Blood
When Blood splashed onto the scene in 1997 the first-person shooter craze was in full effect. With 3D Realms’ popular Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior shooting and slicing their way into the hearts of PC gamers everywhere, it’s understandable if you managed to overlook their Monolith Productions’ developed bloodbath. Equal parts Doom and Evil Dead, this Build Engine-powered game sports a dementedly devastating arsenal including aerosol cans and a lighter, an explosive flare gun, voodoo dolls, and copious amounts of flesh-charring explosives to roast your undead assailants. Combine this with the wholesale butchering of mimes and a bonus CD that contained the video for Type O Negative’s goth metal ballad Love You To Death and you’ve got the recipe for quite possibly the most bad ass demonic shooter since the lead vocalist of black metal rockers Mayhem.
