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48-Hour Asylum Jam Returns This Halloween
Last October, nearly 400 developers came together for a 48 hour-long event called Asylum Jam. The goal of the event was to give game makers and horror enthusiasts the opportunity to make games that don’t rely on “asylums, psychiatric institutes, medical professionals or violent/antipathic/’insane’ patients as settings or triggers,” all of which have often abused, exaggerated or presented in stereotypical ways — even in otherwise fantastic games.
This year’s event runs from Oct 31 to Nov 2. They haven’t nailed down a venue yet, but when they do, you can be sure they’ll announce it on the official website.
I played through one of the games that came out of the first Asylum Jam as a part of our 13 Days of Horror series, which also happens to be returning this year. It’s a neat game that’s made even more impressive when you know it was made in just two days.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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