Amnesia is dark, decent, not a traditional game

There are some people that believe horror games should be played alone, in the dark with headphones on. Those people don't know what they're missing out on. Nel, a few of our other friends and I have been playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent by committee on a projector screen at work. It's almost scarier when other people are reacting to things (especially when they're as wimpy as my co-contributor) and there's something very compelling about working together to solve puzzles despite the fact that only one person is really in control. It probably helps we're all reasonable human beings for the most part.

Anyway, interest in Amnesia among our friends is largely fueled by this video:

We actually played through this part of the game yesterday.