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Review: Dark Horse Comics’ “The Strain: The Night Eternal # 11”

This is the penultimate issue of The Strain: The Night Eternal series of comics and it is just as exhilarating to read as the show on FX is to watch. The tagline of the comic reads: “FUEL UP FOR THE FINALE-LAST STOP FOR GAS BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD!” I found that to be very appropriate because the reader is taken for a joyride, with the pedal to the metal from page one. The issue starts off with a bang both literally and figuratively as we find the group of survivors being hounded by a horde of ravenous vampires. While fleeing from this onslaught of bloodsuckers they get split up into two teams. On the way back to the rendezvous point Gus and Nora spot a helicopter and decide to track it. What, or rather who, they discover there will change everything. Vasiliy, Quinlan, and Ephraim reach the meeting place and there they encounter an older couple who tell

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Capt McNeely
Jul 19, 2015
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Review: Dark Horse Comics’ “Harrow County # 3”

You know that old saying that the third time is the charm? Well, whoever said it was dead on. Issue # 3 of Harrow County is better than the first two installments, and that is saying a lot. Just when I thought that there is nothing that Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook could do better, they prove me wrong. This issue took the best parts of the first two and melded them into the magnum opus that is Issue #3. This issue begins with Emmy and Bernice surrounded by ghosts who have awakened from their eternal repose. They get closer and closer until Emmy screams at them to stop. They obey her and she is bewildered by it. She screams at them again in frustration because she believes that they were trying to scare her. They shiver in fear and this frightens Emmy. Emmy and Bernice quickly make their way past the gravestones leaving these “haints” behind. It is not

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Capt McNeely
Jul 18, 2015
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Video Game Review: Telltale’s The Walking Dead

With Comic-Con wrapping up and AMC’s “The Walking Dead” 6th season revealed I decided to take a look back at Telltale’s game adaptation of “The Walking Dead”. This game was released back in 2012 and won Spike’s Video Game of the Year award for which it got a lot of backlash for mainly because it came out of no where and was competing against a lot of other and better games I.E Darksiders 2 and Dishonored. I personally was upset that this won because from a gameplay stand point and I would go on to be-grudge this game until I eventually picked it up and now playing through it for a second time I can now understand why this would win Game of the Year. As you can see graphically wise, it ditches the ultra-realism that most games aim for and instead uses cel-shading. I personally enjoy cell-shaded games, some of my favorite games of all time are cell-shaded but

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Capt McNeely
Jul 18, 2015
Horror Fuel

Marvel Announces A New Blade Comic Series With Female Lead

Marvel Comics has just announced that there will be a new series featuring a day-walking, vampire-hunting, badass coming this fall. Blade, who was born Eric Brooks, won’t be the titular character this time out though. This time around it will be his 16 year old daughter, Fallon Grey, who will be kicking undead ass and taking names. She will also probably be taking notes seeing as she is still in High School. Fans of the Blade franchise shouldn’t be worried though, as he will still be there to mentor her as a father and train her as a monster hunter. (No word on who the mother is yet) While the comic franchise is getting a reboot, there have also been rumors of the possibility of a new Blade film, which we reported on here. Blade #1 is set to debut this October. In the meantime, stay tuned for further updates on both the comic and the film.

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Capt McNeely
Jul 17, 2015
Horror Fuel

Review: Image Comics’ “Outcast # 10”

Outcast follows Kyle Barnes, a man who has been tormented by demonic possession his whole life. He has been labeled an “outcast” by the demons, although he is unsure what that means. He even has a newfound ability to “pull” demons out of others. In his quest to find answers and make sense of the world around him he uncovers a more sinister plot. This issue begins right where the last left off with Kyle and Reverend Anderson having just exorcised a demon from a girl named Sherry. Kyle is troubled because the girl is now left in a catatonic state just as his own mother was. He is starting to question his faith and wonders if they both would’ve been better off before he had intervened. In the meantime, the mysterious “Man In Black” visits another church member and they seem to conspire against Kyle and the Reverend. Whatever he is up to with these church members, it can’t

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Capt McNeely
Jul 15, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Dead Island 2” Gets New Developer

G For 2 years now developer “YAGER” has been working on “Dead Island 2”, the sequel to the 2011 open world zombie game until now. “Deep Silver” the publisher of the “Dead Island” series has announced that YAGER will no longer work on the title and development will be handed over to a new developer still yet to be announced. An official statement from “Deep Silver” was released stating: “With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve. After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner YAGER. We will continue working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life, and we will share further information at a later stage.” “Dead Island 2” was planned to be released this Spring but was delayed to 2016 but with something as huge as changing the entire development team I wouldn’t be surprised if this game

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Capt McNeely
Jul 14, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 4” to release this August

Scott Cawthon, the developer of the crazy popular horror game series “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has announced a confirmed release date and a suspenseful trailer giving fans a peek of what to expect in the latest and what is said to be the last in the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” series. Although the picture above says it’s due on Halloween it will actually release on August 8th 2015 as a way to commemorate the release of the first game which will be celebrating its 1-year anniversary. On Halloween though Scott has confirmed DLC will be released for the game as a free update. For those who are unfamiliar with the “Five Night’s at Freddy’s” series, It places you as a night security guard for “Freddie Fazbear’s” which is a parody of “Chuckie Cheese”. At night though the animatronics come to life and hunt you down, given only a flashlight, integrate security camera set up, security doors and a limited power

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Capt McNeely
Jul 13, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Shadow of Evil” is the newest chapter in Call of Duty Zombies series

Light your cigars and load up your Tommy guns because the newest “Call of Duty:Zombies” mode was revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-con and will put players into the 1940s and will star Heather Graham, Robert Picardo, Neal McDonough, Ron Pearlman and Mr. Brundlefly himself Jeff Goldblum. The gameplay itself still looks like it will retain the classic “Zombies” mode that fans come to love and instead of using a transit system like in “Black Ops 2” will instead put players into a huge open world just like the last two DLCs for “Black Ops 2”. Where it gets interesting are the 3 things that appear in the trailer; Firstly we see a magically gumball machine that dispenses gumballs for your character to chew on, depending on which one you get it seems can alter game play in both small and large scales, I saw one person get a full ammo reload dropped right in front of them, I saw

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Capt McNeely
Jul 10, 2015
Horror Fuel

New Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 “Juggernog” Edition annouced

Look at that bad boy! “Call of Duty: Black ops 3” will be releasing this November and the one thing has got most people exciting (especially me!) is the latest in Treyarch’s long line of Zombie modes, starting back in 2008’s “Call of Duty: World At War” “Zombies” as the game mode has been dubbed started out as just putting 4 players in an enclosed area and had the surviving for as long as they could against an endless onslaught of zombies, thanks to it’s fun gameplay and creativity to the mode, “Zombies” became a main-stay and with every installment to the “Call of Duty” franchise developer studio “Treyarch” would come with “Zombie” mode. “Zombies” became so popular in the “Call of Duty” franchise that players demanded that they put it into last year’s “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” and Treyarch didn’t even develop it! Seeing its popularity Activision, the publisher of the “Call of Duty” franchise decided to capitalize

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Capt McNeely
Jul 9, 2015
Horror Fuel

Breaking News: Dark Horse Comics’ “Harrow County” TV Show In Development

It was announced on Tuesday that Dark Horse Comics and Universal Cable Productions have come to an agreement that would allow UCP a first-look deal to develop programming based on Dark Horse Comics’ properties. Among the projects currently in development are ‘Harrow County’, ‘Concrete’, ‘Back Up’, and ‘The Umbrella Academy’. Harrow County is a horror comic written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Tyler Crook. I have reviewed Issue #1 here and Issue #2 here.

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Capt McNeely
Jul 8, 2015

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Review: Dark Horse Comics’ “The Strain: The Night Eternal # 11”

This is the penultimate issue of The Strain: The Night Eternal series of comics and it is just as exhilarating to read as the show on FX is to watch. The tagline of the comic reads: “FUEL UP FOR THE FINALE-LAST STOP FOR GAS BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD!” I found that to be very appropriate because the reader is taken for a joyride, with the pedal to the metal from page one. The issue starts off with a bang both literally and figuratively as we find the group of survivors being hounded by a horde of ravenous vampires. While fleeing from this onslaught of bloodsuckers they get split up into two teams. On the way back to the rendezvous point Gus and Nora spot a helicopter and decide to track it. What, or rather who, they discover there will change everything. Vasiliy, Quinlan, and Ephraim reach the meeting place and there they encounter an older couple who tell

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 19, 2015
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Review: Dark Horse Comics’ “Harrow County # 3”

You know that old saying that the third time is the charm? Well, whoever said it was dead on. Issue # 3 of Harrow County is better than the first two installments, and that is saying a lot. Just when I thought that there is nothing that Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook could do better, they prove me wrong. This issue took the best parts of the first two and melded them into the magnum opus that is Issue #3. This issue begins with Emmy and Bernice surrounded by ghosts who have awakened from their eternal repose. They get closer and closer until Emmy screams at them to stop. They obey her and she is bewildered by it. She screams at them again in frustration because she believes that they were trying to scare her. They shiver in fear and this frightens Emmy. Emmy and Bernice quickly make their way past the gravestones leaving these “haints” behind. It is not

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 18, 2015
Horror Fuel

Video Game Review: Telltale’s The Walking Dead

With Comic-Con wrapping up and AMC’s “The Walking Dead” 6th season revealed I decided to take a look back at Telltale’s game adaptation of “The Walking Dead”. This game was released back in 2012 and won Spike’s Video Game of the Year award for which it got a lot of backlash for mainly because it came out of no where and was competing against a lot of other and better games I.E Darksiders 2 and Dishonored. I personally was upset that this won because from a gameplay stand point and I would go on to be-grudge this game until I eventually picked it up and now playing through it for a second time I can now understand why this would win Game of the Year. As you can see graphically wise, it ditches the ultra-realism that most games aim for and instead uses cel-shading. I personally enjoy cell-shaded games, some of my favorite games of all time are cell-shaded but

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 18, 2015
Horror Fuel

Marvel Announces A New Blade Comic Series With Female Lead

Marvel Comics has just announced that there will be a new series featuring a day-walking, vampire-hunting, badass coming this fall. Blade, who was born Eric Brooks, won’t be the titular character this time out though. This time around it will be his 16 year old daughter, Fallon Grey, who will be kicking undead ass and taking names. She will also probably be taking notes seeing as she is still in High School. Fans of the Blade franchise shouldn’t be worried though, as he will still be there to mentor her as a father and train her as a monster hunter. (No word on who the mother is yet) While the comic franchise is getting a reboot, there have also been rumors of the possibility of a new Blade film, which we reported on here. Blade #1 is set to debut this October. In the meantime, stay tuned for further updates on both the comic and the film.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 17, 2015
Horror Fuel

Review: Image Comics’ “Outcast # 10”

Outcast follows Kyle Barnes, a man who has been tormented by demonic possession his whole life. He has been labeled an “outcast” by the demons, although he is unsure what that means. He even has a newfound ability to “pull” demons out of others. In his quest to find answers and make sense of the world around him he uncovers a more sinister plot. This issue begins right where the last left off with Kyle and Reverend Anderson having just exorcised a demon from a girl named Sherry. Kyle is troubled because the girl is now left in a catatonic state just as his own mother was. He is starting to question his faith and wonders if they both would’ve been better off before he had intervened. In the meantime, the mysterious “Man In Black” visits another church member and they seem to conspire against Kyle and the Reverend. Whatever he is up to with these church members, it can’t

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 15, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Dead Island 2” Gets New Developer

G For 2 years now developer “YAGER” has been working on “Dead Island 2”, the sequel to the 2011 open world zombie game until now. “Deep Silver” the publisher of the “Dead Island” series has announced that YAGER will no longer work on the title and development will be handed over to a new developer still yet to be announced. An official statement from “Deep Silver” was released stating: “With Dead Island 2, Deep Silver has always been dedicated to delivering the sequel that Dead Island fans deserve. After careful consideration, today we announce the decision to part ways with development partner YAGER. We will continue working towards bringing our vision of Dead Island 2 to life, and we will share further information at a later stage.” “Dead Island 2” was planned to be released this Spring but was delayed to 2016 but with something as huge as changing the entire development team I wouldn’t be surprised if this game

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 14, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 4” to release this August

Scott Cawthon, the developer of the crazy popular horror game series “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has announced a confirmed release date and a suspenseful trailer giving fans a peek of what to expect in the latest and what is said to be the last in the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” series. Although the picture above says it’s due on Halloween it will actually release on August 8th 2015 as a way to commemorate the release of the first game which will be celebrating its 1-year anniversary. On Halloween though Scott has confirmed DLC will be released for the game as a free update. For those who are unfamiliar with the “Five Night’s at Freddy’s” series, It places you as a night security guard for “Freddie Fazbear’s” which is a parody of “Chuckie Cheese”. At night though the animatronics come to life and hunt you down, given only a flashlight, integrate security camera set up, security doors and a limited power

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 13, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Shadow of Evil” is the newest chapter in Call of Duty Zombies series

Light your cigars and load up your Tommy guns because the newest “Call of Duty:Zombies” mode was revealed yesterday at San Diego Comic-con and will put players into the 1940s and will star Heather Graham, Robert Picardo, Neal McDonough, Ron Pearlman and Mr. Brundlefly himself Jeff Goldblum. The gameplay itself still looks like it will retain the classic “Zombies” mode that fans come to love and instead of using a transit system like in “Black Ops 2” will instead put players into a huge open world just like the last two DLCs for “Black Ops 2”. Where it gets interesting are the 3 things that appear in the trailer; Firstly we see a magically gumball machine that dispenses gumballs for your character to chew on, depending on which one you get it seems can alter game play in both small and large scales, I saw one person get a full ammo reload dropped right in front of them, I saw

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 10, 2015
Horror Fuel

New Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 “Juggernog” Edition annouced

Look at that bad boy! “Call of Duty: Black ops 3” will be releasing this November and the one thing has got most people exciting (especially me!) is the latest in Treyarch’s long line of Zombie modes, starting back in 2008’s “Call of Duty: World At War” “Zombies” as the game mode has been dubbed started out as just putting 4 players in an enclosed area and had the surviving for as long as they could against an endless onslaught of zombies, thanks to it’s fun gameplay and creativity to the mode, “Zombies” became a main-stay and with every installment to the “Call of Duty” franchise developer studio “Treyarch” would come with “Zombie” mode. “Zombies” became so popular in the “Call of Duty” franchise that players demanded that they put it into last year’s “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” and Treyarch didn’t even develop it! Seeing its popularity Activision, the publisher of the “Call of Duty” franchise decided to capitalize

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 9, 2015
Horror Fuel

Breaking News: Dark Horse Comics’ “Harrow County” TV Show In Development

It was announced on Tuesday that Dark Horse Comics and Universal Cable Productions have come to an agreement that would allow UCP a first-look deal to develop programming based on Dark Horse Comics’ properties. Among the projects currently in development are ‘Harrow County’, ‘Concrete’, ‘Back Up’, and ‘The Umbrella Academy’. Harrow County is a horror comic written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Tyler Crook. I have reviewed Issue #1 here and Issue #2 here.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 8, 2015
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