Meaning of mascot horror | Babel Free

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A subgenre of survival horror, popularized in the mid-2010s, based around children's toys, or characters from children's media ("mascots").

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“[masteroftrolls1; chat message:] why do games like⟳ granny and baldie's^([sic]) basics get⟳ popular [YuB; spoken:] Uh, me and my friend John have⟳ a theory that it's mascot horror, basically all the games that do well right now—with kids anyways—are the ones that have⟳ a mascot: Bendy and the Ink Machine, Baldi's [Basics]—they have⟳ a mascot enemy—Five Nights at Freddy's. It's a... They need⟳ to have⟳ a main character villain that people like⟳ and relate⟳ to.”

“본 연구의 목적은‘마스코트 호러’ 장르와 기존 공포 게임과의 차별성을 캐릭터 디자인의 매력, 공포 요소를 통해 알아내는 것에 있다.”

“The most famous example, and the one that lit the match⟳ of the mascot horrror explosion, is undoubtedly Five Nights at Freddy's (or FNaF).”

“Through this analysis, we will identify⟳ the transmedia storytelling techniques that mascot horror game developers use⟳ to appeal to children and widen their audience, in which YouTube plays a pivotal role.”

“Created by Qwelver, the game [Dandy's World] blends stylized mascot horror survival with team-based social gameplay.”

“If Twitch and YouTube Live⟳ also hit their strides during the past decade, ‘mascot horror’ has become⟳ the perfect streamer game, simple enough that you can easily talk⟳ and perform⟳ to the camera while playing, and with plenty of conjecture, lore and ‘theorycrafting’ to discuss⟳ with your viewers.”

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