Failbetter Games has produced interactive books like Fallen London for the Storynexus platform. Their latest game is on Steam and GOG. The video gives the impression of Call of Cthulhu meets boat simulation. There’s more to it than that. There’s some 200,000+ words in this game – it’s another take on modern storytelling. I’m tempted […]
Falling in Lovecraft
A wonderful old-style and slightly naughty poster from the Italian artist Antonio De Luca. Antonio has a print store on Deviant Art which is certainly worth checking out. Looking for some alternative geeky Valentine’s Day cards? Check out the Geek Love collection on Redbubble.
Free until the end of January: The Great Game
While in playtest The Great Game from Aetheric Dreams is free to download. ENnie and Origins nominated for Nights of the Crusades, Aetheric Dreams is an indie RPG publisher to watch. The Great Game takes a Lovecraftian steampunk spin to the historical Great Game. This was a time when the Russian and British empires fought […]
Lovecraft’s birthday summons Cthulhu sales!
The 20th of August is HP Lovecraft’s birthday. Happy birthday you old racist git. You did, however, create a whole genre of horror and some of the most iconic terrors of all time. There’s sales on today that geeks should be aware of. You may well want to check out Think Geek’s new site too. […]
T-Shirt: With Lovecraftian Darwinism you need to be a quick study
It’s not all that usual to see a sales page for a t-shirt say; “Oh god! What is that? What is that? KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!”. That’s exactly the pitch for this Threadless Designs t-shirt by Alanbao. The Threadless voting process tallied up 1683 votes for this design and it scored 3.46 out of 5 […]
Who scares the best? Top 10 best Horror sellers at DriveThru Fiction
DriveThru Fiction is the sister site to DriveThru RPG. It doesn’t take a natural 20 on an Int Roll to work out that the online shop sells books and might be a good guide to what gamers are buying. With help from One Book Shelf, the site’s owners, we’ve had a look at the best […]
A review of Shadows Over Innsmouth
I think anthologies have become my favourite book to read while I’m travelling. It’s not just because you get a variety of styles to enjoy but because the shorter stories held within are often better structured for reading in fragments. Shadows Over Innsmouth is one hellishly good collection. Authors include Kim Newman, Ramsey Campbell and […]
The cyclopean nightmares of K.L. Turner
Oo. Shudder. It’s getting dark earlier. The winter is drawing in. This is the time of the year that horrors begin to bubble closer to the surface in nightmares and visions. Let’s turn our attention to the world K.L. Turner, aka Electixx, a conceptual artist of surreal skill. For your dreaming wisdom; Gigantocephalopodes irradiatus Moorish […]
The Settlers of Catan go to the Mountains of Madness
Fancy having a Mountains of Madness-themed set of Settlers of Catan? Frankly, this is a wonderful idea. A perfect idea. The dark whispers in my soul tell me so. Part six in the “Cultists of R’lyeh” series from MRX Designs shows us the way to awakening. Glue-guns and foam help transform the famous game into […]
T-shirt: Herbert West–Reanimator
I’m not sure Lovecraft would have approved of the Reanimator movie but I wonder if the implied horror of this t-shirt design would have been more to his tastes. This “cat dead, details later” masterpiece is the work of Jeff Pina who is enjoying a rightful week of sales over at Gimmick Tees.
