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Dead Pixels Podcast: Game of the Year Edition
You hear that? That’s the soft cooing of a very special Game of the Year edition of the Dead Pixels Podcast! Do you think you can handle our wrap up of the best, worst, and most bizarre games of 2011? If you think you do then I highly suggest listening in as TJ and I talk about our picks for our favorite and least favorite games of the year. Oh, and we’re joined by very special guest host David Harley — that’s special as in he brings with him a love for the Wii and a fresh set of opinions, not special in the please-stop-eating-the-paste sort of way.
So please, listen to our podcast. We worked really hard on it and I think it’s rather dandy. If you’re an enthusiast of all things dandy you should definitely head past the break to listen in as we discuss stuff!
In case you missed it, the games we’re more or less picking from are taken from our FEAR Awards nominees, so if you disagree with our opinions, feel free to see who you chose as the best and worst games of 2011.
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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