Transylvanian Families.

Vampires get a bit of a bad rap, we think. Thanks to a few rotten apples like Dracula and Kristen Stewart we’ve grown accustomed to seeing vampires as insidious creatures of the night, but there’s lots of fun vampires, too. Count Duckula, for example, and the one from Sesame Street that goes “Ah-ah-ah!” Anyway, what we’re saying is, we need to stop treating every person we see with fangs and a cape like they’re about to nibble us. It’s a stereotype, and it can be quite hurtful.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong is an interesting take on vampire fiction in that it doesn’t really demonise the vampires, and if anything, it’s the devout Christians that are presented in a more nefarious light. In this narrative-heavy adventure game, we play as three honest to god, blood suckin’ vampires trying to negotiate their perilous political situation in a clandestine society of supernatural beings living in Boston.

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