About this episode
The episode explores the decline of the mascot horror genre and its impact on gaming culture.
Where did all the mascot horror go?! It feels like we’ve been covering less of it on the channel and there hasn’t really been anything new and original in a REALLY long time. So…what happened? Let’s take a journey down memory lane and figure out what happened to this once popular genre…
Topics covered
- mascot horror
- video game genres
- nostalgia
- gaming trends
- horror games
Keywords
- mascot horror
- gaming
- video games
- genre decline
- horror
- nostalgia
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