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‘Shadow Of The Eternals’ Developer Arrested For Child Pornography
Precursor Games is trying to bring us the Eternal Darkness sequel we’ve been asking for since the first game released back in 2002, but progress on it likely hasn’t been helped much as the developer continues to find itself in the midst of quite a bit of controversy. First, there were reports of former Silicon Knights studio head Denis Dyack’s rocky treatment of employees (which he later denied). This was followed by a sudden premature closure of the studio’s campaigns to fund Shadow of the Eternals.
Now, we can add a child pornography charge to that list.
Kenneth McCulloch, now a former developer at Precursor Games, has been charged with “one count each of possession of child pornography, making child pornography available and accessing child pornography,” by the Niagara Regional Police Service. In a post on the studio’s forums, Precursor Games CEO Paul Caporicci wrote that because of the nature of the charge, McCulloch is “no longer affiliated in any way with Precursor Games.”
You can read the police report here.
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In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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