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Capcom’s ‘KITCHEN’ Demo is Freaking People Out
At E3 last week, Capcom showed off their new fully virtual reality-compatible game engine with a spooky new demo called KITCHEN. We still don’t have footage from the demo itself, but we do have the next best thing, and that’s one woman’s horrifying-ly hilarious experience with it.
I’m sure you’d like to hear more about Carly’s experience with the demo. It just so happens that you can totally do that, right over here. Go ahead, click the link. Nothing scary will happen, I promise.
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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