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This Boxman Definitely Won’t Murder You in Your Sleep
Earlier this week, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within arrived soaked in blood and wrapped present-like in barbed wire. The game has an impressive array of baddies for Sebastian and friends to dispatch, but there are two who stand above the bunch, and now one of them is being turned into something you can take home and mount on your mantle, like a trophy.
The Boxman (or Keeper) is a Pyramid Head-esque hammer-wielding monster with a safe on his head, and I’d rank him right under Laura — the four-armed blood witch who happens to be one of the best things about the game — as one of the game’s more memorable creatures.
Recognizing his appeal, Gaming Heads has revealed a 15″ tall Boxman statue sculpted from high quality polystone molding. He stands atop a hand-numbered base and can be taken home for a relatively pricey investment of $269.99. If this is something you may be interested in, act fast, as they’re only making 750 of them worldwide.
The statue will be available in early 2015.
If you’re not sure whether or not this game is worth your time, I called it “a terrifying patchwork of nightmares” in my review.
The Evil Within is available now on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
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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