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‘Inner Chains’ is a Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous Horror Game
I can’t seem to get over how pretty Inner Chains is. Its biomechanical world is horrific, yet beautiful, with a painterly aesthetic that betrays its indie roots. What I’m trying to say is this game is sexy.
But AAA quality visuals aren’t cheap, and what we’ve seen thus far already looks noticeably better than the vast majority of horror games that have significantly more resources behind them. Despite this, Telepaths Tree is asking for a paltry $10,000 on Kickstarter so they can bring us a haunting virtual world “that resembles nothing you have ever encountered.”
“By tossing you into this dark, mysterious world, we want you to explore its history, discover its secrets one by one, and learn to use your knowledge against your opponents,” says Telepaths Tree CEO Tomasz Strzałkowski.
“Keep an eye on the hostile environment and take clues from the surrounding flora. Any information that you manage to gather and use will increase your chances of survival. Ultimately, it depends entirely on your own actions whether you thrive or die in this dangerous, alien place.”
Inner Chains is what my personal hero and future best friend Guillermo del Toro would call “eye protein.” It’s the sort of game that would pair wonderfully with virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift, which it’s being designed to support if when it reaches its funding goal. This will give early adopters the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in this handsome horror game.
Visuals are clearly an important part of this game, but there’s more to it than that. It aims to please us aurally too, and with an atmospheric soundtrack composed by Michał Staczkun, I’m confident it’ll accomplish that when it arrives on Steam later this year.
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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