Whether its penultimate, non-descript title makes you scoff or shudder, trust us - John Carpenter's The Thing is one of the simplest, most expertly executed horror premises of all time. The only thing worse than shacking up with a bunch of geo-thermal nerds in an arctic compound is a shape-shifting alien systematically murdering and replacing everyone - especially when you're Kurt Russell and it's 1982. Twenty years later, picking up where the original left off, The Thing video game released on PC, Xbox and PS2, featuring many of the same ingredients that make John Carpenter's masterpiece so compelling. Managing your group hinged on the same fear and trust dynamics that made the film so effectively horrifying... and we're not talking about the abysmal 2011 pre-sequel. Before anything particularly terrifying happens, your A.I companions - A Medic, Technician, and Soldier - trust you implicitly, and you them. As Commander, you are naturally forced to periodically test the DNA of your squad members, and if they aren't friendly, they twist and split and grow new limbs right in front of you. This loss meant something, in a gamescape where death often means so little. In third-person, The Thing was like a squad-management-style Resident Evil, with serious Half-Life vibes if you chose to play in first-person. With better animations and online options, this is a game we wouldn't mind having as an HD remake. If you can find a copy, the original is backwards compatible on the 360!
Real Science Magazine called James' addiction to video games "sexually attractive." He also worked really hard and got really lucky in college and earned some awards for acting, improv and stand-up, but nobody cares about that out here in LA. So... He's starting over fresh, performing when He can. His profile picture features James as Serbian, vampire comic Dorde Mehailo with His anonymous Brother and Uncle at the Nerdmelt Showroom in West Hollywood. In James' spare time, he engages in acting, writing, athletics, hydration, hours of great pondering and generally wishing you'd like him.
