a dissected stopwatch here, a piece of string there). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Meanwhile, the place itself seems to take its name from Arkham, Massachusetts, which happens to not exist in real life. Rather, it’s a town created by famed horror author H. P. Lovecraft.

25-08-2009 11:34 am by Joshua Gee

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Coming soon to an Xbox near you: Meet Milo. He’s highly intelligent and extremely British. He lives inside your TV set. He knows your name. In fact, for all we know, he’s probably reading this right now….

Not to be confused with . . .

Or does Milo = Skynet? You decide.

04-06-2009 10:17 am by Joshua Gee

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IGN has provided a helpful rundown of the tools of the trade at your disposal in the VERY eagerly awaited GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME, due in stores on June 16.

24-05-2009 11:30 am by Joshua Gee

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In ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA, one chapter explores Sony’s secret history of psychic-power research. As far-fetched as that might sound, it looks like it won’t be long before families will be able to walk into any electronics store or car dealership and purchase such technology.

The high price to pay: Would anybody want to use such devices if they had to look like a dork while doing it?

03-04-2009 12:44 pm by Joshua Gee

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