Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...

This post was written by Karen Alexander, MPA. As humans, we are naturally inclined to recognize patterns, often imbuing them with meaning — a psychological phenomenon known as pareidolia. This can ...

Human beings have an ability to see faces in objects, from cloud formations to coffee foam. Face pareidolia is the reason why - and it starts when we're babies. But are there any risks in seeing faces ...

Pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing patterns such as faces where they might not be, aided prehistoric survival by recognizing threats. Video game horror uses pareidolia to evoke fear in players.