I'm going to cheat and crank up the brightness whenever I calibrate a new game or reach a super dark and scary level
Why did you decide to cheat in playing your games like that?
It's so I can play games without being so scared.
While you can play video games in any way that you like, you shouldn't cheat at them by artificially adjusting the brightness higher than what the game designers intended. It makes the game less challenging and you will experience less satisfaction in completing it since the difficulty is low. It's okay to get scared while playing a game as the excitement is what makes the game interesting and engaging to complete.
I don't care.
Part of the fun of the game is to be scared. Have you tried playing other games without scary bits?