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GOG’s Summer Sale Horror Report: Day 1
Summertime. Some folks don’t seem too bothered by the months-long Hell it brings, though I suspect that’s just a side effect of living all your days inside a blazing inferno. That’s got to be tough on the brain. Summer unapologetically mistreats, with its inescapable heat that hides butt sweat in seats and reveals pale ugly feet. That’s why we need heroes like GOG.com looking out for us. They’re not here to make loads of money off people, like me, who will giddily snatch up a dozen $5 games so they can neglect all but two of them forever. No, they’re here to save us.
GOG’s Summer Sale benefits humanity by thinning out our wallets so our buttflesh can breathe more easily, thus reducing our chances of developing unwanted swamp ass. I call that a public service. These are the horror games I found in the current rotation — head here for the rest.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent — $3.99 (reg. $19.99)
Dead State: Reanimated — $4.99 (reg. $19.99)
Dying Light: Enhanced Edition — $35.99 (reg. $59.99)
Fran Bow — $7.49 (reg. $14.99)
Layers of Fear — $12.99 (reg. $19.99)
Oxenfree — $9.99 (reg. $19.99)
The Park — $6.49 (reg. $12.99)
Penumbra Collection — $1.99 (reg. $9.99)
SOMA — $17.99 (reg. $29.99)
Sunless Sea — $9.49 (reg. $18.99)
System Shock: Enhanced Edition — $2.99 (reg. $9.99)
System Shock 2 — FREE (reg. $9.99)
These titles will be swapped out for new discounts on Friday, but the Summer Sale will be hanging around until Wednesday, June 22 at 8:59am EST. I’ll let you know what might be worth checking out when the list is updated. Until then, stay frosty, my friends.
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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