Ep. 115: Planning a Cosmic Horror Game
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In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin discuss what elements make a great cosmic horror game and create one of the best episodes of this series. It’s a Lovecraft exploration with some Weird Fiction on top. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
Kevin’s Favorite Lovecraft
- “The Rats in the Walls”
- “The Outsider”
- “The Music of Erich Zann”
- “The Call of Cthulhu”
- “The Thing on the Doorstep”
Cosmic Horror Recommendations
- Jean "Moebius" Giraud and H. R. Giger
- Hellboy by Mike Mignola
- Junji Ito
- Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Alien (1979)
- John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, & In the Mouth of Madness)
- Altered States 1980
- Evil Dead
- Re-Animator (1985) & From Beyond (1986)
- Dark City (1998)
- The Mist (2007)
- Cabin in the Woods (2012)
- The Lighthouse (2019)
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- Zendikar
Weird Fiction Recommendations
- Edgar Allan Poe “The Tell-Tale Heart”
- Algernon Blackwood “The Wendigo”
- Arthur Machen “The Great God Pan”
- Robert W. Chambers “The King in Yellow”
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