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Lots of Folks in Florida Pirated ‘Outlast Whistleblower’
It’s no secret that people love pirating stuff. If you don’t do it yourself, you undoubtedly know someone who does. Real estate blog Movoto has taken the time to sift through the data and break it down for us with colorful pictures that detail which games, movies and TV shows were pirated the most in the U.S. over the last 40 days. When it comes to video games, the popularity of some — like Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Elder Scrolls — isn’t all that surprising. What I did find surprising is how popular some recent indie horror releases seem to be lately.
In Florida, the most pirated game is Outlast Whistleblower, in Ohio, it’s Among the Sleep, and in Rhode Island, it’s The Forest. I’m entirely against pirating stuff like this, but the point of this post isn’t for me to go on some moral escapade, but as a horror fan who would like to see developers continue to make great horror games, I found this a bit disheartening.
All three of those games are indie releases, great ones too, that came from developers that could really use the money. There’s also the fact that, unlike most of the other games on that chart, none of them cost more than $20. The folks in these three states have good taste, but they’re also pretty cheap.
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Legendary Grimdark ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Artist John Blanche Has Passed Away at 78
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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