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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop Punk Rock Trailer/Lacking On Screen Zombies
Thought this was pretty cool, just a trailer from the Japanese Dead Rising website for Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop. It’s got a punk rock Japanese zombie band rocking out, pretty awesome. Look out for the game exclusively on the Nintendo Wii
In less than acceptable news, it seems Capcom can not get 100 zombies on screen at once in Chop Till You Drop, I assume is because the Wii just can’t handle it. They say there still are a lot of zombies, but they couldn’t hit 100.
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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