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Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC The video-game publisher no longer plans to put out PC ports of PlayStation games such as ‘Ghost of Yotei’

NEW: Sony no longer plans to release PlayStation games on PC, sources tell Bloomberg News, a major shift in strategy that sees the console maker returning to exclusivity after six years of flirting with multiplatform.

Ghost of Yotei and Saros are not coming to PC. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Wrapped up RE: Requiem yesterday. Really enjoyed the gameplay oscillation between Grace and Leon, especially the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center and Raccoon City. Has the same feeling as RE2R that makes me want to instantly replay it for ages.

Already deep in a 2nd playthrough.

I think this is one of the funnier episodes we've done in a while.

Now excuse me, the bombed out ruins of Raccoon City need me.

Resident Evil Requiem is Capcom taking the presentation of Alan Wake 2 and it's neo-noir influences (Seven, Cure etc.) and doing it the only way Resident Evil can.

I've have never been so locked in.

Still it manages to be all of those things while remaining a thrilling urban-warfare spy thriller as Black Freedom Fighters take back the streets of Chicago.
Lawrence Cook’s Dan Freeman is brimming with electric fury.

But the most tragic thing is how prescient these images are.

“You have just played out the American dream... and now, we're gonna turn it into a nightmare."

Incendiary, yet vital filmmaking that juggles its many tones with superb precision. Deliberate satire gives and revolutionary rhetoric that is deeply, deeply angry.

It's happening again.

BIG BAD FILM FEST runs from August 21st-23rd

But I'll be there the 18th-25th.

Celebrating One Year of Cinema Her Way A year ago I published my first book!

Somehow it’s the one-year anniversary of the publication of my book CINEMA HER WAY today! Here’s a little wrap-up of the book’s first journey around the sun.

I keep forgeting that I actually scheduled a podcast and movie on Friday, the day I should absolutely NOT be bothered by anyone so I can play some Resident Evil: Requiem.

Ah well. I still have the weekend.

We kick off Friday for the UK Ghost Story Festival at QUAD here in Derby, and here's everything on the schedule for Day 1 of the event! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #derby #derbyshire #festival #festivals #ghosts #ghost #ghoststories #ghoststory #gothic #writing #writers #authors

They dug it. Called the mortician and his zombies but didn't expect that final twist of the knife, which works for me. Helluva ending.

Was tasked with picking out a horror movie for Suus and her brother tonight, so I'm showing them a Five Alarm Heater: DEAD & BURIED (1981)

Exploring Jacob’s Ladder and The Life of Chuck as Cinematic Maps of Dying Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.

ICYMI: Recently, I happened to watch both JACOB’S LADDER & THE LIFE OF CHUCK around the same time & how they both depicted the process of dying cinematically hit me so hard that I decided to write about them. Available to ALL subscribers: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/exploring-ja...

I just realized we go that long and don't mention the outstanding work by series composer Akira Yamaoka. Do yourself a solid and give a listen to his work as it also helps elevate the three film adaptations.

And yes, I did enjoy RETURN TO SILENT HILL. Find out why below. 👇

Loved JACOB'S LADDER (1990).

Surreal and genuinely unsettling nightmare imagery throughout are led by a great Tim Robinson performance. All punctuated by a desire to escape the inevitable last glimpse of consciousness.

As undeniably influential and sad as they come.

A three-way fatalistic collision between the mob, cops, and thieves into a powder keg of racial tensions that is punctuated by a fantastic score and angrier denouncement.

Few can be so horrific, and authentic with such a bleak ending.
That final shot is damn near heartbreaking.

My own personal Blindspot Blaxploitation month continued and I was floored by ACROSS 110TH STREET (1972).

A raw, unflinching, white-hot neo-noir thriller with standout performances from Anthony Quinn and a commanding career best from Yaphet Kotto.

Yeah, kinda the best description. Although I'd also argue it gets the sadness of the game's ending right

Oh Hell yeah, thanks for giving me something to read man. Excited to dig in on people's thoughts, hot and all.

I don't know how, but goddamnit: I liked it. I believe in Christophe Gans.

More to come on @a4epodcast.bsky.social

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and I think despite many of those same faults of the film there is an interesting reading to be had in the translation of adaptation between medium to medium. It's not one that works for me, but I can see a kernel of truth in the messiness, flaws and all.

There’s no denying the many, many shortcomings of SILENT HILL: REVELATION (2012). Stilted acting, a real lack of narrative drive, tension, or cinematic flair etc. But for all of its faults I’m not sure M.J. Basset bears the brunt of the blame...

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Certainly helps that so much of Akira Yamaoka's score is reused to help really elevate this. Creepy visuals. Fantastic finale.

I'm never really sure what *it* is that enraptures me so, but I'm always compelled.

Nothing about this should work (and so much doesn't) as slapdashed elements from the first three games clash with a weak script.

But you can feel Gans love of the source material shine through and with it some great imagery evocative of the games and overall mood they conjure.

Before I head off to see RETURN TO SILENT HILL (2026) this Friday, gonna rewatch the first film tonight and then REVELATIONS tomorrow. Time for another trip to Christophe Gans' first effort:

“I’ve gotten interested in these very little, subtle things you usually don’t see in movies, very quiet, tiny, little moments that you see in life and which are very difficult to put into a movie. I watch people a lot and look for those moments.”

- Tom Noonan, R.I.P.

Guess who's back? King Ghidorah and they're ready for a showdown that defies time! It's 1991's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah this week on #2BlackGuysTalkGodzilla. Get ready!

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“Can I At Least Get My Money?” Music, Money, and Sinners (2025) In Sinners, money kills you. Music might bring you back. But first, you’re going to die.

New today on the site!

Our Best of 2025 issue continues, with @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social on SINNERS

(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)

Hellfire (2026) Review Hellfire is the latest feature film from the mind of Isaac Florentine. Written by Richard Lowry and starring a veritable who’s who of action stars. Leading the film, we have Stephen Lang who most recently was receiving a lot of love for his role in Sisu 2: Road to Revenge. Here though Stephen plays a drifter who wanders into a small town with a bunch of problems, problems that need someone with a very particular set of skills to help solve them. As you might guess, Stephen Lang’s ‘man with no name’ is that problem solver.

Check out our review of the new Isaac Florentine action movie with Stephen Lang, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Yong Bosch and Dolph Lundgren.

My action shortfilm is available on Gumroad and its sales will support my next movie! Go check it out, if you like seeing trans women kicking ass you might just have a great time!