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Halloween Day by Day: "Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut" (X-Box One)

  I love to play video games- especially horror themed ones.  I especially love when the game pays homage to classic horror movies, while having a bit of fun with it. You are a masked killer at the titular " Slayaway Camp ".  Your objective is to move around the map and kill the campers, cops, etc.  The mechanics are easy.  You can only move in a straight line until you hit an obstacle, so you have to chart your course using the obstacles.  You can get some "special" kills by scaring the victims into "traps" (holes, fire, water, etc).  You can also use the environment at times- as in the case of toppling a book case on a hapless camper. But you need to be careful that you don't run straight into a trap yourself- you end your "turn" in a cop's target spot. And that's it.  It's a simple enough game that can provide a nice mental work-out as you plot your moves.  I would imagine horror loving chess players would probably really quite...