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\nLast year was the 40th anniversary of John Carpenter’s The Thing. Despite being released in 1982, this alien invasion movie of psychotic paranoia still holds up to this day, due to its unnerving story and near timeless practical effects.\n<\/p>\n

\nStrangely, despite its success and cult-like status – and despite an intriguing prequel in 2011 – The Thing never received a proper sequel. Or did it? In 2002, Computer Artworks released a video game based on The Thing that continued the story where the film left off. It’s not considered canon, but that doesn’t stop it from being a fascinating artefact in its own right.\n<\/p>\n

\nComputer Artworks’ The Thing begins with the player at an abandoned Antarctic outpost, not long after MacReady shares that drink with Childs. In the game, you play as Captain Blake, who seems to be oddly unphased by the destruction of the Outpost, the missing crew and that gigantic flying saucer hidden beneath the snow.\n<\/p>\n

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Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

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