Greetings everyone,

It has been a long time! And for that, I am very sorry. My life has gotten extremely busy within the last few years, so reviews and money for gaming has taken a backseat.

In the last four years I have been through college, purchased my first home, and moved to a new town 20 hours away from my previous location. I've been spending my free time and income on the things that I need for my home, and quite honestly I'm just bummed out on the whole PC gaming thing now.

You see, friends, I built my first PC back in 2014 and it was amazing! The rig that I still use to this day, I built in 2017. But more and more developers are getting lazy with PC ports, and it's not helped by 'big whigs' like Ubisoft who call us all pirates and want us to not own any of our games.

So, truly, between all of these things and the never-ending stream of absolutely terrible horror titles on Steam that I got tired of wasting money on... I'm just not in it like I used to be.

With that being said, I have absolutely had a blast reviewing games (and prior to that, music) for the last decade and a half. I appreciate every single one of you that have followed me, trusted my reviews, given me feedback and encouragement, and have stuck around with me over the years. To newcomers, I'm sorry, but at least you'll find a plethora of my old content here.

I haven't even had a chance to play Alan Wake II and some other big horror titles that released last year! I miss my horror games, but I know I'll have time to catch up one day.

The Discord will remain open, I know I'm not active in there much but I do read the discussions and comments in there when I get the time.

Take care friends! May life be good and kind to you all. Be kind to each other. Some part of me hopes to return some day. But another part of me hopes not to, as I began writing reviews as a coping mechanism to get through the 2011 recession and the depression/uselessness it gave to me.

If I start writing again, I hope it's out of a desire and not a necessity.

Love, Metal, Death
- The Horror Network / Embalmer / Belphegore

Hey everyone,

Long time no post! But I just saw that we have finally reached over 1,000 group members. Thank you all for making this possible!

I know I haven't been as active on Steam lately, in full honesty I have been playing a lot more on console these days. I do plan to keep reviewing here though, but they'll most likely come in batches when I have the time and energy.

Myself and plenty of others are still active in Discord though, posting about the latest horror games, movies, and more each day. It's nice to meet and chat with you all, so come join us if you want! We're a friendly bunch, we promise.

https://discord.com/invite/3UgQx5J

Hope everyone is well,
The Horror Network

Hey everyone,

Happy Holidays to you and your families!

Also, we have now reached over 900 members. This blows my mind. We've grown strictly from word of mouth and from people discovering THN on Steam.

Thank you all for joining and being part of this fantastic community of horror lovers.

Just a reminder: reviews are slow right now as I am in college. I do try and get some things out during my breaks, but it's not a guarantee until the late spring.

Have a wonderful time, and a Happy New Year as well.

- Embalmer

Hey everyone,

I know I've been promising revamped lists on the Curation page for a long time now. As you can imagine, sifting through almost 500 reviews and putting them into, sometimes multiple, lists is a daunting task.

I took some time out of my vacation week to do this.

I completely removed the old lists and made fresh ones. I brought back some favourites, such as the Hidden Gems, Free, and Must Plays, and added a lot of new sub-genre lists, along newcomers such as Multicultural and Classics.

I hope you all enjoy this revamp. I wish Steam would give Curators more options on their pages! As well as make it easier to sort reviews into these lists.

Happy Halloween,

- Embalmer

Hey everyone,

I really, really hate making posts like this. I prefer to keep this group as light-hearted and fun as possible. I also like to think that posts like this are unnecessary.

However, if you are coming into this group with the intention of promoting your own group and curation, without obtaining permission, you will be permanently banned for life.

Zero contingency applies to this.

It is extremely rude and disrespectful to go into another person's group and promote your own group and curation within. Show me the same respect you would show another streamer or YouTuber.

If you do wish to ask for permission to promote something here, you are free to ask me in my Discord. The link to join us is on the main group page.

I do apologize for having to make such a serious and unwelcoming announcement, but due to some activity from today I felt this necessary.

Cheers,
- Embalmer