How horror games use retro tech to scare you

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Horror games love to make you use janky, archaic technology, from the camera obscura in Fatal Frame to the hand-held camcorder in Blair Witch, not to mention the camcorder stealth-horror games like Outlast. But why's the tech always so old?

0:00 Horror games LOVE old tech
0:20 Fatal Frame and powerlessness
1:37 Resident Evil 4 - "Horror" games or, action shooters
2:11 Outlast - Cameras and stealth mechanics
2:49 Five Nights at Freddy's and Observation
3:45 Blair Witch, Duh
4:05 So why the old, janky tech?

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