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Next-Gen Console Showdown! Which Is Your Favorite?
It’s baaaaack.
The theme for this week’s Showdown is an obvious one: the next-gen — now current-gen, I suppose — consoles. Both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are out, I’m sure some of you are spooning with one right now. Apparently, they’re both pretty great. The launch woes weren’t too bad. The PS4 has a tiny chance of getting a “blue light of death,” and the Xbox One has an equally as tiny chance of seeing a disc drive failure. If that scares you, they’re not the only options, there’s always the Wii U and PC, too. Let us know which consoles you’re most interested in after the break!
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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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