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This week, @notfunnyj.bsky.social chatted with @tarsierstudios.bsky.social co-founder Andreas Johnsson & senior narrative designer Dave Mervik about the co-op horrors of Reanimal! #HorrorSky

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A ★★★½ review of Child's Play (1972) Part of the reason I like Lumet is due to his adaptations of stage plays. The understanding of the medium's qualities married to a cinematic gift for character and location. Of course, not every play ...

Next Lumet film is (not that) Child's Play (1972).

James Mason and Robert Preston are rival professors in a Catholic school that seemingly has some sinister occult shenanigans going on.

Lightly dusted in horror, but an interesting workplace politics setting.

Ending was abrupt.

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A ★★★ review of Guilty as Sin (1993) 90s legal melodrama that makes little sense if you think too hard about it, but don't do that. Just enjoy the Him Fatale sleaze n' cheese of Don Johnson.

Next up is Guilty as Sin (1993).

Rebecca DeMornay is a hotshot lawyer and Don Johnson is the 'Him Fatale' client accused of murdering his wife in this melodramatic nonsense (mostly complimentary).

Got a lot of Sidney Lumet films on the watchlist pile, so gonna have this as my pinned thread for the month.

What goes into a good parry system? The developers of Nine Sols, Ultrakill, and more explain how to make parrying fun in games.

I'm a parrying skeptic, so I just had to reach out to a few folks (the devs behind Nine Sols, Ultrakill, Tails of Iron, Steel Carnelian) on how they design their parries, in Game Developer www.gamedeveloper.com/design/what-...

Insert a movie into another movie:

Dial M For Murder on the Orient Express

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Like a bloody see-saw going from having limited forward players to limited defensive ones.

What I know for sure in terms of EoY stats is I listened to a lot of Prince and the Sinners soundtrack.

So at this point, I am of the belief that there is a conservative group in the background emailing companies and trying to get them to ban the game.

For tomorrow's episode of Horror Bytes, Jay spoke with @tarsierstudios.bsky.social 's co-founder/producer Andreas Johnsson & senior narrative designer Dave Mervik about their upcoming game REANIMAL!

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Apart from some aggravating visual choices on a couple of stages, Lumines Arise is superb.

I would argue it has a better soundtrack overall compared to Tetris Effect, and some phenomenal imagery to go with it.

Initially underwhelmed by it, but gone from strength to strength since.

You can tell it's ended up being a great year for horror games by the nominations here.

Great variety and multiple worthy winners per category.

The Verdict

Nashville

The Big Heat

Lifeboat

Sorry, Baby

Late Shift

Escape from Alcatraz

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.

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No Players Online - the full version of the viral abandoned online FPS horror game - is back on Steam. 🎉

The game was falsely removed weeks ago, just after launching, which has severely impacted the studio's survivability.

Please spread the word, and support it! ❤️

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Watched Sidney Lumet's fantastic The Pawnbroker and while it's a powerful examination of being unable to escape a harrowing past, it also has a bedroom scene set to what would become the Austin Powers theme song.

NORCO's a Christmas game. 65% off on Steam through December 12th.

This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social attempt to uncover the secrets of the Maw in their discussion on Little Nightmares! #HorrorSky

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This week, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social hail to the king in their reminiscence about the brash and bold lineage of Duke Nukem 3D!

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Early on it really felt like it was going to be a horrid day for us. Given the defensive situation by half-time, a points fine.

Lewis Skelly and White on as full backs with Cala and Timber in the middle or is that too much?

For this week's Horror Bytes, Safe Room's indie horror showcase, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social chat about the unique Nintendo DS-inspired haunting of Dead Sight!

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That pun game 👌

Watched the Magnetic Rose chapter of Memories and fucking hell, that's incredible.

For Monday's edition of Save Scum, my indie horror gaming blog, I shared some thoughts about how Kingdoms of the Dump utilizes horror genre elements in its wildly creative refuse monster designs. #horrorsky

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Happy #LetterboxdFriday. A #LastFourWatched of...

A Nazi-Killing Super Squad.

Jane Fonda in an L.A. whodunnit.

James Mason getting spy-cucked in dreary England.

Paul Newman taking us to court, and to AA.

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For this week's Horror Bytes, Safe Room's indie horror showcase, @neilbolt.bsky.social & @notfunnyj.bsky.social check out the DS-inspired horrors of Dead Sight! #HorrorSky

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Finally watched Eddington and I really liked it, but then it made a Geronimo sight gag that pushed it up another notch.

HORSES cover with a banned from Steam logo

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...