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‘Saw’-inspired game ‘Play With Me’ Now on Steam
Jigsaw being teased for Dead By Daylight isn’t the only Saw-esque news for gamers. A game that’s been heavily inspired by the franchise (but not connected to it in any way), AIREM’s Play With Me, has just been released on Steam.
The game casts you as Robert Hawk, an investigative journalist who together with his wife, Sara, has disappeared. It seems Hawk has caught the attention of a serial killer known as “Illusion”, who has been the subject of Hawk’s investigative articles, and who Hawk was close to uncovering their identity. Now Hawk finds himself in the “Illusion”, and must get through a maze of puzzles in order to survive.
With a focus on the player’s imagination to solve puzzles, as well as various moral choices and multiple endings, this is probably as close to Saw in video game form as you’re going to get. Well, apart from Konami’s 2009 survival horror title Saw: The Video Game and its sequel.
Right now, the game is on a 15% discount until January 24th, so if you’re interested, go for it.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
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.”