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‘Homesick’ Resurfaces With Haunting New Footage
We haven’t seen much from the atmospheric indie horror game Homesick, which was greenlit on Steam back in June after a very successful crowd-funding campaign. A few screens and a Kickstarter video is about it, until now.
Developer Lucky Pause has released some new alpha footage from the upcoming PC title that shows off the opening minutes of the game. It looks absolutely stunning and in a small way, it reminds me of Dear Esther. I really can’t wait to see more of this. Hopefully we won’t need to wait long.
The game’s Kickstarter campaign ended in February with just under $28,000 — about $20,000 more than their goal. The project reached all of its stretch goals, including Oculus Rift support and a prequel story that will be unlocked after completing the main game.
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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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