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Get the Space Jitters Next Month With ‘Caffeine’
You might’ve heard that in space, no one can hear you scream. I’m not sure if the same rule governs all sounds, such as nervously grinding your teeth together because you’re a child who’s been left unsupervised in a space ship filled with raw caffeine, or if the “no one” it refers to includes ship-dwelling space monsters.
At least one of those questions will be answered when the first of the three episodes that make up Caffeine hits PC next month. The game will eventually make its way to PS4 and Xbox One, we just don’t know when that will happen yet.
I have serious respect for developer Incandescent Imaging, which may be the first — or one of an exclusive few — to finish a game after three failed attempts at crowdfunding.
Congrats, you. Now pop open a Red Bull and watch a movie or something. You’ve earned it.
[Thanks, PCGamesN!]
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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