If you’re a fan of books about video games, you should be familiar with Bitmap Books. The UK-based company has been cranking out quality books ranging from the history of first-person shooters to video game box art for a while now, and now they’re set to focus on horror in video games with From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror.
Set to launch on October 31 of this year (naturally), From Ants to Zombies will showcase the range horror gaming has achieved across six decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and across 70 hardware platforms from the Zx Spectrum to the Xbox Series. The book will include more than 130 horror titles across thirteen thematically-divided chapters, covering a variety of genres, settings, and “shades of fear”.
The game coverage is accompanied by exclusive commentary from pioneering horror developers such as Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill), Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight...
Set to launch on October 31 of this year (naturally), From Ants to Zombies will showcase the range horror gaming has achieved across six decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and across 70 hardware platforms from the Zx Spectrum to the Xbox Series. The book will include more than 130 horror titles across thirteen thematically-divided chapters, covering a variety of genres, settings, and “shades of fear”.
The game coverage is accompanied by exclusive commentary from pioneering horror developers such as Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill), Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight...
- 9/26/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Gamers from the late ’80s and early ’90s may have fond memories of spending countless hours battling massive insects in the Cinemaware video game It Came from the Desert. Featuring motocross stunts, giant ants, and a potent blend of horror and humor, the film adaptation of the 1989 video game is out today on digital platforms from The Orchard, and we caught up with co-writer/director Marko Mäkilaakso in our latest Q&A feature to discuss the making of his modern-day creature feature.
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Marko! Your new movie It Came from the Desert is inspired by the 1980s video game of the same name. Do you have a nostalgic connection to that game?
Marko Mäkilaakso: My pleasure! Yes, when the first game came out in Finland where I grew up, me and my friends spent hours and hours in front of the...
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Marko! Your new movie It Came from the Desert is inspired by the 1980s video game of the same name. Do you have a nostalgic connection to that game?
Marko Mäkilaakso: My pleasure! Yes, when the first game came out in Finland where I grew up, me and my friends spent hours and hours in front of the...
- 5/29/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Uber is being sued after one of its driver's allegedly beat up a passenger and then later showed up at his home to beat the dude up again, this time with a metal rod. David Riordan says he ordered the Uber ride home from a 2016 Christmas party in Chicago's Wicker Park. He says he was picked up in a Honda Accord by a driver named Munstr Abuseimi, who became aggressive, kicked Riordan out of his car,...
- 8/12/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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