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See what has happened to the 'Family Ties' cast members 35 years after the hit show ended.MEGABrian BonsallBonsall played the role of Andy Keaton through the show's final three seasons.@mrbrianbonsall/Instagram

Brian Bonsall started acting on Family Ties when he was 5 years old, playing the role of Andy Keaton through the show's final three seasons.

He said of his time on Family Ties: "Good memories for sure. They were a second family to me, growing up doing that ... Michael J. Fox used to come pick me up in his Ferrari, taught me to dive into a pool. It was so comfortable hanging out."

The break helped him appear in more 1990s shows, including Father Hood and Blank Check, until he retired in 1995. He later shifted his career and pursued his passion for music with several bands.

Bonsall found himself in trouble when he was arrested in Boulder, Colo.

Set in a remote town in Missouri, Pneumata offered plenty to entice horror fans with its unsettling atmosphere and Lovecraftian creatures. As a new game from indie studio Deadbolt Interactive, it also promised to take cues from beloved classics like Silent Hill while carving out its own haunting identity. Playing the introductory demo last year, I was gripped by the gloomy backdrops and how effectively the lighting ratcheted up the tension. Everything from the creepy figures glimpsed outside to flickering streetlights drew me into the setting. Deadbolt clearly aimed high with their debut.

Yet after the full release, I found Pneumata pulls you in, only to let you down where it truly matters—the gameplay. Don’t get me wrong, when it comes to visuals, this game delivers. Environments benefit from painstaking details and weather effects that stir the imagination. But beyond the atmospherics, serious issues emerge that weigh down the experience.

Hopoo Games is arguably one of the most influential teams of indie developers within the gaming industry, giving us not only a groundbreaking action roguelike in Risk of Rain but also one of the more compelling titles of the stealth-action genre with Deadbolt.

Hopoo Games, the masterminds behind Risk of Rain and Deadbolt are now moving to Valve to help with their in-house projects – Image Credit: Gearbox.

Now, though, it appears that the team is turning toward their journey’s next chapter, getting absorbed into Valve and presumably working directly on the organization’s various projects. As one would expect, this new chapter brings both good and bad news for fans of this developer.

Hopoo Games’ Many Developers Will Now Work on Game Development Directly at Valve Few games have that addicting quality to them the way Risk of Rain does, which is a testament to Hopoo Games’ development prowess – Image Credit: Gearbox.

Watching Mars Horodyski’s Deadbolt will make you wonder: Is this really a horror story? For most of the movie, it certainly seems that way. Amelia (Rebecca Liddiard), after breaking up with her toxic ex-boyfriend, moves into a new house with a bad reputation for being haunted. Strange things start happening—voices around the house, thick walls echoing weird sounds, rat infestations, and she hears stories about previous tenants going missing or insane. Amelia always feels like someone is watching her, breathing down her neck, and her roommate Melinda feels it too. Honestly, for a while, I thought maybe Melinda was behind all the creepy stuff that was trying to mess with Amelia’s mind. Or maybe it was Amelia herself, who is on anxiety medications to cope with the trauma from her ex-boyfriend, so it’s easy to think she might be hallucinating. But no, Melinda isn’t the culprit,...