19 June 2008
Ferry

Competition time: Win Alone in the Dark for Xbox 360 or Wii

Update: The winners of our Alone in the Dark competition are announced here.

Welcome to our “Alone in the Dark” competition where you now have the chance to win the following prizes…

First prize: The Alone in the Dark survival-horror game for the system of your choice (Xbox 360 or Wii);
Second prize: Alone in the Dark Swag: A T-shirt and Hat.

What do you need to do to win? Answer this question: “What’s the scariest moment you ever experienced in a videogame?”

What are the rules? This contest is only open to residents of the United States. All you have to do is leave a comment on this page with your answer before July 19th has passed at the strike of midnight. All entries must be in by date and time. One entry per person. Fill out your real email so we can contact you if you win (your email will be invisible to other readers, only the site staff can see it). Winners will be chosen from the best entries and will be notified by email. The winners will be publicly announced the next day. Good luck!

30 June 2008 17:13
Ryan Seacrest

My scariest moment in playing a video game was when a voice in doom 3 said “they took my baby” as bloody footprints walked away.

30 June 2008 17:25
da tacoking

my scariest moment was in resident evil 4 when i was surrounded by those giant bugs and i had like two shotgun shells left.

30 June 2008 21:42
David F. P.

I don’t play any video games - I would just like to win this for my nephew. I hope that’s alright?

1 July 2008 14:17
Brittany Vincent

The scariest moment I’ve ever experienced in a video game was quite possibly the first time I’d ever played through Silent Hill 4. Never before had I battled through the masses of ghosts that I COULD NOT KILL. Armed only with a dagger, I dashed down the endless halls, thinking I could just stab these ethereal terrors. No, I was dead wrong. Not only did they not die, but each time they neared me, I lost a great deal of health. I had never been so terrified in a game ever before. Usually you can take monsters down with a simple swing of a lead pipe or a bullet from a gun, but not these ghosts. Running from them and feeling the futility was terrifying, and that’s why it remains one of my favorite games to date. For the first day I had it in my possession, I had to turn it off for a while and catch my breath. It was amazing.

2 July 2008 23:07
David

once i died playing resident evil it came out of nowhere and

2 July 2008 23:08
James

ok i have to say resident evil 3 nemesis wen nemesis crashed the police station while u were coming down the stairs

another is FEAR wen u saw the lil girls face as you were coming down the ladder that scared me fo real yo

3 July 2008 17:55
Cody Hall

SILENT HILL

5 July 2008 14:43
Heather

my scariest videogame moment was when i was playing eternal darkness and the television went off. like, it was a hallucination, but it really shut off the tv.

8 July 2008 03:52
Myles Popjevach

My scariest moment was when I was at my friends and we were playing the suffering, we turned on some weird cheat and the picture got all crazy and then we walked to another hallway and this big guy with shotguns on his back just walked by but he was singing in a very deep voice, after awhile it became funny, but at first it was so scary i threw my controller into the air when i first saw him. haha, Pick me plz

8 July 2008 11:44
Katana12

My scariest video game moment was, believe it or not, Metal Gear Sold 2. It was when you play as Raiden, towards the end of the game, when the colonel starts talking weird. He says things like, “you’ve been playing too long,” or “you need to turn the game off.” And a few times his face was a skull instead of his normal face. It was just plain creepy, especially playing it in my dark bedroom. It made me look behind me every few minutes. At first I thought the game had broken, but when I played through again, I found out it’s just a part of the game.