
Originally pitched as a sketch for a Chicago stage show, the skit eventually made it to Comedy Central in 2018, where it went viral. And that's where the premise came from," Perkins tells. "I decided that if we were to put that cast in a horror movie, that in order for the Black person to die first, we'd have to have a system to figure out who's the Blackest. In his feature, which includes the tagline "We can't all die first," Perkins cleverly puts his spin on that long-standing trope by directly questioning who dies first when all the characters in a horror film are Black. "I was thinking of a way in which I can discuss Blackness, but in a way that wasn't too on-the-nose," says Dewayne Perkins, co-writer and star of the recently-released film. It's nowhere near as interactive as the environment or abilities would lead you to believe either: lots of red barrels and gas canisters lying around seem like they're meant to be explosive, but in fact aren't and can't even be thrown around.Following in the footsteps of "Scream" and other horror-comedies, "The Blackening" is the latest movie to successfully mashup humor and murder, resulting in a funny new twist on the horror film trope which shows Black characters as the first to die.

Because of how quickly enemies can respawn and be repaired by the small helicopter drones, there's little point in fighting groups of robots unless you absolutely need something nearby or cannot progress otherwise. He hated the combat, especially when in the overworld. He enjoys the gameplay though, and it ran pretty well on his PC hardware. Turning on the Russian voices for a more authentic experience is an option, but given the rapid pace of the gameplay, constant dialogue, and small fonts, it quickly becomes impractical.


Oh, and the water is uniquely terrible - like, a good chunk of it is basically just a solid texture that doesn't even respond to your presence in any way. We're starting to get some detailed reviews.Ĭonsensus is that it really wants to be this fast-paced action RPG inspired by immersive sims such as Bioshock or Dishonored, but never comes quite close due to all sorts of little nit-picks and a few frustrating glitches.
