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Bloody ‘Butcher’ Now Available on the Nintendo Switch
It’s kind of weird that for years, you could count practically count M-rated games on a Nintendo console with your hand. That appears to be changing with the Switch, as you can now add Transhuman Design’s Butcher to the mix, which is now available on Nintendo’s eShop for a measly $9.99.
Actually, when you think about it, Butcher is perfectly suited for the console, given it’s pixellated carnage and diminutive sprites. It’s almost like a throwback to the Game Boy days and playing games like Batman while you’re in the car on a trip with your folks. Above all, Butcher should sate your bloodlust until DOOM rips and tears onto the console this holiday season.
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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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