1829 – Mutazione (2019 video game)

(~timespace coordinates:)  Over 100 years ago, the meteor “Moon Dragon” struck a tropical holiday resort. Most of the inhabitants perished, while those who survived began to show strange mutations… The rescue missions quickly retreated, and those who remained in the mutating environment founded the small and isolated community of Mutazione.

Fast-forward to modern day, where you play as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to Mutazione to help nurse her dying grandfather back to health.

Mutazione is a 2019 adventure exploration video game created by Danish developer Die Gute Fabrik. It launched for Windows, MacOS, PlayStation 4, and on IOS through Apple Arcade on Sep 19, 2019.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows – MINIMUM): Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system / OS: Windows 7 / Processor: 2.6 GHz / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: GeForce 700 Series / Storage: 3 GB available space

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Zdzisław Beksiński pronounced [ˈzd͡ʑiswaf bɛkˈɕiɲskʲi] (24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer and sculptor specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism.

The Medium (video game) (2021)

modelled its supernatural setting after Zdzisław Beksiński’s artwork.

The Medium – Official Live Action Trailer

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channel dedicated to Zdzisław Beksiński.

1798 – Come True (2020)

Come True is a Canadian science fiction horror film written, directed and filmed by Anthony Scott Burns. The film stars Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron and Carlee Ryski.

Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she’s become the conduit to a frightening new discovery. Dreams twist and nightmares come true in this mind-altering new work of science-fiction from Anthony Scott Burns that haunts the space between wakefulness and sleep. COME TRUE is an unforgettable cinematic dream well worth the submersion. (rt)

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1789 – Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston (book 2020)

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read “Never Very Far From What Is Happening Right Now” a review by Steven Shaviro in LARB

1783 – Back to Bed (2014 video game)

Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist. Bob is an unlucky narcoleptic who has a tendency of falling asleep in his boring office and then proceeding to sleepwalk into the dangers of the big city.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows XP SP3 / Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent (lower might work but is untested) / Memory: 2 GB RAM / Graphics: Intel Core HD Graphics 3000/4000, NVIDIA 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850 or better / DirectX: Version 9.0c / Storage: 600 MB available space / Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card / Additional Notes: Controller support: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, several Logitech and miscellaneous controllers.

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1782 – DARQ: Complete Edition (2020 video game)

Summary: Darq is a Psychological Horror game about a boy stuck in a nightmare, where he must find a way out by bending the laws of physics and manipulating the fabric of the dream world.

Genres: Adventure, Puzzle

Developers: Unfold Games

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 64-bits / Processor: Intel Core i3-530 / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4870 / Storage: 3 GB available space / Additional Notes: X-Box One / X-Box 360 / Logitech F310 / Steam Controllers are supported. More coming soon

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1774 – Gray Dawn (2018 video game)

timespace coordinates: Christmas Eve, 1920 London / 1910’s Romania

Gray Dawn is a first-person horror game from Romanian independent game studio Interactive Stone.

Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): – OS: Windows 64-bit, Processor: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320, Memory: 8 GB RAM, Graphics: GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 280X, Storage: 6 GB available space

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