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Five Nights at Freddy's is a childhood-ruining nightmare factory

Part of me always thought I'd meet my end at the hands of the Rock-afire Explosion.

That nightmare is realized in Five Nights at Freddy's, an indie horror title that launched on Steam earlier this month. You're the night manager of a Showbiz Pizza Place knock-off, tasked with protecting ... what, exactly? The pizza? Whatever your charge is, it's not worth the hazards that come with the position, like, for instance, psychological trauma and also death. Check out the Overview video above, and maybe don't turn your speakers all the way up.

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