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[E3 2018] ‘Overwhelm’ Mixes Pixel Gore And Hard as Hell Difficulty
Fans of the pixelated gorefest platformer Butcher have a new game to sate their need for plasma in the form of Untitled Publisher’s Overwhelm, which is actually available right now! Rendered almost entirely in black and red, Overwhelm takes a cue from Butcher in its difficulty: It’s hard. Not only that, it’s a feast for the ears with its sound effects and music, which effectively capture the tension during the game. It’s rendered even more suspenseful when there’s no sound at all!
The story for the game has you as a knight sent by a nameless group to fight an alien menace. You need to kill the five bosses located around the map, collect the crystals they drop, and bring them back to the device at the heart of the map. Sounds simple, right? Well, with one-hit deaths, that’s not as simple as it would seem. Even then, the game ups the ante whenever you die: Your field of view decreases with each death. Did I mention that you only have three lives?
If you’re the hardcore type, Overwhelm is for you.
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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