In the seventh paragraph of “The Things,” the nameless creature that describes itself as, among several other titles, “the very hand by which Creation perfects itself,” reflects back on the excruciating pain it endured during the violent shipwreck that stranded it on our planet:

Peter Watts published a short story called “The Things” in 2010 that retells the events of that film, except this time from the point of view of its titular monster. After that it'll be crammed back in its cage until its full release, which is scheduled for sometime next year.This isn’t the first time someone has tried this kind of switch in pop culture, let alone evoked comparisons to Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic. You can download the Carrion demo for free on Steam until Saturday, November 2nd. The rapid cohesion of the thing, like a much, much grosser starling murmuration. And have you see where those Devolver Digital E3 bits go? No wonder they’re publishing.Īnd yet, the movement. Not surprising, given the pedigree of the appropriately named Phobia Game Studio, who previously made blood-soaked Butcher.

“Includes violence, blood, and gore” says the demo’s store page. It gives moving more gorgeous, horrifying weight, and more mass for the inertia and momentum to ripple through. Locking up clearly sentient creatures isn’t very nice.Īnyway, the morality of it doesn’t matter very much, because scooping up human beings makes you bigger, and being bigger is good. You play as a monster squirming its way out of a lab, wetly pinging your way along hallways, hoovering up scientists as you go. Part of the “reverse horror game” is bursting out to give players a taste, presumably because it’s scary-spooky Halloween week. Playing its free demo, which is available now through next Saturday, November 2nd, has neither settled my stomach nor my appreciation for its aesthetics. Since I first saw a gif of the squishy guts monster of Carrion I haven’t been able to decide whether its movement is nauseating or beautiful.

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