To keep us going from shopping frenzy to shopping frenzy DriveThruRPG and family run the Christmas in July sale. At the time of writing this post, there are just over 12 days left in the sale. That may seem a lot but there are over fifty thousand items with 25% off! Ouch. Let’s hope we […]
A geeky analysis of Carphone Warehouse’s Massive Movie Calendar
British retailer Carphone Warehouse has put a Massive Movie Calendar online. It’s part of their broadband section, so I guess that’s a nod at the fact we tend to stream out movies these days. You’re supposed to use the calendar to find out what to watch today, and they’ve mapped events in the movies, I […]
Genre Police: Crafted By Love
Yes. You Guessed it. It’s the Obligatory Cthulhu Column. Or ‘Cosmic Horror’ if you will. The genre owes a great deal to Lovecraft’s original creations, so much so that discussing the genre is essentially a dissection of mythos works. So this column is going to be a little more focused than usual. Something faceless owns […]
Awaken: The Blood of Salvora RPG offers a Kickstarter for Slavic horror
The Blood of Salvora is a new addition, but not a new edition to the Slavic and Mediterranean inspired dark fantasy RPG. If you’ve already got the core rules, then this Kickstarter could be worth $30 in credit for you. You can read more and follow the campaign here. [Back this Campaign] Let’s take a […]
Genre Police: Blogpost Of Vile Darkness
Splatterpunk horror is a title that tends to set eyes rolling. Viewed as the lowest form of horror, splatterpunk lives up to its name. The genre is often derided as ‘gore for gore’s sake’ or ‘just going for shock factor’. Well…yes. But it’s more than that. So take a deep breath, we’re going to search […]
Genre Police: Oh The Horror!
Over the next few columns we are going to be diving into Horror. While we’ve looked at topics that have bordered the genre before, we haven’t dived right into its black heart. The problem with horror is that it very quickly divides into a massive set of sub-genre specifics. Poe, Lovecraft, King, Bright, Barker are […]
ENnie nominated ‘Best Free Product’ Kickstarts for life under 5e
Darklight Interactive are after just £551 to Kickstart “A Night in Seyvoth Manor” for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. [Back this Campaign] In 2013 A Night in Seyvoth Manor was free and available for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition. It’s a challenge adventure, suitable for something like a Halloween one off, that uses throwaway and […]
Horror story Tinder dates
Marketing agency Signal released these rather evil Tinder profiles for Halloween. I know we’re all prone to making bad choices sometimes (especially if we’re racing through Tinder) but I’d like to think none of these profiles got the swipes they were hunting for!
The supercut – it’s just a cat
Here’s a Halloween movie trick that might have been used one too many times. You would think cats were attracted to dangerous situations and liked to wait until the most tense moment before hissing randomly. The last line in the montage nails it. What is up with that cat? Is someone throwing it? Yes, yes […]
A Look Inside: Alisik
Alisik is a gorgeous comic book and this Halloween why not take a peek at a few pages. Written by Hubertus Rufledt with haunting art by Helge Vogt the comicbook is being brought from Europe to America by Titan Comic’s imprint Statix Press. Alisik wakes up to find she’s all alone and abandoned in a […]
