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‘Albino Lullaby’ is Playable On the Oculus Rift
Ape Law’s psychological horror game Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 launched on the Oculus store this week, giving early adopters of the crowdfunded virtual reality headset the opportunity to get uncomfortably close to those nightmarish thumb monsters. It’ll come to the HTC Vive on April 5, as well as PlayStation VR sometime later this year.
“From the moment Albino Lullaby played so well on the DK1, we knew we had to move forward with VR in mind at every turn,” said Justin Pappas, Ape Law’ creative director. “We wanted to create a fantastic world for an ordinary person to explore as themselves in the role of the main character, and VR delivers that experience in a way never before so fully realized.”
Episode 2 was supposed to release this month, but it was quietly delayed. We might not get it until January 2017, if its Steam page is to be believed. Steam is expecting Episode 3 on September 15, 2016, so that might be a placeholder.
You can get every episode and the OST with the $25 season pass, or for $10 individually.
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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