One summer night, a group of trash-talking, fast-quipping Scooby teens visit deserted Edwards island to have a secret party on an empty beach. It's obviously a recipe for a slasher flick, but the kids are instead drawn into a sci-fi ghost story seventy years in the making.

Yet another Steam sale has arrived! Forget going out drinking with friends who decided the be the fourth Donald Trump at the annual Halloween party. Why not stay in and play some scary as hell games with buddies who have more original costume ideas? Here are my highlights, new and old, from the Steam Halloween Sale.

What makes an early access game work?

Or, how I was tricked into enjoying a sports show by two improvisers faking their way through a sportscast.

Why you should be listening to the Dead Author's Podcast.

When you start out with a badass scientist in a Ukranian folk costume, it's shaping up to be a good season of Orphan Black. My feelings, positive, negative, and in between, after the jump.