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The ‘Alien: Isolation’ Egg Pod Returns for PAX
If you’re planning on ending your week with a trip to Seattle, WA to indulge in the video games extravaganza that is PAX Prime, there are a few things you need to add to your to-do list. At some point you’ll have to make the trek to SEGA’s booth (#232), where they’ll have a giant alien egg pod — the same one that made its debut at Comic Con — for you to climb into for a little personal time with Alien: Isolation. I’ve heard the game is off the charts terrifying, but there’s a chance the pod’s walls will muffle your screams, saving you from public embarrassment.
As if playing Alien: Isolation inside an alien egg pod wasn’t reason enough to warrant a trip to Seattle this weekend, SEGA will be giving away exclusive limited edition Alien jackets in a special “Survive the Demo Competition”. There’s a limited supply, so I recommend you make scoring one a priority — then you can send it to that super underappreciated guy who writes about video games on your favorite horror site. Just an idea.
The other thing I want you to do is make time on Saturday night to attend the party Bethesda is throwing for The Evil Within, where there will be even more opportunities to win
cool stuff, gorge on food and drink, and get your hands on the game’s demo.
PAX kicks off this Friday and ends on Monday, Sept 1. Below you’ll find a picture of that glorious egg pod so you either know what you’re in for or missing out on, and below that is the latest trailer for Alien: Isolation where Amanda Ripley embarks on a ship-wide hunt for an illusive part.
Alien: Isolation hits PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on October 7.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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