It turns out this Rare platformer is hiding some dark secrets.

It was only a matter of time before Minecraft put out an official licensed something related to The Simpsons thanks to its new corporate overlords at Microsoft. What's genuinely surprising about the Simpsons "skin pack" announced today is just how...unsettling it looks.

I've seen some creepy video game shenanigans in my time— for instance, Grand Theft Auto V's silent, ruthlessly determined serial killer. This, however, might just take the cake.

Typically, when you fall through the map in a game you don't expect to find anything aside from an endless void. But if you happen to fall through the map in the exact right place in Dragon Age Inquisition, you might find something a little weird.

Ah, Shadow of Mordor orcs. So silly. And also so, so creepy when they want to be. Reddit user ootinii captured this particularly...vivid taunt from a nemesis I have yet to come across in my own orc-slaying adventures.

Redditor Mune15 ran into this delightful little cherub while playing the latest downloadable content for BioShock Infinite.

As Christmas approaches, now is the time to reflect on holidays past. And what better way to celebrate that than with an incredibly creepy song about the N64?

If you've watched Pokemon: Origins, the TV special that recently aired in Japan earlier this month, you may have noticed two things. One: Origins is a thing that should have lasted more than four episodes. And two: why in the world is Brock, the original rock-type gym leader, so creepy?

So, I've made no secret of the fact that I'm a bit of an Animal Crossing addict. The game continues to be a smash hit in Japan. So much so that even now, almost a month after its initial release, most stores are still sold out with only the download version available. Players clock into their villages every day to…

The Assassin's Creed series has always been full of weird ambient dialogue. People on the street mutter the same few lines, and the mix never sounds quite right. Most of us have less-than-fond memories of the "Mah-ney mah-ney mah-ney!!" guy from earlier games in the series, and those accursed bums who bump and bug us…

In fact, come to that, I may simply never look at Pac-Man again. It's just too horrifying.

Don't look away. Don't even blink. Exploring new ways to instill fear in the upcoming adventure update for Minecraft, creator Notch explores placing the responsibility for terror on the players themselves, creating a creature that's equal parts Doctor Who Weeping Angels and Super Mario's Boo.

Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted and tear it apart with your writhing tendrils, would you capture it, or just let it slip? Are you ready to drop tendril bombs in Prototype 2?