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Whiskey Review: Von Payne Black

That’s right, you didn’t read the title wrong, this is a whiskey review! Many of us like to let loose and enjoy our favorite slasher films while treating ourselves to a nice glass of spirits. The problem is, too many whiskeys and other spirits are pretty generic and too…normal. This also extends to their bottles. You want something you can display on your shelf to make guests go “What’s that?!” instead of “Hey I have that too.”. Allow me to introduce you to Von Payne Spirits with their signature whiskey, Von Payn Black. I want to give a big thank you to Von Payne for making this review possible by allowing me to responsibly try their whiskey! Von Payne Black is a whiskey that’s infused with black currants, a type of berry found in Europe. What makes this whiskey stand out among the rest is the bottle! This hefty decanter bottle is adorned with a metal Gargoyle stopper that is

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Aug 7, 2023

Check Out The Mind Melting Trailer For ‘GORI: Cuddly Carnage’

What happens when you take a cute cat, a sentient razor hoverboard, and a complaining modular AI and let them lose on unicorns in a neon-flashing world? You get GORI: Cuddly Carnage! A skate-and-slash game where you play as Gori, a cute cat out to save the world from evil twisted unicorns and toys. Players take on the role of a cat named Gori who along with F.R.A.N.K. a sentient hoverboard designed to kill, and CH1-P an AI program, deal death to a hoard of mutated unicorns and twisted toys that are part of the Adorable Army, but there’s nothing adorable about them! Gori will fight through enemies leaving behind a trail of blood and glitter as he uses his murderous hoverboard to explore levels and take out enemies with a range of attack combos and finishers. GORIE: Cuddly Carnage will be coming to PC, PlayStations 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Aug 1, 2023

Check Out The New ‘Alone In The Dark’ Teaser Trailer!

Alone in the Dark gets a new teaser trailer showing a little more of the horrors that await players in Derceto Manor, a home for the mentally ill in the deep south in the 1920s. Alone in the Dark features a noir setting with classical Lovecraftian horror elements, where the familiar meets the surreal. Return to the roots of psychological horror and experience an atmospheric journey worthy of the game that started the genre. Dive into a world full of sounds that make your skin crawl with a haunting, yet mesmerizing doom jazz soundtrack. Enjoy the thrill of desperate survival in a world where reality starts to crumble, evil lurks in every shadow and ammunition is scarce. Experience this nightmare from either Emily Hartwood’s or Edward Carnby’s perspective and unearth the dark secrets of a gothic mansion. Immerse yourself in a deep psychological story that goes beyond the realms of the imaginable, by Mikael Hedberg, cult horror writer of SOMA

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Aug 1, 2023

‘Ad Infinitum’ Announces Pre-Orders And Release Date

NACON announced today that the first-person psychological horror set in the German trenches of WWI Ad Infinitum has a release date as well as information about pre-orders and their bonuses! Along with the news comes a new trailer that will fill you with hopeless dread! In Ad Infinitum players will take on the role of a German soldier in WWI who begins to suffer from horrific hallucinations that take him to different locations between the thin lines of real and imaginative where he faces many terrors in the forms of monsters and creatures as well as his own personal demons where players will have to make choices that will affect the outcome of the game. Pre-orders for Ad Infinitum are open now and players can also pre-order the Nightmare Edition where they can get a 10% discount, the game 48 hours early, the soundtrack, and digital artbook. The monsters of Ad Infinitum will be coming for you on September 14th

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 27, 2023

Legendary Horror Director Returns With ‘Witchboard’ Remake

Chuck Russell surprised horror fans with his appearance at the Bold Voices of Horror Panel at San Diego Comic-Con where he announced his return to the horror genre with the remake of the 1986 film Witchboard. Along with the news comes the shocking trailer! Witchboard will star Madison Iseman who plays Emily, a young woman who along with her fiance opens a coffee shop in New Orleans. While renovating their house they uncover a Witchboard (Ouija board) which unleashes dark forces that want Emily’s soul and drags the couple into the world of witchcraft and old beliefs start to play a horrifying role in Emily’s fate. Witchboard also stars Jamie Campbell Bower, Aaron Dominguez, Antonia Desplat, and Charlie Tahan. The film is set to be released in 2024.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 25, 2023

Product Review: Shipwreck Edition Bolt Action Pen By Bastion

As a writer, I’m constantly writing things down in notebooks, but I also feel that I need a pen that fits what I do and looks great, and feels comfortable, that’s where Bastion comes in! Bastion makes bolt-action pens that really stand out in the world of writing implements, and I was honored to get the chance to check out possibly the most badass-looking pen I’ve ever seen, The Shipwreck Force Patina Copper Pen. Bastion was also kind enough to offer a discount code to YOU the reader, just keep on reading to learn more! I would also like to give a big thank you to Mike and the other awesome folks over at Bastion for helping make this review possible! The pen looks like it was pulled from a doomed ship that met an unfortunate sunken end under mysterious or malevolent circumstances, the lone survivor. Regardless of its appearance, the pen is quite comfortable to hold. The first thing

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 25, 2023

Review: Haunted Forest Lamp By The Lucid Bazaar Company

Mood lighting is everything when it comes to a night-in, may it be a gaming session, unwinding/chill, catching up on some movies or shows, hosting a small gettogether, or you just want to brood and plan world domination while petting your cat. But why stop at setting the mood with lighting, why not also transform your room with it? That’s what the folks over at The Lucid Bazaar Company are doing with their lamps! I would like to give a big thank you to Joe and Julie over at Lucid Bazaar for helping to make this review possible and sending over the Haunted Forest Lamp for me to check out! At first, you may think this little lamp is not much with its size but like anything else, looks are deceiving! The lamp is an infinity mirror and the dimmer switch will either make the lamp as bright as a candle OR as bright as a headlight! When the light

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 20, 2023

Game Review: ‘Antstream Arcade’

Fans of retro games, may they be gamers of the past or present, always try to find a way to play some of the old classics to either pay respects to the forefathers of modern gaming OR to relive past glory. Either way, it’s hard to get a hold of functional classic game consoles. This is where Anstream comes in to try to help gamers get in touch with the classics with their Arcade. Antstream has brought its massive collection of classic games to the Xbox and PC for the first time as it was previously only available on PlayStation and Nintendo. The game library consists of games from Arcade, Atari 8-Bit, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Atari Lynx, Genesis, MSX, NES, PlayStation 1, SNES, ZX Spectrum, MSX2, ATARI 5200, Amiga, and Amstrad. Before you get too excited, I’m afraid to say…the games are not ported well. While trying to play some of the games, I’ve

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 20, 2023

Creature Cups Review And Giveaway!

It may only be July, but it’s never too early to get ready for the coming cooler months coming, especially with the spooky season coming every step closer like a monstrous heartbeat. Nothing goes better with the spooky season than a nice cup of coffee or tea to warm you up, but you need a special cup when you’re enjoying something, may it be reading, watching it rain, snuggling in to watching a spooky movie, or playing a game. Well, it’s time to up your hot beverage game with Creature Cups, the drinking cups with a special surprise waiting just under the surface. If you would like one of these cups for yourself, keep on reading to learn about your chance to WIN a cup! I would like to thank the awesome folks over at Creature Cups for making this review possible and offering to give one of our readers a cup! Inside every cup is a little ceramic critter

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 17, 2023

‘Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden’ Announces Release Date!

Today Focus Entertainment and DON’T NOD have announced the release date for their upcoming Narrative Action RPG Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. Along with the release date news comes a new trailer of the heartrending journey that will await players. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden follows Antea Duarte and Red mac Raith, lovers, and Banishers, literal ghost hunters who travel around and fight otherworldly entities that torment the living. Things become complicated when Red tragically becomes a ghost herself leading Antea to make a hard choice to keep his oath as a Banisher or to fight to bring Red back to life in a world where every choice the players make has a dramatic consequence. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden will be coming out on November 7th, 2023 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, with both standard and collector’s editions available for pre-orders along with pre-orders available on STEAM.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 13, 2023

More from Daniel S. Liuzzi

Whiskey Review: Von Payne Black

That’s right, you didn’t read the title wrong, this is a whiskey review! Many of us like to let loose and enjoy our favorite slasher films while treating ourselves to a nice glass of spirits. The problem is, too many whiskeys and other spirits are pretty generic and too…normal. This also extends to their bottles. You want something you can display on your shelf to make guests go “What’s that?!” instead of “Hey I have that too.”. Allow me to introduce you to Von Payne Spirits with their signature whiskey, Von Payn Black. I want to give a big thank you to Von Payne for making this review possible by allowing me to responsibly try their whiskey! Von Payne Black is a whiskey that’s infused with black currants, a type of berry found in Europe. What makes this whiskey stand out among the rest is the bottle! This hefty decanter bottle is adorned with a metal Gargoyle stopper that is

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Aug 7, 2023

Check Out The Mind Melting Trailer For ‘GORI: Cuddly Carnage’

What happens when you take a cute cat, a sentient razor hoverboard, and a complaining modular AI and let them lose on unicorns in a neon-flashing world? You get GORI: Cuddly Carnage! A skate-and-slash game where you play as Gori, a cute cat out to save the world from evil twisted unicorns and toys. Players take on the role of a cat named Gori who along with F.R.A.N.K. a sentient hoverboard designed to kill, and CH1-P an AI program, deal death to a hoard of mutated unicorns and twisted toys that are part of the Adorable Army, but there’s nothing adorable about them! Gori will fight through enemies leaving behind a trail of blood and glitter as he uses his murderous hoverboard to explore levels and take out enemies with a range of attack combos and finishers. GORIE: Cuddly Carnage will be coming to PC, PlayStations 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Aug 1, 2023

Check Out The New ‘Alone In The Dark’ Teaser Trailer!

Alone in the Dark gets a new teaser trailer showing a little more of the horrors that await players in Derceto Manor, a home for the mentally ill in the deep south in the 1920s. Alone in the Dark features a noir setting with classical Lovecraftian horror elements, where the familiar meets the surreal. Return to the roots of psychological horror and experience an atmospheric journey worthy of the game that started the genre. Dive into a world full of sounds that make your skin crawl with a haunting, yet mesmerizing doom jazz soundtrack. Enjoy the thrill of desperate survival in a world where reality starts to crumble, evil lurks in every shadow and ammunition is scarce. Experience this nightmare from either Emily Hartwood’s or Edward Carnby’s perspective and unearth the dark secrets of a gothic mansion. Immerse yourself in a deep psychological story that goes beyond the realms of the imaginable, by Mikael Hedberg, cult horror writer of SOMA

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Aug 1, 2023

‘Ad Infinitum’ Announces Pre-Orders And Release Date

NACON announced today that the first-person psychological horror set in the German trenches of WWI Ad Infinitum has a release date as well as information about pre-orders and their bonuses! Along with the news comes a new trailer that will fill you with hopeless dread! In Ad Infinitum players will take on the role of a German soldier in WWI who begins to suffer from horrific hallucinations that take him to different locations between the thin lines of real and imaginative where he faces many terrors in the forms of monsters and creatures as well as his own personal demons where players will have to make choices that will affect the outcome of the game. Pre-orders for Ad Infinitum are open now and players can also pre-order the Nightmare Edition where they can get a 10% discount, the game 48 hours early, the soundtrack, and digital artbook. The monsters of Ad Infinitum will be coming for you on September 14th

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 27, 2023

Legendary Horror Director Returns With ‘Witchboard’ Remake

Chuck Russell surprised horror fans with his appearance at the Bold Voices of Horror Panel at San Diego Comic-Con where he announced his return to the horror genre with the remake of the 1986 film Witchboard. Along with the news comes the shocking trailer! Witchboard will star Madison Iseman who plays Emily, a young woman who along with her fiance opens a coffee shop in New Orleans. While renovating their house they uncover a Witchboard (Ouija board) which unleashes dark forces that want Emily’s soul and drags the couple into the world of witchcraft and old beliefs start to play a horrifying role in Emily’s fate. Witchboard also stars Jamie Campbell Bower, Aaron Dominguez, Antonia Desplat, and Charlie Tahan. The film is set to be released in 2024.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 25, 2023

Product Review: Shipwreck Edition Bolt Action Pen By Bastion

As a writer, I’m constantly writing things down in notebooks, but I also feel that I need a pen that fits what I do and looks great, and feels comfortable, that’s where Bastion comes in! Bastion makes bolt-action pens that really stand out in the world of writing implements, and I was honored to get the chance to check out possibly the most badass-looking pen I’ve ever seen, The Shipwreck Force Patina Copper Pen. Bastion was also kind enough to offer a discount code to YOU the reader, just keep on reading to learn more! I would also like to give a big thank you to Mike and the other awesome folks over at Bastion for helping make this review possible! The pen looks like it was pulled from a doomed ship that met an unfortunate sunken end under mysterious or malevolent circumstances, the lone survivor. Regardless of its appearance, the pen is quite comfortable to hold. The first thing

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 25, 2023

Review: Haunted Forest Lamp By The Lucid Bazaar Company

Mood lighting is everything when it comes to a night-in, may it be a gaming session, unwinding/chill, catching up on some movies or shows, hosting a small gettogether, or you just want to brood and plan world domination while petting your cat. But why stop at setting the mood with lighting, why not also transform your room with it? That’s what the folks over at The Lucid Bazaar Company are doing with their lamps! I would like to give a big thank you to Joe and Julie over at Lucid Bazaar for helping to make this review possible and sending over the Haunted Forest Lamp for me to check out! At first, you may think this little lamp is not much with its size but like anything else, looks are deceiving! The lamp is an infinity mirror and the dimmer switch will either make the lamp as bright as a candle OR as bright as a headlight! When the light

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 20, 2023

Game Review: ‘Antstream Arcade’

Fans of retro games, may they be gamers of the past or present, always try to find a way to play some of the old classics to either pay respects to the forefathers of modern gaming OR to relive past glory. Either way, it’s hard to get a hold of functional classic game consoles. This is where Anstream comes in to try to help gamers get in touch with the classics with their Arcade. Antstream has brought its massive collection of classic games to the Xbox and PC for the first time as it was previously only available on PlayStation and Nintendo. The game library consists of games from Arcade, Atari 8-Bit, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Atari Lynx, Genesis, MSX, NES, PlayStation 1, SNES, ZX Spectrum, MSX2, ATARI 5200, Amiga, and Amstrad. Before you get too excited, I’m afraid to say…the games are not ported well. While trying to play some of the games, I’ve

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 20, 2023

Creature Cups Review And Giveaway!

It may only be July, but it’s never too early to get ready for the coming cooler months coming, especially with the spooky season coming every step closer like a monstrous heartbeat. Nothing goes better with the spooky season than a nice cup of coffee or tea to warm you up, but you need a special cup when you’re enjoying something, may it be reading, watching it rain, snuggling in to watching a spooky movie, or playing a game. Well, it’s time to up your hot beverage game with Creature Cups, the drinking cups with a special surprise waiting just under the surface. If you would like one of these cups for yourself, keep on reading to learn about your chance to WIN a cup! I would like to thank the awesome folks over at Creature Cups for making this review possible and offering to give one of our readers a cup! Inside every cup is a little ceramic critter

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 17, 2023

‘Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden’ Announces Release Date!

Today Focus Entertainment and DON’T NOD have announced the release date for their upcoming Narrative Action RPG Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. Along with the release date news comes a new trailer of the heartrending journey that will await players. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden follows Antea Duarte and Red mac Raith, lovers, and Banishers, literal ghost hunters who travel around and fight otherworldly entities that torment the living. Things become complicated when Red tragically becomes a ghost herself leading Antea to make a hard choice to keep his oath as a Banisher or to fight to bring Red back to life in a world where every choice the players make has a dramatic consequence. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden will be coming out on November 7th, 2023 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, with both standard and collector’s editions available for pre-orders along with pre-orders available on STEAM.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jul 13, 2023
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