Halloween spirit is in the air as well as the rising popularity of video games. The question is, how will one help the other? Freshman Miles Jordan and many other people have become obsessed with the global phenomenon Brawl Stars. Jordan says that Brawl Stars has given its entire new season to Halloween, which is a lot of time, and they have also made many new skins for their “Brawlers” which Jordan says has brought out his “creative sense.” Wade Griffith said that the Halloween update also added a new brawler, even though it won’t be in the actual matches for a while, but Griffith expressed his joy that the brawler wouldn’t ruin the game with its strength and damage output like previous brawlers have. Freshman Colt Christofferson echoes this sentiment of creativity and valuable updates with Bloons Tower Defense (BTD) which has also been equally popular and upgraded significantly since 2007. 

Christofferson remarked that the game’s update provided a feeling for the game that felt “fresh and new”. He further said that constant updates on BTD and other games are key to maintaining relevance. Unfortunately, not every game has been getting into the Halloween spirit. 

Freshman Jude Crandall has been playing a competitive first-person shooter game called Valorant recently and took a few seconds to think about how it has incorporated the spooky season. At first, he said he didn’t know, and then he added that it hadn’t done anything for Halloween at all. 

This shows that not all games must honor holidays or current events to stay relevant. According to Screen Rant, a lot of people watch and play more video games in October because that is when more horror video games are released, and that is when Halloween updates and events happen. However, not all games seize this opportunity to gain additional exposure.  Is this a good or bad thing? Well, that’s for you to decide.