I don’t even knit, and yet Cosmic Vault’s yarn skull whispered to me from its Etsy shelf.
When the Moon Hangs Low: Exclusive playlist for the gothic action RPG
When the Moon Hangs Low is a gothic action RPG from Isolation Games. It’s been successful enough to do that rare thing for an indie RPG; it’s back on Kickstarter for a print edition.
Soot and dolls roam the Shadows House
The Shadows House manga has been going for three years, appearing in Weekly Young Jump, and the story centres around Kate Shadow and her own personal living doll Emilyko.
Gothic Prince: A review of The Boy with the Porcelain Blade
I’d read a blurb of The Boy with the Porcelain Blade long before the book arrived on my desk as a potential review option and I knew I was interested. There’s a lot in the title; “Porcelain Blade” sounds gothic, interesting, fragile and dangerous. I forgot to consider “The Boy”. Our hero is young. In […]
Brooding gothic illustrations from Mathieu Latour-Duhaime
There’s a reason why I’m reminded of The Art of Thief when I review Mathieu Latour-Duhaime impressive collection of illustrations. He’s worked extensively on Thief. You can see more of his work, which includes a wide range of styles, on his blog and at Deviant Art. The artist has worked on a range of games […]
Ken Russell has died
Film director Ken Russell has died, according to @BreakingNewsUK. He is believed to have died yesterday afternoon, peacefully in his sleep. The British filmmaker was born in 1927 and is responsible for dozens of movies, including “Gothic”, a story about the night Mary Shelley came up with “Frankenstein”, the fantasy “The Lair of the White […]
