Lovecraft was not famous when he died. He imagined horrors from beyond time and space but could he believe that on his 128th birthday you could use a network of processing machines, access cyberspace, explore a virtual market square of independent designers, type in his own name and discover nearly 6,000 matches? For today’s experiment, […]
Frightfully ugly! Paul Komoda’s Nyarlathotep statue
[I summon you!] This post is going live on H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday, and it seems like a better day than lost to look at the latest Cthulhu Mythos statue from Gecco Co. This is Nyarlathotep and the skinsuit it was wearing while running around Egypt causing all sorts of chaos. We don’t have […]
Which authors influenced H. P. Lovecraft?
H. P. Lovecraft is one of that select band of authors who lived in virtual obscurity in their own time, but whose influence and popularity have grown hugely since their death. Many of his contemporaries, once considered significant talents by the reading public, are now unknown. Whereas H. P. Lovecraft’s fictional world strikes a chord […]
Turn back the darkness: Delta Green – The Labyrinth on Kickstarter
Delta Green: The Labyrinth takes the H. P. Lovecraft inspired roleplaying game up to date with modern America. This is the world of alt-right activists, to Reddit rants and dangerous live streams. You can follow the Kickstarter here. [Back this Campaign] A pledge of US$20 gets you the PDF download of Delta Green whereas US$45 […]
Piano Man maps eerily well to HP Lovecraft’s Nemesis and the internet loves it
A week ago Twitter user “Captain Video” noticed that Piano Man by Billy Joel has the same meter as the poem ‘Nemesis’ by HP Lovecraft. https://twitter.com/OurWorldcomic/status/952683144171450368 Not only did the internet approve of this canny observation (6K likes and counting) but it rallied around to bring this mashup to live. At the time of posting […]
Signs of the End Times – a review of Pax Cthuliana
If I could pin down the spark in Pax Cthuliana, it comes down to a combination of excellent handouts and the cult of personality. At heart, Pax Cthuliana – a 72-pages investigation, written by Jarle Haktorson, with art and handouts by Joseph Diaz and Even V. Røssland – runs a fairly linear path from start […]
Lost & Found: A Review and Play report of Trail of Cthulhu
This past weekend, I got a group together to play Pelgrane Press’ Trail of Cthulhu. Though the game came out in 2008, I never got a chance to play it, until now. Designed by Kenneth Hite, Trail of Cthulhu is one of several games powered by the GUMSHOE System. The design philosophy behind the GUMSHOE system is that in an […]
