“I’M ARACHNOPHOBIC, BUT CAN’T USE ARACHNOPHOBIA MODES IN GAMES (YET).”

These modes will take time to finesse into something that helps players

“The approach is ultimately not a unified one across gaming.” Giant spiders are an excessively used trope within fantasy. In fact, they’re so intrinsically linked to the genre that if your sprawling world doesn’t contain eight-legged terrors it’s borderline suspect. My arachnid archnemesis features in Bloodborne. Yes, that one. The ‘garden variety’ giant that would incapacitate me in reality – I’d be pointing, yelling, and ordering my long-suffering partner to kill it. With this in mind, why am I not yet comfortable with arachnophobia modes that should ease my suffering? First off, anything that tries to make games more accessible can only be a good thing, especially when there are people who are actively unable to play a game with an arachnid in it, regardless of how much screen time it gets. The…

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