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‘Blasphemous’ Now up on Steam For Wishlisting
We’ve talked about The Game Kitchen’s 2D-action game Blasphemous several times over the years. The title, which smashed its initial Kickstarter goals, is still in development. But now, the team have finally posted the project on Steam for wishlisting.
There’s still no release date yet (originally it was set for a November 2018 release), but with the amount of work that’s gone into the gorgeous pixel art and animation, that can be forgiven.
For those that need reminding, Blasphemous combines fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with non-linear exploration and a deep narrative. You are The Penitent One – a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants – it is simply known as The Miracle. It’s up to you to free the world from this terrible fate and reach the origin of your anguish.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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