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Finally, a Lovecraftian Point-and-Click Adventure Game
If you’re a fan of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, like me, then you’ve probably been wondering why we don’t have many video games that offer that distinct flavor of horror. The point-and-click horror adventure game The Eldritch Cases: Dagon aims to remedy this by filling that Cthulhu shaped hole in many of our hearts, but in order to do this, its developer needs your help.
The game is currently in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, where it seeks to raise a modest £20,000. With two weeks to spare, the game is still at less than half of its goal — let’s see if we can’t change that.
I don’t expect you to just throw your hard-earned cash at the game, and neither does its maker. If you need to be sold, there’s plenty of gameplay footage, screens and details to help with that. But first, let’s start with a trailer.
The game features two playable characters, support for Windows, Mac and Linux, as well as two languages, German and English. It’s soundtrack is being scored by Jan Kavan, and I have to say, it sounds fantastic. I may have to add that to my ever-growing library of video game soundtracks.
Perhaps what’s most interesting about this game is the fact that it’s the first in a planned series of Lovecraftian games that will feature the same two protagonists. According to the developer, it’s “a bit like X-Files in Lovecraft-Land.” You had me at X-Files.
The game is planned to be the first in a series of Lovecraft-based games with the same protagonists (a bit like X-Files in Lovecraft-Land).
If you’re craving some Lovecraftian horror, you can support The Eldritch Cases on Kickstarter and on Steam Greenlight.
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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