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This is How You’ll Power Your Anti-Zombie Fortress in ‘ROAM’
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to get excited for zombie games these days. There’s just so many of them, that it takes an especially clever execution of the incredibly worn out subgenre to get my attention. So far, the open-world zombie survival game ROAM has my full attention. The attention to detail on the developer’s part is nothing short of monumentally impressive, as each system ties into the next in a really fluid way.
In the latest developer update, we’re treated to a look at wind generators and fuel generators, which you’ll need to power your fortress. If there’s one thing that’s worse than being torn apart by a horde of undead, it’s being torn apart in the dark.
Still no word on a release date, but when ROAM does eventually arrive, it’ll be on PC.
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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