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“Our music is derived from all the trips we’ve had. There’s horror, beauty, paranoia, ecstasy, even randiness; every sort of human mood”: The birth of psychedelic warlords Hawkwind
Prog magazine marks the release of an expanded edition of Hawkwind’s self-titled debut album by revisiting the band’s formative first year, tracing their evolution from a west London community project into pioneers of space rock. The feature situates Hawkwind against their contemporaries at the turn of the 1970s, noting that while King Crimson had defined…
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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD, which is its real name, is free on Steam for a limited time
PC Gamer is highlighting that Yet Another Zombie Defense HD, an isometric zombie survival shooter, is being given away for free on Steam for a limited time. The giveaway is notable mainly because of the game’s deliberately self-deprecating title, which pokes fun at the sheer glut of zombie-themed games on the market, and gives players…
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Aussie’s freak accident after kangaroo leaps onto him and leaves him with a broken leg
An Australian man named Patrick Blomfield suffered a broken leg after a kangaroo leapt onto him in a freak accident while he was riding his motorbike. The incident took place on a farm in New South Wales, highlighting the unpredictable dangers rural workers and riders can face from wildlife in the Australian countryside. Limited further…
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The 10 Darkest Video Games of All Time, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of the ten darkest video games ever made, judged on mature themes, imagery, narrative and overall quality. The countdown highlights how, unlike big-budget titles, smaller studios are often more willing to explore bleak, unsettling subject matter without commercial concerns getting in the way. – Inside (2016) — Playdead’s atmospheric…
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Nobody remembers the most inventive vampire thriller of the 2000s, but it’s free to stream right now
Daybreakers, a 2010 vampire dystopian thriller from twin directors Michael and Peter Spierig, is being highlighted as an overlooked gem from a decade full of cheesy vampire films, and it is currently streaming for free on Pluto TV. The film reimagines familiar vampire tropes as a sci-fi story, standing out for its inventive premise, committed…
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Capcom wants to release a Resident Evil every year and sees remakes as the way to make it happen
Capcom reportedly aims to release a Resident Evil game every year, using remakes alongside new entries to sustain the series’ output. The strategy matters because it would make one of gaming’s biggest horror franchises a more regular presence, while relying on familiar titles that have already proved commercially successful. Remakes are seen as a practical…
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Resident Evil remakes ‘are just as important as the mainline entries,’ says RE9 producer
Capcom producer Masachika Kawata has said that Resident Evil remakes hold as much value to the studio as new mainline instalments, as the company works to release a Resident Evil title every year. Speaking to Vice, Kawata explained that producing a wholly new mainline game annually would be impractical, so revisiting and rebuilding older titles…
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‘Pinocchio: Unstrung’ Review: Killer Puppetry Is the Best Thing About This Killer Puppet Slasher
British indie director Rhys Frake-Waterfield gained a measure of notoriety for his 2023 film “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey,” at best an amusing sketch idea that could hardly support a feature-length horror movie, let alone a very slapdash sequel. But it wasn’t memorably bad enough to merit either cultists or a shelf full of Razzies, both…