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‘F.E.A.R. Online’ Has Finally Creeped Onto Steam
Prepare your butts, because I have it on good authority that Alma’s coming for all of ’em. After a small delay, F.E.A.R. has gone free-to-play with F.E.A.R. Online, out now on Steam. The beauty of this installment in everyone’s favorite slow-mo horror shooter franchise is there’s really no reason not to check it out, because the only investment it’ll require from you is a little over 3 GB of precious hard drive space.
If you’d rather watch me play this game before you decide if it’s worth even that, I’ll be playing through it with David in our 13 Days of Horror series later this week. Until then, here’s a trailer.
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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