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Celebrating All Things Spooky 2017

 Celebrating All Things Spooky, My Stories, Writing  18 Responses »  Tagged with: ,
Oct 022017
 

Welcome back to another October’s worth of celebrating all things spooky! For its fifth year, we have new stories to look at, more horror games to discuss, and a new horror game giveaway!

I recently announced the reprint of my Lovecraft-inspired The Book at Dernier, available now in print from Amazon with an ebook version coming soon.

This year also saw the release of It Came Back my horror novelette (another story inspired by H.P. Lovecraft) published by The Book Smugglers this summer. It is available as an ebook.

Final Masquerade, which includes my horror story “The Artist,” has a fantastic new cover this year, and you can also pick up copies of “Sand” (in The Mad Scientist Journal) and “Rokurokubi” (in Wicked Words Quarterly).

And if you prefer something on the lighter end of the spectrum, my zombie comedy The Zombie Mishap, published by Griffin Publishers, is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

All of my stories available in print will be available at my book signings later this month, as well. You can find full information on all my stories here.

A Horrific Giveaway

Now, let’s move on to the giveaway! This year, I have a selection of horror games to give away, all Steam copies:

  • Dead Age
  • Lakeview Cabin Collection
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location
  • Dead By Daylight

As with last year’s contest, this one isn’t random. Instead, it will be based on your participation in discussions on these blog posts. When October ends, I will tally the scores to determine the winner.

Rules

  • No purchase is necessary.
  • Only comments made between October 2, 2017 at 1:00 PM EST and November 1, 2017 at 12:00 AM EST will be counted.
  • Comments can be made on any post on this blog, not just Celebrating All Things Spooky posts.
  • 1 non-spam, non-anonymous comment = 1 point.
  • You must use an email address or website URL (or include another way of contacting you) in your comment so I can contact you if you win.
  • You must have at least 10 points at the end of the month to win.
  • The person with the most points will get their first pick of the four games. The person with the second most points will pick second, and so on, until all four games have been given out.
  • The winner will be contacted on November 2, 2017.

If you have any questions, let me know and I’ll clarify the rules. Enjoy your spooky October!

What Happened to Routine, the Survival Horror Game?

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Sep 082017
 

With fall approaching, I took a look at some of my survival horror games… and then I remembered one that still hasn’t appeared.

In 2014, I included a sci-fi game called Routine on my list of top upcoming survival horror games.

I’d previously mentioned it a year earlier, in my Alien review.

Routine is a survival horror game set on the moon, with an aesthetic designed to mimic 1980s science fiction. It had already been Greenlit on Steam, so all seemed well.

But what happened to it?

Throughout 2015 and 2016, updates showed Routine well on the way to a successful launch. Last Halloween, the developers announced a release window of March 2017.

March 2017 came… and with it, a delay. The team felt they needed to keep working on Routine to make it the best experience possible, and didn’t expect it to be “more than a month or two” before the game was ready.

Far more than a month or two has passed since March, and there have been no new updates on Routine.

However, it’s not dead yet! A mod from the Routine subreddit got in touch with the developers and learned that the game is still being developed. It hasn’t been cancelled, and they intend to finish it.

What do you think? Will we ever see Routine? And if so, when?

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows Coming West This Fall

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May 012017
 

I still need to play Yomawari: Night Alone, a survival horror game localized last October, but I’m excited to hear that not only is it getting a sequel, but the sequel’s localization has already been confirmed.

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows will be available on August 24 in Japan, and this fall it will be localized for the PS4, PS Vita, and Steam.

Midnight Shadows stars two new protagonists, Yui and Haru, who are separated by an unknown attacker. It will be over twice as big as the first game, with new areas to explore and a special side-view camera for certain locations.

They haven’t announced if it will have a retail release or not, although the first Yomawari had a special physical release bundled with htol#NiQ: The Firefly Diary.

So, between now and fall, I need to finally pick up Yomawari: Night Alone to be all caught up in time for Midnight Shadows! Maybe it will be a good game to play for this year’s Celebrating All Things Spooky Celebration…

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