Edward Carnby is a fictional paranormal detective featured in the Alone in the Dark series of survival horror computer games created by Infogrames. He has been the main protagonist in every game to date, with the exception of the mini game, Jack in the Dark, which instead features Grace Saunders, a character who appears in Alone in the Dark 2.
The series is widely credited as being one of the first survival horror games, a sub-genre that was late...
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Edward Carnby is a fictional paranormal detective featured in the Alone in the Dark series of survival horror computer games created by Infogrames. He has been the main protagonist in every game to date, with the exception of the mini game, Jack in the Dark, which instead features Grace Saunders, a character who appears in Alone in the Dark 2.
The series is widely credited as being one of the first survival horror games, a sub-genre that was later further populated by Capcom's Resident Evil and Konami's Silent Hill franchises.
Edward Carnby is a reference to John Carnby, a character from the Cthulhu Mythos tale "Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith.
In Games
Edward Carnby first appeared in the original Alone in the Dark game, as one of the two selectable characters. The other being Emily Hartwood. In the game, the player has to guide either Edward or Emily separately through a creepy mansion called Derceto, which was owned by Emily's uncle, Jeremy Hartwood, who committed...
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