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Steam Summer Sale Day 1: You Know the Drill
Behold! The Steam Summer Sale has arisen, as the prophecy foretold, to begin on this day, the twenty-third in the sixth month of the year two thousand and sixteen. As was foretold, The Great Beast of Discounts shall arrive when the black sky cries crimson tears to reign over us, its humble servants, for a thousand years — or until the fourth day of the seventh month, aka July 4th at 10am PDT. As the humble Shepard of this vast flock, I have fulfilled my duty with an offering of my own making. Gather, my children, and reap what Gabe the Great has bestowed upon us in His endless benevolence. May He live long enough to finish a trilogy. Praise be, praise be.
There are thousands of deals on Steam right now, these are just a handful of the best ones I was able to find. For the rest, head on over to the Summer Sale page.
7 Days to Die — $9.99 (reg. $24.99)
Alan Wake — $5.99 (reg. $29.99)
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare — $0.99 (reg. $9.99)
Alien: Isolation — $12.49 (reg. $49.99)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent — $3.99 (reg. $19.99)
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — $3.99 (reg. $19.99)
Among the Sleep — $7.49 (reg. $14.99)
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition — $14.99 (reg. $49.99)
Dead Space — $4.99 (reg. $19.99)
Dead Space 2 — $4.99 (reg. $19.99)
Depth — $6.24 (reg. $24.99)
Doom — $35.99 (reg. $59.99)
The Evil Within — $9.99 (reg. $19.99)
The Forest — $11.99 (reg. $14.99)
Fran Bow — $7.49 (reg. $14.99)
Kholat — $7.99 (reg. $19.99)
Killing Floor 2 — $20.09 (reg. $29.99)
Layers of Fear — $9.99 (reg. $19.99)
Left 4 Dead 2 — $3.99 (reg. $19.99)
Monstrum — $5.93 (reg. $17.99)
Nevermind — $3.99 (reg. $19.99)
Oxenfree — $9.99 (reg. $19.99)
Outlast — $4.99 (reg. $19.99)
Outlast: Whistleblower — $2.24 (reg. 8.99)
Pathologic HD Remaster — $6.49 (reg. $12.99)
Quadrant — $4.99 (reg. $9.99)
Resident Evil HD Remaster — $11.99 (reg. $19.99)
Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster — $13.99 (reg. $19.99)
Resident Evil 4 — $6.99 (reg. $19.99)
Resident Evil Revelations — $7.49 (reg. $29.99)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City — $5.99 (reg. $29.99)
SOMA — $14.99 (reg. $29.99)
Stasis — $9.99 (reg. $24.99)
Tormented – Dark Sorrow — $7.19 (reg. $11.99)
The Town of Light — $12.72 (reg. $18.99)
The Walking Dead: Season One — $6.24 (reg. $24.99)
The Walking Dead: Season Two — $6.24 (reg. $24.99)
The Walking Dead: Michonne — $7.49 (reg. $14.99)
Zombie Army Trilogy — $8.99 (reg. $44.99)
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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