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‘Momo’ Artist Speaks Out

Keisuke Aiso is an artist and the head of a special effects company called Link Factory, which makes props for Japanese TV shows. In 2016 he exhibited a some creepy looking sculptures in a series titled Onnen. One of the sculptures at the time was a three-foot-tall woman-bird hybrid that acted as the artist’s vision of the Japanese Yōkai Ubume, this creature takes on the form of either a woman who died at childbirth or a bird-like creature that mimics the sounds of babies and attacks children. The latex creature was simply called Ubume but it earned a new name, later on, Momo, the centerpiece of the latest internet urban legend and hoax. Momo is said to contact children through the internet and threaten them into completing challenges that usually involve self-harm or suicide as the story goes. This leads to great panic recently as parents took to the web and started to warn others of the supernatural threat. Aiso,

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Capt McNeely

Mar 6, 2019

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New Trailer Shows A New Sadako

Sadako is the most iconic horror character in modern horror films, even her American version Samara has become a staple in the genre. Sadako is the paranormal antagonist from the “Ringu” film series from Japan that was later remade as “The Ring” movie series in the US. Ringu was based on the 1991 novel by the same name written by Koji Suzuki. In 1998, the first film was made in Japan before being adapted for American audiences and spawned sequels. This new film is simply titled Sadako and will be directed by Hideo Nakata, who directed the original Ringu and Ringu 2. Sadako enters the modern era where she can be found, of all places…YouTube. The story revolves around Mayu, played by Eliza Ikeda, a mental health counselor and sister to a Youtuber. Mayu’s brother wants attention and views to reach Youtube stardom but in his attempt released Sadako’s curse on the web. Sadako will be in Japanese theatres May

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Capt McNeely

Mar 2, 2019

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Momo Hoax, Momo Problems.

Back in August, fears grew among parents in South America as police were looking for an internet user going by the name, Momo. The nefarious user is said to text children who look for it online and gives them a challenge in which they either hurt themselves or others. It turned out the suicide of a 12-year-old girl in Argentina (mentioned in a previous article) was NOT a result of a “Suicide challenge” as originally suspected and was confirmed by Argentinean authorities. Recently there’s been a surge in Momo memes on social media (especially Facebook) that have some scratching their heads and others worried, thanks in part to the Police Service of Northern Ireland posting a warning on Facebook about Momo and it’s “challenge” which was brought to their attention thus causing some panic in the UK. Claims that Momo appears in children’s videos on Youtube, or contacted youths playing Fortnite have not been confirmed as internet sleuths (professional and

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Capt McNeely

Mar 2, 2019

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New Story Trailer For ‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ And Pre-Order

Keeping the hype going, Focus Home Interactive and Asobo Studios have announced that their upcoming game, A Plague Tale: Innocence is available for Pre-order now. Along with the announcement comes a new story trailer showing the heartache that’s to come in the game’s story. The trailer shows how tranquil life was for the game’s heroes, the De Rune siblings Amicia and Hugo, before the hell that is the black plague came knocking on their doorstep. This time the trailer has a distinct focus on the Inquisitors than the plague rats. A Plague Tale: Innocence will be coming out May 14th for all gaming platforms. The game combines action, adventure, and stealth as well as using your environment to your advantage as you traverse the plague-ridden landscape in order to escape the outbreak, and solve the mystery of Hugo’s puzzling illness and why the Inquisitors want him.

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Capt McNeely

Feb 28, 2019

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‘Resident Evil’ Vinyl Soundtracks Coming In May!

Capcom is teaming up with Laced Records to release the original soundtracks for Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2, on vinyl! Fans of the games and collectors of records now have the opportunity to pre-order the soundtracks. Both soundtracks are composed by the Capcom Sound Team, Masami Ueda, Makoto Tomozawa and Akira Kaida. Both albums are remastered deluxe double-vinyl 180g LPs that you can either order in traditional black or special limited edition LPs that are in a marbled color. The Resident Evil soundtrack will consist of 44 songs from the 2002 Nintendo Game Cube version while the Resident Evil 2 records will have 31 songs from the original 1998 game. It should be noted that the images of the soundtracks are mock-ups and may look different at the time of release.

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Capt McNeely

Feb 24, 2019

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Who Or What’s Killing ‘Fortnite’?

Back in July of 2017, Epic Games released a multiplayer game that seemed unique at the time, Fortnite. The third-person shooter has players teaming up with friends as they fight off waves of zombies and gather supplies to build up fortifications in order to protect their objective. The game soon changed into what we now know as today as Fortnite: Battle Royal. In this version, 100 players enter a play area with nothing; they gather supplies, build cover, outrun a health-draining storm, all the while trying to be the last one alive. In a fortnight (pun intended) the game’s popularity blew up especially with kids (under the age of 18). The game’s bright colors, animations, lack of violence (no blood or gore), humor, and the fact alone that it’s FREE, attracted many players around the world. So why is its popularity declining? The game became really popular when Youtubers and (Twitch) streamers started playing it. This is possibly where the

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Capt McNeely

Feb 21, 2019

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Opinion: Remaking ‘Resident Evil 4’ Would Be A Bad Idea

CAPCOM’s biggest release of 2018, Resident Evil 2, was a hit with critics and fans, myself included. The game is a remake of the original but not in a traditional “remake” sense. With the exception of the Orphanage level and a few extra scenes (or scene rewrites), the overall plot was the same along with the stories of the game’s two main heroes Claire and Leon. The major changes to RE2 obviously were the graphics and art making it more detailed to a real-world scenario, and the adoption of the third-person over-the-shoulder view for players, the first time this was seen in the “Resident Evil” game series was the 4th installment of the game, Resident Evil 4. There’s been some rumbling around the internet from fans wanting to see the RE2 remake magic happen again but with Resident Evil 4. The 2005 game took players out of Raccoon City and to a fictional location in Spain (where the locals spoke

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Capt McNeely

Feb 17, 2019

News

‘Zombie Deer Disease’ May Infect Humans, Scientists Fear

WARNING: SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING In 24 states, elk, deer, and moose have been seen to exhibit “zombie-like” behavior. They dramatically lose weight, drool, stumble around, and act aggressively towards humans seemingly without fear. Though people have dubbed this disease “Zombie Deer Disease” it’s actually called, Chronic Wasting Disease or CWD The illness attacks the animal’s neurological system causing them to basically starve to death. With the number of cases rising across the United States, scientists fear that inevitably the disease will “jump” to the human species; this is known as “Cross-Species Transmission”, where a disease that originates in an Animal is spread outside their species. The disease resembles Bovine spongiform encephalopathy “Mad Cow Disease” but once the meat of an infected cow was consumed by a human it becomes Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease or CJD. In all cases CWD, Mad Cow, and CJD are fatal due to Prions, “misfolded” protein cells that once present in the neurological system, causes rapid

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Capt McNeely

Feb 15, 2019

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‘A Plague Tale: Innocence’ Rats Versus The Real Plague Rats

Focus Home Interactive has released their third and final episode of their web series showing behind the scenes of the making of their upcoming game, A Plague Tale: Innocence. The final episode titled “Children of the Plague” focuses more on the game’s main antagonists, the hoard of plague-infested rats. The developers at Asobo Studio used their own software to create the hoard of vermin where at times there will be about 5000 rats on the screen, along with being programmed with a “hive mind”, each virtual rat will have its own artificial intelligence and behavior. Spectacularly creepy! Rats for generations have been blamed for the Second Pandemic (Black Death) and have been depicted for a long time as being ravenous hoards attacking at will. Though the idea and imagery of a moving mountain of sleek fur, wormy tails, and deafening squeaks gnawing away at you instill fear and disgust, our own fears give these little dudes a little too much

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Capt McNeely

Feb 12, 2019

IndieNewsTrailers

Oh Hai Shark… Teaser Trailer for ‘Big Shark’ Excites Fans Of ‘The Room’

Tommy Wiseau is going to be making his horror debut both as director and actor in Big Shark. Wiseau teased the film last night on his twitter with a picture of a poster for the film as well as a link to the teaser trailer. The teaser trailer was actually shown in front of an audience attending a London screening of Wiseau’s well-known film, The Room, a film that’s famous for being so bad it’s good. Wiseau will be accompanied by Greg Sestero and Isaiah LaBorde. Sestero is no stranger working with Wiseau as he played Mark in The Room, where the iconic “Oh hai Mark” scene is from. Sestero later went on to write a book about making the film that was later adapted to screen under the same title The Disaster Artist where James Franco played Wiseau.

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Capt McNeely

Feb 11, 2019

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