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‘Wild, Dark Times’ Shows How Dark Magic Can Be: Book Review

Plot As Elizabeth gets more and more settled into her ordinary (if not boring) life, she suddenly gets thrown into a Wild and Dark world of magic, sex, drugs, and horrors beyond her imagination. Austin Case presents Wild, Dark Times and it absolutely lives up to its name. This plot is very well crafted and it is powerfully obvious that Case has done heaps of research for his novel. The plot winds through so many different things that it is an adventure that will keep you guessing and intrigued from start to finish. The “ordinary” person getting tossed into extraordinary situations is a plot we all know and love and will be used an infinite number of more times in stories, but it is there because it works and makes the plot seem more tangible and realistic. Case uses this setup to perfection and takes us out of our “ordinary” lives and into whatever twisted adventure he chooses. Characters All

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Capt McNeely

Sep 4, 2021

GamingMoviesNews

Fans Are Not Happy With ‘Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City’

Johannes Roberts promised fans of the popular survival horror game series “Resident Evil” that the upcoming film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City would be closer to the source material than Paul W.S. Anderson’s film series that pretty much had nothing to do with the games (a trend with his works based on video games). Fans were excited to learn that the film will combine the first two Resident Evil games and were pretty much on board with the film…till yesterday (August 30, 2021) when the first three production stills were released showing the cast and instantly divided fans. The one picture that really irked fans were the image of Resident Evil 2’s main heroes, Leon and Clair and fans were quick to show disappointment in the casting of Avan Jogia as Leon with many saying his appearance made him look more like Carlos (Resident Evil 3) than Leon. Some fans were also quick to criticize the appearance of the

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Capt McNeely

Aug 31, 2021

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Joshua Radburn Writes A Love Letter To Horror And Darkness With ‘Shells’ – Novel Review

Plot Monsters come in all shapes and sizes and Joshua Radburn’s upcoming novel Shells proves it. At it’s core, Shells is a menagerie of genres and styles that all blend together to create a captivating horror/mystery that is incredibly unique. I am not going to give much of the plot away here because it is one that reader’s need to experience. Radburn has created a plot built of tried and true tropes (like a down and out cop) that are tried and true because they work. The brilliance of this plot is not because it is exciting, terrifying, and keeps the reader guessing (although it certainly does all of that), the true brilliance is how Bradburn pieces everything all together to create his mystery. I think that the plot is best described in the novel’s forward. It is a “plunge into [the] underworld of gangsters, guns, and monsters.” Characters The characters in Shells feel real. They feel like they are

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Capt McNeely

Aug 29, 2021

GamingNewsProductTrailers

‘Blasphemous’ Sequel And DLC Are On Their Way!

Team 17 and The Game Kitchen have announced today that they are currently in the works of making a sequel to their multi-award-winning 2019 low-res platformer Blasphemous that is set to be released in 2023. Till that time comes for further repentance, fans will be happy to know that a new free DLC titled Wounds of Eventide is said to conclude The Penitent One’s first journey and unlocks the game’s true ending. The DLC will include new areas, items, and bosses. Blasphemous follows The Penitent One, the sole survivor of the “Silent Sorrow” and now lives in an endless cycle of life and death in a dark world of twisted religion and monsters that he must defeat in order to save himself and the world from this dark fate. Blasphemous is out now on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. The Wounds of Eventide DLC will be arriving on December 9th, 2021.

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Capt McNeely

Aug 27, 2021

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Check Out The New ‘House Of Ashes’ And ‘Jurassic World Evolution 2’ Trailers

Bandai Namco released the latest trailer today for the third installment of their Dark Pictures Anthology series titled House of Ashes that takes players underground in Iraq where American and Iraqi forces are trapped and being hunted by a monstrous presence. If fans watch closely, they may find a clue in the trailer that will lead them to a special website with secrets and lore! The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will be coming out October 22nd, Pre-Orders are now available for PC, Xbox One and Series X/S, PlayStation 4 and 5, and PC. If being stuck underground with something that can kill you, maybe building your own Jurassic Park is more your speed! Not only is the park building simulation game Jurassic World Evolution 2 showing off a new trailer, but they also have a release date as well! The game takes place after the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and has you building parks on the

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Capt McNeely

Aug 25, 2021

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A Look At A Non-Horror Horror Film: ‘Come and See’

Being a bit of a history nerd with a love of horror, it would be no surprise that interesting things pop up in my online searches, especially when some sites have a “you may be interested in…” section, and it always seems that this film titled Come and See pops up, finally I looked into it and watched the film and HOLY SHIT does not even begin to describe what I saw. Everywhere I looked afterward it seems everyone has said the same thing over and over, this film is a “non-horror horror movie” which after seeing, I have to agree, let me tell you about Come and See. Come and See is a surrealist anti-war film made in the Soviet Union in 1985. The film was directed by Elem Klimov and was his last as he felt after making the film that he went as far as he could creatively as a director which was not far from the

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Capt McNeely

Aug 25, 2021

GamingNewsProductTrailers

Pre-Orders Now Available For ‘World War Z: Aftermath’

Saber Interactive has announced the release date for the upcoming sequel to their popular zombie shooter set in the universe of the “World War Z” film, World War Z: Aftermath. Along with the release date news comes the opportunity for fans of the first game to pre-order it. Right now the pre-orders are available while PlayStation users will have to wait till August 26th to be able to pre-order. Owners of the first game who pre-order will see quite a price reduction! World War Z: Aftermath: Deluxe Edition, featuring two bonus melee weapons — the Sledgehammer and Dual Cleavers, as well as the ornate Explorer Weapon Skins Pack, is available to pre-order as well. World War Z: Aftermath will be swarming players on September 21st on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 but if you pre-ordered, it will include two days’ early access to the full game starting September 19!

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Capt McNeely

Aug 25, 2021

GamingProductReviews

A Messy Attempt: Game Review ‘FORECLOSED’

Cyberpunk and Comic books go hand in hand but in a videogame format? In FORECLOSED players are in a cyberpunk world told like a comic book and follows Evan Kapnos who had his identity foreclosed on after a company he was augmented through went bankrupt, not only that, now people from an unknown organization are trying to kill him. Unfortunately, my experience with FORECLOSED was no very good, starting with a bug that would not let the game work for several days, even after the game’s launch, after it somehow started to work, I sort of wished it still hadn’t. To start off with, on a positive note, the animation is unique and the concept of having the game come across as an interactive comic made it intriguing… that’s the extent of the positive notes I have. Though the overall look of the game is supposed to be a “Comic” look, it’s just unappealing texture-wise. The change in views can

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Capt McNeely

Aug 17, 2021

ProductReviews

Enjoy Your Coffee With ‘The Cup Of Cthulhu’ By Storm Crow

It’s no mystery that H.P. Lovecraft liked coffee, it’s actually one of his most know quotes: I like coffee exceedingly” And it’s also ironic that across the spot of Lovecraft’s birthplace at 454 Angell Street in Providence Rhode Island is a Starbucks. So what more could a fan of both Lovecraft and Coffee want? How about The Cup of Cthulhu by Storm Crow a chain of Nerd-Bars in Canada that caters to us who love pop culture and want to break away from the typical bar scene. This insolated travel mug as you can see is a parody of the Starbucks logo (see above the irony). The cup itself is double-walled steel that keeps your drink hot/cold for eons (well a few hours but we can dream right?). The handle on the top is convenient for if your hands are full and you want to loop your finger through it like Cthulhu’s tendril looping through someone’s sanity, the handle as

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Capt McNeely

Aug 12, 2021

GamingIndieProduct

Game Review: ‘Deadly Days’

Zombie games pretty much have the same premise, zombies take over the world, survival is key, fight and scavenge in order to survive. Nothing new right? Well Pixel Split Games, Assemble Entertainment, and WhisperGames changed that by combining rogue-lite elements with silliness that birthed this pixilated strategy, Deadly Days. Deadly Days is a pixilated strategy game where failure can be a good thing as the more you keep trying again, the more you uncover as no playthrough is the same. The game’s story is quite silly, some bad burgers were produced and sold in a fast food restaurant turning people into zombies, you take control of survivors to help battle the hoards of zombies while trying to find the burger joint that caused this apocalypse and destroy it. The controls for Deadly Days are easy to master as they’re quite simple, plus the humorous tutorial at the start helps. The game’s sound designe is relatively simple but the soundtrack is

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Capt McNeely

Aug 11, 2021

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