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Fans Remake the ‘Dead Island 2’ Trailer in ‘GTA V’
Ever since the first Dead Island trailer went viral, the series has proved to be popular fodder for fan remakes, reinterpretations, and spoofs. This trend looks to be extending to the trailer for the latest game in the series, which Deep Silver debuted at E3 earlier this month. In this video, some fans manage the impressive feat of recreating the reveal trailer, in full, in Grand Theft Auto V.
Once you’re through with this, you should consider checking out the canal chase scene from Terminator, which was also recently remade in GTA V.
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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