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Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered is a confident reminder that this 13-year-old cult classic still has life in an era of gaming that tends to take itself a bit too seriously.
Shadows of the Damned is a game where protagonist Garcia Hotspur’s gun is called the Boner, and he refers to vine-like blockades in the hell as “demon pubes.” It’s a game that confidently wears its video-game-y-ness on its purple leather studded sleeve, right next to Joy Division’s lyrics “Love Will Tear Us Apart” painted in thick white paint. From demonic enemies whom burst with collectible diamonds after shooting their heads off, to bosses covered in big, obvious “please-shoot-here” weak points, Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered isn’t just a reminder of its brash conviction in knowing its a video game …