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Video Games     From Niko Silvester, your About Video Games Editor     I don’t know about you, but for me Halloween is the perfect time to play eerie, creepy, or just plain scary games. Fortunately, it’s also when some companies — like the PlayStation Network this week — put horror games on sale.   Follow us on:     Sign up for more free newsletters: About Today About Electronics & Gadgets About Computers   Top Xbox 360 Horror Games Some people find horror videogames scarier than horror movies (people like me), but Eric doesn’t really find games in the genre scary at all. Still, he has some great suggestions for Halloween-themed gaming on the Xbox 360, plus one title you probably hadn’t thought of. READ NOW   The 10 Spookiest Wii Games of All Time Charles is more like me in that he prefers the ghostly, spooky sort of horror to the grisly, gory sort, but there’s plenty of both on his top horror games for Wii list. READ NOW   Top 20 Survival Horror Video Games Michael advocates skipping horror movies entirely in favor of games, and he’s got an excellent list for PC gamers to try out. You’ll find more than just the occasional jump scare here, so you might want to ignore the part of his advice where he says to turn the lights off. READ NOW   The Five Scariest Games of All Time Brian falls into the movies-are-scarier-than-games camp, but he still manages to pick five horror games that will scare the pants off you. Most of these are older titles, so if you’re on a budget you should be able to pick them up cheap. READ NOW   ADVERTISEMENT Featured Articles Video Game Shooters - Be the Best You Can Be! Top Classic Horror Computer Games Scary PSP Games for Halloween Online Halloween Games Halloween Downloads for ‘The Sims’ The 7 Best RPGs on the Nintendo DS More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com