
'House Of The Dragon' Actor's Second Game Finds The Horror In Climbing Up The Entertainment World
Hayes Madsen
created: July 24, 2025, 3:32 p.m. | updated: July 30, 2025, 11:28 a.m.
Zau was an intensely personal game for Salim, exploring the trauma left by his father’s passing.
Made by actors, Dead Take is about the gritty underbelly of the entertainment world, and the desperate fight so many actors and artists go through to “make it.” But as much as it’s a video game, it also feels like a statement.
And why did you feel like a video game was the best fit for the story you wanted to tell?
Dead TakePsychological horror games are often about isolation.
How have events of the last few years, with things like the Actors and Writers’ strike, or even the mass layoff in video games, influenced what you wanted to do?
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