Quick Look: Neverending Nightmares

Spookin' with Rubes

Did the people at the New Yorker make this game?

This art style, especially that family portrait, just reminds me of the World Stare Out bits from Big Train.

That ending to the kickstarter was pretty amazing.

My stance on horror movies is about the same as Jeff's.

This game seems all right though.

Also, are basements not a thing on the west coast? That seems weird to me.

Love that Dan refers to it as "Run Juice"

Agh, I payed for this but I'm so wary of the spooks!

This is really dark. What an atmosphere!

@mooseymcman: I was surprised too. Apparently they all have crawlspaces instead of basements. I'm pretty sure it has to do with earthquakes.

I vaguely recall a bombcast where they discussed this very issue.

Oh man, please tell me this doesn't mean Patrick is gonna skip this for Spookin'. Dan and Drew are fun dudes, but they're not who I want playing a decent horror game on this site. They can keep the dumb/crappy ones though.

I thought the Edward Gorey-esque art style for this was really cool but the Flash-ass animations kinda ruin it for me. Also I'm a huge pansy when it comes to horror stuff (despite horror-comedies being my favorite genre of movie when done well) but this game isn't scary at all.

"Recurring nightmares about Phil Fish."

My adventures in crowdfunding have not resulted in a dud or being scammed yet. I'm very pleased.

A little awkward to watch Drew and Dan's reaction to this game.

Game looks disturbing, but they seemed to be exaggerating.

They wheel it back around halfway through, and what a effective damn game.

I'm super into this.

@billymaysrip: Yeah, still seems weird to me.

Dan and Drew are stealing Patrick's bit with spooky games!

Will Patrick counter?

Surprised that they didn't pick up on the fact that MC is likely meant to be asthmatic. The game exaggerates the inhales to the point that I think that is what we are meant to think. I could be wrong though.
I wouldn't call myself desensitized, but I do human dissections every week as part of my medical course. Let's just say that having to become 'normalized' to something like that changes the way you perceive and react to to a lot of stuff. That scene was still gnarly to look at though.

This honestly looks boring to me, not disturbing or scary. Just boring.

Hahaha Oh God, you're right!

I've seen most of this from trailers and the Kickstarter demo, but man that last bit. The constant fucking build up is very impressive and seems to be what will make this game unique/interesting

I think this game looks incredible. Can't wait to give it a try myself. Love the art style!

Nope! Nope, nope, nope. Not for me. Seen enough. Have to hide under the covers now.

I was surprised to learn this recently as well - from my understanding it has to do with the frost-line (or lack thereof).

The art style reminded me of this artist

http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/

I backed the game to support Matt. But will I actually play it alone in the dark? Uhh....

Move over Spookin' with Scoops. We got Daring with Dan and Drew Dandrew now!

Giant fleshy baby was creepy, but I couldn't help thinking of Jeff yelling about a giant baby Brock Lesnar.

Agh I am so conflicted: Horror games are my favorite and I NEVER watch ANYTHING about them so I discover it all myself, but Dan and Drew are my favorite Giant Bomb duo and I really want to watch this.

... Maybe I will buy it, play all of it, and then come back to watch this.

I think Dan is focusing on the imagery way too much. It's not like the developer has those kind of images in his head, that'd clearly be something far more serious than anxiety or depression. It seems like he's trying to create an interpretation of the queezy feelings of anxiousness and helplessness associated with mental illness, or more specifically depression/anxiety

I'm very much a big sissy when it comes to horror games so I wouldn't be able to handle this one bit. Love that art style though. P.s. Yay first comment on Giant Bomb!

This is a must buy for me and my wife. We both love Edward Gorey style art, and this is such a dense atmosphere for a game. Gonna grab it very soon.

This looks cool. It immediately reminded my of the old pbs mystery intro.

Intro

Fantastic stuff. And big props to Dan for seeming to grasp what depression actually is, while being so far removed from it himself. That's all too rare, and refreshing/reassuring to hear.

I'm curious, given that he doesn't like horror, but enjoys movies like Evil Dead (the second one more than the first, I'm sure): does he enjoy the more over-the-top, silly fare like later Elm Street/Friday the 13th sequels? Maybe some of Troma's stuff? I could totally see Dan sitting down to a Toxic Avenger marathon.

Same goes for Jeff, actually. I refuse to believe that Jeff wouldn't enjoy the zanier side of the genre.

As a person with an intense phobia of dolls, I had to cut the QL off while they were talking about how dolls weren't scary.

Maybe one of the only QLs I will never finish.

This looks incredible.

Dan Rykert helming a quick look of a game about mental health, this ought to be a decent, sensitive video.

i'm sure patrick will offer his own take. i HOPE.

i should have already played the beta, just happy to support it. will jump on this soon.

I like the art style. The arm vein thing just creeped me the hell out. But except for the primal horror/adrenaline pumps, I cannot say I would enjoy this. Where's my assault rifle so I can fight back? Not happening, eh?

To it's credit, this affected me like a good Horror movie, and not a game like Fear. But I only have so much tolerance for that kind of thing.

Or perhaps Earthquakes.

I backed this because I wanted the guy to make it... but god dammit I have no intention of playing it! I'm too scared!

@mooseymcman: I can't attest to California, but here in Texas, basements are very rare just because most of the central part of the state has a hard limestone slate underground that is very expensive to dig through. I would assume that they aren't prevalent in California because of how much structural damage could occur during an earthquake, landslide, sinkhole, etc.

@librorumprohibitorum: Scoops will play MGS2; almost certainly.

I'm just starting to recover from two and a half years of quite severe depression, and I think this game represents it perfectly. That feeling of being completely lost and alone in heavy darkness actually didn't make the game feel creepy to me, but comfortingly familiar in a weird way. That probably makes no sense to most people. I guess I didn't take the imagery literally, as real images/ideas, but representation of the world I, and possibly he, inhabited when everything to be seen was filtered through hopelessness. For me the places where he slowed, gasping for breath, felt like those moments when I had so little energy and so much overwhelm that continuing at all took unbelievable effort. This is probably the best depiction of being in severe depression that I have ever seen. Thanks Matt

Great Quick Look. You should do more horror QLs ;)

I recommend watching the video, Dan touches on his own mental health issues. At no point does he come across as insensitive.

Yeah, I was always told that they're not common out here because it's an earthquake safety thing. I used to think basements were all out east for people to hide in during tornados and other odd weather phenomenon that we don't get in California.

ON TOPIC: This game looks fantastic visually and the atmosphere is gripping. Will have to give this a go once I've got some extra time on my hands.

It depends where on the West Coast. I've lived in California where no one had basements, yet up here in Seattle basements are pretty common.

Judging from the thumbnail this game atleast looks really amazing. I just love that pencil drawn look.

Well, according to Dan, I am a vain person... damn

@warpig87: Well the dev has come out and said he has had thoughts of violent self harm, and the pulling the vein bit was one of them