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Get Lost With This New ‘Kholat’ Trailer
When the indie horror game Kholat released on Steam last month, its arrival preceded E3 and all of the distractions that come with that convention each year. Its latest trailer serves as a gentle reminder that it’s out, that folks are liking it — our review is incoming — and that you should be playing it. Any game that garners the praise of Pewdiepie and Jim Sterling is worth a look, no?
The game is loosely based on the tragic and very mysterious “Dyatlov Pass” incident that claimed the lives of nine hikers in 1959. That case is still unsolved to this day, because snow ghosts.
Kholat is available now on Steam for $19.99.
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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