Pamela Voorhees can be a real jerk sometimes. Jason had such potential. He’s an impossibly strong psychopath who’s skilled at what you might call prison combat, with a deep-rooted enthusiasm for the underrated game of Opossum, a unique appreciation for human biology, and perhaps most importantly, the dude MacGyver’d a now iconic look out of little more than a worn jacket and hockey mask. He’s a freakishly resourceful and tenacious tastemaker who lets his actions speak more loudly than words, and he’s squandered it all on his mom, because she died, or whatever.
And sure, you could bring up how he’s murdered 146 people, to which I’d argue, is any of us perfect? He’d probably apologize if his mouth hadn’t been forever ruined by a bunch of horny ne’er-do-wells. Jason is a most tragic character, the horror genre equivalent of MacBeth. This is why I’m looking forward to getting my hands on Friday the 13th: The Game later this year, because there are teenaged abdomens that need ventilating, and Mr. JV is the right guy for the job.
Gun Media has confirmed the game will be at E3, starting with a world premier this Sunday at 8:45pm PST, on the Twitch.tv E3 Showcase. If you’d like to see more features be added to Friday the 13th: The Game, you can help make that happen by supporting the game’s ongoing Slasher Backer crowdfunding campaign.
