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Check Out This Gritty ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Fan Film!

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It sucks when companies end up doing this, even if it’s within their rights. For those who don’t know, thanks to a cease-and-desist letter from publisher Take Two, Grand Theft Auto V content creators have lost the ability to use OpenIV, which was used to create mods for the game. There’s a silver lining of sorts.

Shortly before OpenIV was forced to shut down, writer/director Matt MacDonald was able to create a grim little short film using Grand Theft Auto V called “Not Normal”. It’s appropriately dark and gritty, and it only gets darker once you get to the ending. Much like users have done with machinima films done in games like Quake orHalo, MacDonald used GTA V and OpenIV for his film.

It’s a shame that some companies don’t see the value of fan contributions like these (Rockstar and Take Two claim that modding tools like OpenIV interfere with “the integrity of the GTA Online experience”), but it’s again within their rights to enforce this. For now though, just marvel at what some fans in the modding community are capable of doing with what they’re given.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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