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Cannibals and Carnosaurs Have Come to Steam

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In case you haven’t heard, this may very well be the best month ever for horror fans, at least as far as video games are concerned. We’ve seen a record number of new games get released, and now we can add two more to the list: The Forest and The Stomping Land. The former is brimming with murderous indigenous peoples and weird, Silent Hill-esque monsters and the other has dinosaurs. What more could you want?

Now, it’s worth mentioning that neither of these games are official, full releases. Both games are currently in Steam Early Access, so they’re largely unfinished. I haven’t been able to spend any time with The Stomping Land yet, but The Forest has some technical issues — many of which will likely get fixed in future patches (the first is scheduled to arrive in about two weeks).

Those problems aside, The Forest is a deeply unnerving game with serious potential.

I can’t think of many things that are quite as unsettling as desperately trying to scavenge for building materials as the sun sets so you can build a shelter only to look to the horizon and see half a dozen cannibals watching you. Also, there’s this:

I did not last very long my first time, but that’s normal, right?

If you’re unfamiliar with either game, I’ve included trailers for each below.

You can grab The Forest here.

You can grab The Stomping Land here.

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Legendary Grimdark ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Artist John Blanche Has Passed Away at 78

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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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