Real-world fears in video games

[Aliem]

While the giant spiders in Resident Evil have always kind of freaked me out, their hideously polygon nature never triggered my arachnophobia. The spiders in Resident Evil "Remake" on the Gamecube? Ugh. I did ok with the standard ones. I was far more creeped out than usual but it was still manageable. That was until I came across this fucking thing, anyway. Despite knowing it was fake and on TV, I still struggled to face this boss. It was the first and only time a Resident Evil game made me feel true, unnerving, fear. It's almost a shame that it took 6 years for a survival horror series to actually instill some form of the horror part in me.

Yeah that thing was a fucking nightmare... Though, for my money, I still think a more giant house spider take would be far more terrifying than a giant tarantula. Maybe it's because tarantulas are fuzzy, but they look more mammilan to me, and thus less fuck-yo-couch-creepy than a generic "how y'all doin'" house spider.

Nevertheless, that boss fight was the worst. The absolute worst. Spiders are the most terrifying things in the world, in my less-than-humble opinion (I'm right stfu)

[Binx]

I'm fucking HORRIBLE with spiders. Even most of the incarnations of Gohma freak me the fuck out....