Be afraid.. be very afraid
So, Halloween is upon us again once more and, if you listen very carefully, you can almost hear the sound of game journos rushing to compile a list of games to play on this spooky celebration. If you close your eyes and use your imagination, you can easily predict what these lists will include - is this a special kind of black magic being practiced on this ghoulish holiday, or the predictable nature of these lists that materialise in October / November of every single year?
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.. er.. wait a minute!
I
am certain that being dead sucks, although we cannot really ask any
deceased individuals to verify this. You could always speak to a
medium, but as anyone with a working brain knows, these people are
human parasites that manipulate grieving relatives for financial
reward, so best to ignore them completely. The classic 1980's Tim
Burton movie, Beetlejuice showed a recently expired couple wreaking
havoc on a nasty family who had moved into their dream home, and
their antics looked surprising enjoyable. So maybe the afterlife
isn't all bad. Electronic Arts certainly thought so, as their 1993
Sega Mega Drive game, Haunting (featuring Polterguy) completely nicks
the plot from that movie, switching the dead newly-weds for a teenage
skate punk.
