Thursday, 31 October 2019
31 Days, 31 Horror Movies
I also managed to watch 31 horror movies this month, as part of this RPG.net saga hosted by Bob Cram. I wish I’d done more in previous instalments!
Halloween 2019
Why did the ghosts get into the lift?
To raise their spirits!
There were quite a few trick or treaters and guisers out tonight, not least at the house a few doors along with the ghosts projected on the front wall. :)
We also had several movies on TV, although the main TV special was Autumnwatch...
Goodnight!
To raise their spirits!
There were quite a few trick or treaters and guisers out tonight, not least at the house a few doors along with the ghosts projected on the front wall. :)
We also had several movies on TV, although the main TV special was Autumnwatch...
Goodnight!
Chuffed
A very positive review of Trinity Continuum. With a P.S. noting a plan for a Les Fantomes series!
Also, we have a Jack O'Lantern bucket just like this...
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| Picture from Avanti Press |
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Green Lantern and Strange Adventures on TV
Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, coming to HBO Max, from Greg Berlanti, mastermind of the Arrowverse, among other things including new Sesame Street and Game Of Thrones spinoffs and an SF series from Ridley Scott.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Monday, 28 October 2019
Trinity Continuum out in the world
Ian Watson reports that his copies of Trinity Continuum and Aeon have arrived, and on RPG.net a question about who’s already playing it, which includes some advice and observations.
Birds in horror, fantasy and reality
A deep dive on the symbolism of birds in myth and genre at the AV Club.
Sunday, 27 October 2019
The next Dracula
The first teaser for the forthcoming Dracula from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and OWWWWW that fingernail 14 seconds in.
Also, more vampire-hunting nuns than I was anticipating.
Also, more vampire-hunting nuns than I was anticipating.
Escape Room
Escape Room (2019) is like a rollercoaster version of Cube with less grisly but much more OTT traps. The upside-down room is particularly odd. And amusingly stars a DM (Deborah Ann Woll) as well as having a villain called the Gamesmaster.
The Clocks Go Back
We have entered The Hour That Does Not Exist.
You are advised to keep all limbs in the space-time continuum for the duration of the Hour.
Reminder: all crime is not legal. That’s The Purge.
Michael Scot The Wizard legendarily went searching for the eleven days that vanished when we changed calendars in the 18th century. What if he found them...?
You are advised to keep all limbs in the space-time continuum for the duration of the Hour.
Reminder: all crime is not legal. That’s The Purge.
Michael Scot The Wizard legendarily went searching for the eleven days that vanished when we changed calendars in the 18th century. What if he found them...?
Unfamiliar Halloweeny songs
Some unfamiliar Halloweeny songs, as well as some familiar ones. Including a band called Lovecraft, Link Wray riffing on The Shadow, and Ryan Gosling doing a creepy voiceover before bringing in a children’s choir.
Saturday, 26 October 2019
TimeWatch weekend sale
A Timewatch PDF sale to celebrate the achievements of Einstein, the dog in Back To The Future.
Halloween ComicFest
Halloween ComicFest is today! Like Free Comic Book Day, but (about 50%) spoopy!
(I might grab the Dark Red intro issue if I see it.)
(I might grab the Dark Red intro issue if I see it.)
Friday, 25 October 2019
The chat show of your setting
The Jim Henson Company are bringing a talk show to Disney+ which is hosted by an alien.
Talk / chat shows are a weird format, one that generally only works here weekly but in the US there seem to be multiple on most networks every weeknight. The larger entertainment industry helps, of course, although that doesn’t explain the deep oddness of such shows, for example the Craig Ferguson run of The Late Late Show. Or the question of whether Stephen Colbert is real. K has suggested you could do something like that as a feature in a World Of Darkness game with basically no changes.
See also Space Ghost Coast To Coast.
And of course The Muppet Show is a variety show with celebrity guests, which is a related form, though the trouble with getting it made every week is the main focus.
What would your modern-ish settings’ talk shows be like?
This may not come up unless the PCs watch one... or are invited on one, or their actions make the news and the opening monologue... or the game is set around producing one!
Talk / chat shows are a weird format, one that generally only works here weekly but in the US there seem to be multiple on most networks every weeknight. The larger entertainment industry helps, of course, although that doesn’t explain the deep oddness of such shows, for example the Craig Ferguson run of The Late Late Show. Or the question of whether Stephen Colbert is real. K has suggested you could do something like that as a feature in a World Of Darkness game with basically no changes.
See also Space Ghost Coast To Coast.
And of course The Muppet Show is a variety show with celebrity guests, which is a related form, though the trouble with getting it made every week is the main focus.
What would your modern-ish settings’ talk shows be like?
This may not come up unless the PCs watch one... or are invited on one, or their actions make the news and the opening monologue... or the game is set around producing one!
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Gargoyles
Stone by day, warriors by night!
A surprising choice for the Disney Afternoon lineup, Gargoyles premiered twenty-five years ago.
A clan of gargoyles allied to a Scottish warlord, defeated by treachery and sent to sleep for a thousand years, awoken in modern New York by a scheming billionaire, making a few allies among humans and friends and enemies among the other beings living secretly among us.
Its ongoing story arcs and developments were a rarity at the time, though sadly they never quite paid off due to behind-the-scenes issues. I particularly remember the gun safety episode, where the Gargoyles’ main human ally Detective Elisa Maza is injured - and she’s still injured in the following episode. And the recurring character of Macbeth is based on the historical king, even though there are a lot of Shakespeare references in the show, among others.
A surprising choice for the Disney Afternoon lineup, Gargoyles premiered twenty-five years ago.
A clan of gargoyles allied to a Scottish warlord, defeated by treachery and sent to sleep for a thousand years, awoken in modern New York by a scheming billionaire, making a few allies among humans and friends and enemies among the other beings living secretly among us.
Its ongoing story arcs and developments were a rarity at the time, though sadly they never quite paid off due to behind-the-scenes issues. I particularly remember the gun safety episode, where the Gargoyles’ main human ally Detective Elisa Maza is injured - and she’s still injured in the following episode. And the recurring character of Macbeth is based on the historical king, even though there are a lot of Shakespeare references in the show, among others.
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
RPGs for teens
There seem to be a lot of threads about this on RPG.net right now. Not the start of a new term, is it?
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Call Of Cthulhu: Crusader States
A University of Edinburgh project to make a Cthulhu historical sourcebook, now open to all students and alumni.
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