Horror Icon John Carpenter Lists His Favorite Video Games of All Time — and 3 He's Really Looking Forward To

John Carpenter is celebrated for being a fearfulness movie icon, having directed everything from Halloween to The Thing. But helium loves his video games, too, and has adjacent enactment his sanction successful beforehand of one: John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, a co-op first-person shooter that precocious launched crossed PC and consoles.

So, we thought we’d inquire John himself what his favourite video games of each clip are, positive a fewer he’s truly looking guardant to. As you’d expect, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando is among them, but there’s besides notation of the likes of Fallout, Borderlands, and the unusual surprise.

John Carpenter’s favourite video games of each time:

Borderlands 2, Gearbox Software, 2012

Borderlands 2 stays with you, it has teeth, the characters are unusual successful precisely the mode large characters should be. The full acquisition carries this pulse that keeps moving successful the backmost of your mind. It’s a ride.

Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Team, 1991

Sonic is wherever it each started for me, accelerated and agleam and had that aboriginal gaming vigor wherever you ever felt similar thing mightiness spell incorrect astatine immoderate second. I inactive spell backmost to it, its precise nostalgic.

Fallout 76, Bethesda Game Studios, 2018

I americium inactive spending a batch of clip successful Fallout 76 and honestly having a large clip with it. The satellite is big, messy, complicated, and afloat of unusual corners with things that privation you dormant astir each turn. It is dense, determination is simply a ton to discover, and I support uncovering reasons to travel back.

Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla Games, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is 1 of those games wherever the archetypal happening that hits you is conscionable however beauteous the satellite is. It feels live and unsafe and incredibly immersive.

Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft Montreal, 2007

The Assassin's Creed bid has ever done thing that I admit arsenic a player, which is dropping you straight into these incredibly elaborate humanities worlds and letting you determination done them similar a shadow.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Naughty Dog, 2001

Jak and Daxter is simply 1 of those games that is axenic amusive from opening to end. It is simply a colorful escapade that knows precisely what it is and ne'er tries to beryllium thing else.

Video games John Carpenter is truly looking guardant to:

John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Saber Interactive, 2026

I americium precise excited astir Toxic Commando. Watching our commandos teardrop done zombie hordes, crushing them nether the wheels portion humor is flying everywhere, makes for a large chaotic benignant of amusive that is adjacent amended erstwhile you are playing with friends. It has been a existent pleasance being progressive with this task and seeing it travel together, and I deliberation radical are going to person a blast with it.

Halloween, IllFonic, 2026

A Halloween crippled conscionable makes consciousness and it was astir apt lone a substance of clip earlier it happened. This is simply a beardown introduction that knows it has a batch to unrecorded up to. I can’t accidental excessively overmuch yet but the diehards volition beryllium pleased.

The Next Fallout Game, Bethesda Game Studios, ???

I person loved the Fallout beingness for years truthful thing they bash next, I’m acceptable for it.

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