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Kickstarter Coming For A Social Network Aimed At Gamers

Social media users utilize websites to stay in touch with friends, keep up with current trends, voice opinions, share laughs, and meet new people. Gamers are no different on these sites but they have to swim through a lot of other people’s nonsense to see what they’re more interested in. Well, if you’re a gamer who would rather talk gaming, get the latest news and reviews, guess what, there may be a new site just for you and others like you! A Kickstarter campaign will begin on November 30th for GameCritter, a new kind of social media site dedicated to all things gaming. The site will combine some of the best concepts from social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Metacritic, Reddit and Quora in an all-in-one site. For gamers, the site will allow users to post statuses, community-driven reviews for games, and join in discussions by asking/answering questions. Users are rewarded for participating on the site and interacting with others

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Capt McNeely
Nov 22, 2018
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Bears Go To War In Webcomic ‘Bearmageddon’

While Hollywood is obsessed with putting things into tornados, the corners of the internet have a hidden gem, a webcomic titled Bearmageddon by Ethan Nicolle. Ethan has been making comics for years with his most notable work being Axe Cop that was created by his little brother (5 years old at the time) Malachai. Bearmageddon is about the sudden uprising of Grizzly Bears besieging a city is mass numbers and our heroes are a couple of 20 something slackers and a mountain man. Joel and his friend Gogs (real name Jeremy) decided to quit their jobs and live out in the wild with their two other slacker friends. While attempting to start their new life they encounter killer bears and are saved by Dickinson Killdeer, a mountain man with no memory with how he started living in the wild but is willing to help Joel find his Father and little brother who have gone missing after the bears invaded the

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Capt McNeely
Apr 21, 2018
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RTS Game ‘Iron Harvest’ Kickstarter Surpasses $1,250,000

Kingart Games’ Kickstarter campaign was more than just successful; it was a colossal triumph for the independent developer whose Kickstarter is only 48 hours away (at this time) from ending. What game could they have come up with that would amass such a following? Iron Harvest a game that takes place in an alternate universe where giant mechanical soldiers fight alongside infantry units in an alternate post-WWI Europe. Its 1920+ Europe is recovering from the Great War where giant mechanical soldiers stomped across battlefields. When the war ended, these mechs became part of everyday life but now forces from the shadows are planning to destabilize Europe and engulf the world into another great war where control of the world is at stake. The idea of the game came from the works of Polish artist Jakub Różalski, which depicts giant robots being used in the European countryside. Now onto the game itself! Iron Harvest is a real-time-strategy (RTS) game where players

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Capt McNeely
Apr 13, 2018
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Death Is Permanent In ‘Song Of Horror’

When you die in a video game, usually you restart from a checkpoint or where you last saved, but many gamers like a challenge, now comes the gaming term that either excites or terrifies players, “permadeath”. Permadeath is a gaming slang term for “permanent death” means exactly as it sounds, when you die in a game that’s it, game over, you must now start from scratch. Most games either don’t have this mechanic as it’s more or less a personal challenge made by the player themselves or in some games like Wolfenstein: New Colossus it’s a difficulty that you can unlock, but for upcoming survival horror game Song of Horror by Protocol Games it’s the game’s main feature. To ease your concerns about the permadeath mechanic in Song of Horror, it’s only permanent for one of 16 playable characters, that’s right, you can control 16 different characters! The game’s protagonist, Daniel Noyer, is at the center of the game’s story

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Capt McNeely
Feb 4, 2018
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‘Shin Godzilla’s’ Akira Suzuki Turns To Kickstarter to Make ‘Horror Of The Underworld’

Freelance 3D artist Akira Suzuki, who has worked on films like Shin Godzilla and Attack on Titan, is on a mission to make his feature horror film. According to Suzuki’s Kickstarter campaign, the first 10 minutes of the film, titled Horror of the Underworld, has already been made. Suzuki will be including doing all of the major aspects himself, including directing, animation, n and video production. It will be voiced in Japanese with English subtitles and production is scheduled to take 16 months. In the film set “deep under Tokyo, a fiend appears. An underground passageway collapses with an earth-shaking rumble, and the fiend comes into view. Several hundred workers, as well as the Mayor of Tokyo and his escort forces who just happen to be visiting for an inspection, find themselves trapped underground. They are cut off from the outside and have no way of calling for help. Members of the hard-pressed group, locked in darkness with no way

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2018
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Lucas Birnie Seeks Backers For Indie-Creature Feature ‘Were-Wool’

Filmmaker Lucas Birnie is seeking backers for upcoming indie creature-feature, Were-Wool. Influenced equally by the 1981 John Landis classic tale of full-moon bloodlust, An American Werewolf in London, and James Gunn’s 2006 cult splatter comedy Slither, the director aims to, as stated on the film’s Kickstarter page, be “the culmination of a few of my – and what I can only hope are also your – favourite things: love, laughs, lycanthropy, sheep, blood, guts, and more blood.” Here’s a brief synopsis of the story, also from the movie’s Kickstarter page: “Max Pemberton is your average everyday shmuck who has had to give up on his aspirations and settle into a more practical lifestyle in the rural town of Lafontaine with his long-time girlfriend, and local veterinarian, Sarah Ackerman. Fed up with his work as an archivist for the local insurance broker Max makes a last-ditch effort to take charge of his life, that is, until under the light of the

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Capt McNeely
Jul 12, 2017
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‘Evil Dead 2: The Book Of The Thread’ Launches On Kickstarter

Source Point Press is launched a 30-day Kickstarter campaign on June 12th for an officially licensed cross-stitch craft book titled ‘Evil Dead 2: The Book of the Thread’. The book features over 20 officially licensed Evil Dead 2 cross-stitch patterns by renowned horror thread artist Rebecca Martz-Burley (aka Demon Monkey Craft), in collaboration with illustrator Teri Heidemeyer. Rebecca Martz-Burley of Demon Monkey Craft, whose horror cross-stitch designs are highly sought after by collectors states that she really pushed her designs to the limits for this project and is very proud of how they turned out. Deadite Henrietta acts as the guide throughout the book, teaching cross-stitch methods and giving tips and tricks in hilarious deadite fashion. The book has designs that range from simple beginner patterns to complex advanced ones. Obviously, this campaign comes with loads of incentives for your support. The Kickstarter serves as not only an opportunity to pre-order the book, but also a way to get bonus

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 14, 2017
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Upcoming Movie “Fire on the Mountain” Starting Kickstarter Campaign

A small group of misfit Pennsylvania teens are forced to face off against a centuries old Demon in Patrick Corcoran’s Fire on the Mountain. The practical effects creature film, inspired by the work of Stephen King and Jeepers Creepers is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. The directorial debut of PA native Patrick Corcoran, the feature film stars Hannah Weir, Taylor Rosen, Crystal Evans, Billy Brannigan (Party Night ,Stirring) and Gore Abrams (Let Me Make You a Martyr). The film is produced by Josh Lobo, the director of the upcoming horror-thriller A Man In The Dark. Production will take place in June 2017 outside of abandoned coal town Centralia.

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Capt McNeely
Apr 12, 2017
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Space Goat’s Evil Dead 2 Game Is Live On Kickstarter And It’s Groovy!

Last month Space Goat Productions, the company behind the Evil Dead comics, announced that their new Evil Dead 2 game would soon begin its Kickstarter campaign. The campaign is live and has already raised almost double it’s goal of $70,000, with 30 days to go. The campaign is offering great perks. Check it out! Space Goat President Shon Bury states, “We’ve built a reputation with the Evil Dead books of really being able to please core Evil Dead fans. We’re going to do the same thing with the official board game. Evil Dead is such a great world to work in. Making a brutal survival horror game filled with jokes and exciting gameplay just came naturally. Designer Taylor Smith said. “It’s a cooperative game with a twist: Players can turn evil and go after their former allies, who then have to decide to save their Deadite friends or put them down for good and carry on with the mission. From

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2016
Horror Fuel

Rocky Horror Picture Getting Android/iOS Game Soon!

Great year for Rocky Horror fans! News of a Rocky Horror remake was broke recently, and now news has been dropped that Rocket Lolly Game, is behind a game based on the musical. In the teaser for the game [which I conveniently left for you to watch below] you’re introduced to one of the game’s features, which is the ability to control the chosen character to dance by the swipe of your finger. Create your own dance routines using the characters and themes from the classic or make it more competitive and get your friends in on it! Complete missions and challenges and be rewarded achievements for performing your unique dance moves! It’s free to play, consistently being updated, it’ll be available on mobile devices including iOS and Android versions and a series of beautiful creatures, outfits, stage sets, songs and more are all ready to unlock. As of of this post the game is about $5532 short of its

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Capt McNeely
May 26, 2016

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Kickstarter Coming For A Social Network Aimed At Gamers

Social media users utilize websites to stay in touch with friends, keep up with current trends, voice opinions, share laughs, and meet new people. Gamers are no different on these sites but they have to swim through a lot of other people’s nonsense to see what they’re more interested in. Well, if you’re a gamer who would rather talk gaming, get the latest news and reviews, guess what, there may be a new site just for you and others like you! A Kickstarter campaign will begin on November 30th for GameCritter, a new kind of social media site dedicated to all things gaming. The site will combine some of the best concepts from social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Metacritic, Reddit and Quora in an all-in-one site. For gamers, the site will allow users to post statuses, community-driven reviews for games, and join in discussions by asking/answering questions. Users are rewarded for participating on the site and interacting with others

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Nov 22, 2018
Horror Fuel

Bears Go To War In Webcomic ‘Bearmageddon’

While Hollywood is obsessed with putting things into tornados, the corners of the internet have a hidden gem, a webcomic titled Bearmageddon by Ethan Nicolle. Ethan has been making comics for years with his most notable work being Axe Cop that was created by his little brother (5 years old at the time) Malachai. Bearmageddon is about the sudden uprising of Grizzly Bears besieging a city is mass numbers and our heroes are a couple of 20 something slackers and a mountain man. Joel and his friend Gogs (real name Jeremy) decided to quit their jobs and live out in the wild with their two other slacker friends. While attempting to start their new life they encounter killer bears and are saved by Dickinson Killdeer, a mountain man with no memory with how he started living in the wild but is willing to help Joel find his Father and little brother who have gone missing after the bears invaded the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 21, 2018
Horror Fuel

RTS Game ‘Iron Harvest’ Kickstarter Surpasses $1,250,000

Kingart Games’ Kickstarter campaign was more than just successful; it was a colossal triumph for the independent developer whose Kickstarter is only 48 hours away (at this time) from ending. What game could they have come up with that would amass such a following? Iron Harvest a game that takes place in an alternate universe where giant mechanical soldiers fight alongside infantry units in an alternate post-WWI Europe. Its 1920+ Europe is recovering from the Great War where giant mechanical soldiers stomped across battlefields. When the war ended, these mechs became part of everyday life but now forces from the shadows are planning to destabilize Europe and engulf the world into another great war where control of the world is at stake. The idea of the game came from the works of Polish artist Jakub Różalski, which depicts giant robots being used in the European countryside. Now onto the game itself! Iron Harvest is a real-time-strategy (RTS) game where players

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

Death Is Permanent In ‘Song Of Horror’

When you die in a video game, usually you restart from a checkpoint or where you last saved, but many gamers like a challenge, now comes the gaming term that either excites or terrifies players, “permadeath”. Permadeath is a gaming slang term for “permanent death” means exactly as it sounds, when you die in a game that’s it, game over, you must now start from scratch. Most games either don’t have this mechanic as it’s more or less a personal challenge made by the player themselves or in some games like Wolfenstein: New Colossus it’s a difficulty that you can unlock, but for upcoming survival horror game Song of Horror by Protocol Games it’s the game’s main feature. To ease your concerns about the permadeath mechanic in Song of Horror, it’s only permanent for one of 16 playable characters, that’s right, you can control 16 different characters! The game’s protagonist, Daniel Noyer, is at the center of the game’s story

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Feb 4, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘Shin Godzilla’s’ Akira Suzuki Turns To Kickstarter to Make ‘Horror Of The Underworld’

Freelance 3D artist Akira Suzuki, who has worked on films like Shin Godzilla and Attack on Titan, is on a mission to make his feature horror film. According to Suzuki’s Kickstarter campaign, the first 10 minutes of the film, titled Horror of the Underworld, has already been made. Suzuki will be including doing all of the major aspects himself, including directing, animation, n and video production. It will be voiced in Japanese with English subtitles and production is scheduled to take 16 months. In the film set “deep under Tokyo, a fiend appears. An underground passageway collapses with an earth-shaking rumble, and the fiend comes into view. Several hundred workers, as well as the Mayor of Tokyo and his escort forces who just happen to be visiting for an inspection, find themselves trapped underground. They are cut off from the outside and have no way of calling for help. Members of the hard-pressed group, locked in darkness with no way

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2018
Horror Fuel

Lucas Birnie Seeks Backers For Indie-Creature Feature ‘Were-Wool’

Filmmaker Lucas Birnie is seeking backers for upcoming indie creature-feature, Were-Wool. Influenced equally by the 1981 John Landis classic tale of full-moon bloodlust, An American Werewolf in London, and James Gunn’s 2006 cult splatter comedy Slither, the director aims to, as stated on the film’s Kickstarter page, be “the culmination of a few of my – and what I can only hope are also your – favourite things: love, laughs, lycanthropy, sheep, blood, guts, and more blood.” Here’s a brief synopsis of the story, also from the movie’s Kickstarter page: “Max Pemberton is your average everyday shmuck who has had to give up on his aspirations and settle into a more practical lifestyle in the rural town of Lafontaine with his long-time girlfriend, and local veterinarian, Sarah Ackerman. Fed up with his work as an archivist for the local insurance broker Max makes a last-ditch effort to take charge of his life, that is, until under the light of the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 12, 2017
Horror Fuel

‘Evil Dead 2: The Book Of The Thread’ Launches On Kickstarter

Source Point Press is launched a 30-day Kickstarter campaign on June 12th for an officially licensed cross-stitch craft book titled ‘Evil Dead 2: The Book of the Thread’. The book features over 20 officially licensed Evil Dead 2 cross-stitch patterns by renowned horror thread artist Rebecca Martz-Burley (aka Demon Monkey Craft), in collaboration with illustrator Teri Heidemeyer. Rebecca Martz-Burley of Demon Monkey Craft, whose horror cross-stitch designs are highly sought after by collectors states that she really pushed her designs to the limits for this project and is very proud of how they turned out. Deadite Henrietta acts as the guide throughout the book, teaching cross-stitch methods and giving tips and tricks in hilarious deadite fashion. The book has designs that range from simple beginner patterns to complex advanced ones. Obviously, this campaign comes with loads of incentives for your support. The Kickstarter serves as not only an opportunity to pre-order the book, but also a way to get bonus

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 14, 2017
Horror Fuel

Upcoming Movie “Fire on the Mountain” Starting Kickstarter Campaign

A small group of misfit Pennsylvania teens are forced to face off against a centuries old Demon in Patrick Corcoran’s Fire on the Mountain. The practical effects creature film, inspired by the work of Stephen King and Jeepers Creepers is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. The directorial debut of PA native Patrick Corcoran, the feature film stars Hannah Weir, Taylor Rosen, Crystal Evans, Billy Brannigan (Party Night ,Stirring) and Gore Abrams (Let Me Make You a Martyr). The film is produced by Josh Lobo, the director of the upcoming horror-thriller A Man In The Dark. Production will take place in June 2017 outside of abandoned coal town Centralia.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 12, 2017
Horror Fuel

Space Goat’s Evil Dead 2 Game Is Live On Kickstarter And It’s Groovy!

Last month Space Goat Productions, the company behind the Evil Dead comics, announced that their new Evil Dead 2 game would soon begin its Kickstarter campaign. The campaign is live and has already raised almost double it’s goal of $70,000, with 30 days to go. The campaign is offering great perks. Check it out! Space Goat President Shon Bury states, “We’ve built a reputation with the Evil Dead books of really being able to please core Evil Dead fans. We’re going to do the same thing with the official board game. Evil Dead is such a great world to work in. Making a brutal survival horror game filled with jokes and exciting gameplay just came naturally. Designer Taylor Smith said. “It’s a cooperative game with a twist: Players can turn evil and go after their former allies, who then have to decide to save their Deadite friends or put them down for good and carry on with the mission. From

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2016
Horror Fuel

Rocky Horror Picture Getting Android/iOS Game Soon!

Great year for Rocky Horror fans! News of a Rocky Horror remake was broke recently, and now news has been dropped that Rocket Lolly Game, is behind a game based on the musical. In the teaser for the game [which I conveniently left for you to watch below] you’re introduced to one of the game’s features, which is the ability to control the chosen character to dance by the swipe of your finger. Create your own dance routines using the characters and themes from the classic or make it more competitive and get your friends in on it! Complete missions and challenges and be rewarded achievements for performing your unique dance moves! It’s free to play, consistently being updated, it’ll be available on mobile devices including iOS and Android versions and a series of beautiful creatures, outfits, stage sets, songs and more are all ready to unlock. As of of this post the game is about $5532 short of its

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 26, 2016
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