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<title><![CDATA[Spät-Novembrige All-Zusammenfassung]]></title>
<link>http://thomasmichalski.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/spat-novembrige-all-zusammenfassung/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas Michalski</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Hallo zusammen! Auch wenn ich derzeit noch einmal vermehrt Energien in Privatleben und Haushalt lenk]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hallo zusammen!</p>
<p>Auch wenn ich derzeit noch einmal vermehrt Energien in Privatleben und Haushalt lenke, so bin ich doch nicht zur Gänze vom Schreiberlingsplatz gewichen, sondern habe allenfalls hier das Blog etwas stiefmütterlich bepostet.<br />
Insofern, frisch zum Monatsausklang, noch mal ein wilder Ritt durch die Baustellen:</p>
<h3>Eigene Bücher</h3>
<p>Wie zu erwarten, schiebe, drücke und drehe ich an den Worten von <strong>Verfluchte Eifel</strong>, wie es meine Zeit zulässt. Das geht voran, ist aber schwer einzuschätzen. Ich denke, so weh es mir tut, das wird eher Anfang 2010 etwas geben; aber wenn, soll es ja auch ein gutes Buch sein. Qualität sollte, meiner Meinung nach, immer gegen Pünktlichkeit obsiegen.<br />
<strong>Buch #4</strong> ist jetzt vollkommen durchkonzeptioniert – ein Vorgang, zu dem ich den demnächst mal was aus der Kategorie „Über das Schreiben“ schreiben wollte – und nun quasi schreibbereit. Mal schauen, aber ich denke, den ersten wirklichen Tastenschlag riskiere ich erst, wenn <strong>Verfluchte Eifel</strong> erschienen ist.<br />
Zuletzt bleibt mir hier zu vermerken, dass sich <strong>Einfach Filme machen</strong> erfreulich gut verkauft und ich einfach hoffe, dass der eine oder andere noch über Weihnachten zuschlagen wird. Ist ein tolles Geschenk – beispielsweise auch, wenn man weiß, dass sich jemand in der Familie zu Weihnachten einen Camcorder holt, was ja eher klassisch ist. Also, nur so als Tipp <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h3>Rollenspiel-Veröffentlichungen</h3>
<p><strong>Die 1W6 Freunde</strong> sind seit der Messe raus und noch immer finde ich es irgendwie erstaunlich, einer von vier Lizenzgebern zu sein. Aber es ist definitiv ein tolles Spiel geworden, bisherige Besprechungen waren alle sehr, sehr positiv und es freut mich, dass wir da offenbar tatsächlich eine kleine, aber feine Interessenschaft aufgetan haben.<br />
Zum Weihnachtsmarkt hoffentlich noch fertig wird <strong>Das DORP-Rollenspiel</strong>, unsere nicht limitierte Neu-Druckauflage unseres Spaß-Spieles von 2003, die über Book on Demand erscheinen wird. Ich schreibe da mal mehr zu, wenn es in den Druck geht, denke ich. Ansonsten wird sich in Sachen DORP in nächster Zeit einiges tun, aber das möchte ich hier nur andeuten, da noch nichts richtig bis zum Ende geplant ist. Es wird aber einschneidend sein, vermute ich.<br />
Das im letzten Post hier noch weitläufig beschriebene, für den Condra e.V. betreute <strong>Die Tröte – Jahrgang 1 bis 3: Der Schieferbruch-Konflikt</strong> ist ebenfalls bereits erfreulich druckreif. Ich denke Anfang Dezember gehen die Dateien zur Abnahme an die restlichen Redaktionsleute und Mitte des Monats das Buch dann endgültig in den Druck. Sehr erfreulich.<br />
Die übrigen Arbeitsfelder, <strong>Cthuloide Welten</strong> etwa, sind in permanenter Bearbeitung, stechen derzeit aber nicht hervor.</p>
<h3>Sinnstifter</h3>
<p>Manuela Sonntag hat <strong>Perlen für die Säue</strong> nun nach dem Testexemplar abgesegnet und wir warten alle gespannt darauf, dass das Buch den Markt erreicht. Sie arbeitet ja, anders als ich, nicht über BoD sondern über Lulu, insofern möchte ich da auch gar keine weitergehenden Prognosen wagen.<br />
Julia Osterbrinks <strong>Living Fantasy</strong> steht auf irgendwie frustrierenden, gefühlten 95% Fertigstellung und steht da halt. Derzeit muss es aber hinter privaten und beruflichen Verpflichtungen zurückstecken.</p>
<p>Soweit der unpersönliche Überblick. In den nächsten Tagen gibt es dann auch noch mal ein paar weniger aus weitester Distanz betrachtete Beiträge hier. Ganz sicher.<br />
Doch.<br />
Ganz sicher.</p>
<p>Viele Grüße,<br />
Thomas</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Casting Call of Cthulhu: Revised Credits]]></title>
<link>http://advicenetwork.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/casting-call-of-cthulhu-revised-credits/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pongsak2</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[IA! What was in the dark circles and forbidden places is now apparently spoken! Bad advice is here f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>IA! What was in the dark circles and forbidden places is now apparently spoken! Bad advice is here for a short written Good Times &#34;by film and Joseph Nanni, inspired by the loose interpretation of the parodies of the works of HP Lovecraft addressed. The story is set in a casting for a film about the work of the bard from beyond the grave to . The Director, slightly familiar with the topics of weird fiction, works his way through a series of little monsters audition for the role of large Cthuna&#8230;</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Pyd7U_p3mEc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Pyd7U_p3mEc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span>
<p>Thanks To :  <a href="http://www.howto-diy.org" rel="dofollow" title="DIY">DIY</a>  <a href="http://www.howto-diy.org" rel="dofollow" title="home">home</a>  <a href="http://stress-management-network.blogspot.com" rel="dofollow" title="http://stress-management-network.blogspot.com">http://stress-management-network.blogspot.com</a> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jagd]]></title>
<link>http://21ghosts.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/jagd/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>21ghostwriters</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tagelang hatte es geschneit. Es schien fast, als ob der Gott der Winterstürme die Welt für Ewigkeite]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Tagelang hatte es geschneit. Es schien fast, als ob der Gott der Winterstürme die Welt für Ewigkeiten unter einem weißen Leichentuch aus Schneekristallen verschwinden lassen wollte. Erst in der Dämmerung des 30. Sonnenlaufs hörte der Schneefall auf.<br />
Doch das Land war erstarrt in den grimmigen Zangen des Frostes und soweit das Augen reichte, waren die Ebenen im Eis versunken.</p>
<p>Seit nunmehr drei Wochen war der nagende Hunger ihr ständiger Weggefährte. Trotz strenger Rationierung hatte man die Vorräte schnell aufgebraucht und manch einer unter ihnen glaubten schon, dass dieser Winter nie mehr enden wolle. Die Ältesten hatten schon in den vorangegangenen Jahreszyklen bemerkt, dass diese Zeit des Jahres zusehends härter und länger wurde, aber niemand, nicht einmal die höchsten Patriarchen, konnten sich an einen so strengen Winter wie diesen erinnern.<br />
Die Jüngsten waren bereits dem Frost zum Opfer gefallen und es war Gewissheit, dass auch sie dieses Schicksal teilen würden, sollte in absehbarer Zeit keine Jagdbeute gemacht werden.<br />
Dieses Unterfangen wurde jedoch zusehends schwieriger, denn zum einen waren sie vom langen Hunger und den beschwerlichen Märschen bereits geschwächt und zum anderen war das meiste Wild in den tosenden Schneestürmen der letzen Wochen zu Grunde gegangen. Selbst die Kadaver dieser Tiere waren von den eisigen Winden fein säuberlich zersetzt worden, so das  meist nur noch die blanken Gerippe der verendeten Wesen aufzufinden waren.<br />
Doch es gab keine Alternative. Wollte ihre Kolonie das nächste Frühjahr erleben, so mussten sie jeden Sonnenlauf nutzen um etwas zu erlegen. Mit diesem Vorhaben hatte der kleine Trupp Jäger vor drei Wochen die wärmenden Feuer der Berghöhlen verlassen, in die sie sich einst zurückgezogen hatten. Schweigend hatten sie ihre ausgestorben daliegende Siedlung im Tal durchquert. Nur noch wenig zeugte hier von der alten Pracht der Kolonie und die früher hoch aufragenden Paläste und Türme waren zerfallen oder im ewigen Eis verschwunden. Verkrüppelte Zwergbirken hatten das Pflaster der ehemaligen Straße aufgebrochen, über die sie marschiert waren. Am nördlichen Ende des Weges hatte früher ein Observatorium gelegen, ein heiliger Ort, an dem die Ältesten die Gestirne beobachteten und aus ihnen das Schicksal des Stammes zu deuten vermochten. Doch die Zeit des ewigen Eises hatten sie nicht kommen sehen und die einst so große Kuppel der Sternwarte lag seit Jahren in Trümmern.<br />
Es war ein schmerzender, hoffnungsnehmender Anblick und jeder von ihnen hatte Eile an den Tag gelegt um diese tote Stätte schnell hinter sich zu lassen.<br />
Man erreichte den Waldsaum des K&#8217;ynagh-Forstes. Am Horizont zeichneten sich scharf die schwarzen Spitzen der Bergkämme ab, deren Gipfel sich erhaben und bedrohlich gegen das Himmelszelt erhoben. Unbeeindruckt von diesem lang bekannten Anblick war man tief in die schier endlosen Wälder vorgestoßen. Auch hier hatte der Gott der Winterstürme unbarmherzig seine Macht demonstriert. Einst war der K&#8217;ynagh-Forst reich an Beute. Die Bäume trugen die besten Früchte und auf den Lichtungen verströmten heiße Quellen eine tropische Wärme und ihr Volk hatte zu Ehren der Quellengeister heilige Haine an ihren Rändern errichten lassen. Doch jetzt standen die Bäume wie ungezählte Reihen stummer, spitzer Säulen um sie herum, ächzend und stöhnend unter der Last des Schnees. Viele Äste waren gebrochen und hingen nun schwarz und verödet hinab, wie die Flügel eines fremdartigen Vogels.</p>
<p>Nur schwerlich war man vorangekommen, denn im meterhohen Schnee sackten sie bei jedem Schritt bis zur Hüfte ein und jeder weitere Schritt schien mühsamer als der vorige zu sein. Die Kälte kroch beißend und nagend in ihre Körper. Ihre Finger, im klammernden Griff um ihre Speere gelegt, waren längst schon steifgefroren.<br />
Die Monotonie der sie umgebenden Landschaft, aus der sich nur die Gebirgszüge am Himmel und vereinzelt aus dem weißen Meer aufragende Menhire herauslösten, gab dem in ihnen aufkeimenden Gefühl der Hoffnungslosigkeit neue Nahrung. Die einzige Nahrung, die es hier wohl zu finden gab&#8230;</p>
<p>Kein Laut verriet die Anwesenheit eines anderen lebenden Wesens. Über dem ganzen Wald, in dessen Zentrum sie inzwischen angekommen waren, lag eine gespenstische Stille. Vor ihnen lagen die umgestürzten Reste einer Statue, die ihre Ahnen hier einst zu Ehren eines vergessenen Gottes errichtet hatten. In den Köpfen der Jäger gewann die Vorstellung Gestalt, dass sie und ihre Siedlung womöglich das letzte waren,was dieser Winter noch nicht verschlungen hatte. Weiter, immer weiter. Der erfahrenste der Jäger leitete den Trupp an, getrieben von der langsam schwindenden Hoffnung auf Beute. Bald konnte niemand mehr sagen, ob man hundert oder tausend Schritte gegangen war.<br />
Ihre Glieder wurden schwerer, immer unbeweglicher und eine todesgleiche Müdigkeit schlich sich in ihren Geist. Ein ausgewachsenes Ur hätte vor ihnen aus dem Dickicht traben können, die Jäger hätten es wohl kaum noch rechtzeitig bemerkt um überhaupt ihre vereisten Speere zu heben.<br />
Die Anstrengung des Marsches und die Aussichtslosigkeit ihres Unterfangens wuchs zu erdrückenden Größe. Immer langsamer stapfte der Trupp durch das unter Eis begrabene Tal. Ein geisterhaft bizarres Abbild dessen, was sie aus besseren Tagen kannten.</p>
<p>Der letzte Sommer, ja selbst schon der Herbst, in denen sie hier noch ohne große Mühe reichlich Wild hatten erlegen können, schien ihnen nun so unglaublich fern, schien schon Äonen von Jahreszyklen zurück zu liegen.<br />
Längst hatten sie indes jegliches Zeitgefühl verloren, als sie an den gefrorenen Bachlauf kamen, welcher sich in der wärmeren Hälfte des Jahres aus den großen Bergen ergoss und am nördlichen Ende des Tals in einen großen, unendlich tiefen See mündete. Dorthin lenkte der Anführer nun ihre Schritte. Und noch immer hatten sie nicht einmal Spuren im Schnee gefunden, von lebendem Wild ganz abgesehen.</p>
<p>Der schwarze Forst wurde lichter und nach einer kurzen Wegstrecke tauchte zwischen den Bäumen eine hügelige Landzunge auf, um die der Bach einen Bogen beschrieb und auf welche die Jäger nun geradewegs zueilten. Die gebrochene Einförmigkeit der Landschaft machte ihren Geist wieder lebendiger und beschleunigte ihre Schritte.<br />
Sie erstürmten die die kahlen Hügel geradezu, doch oben angekommen erstarrte ihr Lauf schlagartig. Ausgehungert, frierend und erschöpft standen sie auf der höchsten Hügelkuppe und starrten fassungslos auf das sich ihnen bietende Bild.<br />
Gerippe stachen da aus der weißen Decke; zerfallene Hütten und die skelettierten Körper ihrer einstigen Bewohner. Sie mussten sich wohl im Sommer hier angesiedelt haben und waren dann in einem der zahllosen Schneestürme der letzten Wochen gestorben.<br />
Am äußersten Rand der Hoffnungslosigkeit treibend, wankten die Jäger benommen durch die Hinterlassenschaften ihrer unbekannten Nachbarn und waren schmerzlich an den Anblick ihrer eigenen Siedlung erinnert, welche sie Wochen zuvor in ähnlichem Zustand passiert hatten.<br />
Die Felle, welche einst die Hütten abdeckten, waren von den feinen Eiskristallen im Wind zerschlissen. Vergeblich suchten die Jäger zwischen den Resten des Dorfes, ob sie nicht etwas essbares oder anderes nützliches finden könnten. Aber der Frost hatte alles verdorben.<br />
Es schien, als ob jedes Leben aus dem Tal gewichen sei und ein Gefühl der Beklemmung überkam die Jäger. Doch da war noch etwas. Etwas Fremdes.<br />
Den sterblichen Überresten der Dorfbewohner haftete etwas an, das nicht so recht zum Aussehen ihrer eigenen Art passen wollte. Als sie sich dessen gewahr wurden, hegten sie alle den Wunsch, rasch ihren Weg fort zu setzen.</p>
<p>So folgten sie eilig dem Lauf des erstarrten Baches weiter. Mit der Kraft der Verzweiflung trieben sich die Jäger an und schöpften aus ihren letzten Reserven. Vor ihnen floh der Wald vor dem langen Delta des sich zum Fluss verbreitenden Baches. Die Sonnenscheibe hatte inzwischen ihren höchsten Stand am Himmelszelt erreicht, wollte aber keine Wärme spenden. Die Jäger teilten sich auf und schlichen nun in Paaren um die baumlosen Hügel. Nervös spielten ihre steifen Finger an den Speeren. Knorrige, kleine Sträucher ragten wiederspenstig aus der weißen Decke heraus. Am Ende ihres Blickfeldes konnten die Jäger zwischen den Hügel die weite Fläche des zugefrorenen Sees ausmachen. Das Ende einer anstrengenden Wanderung und erfolglosen Jagd lag dort am Horizont vor ihnen. Denn der See war seit jeher ein Ort, den man besser meidete. Schon die ältesten Mythen ihres Stammes kannten die Gefahren des Sees, von dem man sich erzählte, er habe keinen Boden. Legenden berichteten von uralten Wesen aus grauer Vorzeit, die in den immerdunklen Tiefen des Gewässers schlafend umhertrieben. Wesen, die man besser nicht in ihrem Schlaf störte. Ihre Namen waren St&#8217;ybbd, Glaaki, Hwesthur und Plahg und ihre schreckliche Gestalt war von den Ahnen in primitiver Weise in die Felswände des Gebirges geschlagen worden, als mahnende Warnung für die nachkommende Brut.</p>
<p>Der Anführer zögerte. Doch dann gab er ein Zeichen und langsam zogen sich die Jäger wieder zu einem Pulk zusammen und tauchten in die Schatten eines der Hügel ein. Da vernahmen sie plötzlich von der anderen Seite der Erhebung ein Knirschen im Schnee. Sie mussten sich bemühen ihre Aufregung zu bremsen, um nicht durch eine zu hastige Bewegung das Wild aufzuschrecken. Gebückt stießen sie zur abfallenden Seite des Gipfels vor. Inmitten der kargen Sträucher sahen sie die gebeugte Gestalt eines pelzigen Tieres. Ihr Anführer, der zuvorderst des Trupps stand, streckte den schuppigen Arm zu einem kräftigen Stoß aus. Er atmete tief ein. Hielt die Luft. Dann ließ er den schlichten Speer kraftvoll durch die Luft fahren.</p>
<p>Es war ein guter Wurf. Der Speer durchstieß die Brust des seltsamen Wesens. Das Tier sackte ruckartig in sich zusammen,  Blut rann wie ein roter Fluß durch den Schnee. Langsam traten sie näher und scharten sich neugierig um das tote Wesen.<br />
Eine merkwürdige neue Rasse war das, die sie da erlegt hatten. In Felle gehüllt und auf zwei Beinen gehend. Er erinnerte sie entfernt an ein Säugetier, wenngleich es dafür recht wenig Behaarung aufwies. Seine Haut trug eine ekelhaft blässliche Färbung.<br />
Wie dem auch sein mochte, diese Beute war ein großes Glück für die Jäger. Mit dem kleinen Schlitten, den das Wesen hinter sich hergezogen hatte, würde es ein Leichtes werden, es zurück zu den Höhlen zu schaffen.<br />
Gotn-ah, ihr Anführer, lobte mit zischend-kehliger Stimme in den Worten einer Sprache, die älter als Menschengedenken war, ihren Fang. Sie banden den leblosen Körper auf den Schlitten und machten sich zufrieden und unter lauten Gesängen auf den Rückweg.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Schlangenvolk" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OjrbRW6e1VE/SrExDzoylQI/AAAAAAAACYc/-Da4TzVEwoE/s400/snake+peopleth.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="282" /></p>
<p>Sie ahnten nicht, dass ihre Höhlen, die letzten kleinen Insel des Schlangenvolkes auf dem jungen Kontinent, schon bald verschwunden sein würden, denn dies war der Anbruch des Zeitalters einer neuen Rasse. Einer Rasse, die der Kälte besser wiederstand.<br />
Sie waren kaum ein paar Schritte gegangen, da fingen wieder feine Flocken an hernieder zu fallen&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome to my nightmares - (insert sinister laugh here)]]></title>
<link>http://bluestockingstitcher.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/welcome-to-my-nightmares-insert-sinister-laugh-here/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bluestockingstitcher</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It was Halloween and time to yarnstorm. And, I thought, what better use for a Halloween yarnstorm than to exorcise a few demons and nightmares in the company of good friends and through the medium of warm woolliness.</p>
<p>The nightmares for me started with Sapphire and Steel, spooky tales which scared the crap out of me when my Dad let me watch it while Mum was on a night shift.  One of the stories featured resentful ghosts of another time haunting a deserted station platform, which brought to mind the ghostly actress said to haunt Aldwych station from the theatre that was previously on its site.  I decided to bring her to life at the station, a nameless actress, gradually fading into grey and features disappearing into a blur.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 312px"><img title="Fade to grey" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4129329622_bfc8b4866a.jpg" alt="" width="302" height="500" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fade to Grey</p></div>
<p>Other nightmares followed over the years</p>
<div id="attachment_36" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 209px"><a href="http://bluestockingstitcher.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/4067043272_b1c0cba205.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-36 " title="4067043272_b1c0cba205" src="http://bluestockingstitcher.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/4067043272_b1c0cba205.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Top to bottom: The black rabbit of Inle, Cthulhu and a Slake Moth</p></div>
<p>The Black Rabbit of Inle has haunted many of my generation.  It just takes the first few bars of Bright Eyes and a black shadow sweeping before the eyes to reduce grown men to tears.</p>
<p>Next followed Cthulhu.  Marked with the label &#8220;this is not a toy, this is pure evil&#8221;, the woolliness did nothing at all to lessen his evil hold.</p>
<p>Finally we have the Slake Moth. For those who do not know slake moths, they are a creation of China Mieville&#8217;s in Perdido Street Station.  They suck out your dreams and leave you hollow.  I think that may be the scariest thing of all.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¿Está Cthulhu muerto?]]></title>
<link>http://cthulhuisdead.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/%c2%bfesta-cthulhu-muerto/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cultista</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sí hermanos, mi culto de CFI lleva mucho tiempo investigando el motivo por el que el glorioso Cthulh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sí hermanos, mi culto de <strong>CFI</strong><em> </em>lleva mucho tiempo investigando el motivo por el que el glorioso Cthulhu lleva tantos milenios inactivo en la ciudad de R’Lyeh.</p>
<p>Siempre hemos creído que está sumido en un ignominioso letargo, producido por lo que creemos fue una cruenta batalla contra los dios arquetípicos. Sin embargo, el ominoso destino parece que nos guarda una despiadada revelación.</p>
<p>Hay ciertos ritos que confirman la estupidez de Azathoth, llegando a la posibilidad de una alianza con Kthanid. No resulta imaginable la magnitud de la posible devastación ocurrida. Sin embargo, podemos temer como os he dicho que esta alianza significó la muerte de Cthulhu.</p>
<p>Mi culto sigue con la investigación. Cualquier ayuda podrá ser útil, pues es una tarea ardua y complicada. Quizá en varios siglos conozcamos la verdad.</p>
<p>Nos podréis encontrar en Arkham, en la universidad de Miskatonic. Hay otra comunidad en torno a la <strong>Facultad de Informática</strong> de la universidad <strong>Complutense de Madrid</strong>.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Ph´nglui mglw´nafh Cthulhu R´lyeh wgah´nagl fhtagn</em></p>
<p><em>Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!</em></p>
<p><em>Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!</em></p>
<p><em>Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!</em></p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[In lieu of an angel or star]]></title>
<link>http://misspixley.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/in-lieu-of-an-angel-or-star/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cthulhu will be my tree topper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Logic Of Denial - Necrogenesis]]></title>
<link>http://paolosdantone.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/logic-of-denial-necrogenesis/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>psd</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Logic Of Denial - Necrogenesis I Logic Of Denial cercano un&#8217;etichetta. Un disco assolutamente ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_487" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 381px"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/logicofdenial" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-487" title="Logic Of Denial su myspace" src="http://paolosdantone.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/necrogenesis.jpg" alt="" width="371" height="359" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Logic Of Denial - Necrogenesis</p></div>
<h2>I Logic Of Denial cercano un&#8217;etichetta.</h2>
<h2>Un disco assolutamente da avere (dopo però che i ragazzi emiliani avranno avuto un contratto)</h2>
<p><strong>Logic of Denial were born in Reggio Emilia at the end of 2006.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In 2009 the band recorded the first full-lenght album &#8220;Necrogenesis&#8221;, with Carlo Izzo &#38; Moonlight Studios (Parma); this work is filled by ten tracks composed during three years of artistic growing. The lyrical themes focus themselves basically on Lovecraft&#8217;s imagery and writings, especially on Cthulhu Mythos.</strong></p>
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<div id="attachment_488" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/logicofdenialband" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-488  " title="Logic Of Denial su YouTube" src="http://paolosdantone.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/logic-of-denial.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="332" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alle (guitars) Danny (drums) Ventu (bass) Matt (vokills)</p></div>
<blockquote><p>Davvero sorprendenti i nostrani Logic of Denial che riescono a confezionare un prodotto che dovrebbe trovare al più presto un&#8217;etichetta in grado di licenziarlo sul mercato per fare in modo che possa ricevere i giusti riconoscimenti. Provate a dargli una possibilità e non credo che resterete delusi dai quattro ragazzi emiliani. (Metalwave)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Grandissima prova, un disco da avere, una band da supportare assolutamente: se non apprezzate non capite proprio niente! Io vi ho avvisato. (Hardsounds)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Dopo tanti sforzi, un paio di demo di indubbio interesse ed un’attività live pressochè inarrestabile giungono al tanto agognato debut-album i nostrani Logic Of Denial, e lo fanno col botto stupendo un po’ tutti; persino chi, come il sottoscritto, li segue sin dal primo demo “Art of Pshycophagy” (Empireofdeath)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>I Logic Of Denial si ripresentano al mondo con un disco che dovrà essere notato da qualcuno che conta. (Eutk)</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/logicofdenial" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/logicofdenial</a></h3>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/logicofdenialband" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.youtube.com/logicofdenialband</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Recensioni</strong></em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.empireofdeath.com/public/template4/dettaglio_recensione.asp" target="_blank">http://www.empireofdeath.com/public/template4/dettaglio_recensione.asp</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hardsounds.it/PUBLIC/recensione.php?id=5725" target="_blank">http://www.hardsounds.it/PUBLIC/recensione.php?id=5725</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.metalwave.it/viewrece.php?id=2202" target="_blank">http://www.metalwave.it/viewrece.php?id=2202</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.eutk.net/album.aspx/11196/9342/" target="_blank">http://www.eutk.net/album.aspx/11196/9342/</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;">Track 03:  NISTAGMO</h2>
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<h2 style="text-align:center;">Track 02:  SHRINES OF DEPRAVITY</h2>
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<title><![CDATA[THREE Demos for Sunday Board Games!]]></title>
<link>http://organizedplay.org/2009/11/21/three-demos-for-sunday-board-games/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>organizedplay</dc:creator>
<guid>http://organizedplay.org/2009/11/21/three-demos-for-sunday-board-games/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For the Sunday Board Game Day, we&#8217;ve got several different games that we&#8217;ll be trying ou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>For the Sunday Board Game Day, we&#8217;ve got several different games that we&#8217;ll be trying out:</p>
<p>* At 1 p.m., we&#8217;ll be having a gameplay demonstration of HeroClix. Before going on hiatus a year ago after its developer closed its doors, HeroClix was a wildly popular collectible miniatures game based on Marvel and DC Comics, It&#8217;s now being revived by another company. The newest set &#8211; Hammer of Thor &#8211; takes many of the popular heroes and villains from the pages of <i>Thor</i> and puts them in miniature form. We&#8217;ve got the new HeroClix Battle Packs in stock now &#8211; at the special price of just 5.99! &#8211; and we&#8217;ll have a case of Hammer of Thor coming in next week.</p>
<p>* We&#8217;ll also have demo copies of Arkham Horror and Smallworld in the store, <i>both of which</i> are 20 percent off this week, as they&#8217;re good for large numbers of players and playable for younger gamers. Arkham Horror takes place in H.P. Lovecraft&#8217;s Cthulhu mythology, and is a very involved, longer game (we might be playing &#8217;til 9 or 10!). Smallworld, by comparison, is a lighter-hearted fantasy game where fairy tale creatures attempt to get dominance over a mythical continent.</p>
<p>Remember, the 20 percent sale on many of our most popular board games only goes through tomorrow, so come and give them a try!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I'm Surprised Moe Lane Has Not Picked This Up Yet...]]></title>
<link>http://liberexmachina.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/im-surprised-moe-lane-has-not-picked-this-up-yet/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://liberexmachina.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/im-surprised-moe-lane-has-not-picked-this-up-yet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; he usually jumps at the chance to blog about Cthulhu. Smitty announces Harry Reid&#8217;s la]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pluszowy zew. Maskotki z Horrorów.]]></title>
<link>http://czarnykoziolek.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/pluszowy-zew/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tombed</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Marketing jest nieodłączną częścią horroru. Początków tego stanu rzeczy można doszukiwać się w latac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Marketing jest nieodłączną częścią horroru. Początków tego stanu rzeczy można doszukiwać się w latach siedemdziesiątych/osiemdziesiątych, kiedy ukazały się pierwsze części serii slasherów, które ciągną się po dziś dzień. Trzynaście „Piątków 13tego”, osiem filmów z Freddim Kruegerem i dziesięć „Halloweenów”. Współcześnie po palcach dzielnie depcze im “Piła”, która ma już sześć części. Im dalej w danej serii tym więcej krwi i więcej pięknych kobiet ochlapanych krwią. Czymś trzeba przyciągać ludzi do kin. Kreatywna przemoc z faworytami dzierżącymi ostre narzędzia, sprawdza się najlepiej. Co, w takim razie, mają z tym wspólnego pluszowe misie?</p>
<p>Otóż każda filmowa marka otoczona jest tysiącami gadżetów. Koszulki, figurki, gry, kubki, maski, książki. Wystarczy spojrzeć na Gwiezdne Wojny czy na Władcę Pierścieni. Fan kupi wszystko ze znanym logo. Z takiego założeni<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-33" title="Pluszowy Ash z odczepianą piłą." src="http://czarnykoziolek.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ash-plush-01.jpg" alt="Pluszowy Ash z odczepianą piłą." width="209" height="240" />a zdają się wychodzić producenci. Kiedy jeszcze oferują coś tematycznie powiązanego, to czemu nie? Noże kuchenne z logiem Piątku 13tego? „Tak ostre, że przekroją każdy rodzaj mięsa.”. Podoba mi się. Chcę.</p>
<p>Co mnie jednak zastanawia to moment, w którym myśli speców od marketingu idą w kierunku przytulanek, i łączą je, jakimś cudem, z horrorem. „Jak widzę Obcego to co myślę? Chcę przytulić!” (Geiger na pewno projektował go z tą myślą w głowie). „Pluszowy Facehugger! On ma przytulanie w nazwie! To było tak oczywiste!”</p>
<p>Niemiecka strona S.P.A.C.E. oferowała pluszowe wersje Facehuggerów (<a href="http://www.space-figuren.de/xtcnew/product_info.php?info=p2347_Mini-Facehugger-in-Egg-Plush-Replica--Alien-.html">z jajem</a> bądź <a href="http://www.space-figuren.de/xtcnew/product_info.php?info=p2340_Facehugger-Lifesize-Plush-Replica--Alien-.html">bez</a>), oraz <a href="http://www.space-figuren.de/xtcnew/product_info.php?info=p2339_Chestburster-Plush-Replica--Alien-.html">Chestbusterów</a>. Ósmy pasażer Nostromo we wczesnych stadiach rozwoju. Ceny między 30 a 35 euro. Drogo, ale trudno sobie odmówić mięciutkiej główki Aliena na swoim podbrzuszu. Ponadto Twarzoprzytulacz był w skali 1:1. Jeśli jest coś słodszego, to chyba tylko rozszczepialny zombi.</p>
<p>Na stronie Think Geek znajdujemy <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/ac4a/">Dismember-me Zombie</a>, czyli pluszaczka, któremu można odłączać kończyny i głowę. Jest też możliwość rozłączenia go przez środek, tam odnajdujemy pluszowe flaki. W komplecie też pluszowy mózg. Pysznie, cena 13$. W temacie zombi i rozczłonkowania, nie można pomijać <a href="http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Starstore_Catalogue_ARMY_OF_DARKNESS_SERIES_1_PLUSH__4826.html">Asha</a> z serii Martwe Zło. Odczepiana piła łańcuchowa, to to o czym marzą dziewczyny, 6 funtów.</p>
<p>Na stronie Mezco Toys znajdujemy pluszowe wersje <a href="http://www.mezcotoyz.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=520">Jasona Voorheesa</a>, <a href="http://www.mezcotoyz.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=521">Freddiego Kruegera</a> oraz <a href="http://www.mezcotoyz.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=519">Leatherface&#8217;a</a>. Nie ma to jak poprzytulać się do bohatera jednego ze swoich ulubionych slasher horrów. Kosztują oni po 30$ od sztuki. Zrobione w specyficznym stylu, mogą się podobać. Pan Układanka z serii Piła? Oczywiście. Znikąd pozycja najbardziej opłacalnej horrorowej serii się nie wzięła. Sideshow wyprodukowało swoją wersję &#8211; <a href="http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&#38;sku=4610">12-calową za 20 dolarów</a>. Wyprzedana. Neca nad<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-17" title="Pluszowy Przedwieczny" src="http://czarnykoziolek.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ct1.jpg?w=300" alt="Przerażający? Te jego słodkie oczka i długie macki. Mmmmm." width="300" height="225" />al oferuje za <a href="http://www10.shopping.com/xPO-Neca-Saw-Billy-The-Jigsaw-Puppet-9-Inch-Plush">16$ swoją 9 calową maskotkę</a>. O dziwo, Cenobici z „Hellraisera” i Michael Myers z „Haloween” uniknęli mody na pluszaki. Zupełnie nie wiem z czego to wynika. Maskotki nie lubią gwoździ? Chyba kochają, bo znalazłem misia przebranego za najsławniejszego cenobitę, czyli <a href="http://www.odd-world.co.uk/big-screen-bears-hellraiser-pinhead-plush-1_prod99940.html">Pinheada</a>.</p>
<p>To, że plusz nie uznaje żadnych świętości, widać na przykładzie <a title="Prawdziwy Cthulhu" href="http://www.apocprod.com/Pages/de_aequilibritatis_mundi/SB678_images/cthulhu.gif">Wielkich</a> <a title="Dagon" href="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2811/dagond.jpg">Przedwiecznych</a>. Istoty żyjące od eonów, gotowe pochłonąć świat kiedy się przebudzą. Na stronie Entertainment Earth, znajdujemy pluszowego <a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TYV12533">Cthulhu z przysawwkami na kończynach</a>. Przynajmniej jest jednym z tańszych pluszaków &#8211; tylko 12$. Z opisu: „Cthulhu cię obserwuje. (&#8230;) Nie odwracaj się plecami do tego słodkiego i kolorowego pluszaka, który udowadnia, że nawet sam wielki Cthulhu ma w sobie naturę podglądacza.”. Na tej samej stronie znajdujemy również <a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TYV12019">szmacianką lalkę Cthulhu</a>, którą możemy wsadzić sobie na rękę i odgrywać teatrzyk. Proponuję scenki z pożeraniem wyznawców (Kulfona i Moniki?). Zresztą Toy Vault wyprodukował też zwykłego pluszaka <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cthulhu-small-plush-doll-Toy/dp/B0006FUAD6/ref=pd_bxgy_t_img_b">Cthulhu</a> za 10$. Dłuższe macki u twarzy ma. Zielony bobasek. Można go jednak jeszcze bardziej osłodzić: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Cthulhu-Plush-King/dp/B000HE88J4">ElvisCthulhu</a>, <a href="http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/tvsuperc.shtml">Cthulhu-Super bohater</a> i <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006FUDDS?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=yehuda-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B0006FUDDS">Cthulhu Agent Specjalny</a>. Na szczęście produkty posiadają też małe elementy, którymi łatwo można się zadławić. Albo można pokrzy<img class="alignleft" title="Miś z gwoźdźmi w głowie zamiast klapniętego uszka." src="http://www.chromeconcrete.com/cart/images/bsbear-pinhead.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="290" />czeć, razem z <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O626KW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=yehuda-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B000O626KW">krzyczącym Cthulhu</a>.</p>
<p>Nie mam zamiaru opisywać pluszaków Draculi, potwora Frankensteina oraz laleczki Chucky, ponieważ pierwsze dwa potwory są tak głęboko zakorzenione w popkulturze, że zdziwiłbym się gdybym nie odnalazł żadnych pluszaków z nimi (nie zdziwiłem się, było dużo, bardzo, np. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007ZKPLW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=yehuda-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B0007ZKPLW">Drackthulhu</a>). Chucky? Ona jako jedyna tu względnie pasuje, jak sądzę. Także ciężko się obrażać, że ktoś chce się przytulać do brzydkiej lalki.</p>
<p>Na koniec dla zabawy sprawdziłem czy istnieje pluszowa wersja <a href="http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon">Necronomiconu</a>. Jak się okazało nie powinienem sobie żartować w tej materii&#8230; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Plush-Book-pre-school-Toy/dp/B000GPWP6Q">100 dolców na Amazonie</a>&#8230; Pluszowa oprawka. W środku wesołe obrazki Przedwiecznych i krótkie opisy, napisane dużą czcionką. Recenzje na stronie sugerują, że dzieci to kochają!</p>
<p>Całe zjawisko pluszanych horror-maskotek ma dość ograniczony zasięg. Jak sądzę, nie każdy o nich wie, nie każdy by je tolerował i nie są szeroko reklamowane. Większość z wymienionych przeze mnie pluszaków jest już wyprzedana, co jednak świadczy, że popyt na nie istnieje&#8230; Może płeć żeńska lubi się przytulić do pluszowego psychopaty/potwora? Może te maskotki to świetne prezenty na 31 października, a może po prostu ojcowie mogą dzięki nim bezboleśnie i bezkrwawo wprowadzić swoje małe pociechy w świat horroru? Pewnie tak, ja zaspokoję się koszulką „Głosuj na Cthulhu”. On by nigdy do tego zamieszania nie dopuścił.</p>
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<title><![CDATA["I live in a highly excited state of overstimulation."]]></title>
<link>http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/i-live-in-a-highly-excited-state-of-overstimulation/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>seancampbellmccoy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/i-live-in-a-highly-excited-state-of-overstimulation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d say at least three times a week I browse through nearly everything offered instantly from ]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;d say at least three times a week I browse through nearly everything offered instantly from Netflix.  Typically there&#8217;s a heavy glass of red wine sitting next to me on my floor &#8211; that needs to be vacuumed with something of industrial strength &#8211; that I&#8217;ll get to once I put my X-Box controller down.  My intention is to see what is new on &#8220;instant watch&#8221; and then start buffering up a movie that hopefully doesn&#8217;t suck.  A good lot of the time I browse for too long then flash through my queue and can&#8217;t decide on any one thing.  Why?  Too many options.  I&#8217;ll even work together with my roommate Jordan to widdle down the choices, but usually I give up and head to my room for a comic or two before bed.</p>
<p>Sometimes too much is just too much.</p>
<p>I was born in &#8216;84 and I&#8217;ve seen the Super Nintendo (de)evolve into the Dreamcast then grow wings and become the 360.  Without having to read and recite a book about science, I&#8217;m saying that I&#8217;ve witnessed technology grow exponentially.  Today I have the option to watch hundreds of movies with the flick of joystick and a little pressure applied to a brightly colored button.  Oh, Band McMusic just re-released their live EP from the secret show they played in Hungary &#8211; circa &#8216;98 &#8211; during that accidental aerial bombardment from NATO <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/11/y-wing-1.jpg">Y-Wing</a>.  &#8221;Type type type&#8221; then &#8220;click click click&#8221; and I have that album sitting on my desktop.  It&#8217;s obvious that we&#8217;re spoiled when it comes to the entertainment that&#8217;s a hyperlink away and I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about it.</p>
<p>X-Box Live just added <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/yukface27">Last FM</a> as an application for it&#8217;s fancy Gold Members &#8211; who pay 40 some dollars a year &#8211; and are given many more reasons to never bask in natural light.  Not that this invention is anything new to the interwebs, but I can pick an artist, make a station via that artist, and listen to music within the same vein of said artist.  I know, this sounds like the radio if you were able to put it under the microscope and manipulate what you wanted from it.  It is, but sometimes it&#8217;s just too much.</p>
<p>When I was a kid I had the radio, a small book of CDs, and the local Video Barn for entertainment.  I was content too.  As the years have passed and I now put onions on nearly every sandwich I make, it&#8217;s obvious my likes and dislikes have expanded.  My Mom would slice onions in our kitchen back home and just the scent was enough to keep me away from our downstairs for hours.  What used to sate or deter me as a child isn&#8217;t the case anymore.  Now I need three new movies in the mail twice a week to keep me from clawing at the walls.  There has to be a refresher from some new band I&#8217;ve never heard &#8211; or given any time to &#8211; at least a couple times a month, otherwise I start biting my nails down to the cuticle.  I&#8217;m American, I drink beer out of the can, and I need to be fucking entertained 24 hours out of the God damn day.  Yeah, it&#8217;s true.</p>
<p>I think I kinda lost my train of thought at some point in this rant, so I&#8217;ll get to some kind of point.</p>
<p>We used to worship <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/18/LegrasseV3-lg.jpg">idols</a> made of stone and wood then men who said they were actual <a href="http://paulstallard.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/bill-murray-you-suck.jpg">gods</a> filled in that spot.  After that we started to hear these stories from wise elders about these <a href="http://www.q1520radio.com/dick_clark_signed_photo.jpg">powerful beings</a> that have always been and will always be, so it was the smart choice to praise them.  Now we have the internet.  The internet knows all, tells all, and does all.  What else do we need?  If this laptop I&#8217;m typing on had a vagina built into it, could pour alcohol out one of it&#8217;s many ports, and ejected the makings for a sandwich from the CD drive&#8230; yup, wouldn&#8217;t leave the house.</p>
<p>I could go on with this, but I&#8217;d probably end up running my words and thoughts into solid wall of nonsense, which would most likely drive me to making dick and fart jokes.  Let me save you from that and tell you about some music you should be listening to.</p>
<p><a href="http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bang_maiden.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-146" title="bang_maiden" src="http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bang_maiden.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="460" /></a></p>
<p>1. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bangmaiden">Bang Maiden</a>, they&#8217;re from San Francisco (make some unjustified generalizations from that fact alone because that&#8217;s what I&#8217;d do).  On Halloween last month they played their first show at <a href="http://www.theeparkside.com/">The Parkside</a> in the Misson and they definitely fit the bill if you wanna drink, dance, and bang your head.  They just uploaded a three song demo EP for <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/6853467889486885/">download</a> and I&#8217;m a fan.  Hardcore  - and whatever sub-genre within the same realm you babble about &#8211; is one of those sounds that&#8217;s in a bit of a slump as of late.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, there are many greats acts currently putting out original and good tunes, but the majority is nothing more than the same old riffs that started in the &#8217;80s, got reworked in the &#8217;90s, and has continued the same cycle into the 2000&#8217;s.  What do these guys have that sets them apart from the fodder?  They don&#8217;t have drums, they got beats.  Patrick is the programming wizard in the three-piece that mixes the backbone of sound , which gives the group an artificial rhythm that is danceable&#8230; like boner-jams danceable.  It&#8217;s not too often you can listen to something that cuts a rug all <a href="http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/samurai_shodown_2_vcmm_001.jpg">Samurai Shodown 2</a> (I suck at that game), yet urges your veins to replace some of that red with drunk and maybe punch some random, all in good fun of course.  It&#8217;s dirty and fun, so give it a listen, go get tested afterwards, and pay me the ten bucks you owe.</p>
<p><a href="http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/giant.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-149" title="Giant" src="http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/giant.jpg" alt="" width="359" height="537" /></a></p>
<p>2. Now these guys just got dredged out of the dungeon &#8211; I call it my iPod &#8211; and put a real dumb smile on my face.  Since the mammoth performance I witnessed a while back at the <a href="http://www.nwhardcore.com/shows/2010-0117-hope-conspiracy-gravemaker-vanguard-heriess-power-west-seattle-legion-hall-seattle-wa/">West Seattle Legion Hall</a>, Giant became <a href="http://www.myspace.com/obraveyoung">Brave Young</a>, but the sound hasn&#8217;t changed a bit.  I&#8217;ve been allowing my music to grow a little more grand these days (<a href="http://romanempress.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/drugs-are-u-on-drugs-you-bad-evil.jpg">drugs are bad</a>), so the music I&#8217;m seeking needs to consume me and wall me up inside of it.  Brave Young is an undertaking that weighs on your ear drums with its heavy guitars and bass.  The sound becomes one looming entity that is lumbering with each bang of the drums and it&#8217;s one voice roars just far enough from the instruments before it melds back into the mass of noise.  This is one of those bands that I may never see live again, but from that one show &#8211; whatever summer it was ago &#8211; I feel lucky.</p>
<p><a href="http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/oingo-boingo.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-155" title="oingo boingo" src="http://seancampbellmccoy.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/oingo-boingo.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="399" /></a></p>
<p>3. Oh yeah, I&#8217;m doing it.  <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Oingo+Boingo">Oingo Boingo</a> has been the musical &#8220;<a href="http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&#38;friendID=1919315&#38;albumID=851827&#38;imageID=13124852">first ice cold beer of the day</a>&#8221; for me lately.  It&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s upbeat, it can get a little spooky, and it&#8217;s one of those aspects of the &#8217;80s that I don&#8217;t hate.  I&#8217;m not saying the 80&#8217;s were horrible, I mean come on, <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfU0I2Mqfs">Earth Girls Are Easy</a></em><em><span style="font-style:normal;">?  You don&#8217;t have to say anything, just try not to get lost in <a href="http://sfninja.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fly_goldblum.jpg">Jeff Goldblum</a>&#8217;s eyes, even though he does have mind powers.  There really isn&#8217;t any reason for me to explain any further.  Fire this shit up and let Danny Elfman do the rest.  Watch this too:</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/xnjDuqOYPlw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/xnjDuqOYPlw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></span></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fabrice Colin: Mary Wickford]]></title>
<link>http://feenfeuer.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/mary-wickford/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Feenfeuer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://feenfeuer.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/mary-wickford/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Marry Wickford &#8211; eine junge Hexe zwischen den Fängen der katholischen Inquisition und den Häsc]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cthulhu and me. And you!]]></title>
<link>http://counter-force.com/2009/11/19/cthulhu-and-me-and-you/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco Sparks</dc:creator>
<guid>http://counter-force.com/2009/11/19/cthulhu-and-me-and-you/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[from here. And if, for some reason, Cthulhu isn&#8217;t doing it for you today, there&#8217;s always]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://counterforce.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/and-now-both-mama-and-cthulhu-have-said-to-knock-your-ass-out.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5324" title="And now both mama AND Cthulhu have said to knock your ass out." src="http://counterforce.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/and-now-both-mama-and-cthulhu-have-said-to-knock-your-ass-out.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="324" /></a><em>from <a href="http://mistaobseen.tumblr.com/post/224370499">here</a></em>.</p>
<p>And if, for some reason, Cthulhu isn&#8217;t doing it for you today, there&#8217;s always this:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Oh... my. Milky." src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2507/4115631347_80ef7a8d11_o.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><em>via the always always always interesting <a href="http://mollycrabapple.tumblr.com/post/241805358">Molly Crabapple</a>, but look also <a href="http://mollycrabapple.tumblr.com/post/242052177">here</a> and perhaps maybe <a href="http://mollycrabapple.tumblr.com/post/241965629">here</a>, if you&#8217;re into that kind of thing</em>. <em>And let&#8217;s face it: </em>you probably are, right?</p>
<p><em>Edited to </em>add:</p>
<p><a href="http://counterforce.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/thom-cannot-hear-you-kristen-he-has-a-hearing-problem-02.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5340" title="Thom cannot hear you, Kristen. He has a hearing problem. " src="http://counterforce.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/thom-cannot-hear-you-kristen-he-has-a-hearing-problem-02.jpg" alt="" width="344" height="344" /></a></p>
<p><strong>ALSO!</strong> Up next: Post #500! It&#8217;s been that many, can you believe it? Shocking, right? For that very special post we have something planned that may be very interesting. Or, it may suck hard. Either way&#8230; stay tuned! Until then, here&#8217;s a picture of <a href="http://counterforce.tumblr.com/post/251414376/they-recently-made-a-porn-movie-this-is-true">Sarah Palin</a> visiting <a href="http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/rumproast_exclusive_book_event_scrammed_after_palin_is_confronted_by_future/">herself from the future</a>:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Global Octopus Metaphor Through History]]></title>
<link>http://raincoaster.com/2009/11/18/the-global-octopus-metaphor-through-history/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>raincoaster</dc:creator>
<guid>http://raincoaster.com/2009/11/18/the-global-octopus-metaphor-through-history/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First, there was Goldman Sachs: The world&#8217;s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a title="This building is octopied!" href="http://www.just-whatever.com/2008/10/08/octopus-building/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-6328" title="octopied_building-450x337" src="http://raincoaster.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/octopied_building-450x337.jpg" alt="This building is Octopied" width="450" height="337" /></a></p>
<p>First, there was <a title="the great american bubble machine writer should pick a metaphor and stick with it" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29127316/the_great_american_bubble_machine" target="_blank"><strong>Goldman Sachs</strong></a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The world&#8217;s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.</p></blockquote>
<p>According to <a title="the true slant of Matt Taibbi" href="http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/" target="_blank"><strong>Matt Taibbi</strong></a>, it&#8217;s also a <strong><a title="Great American Bubble Machine" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29127316/the_great_american_bubble_machine" target="_blank">Great American Bubble Machine</a>,</strong> but when you&#8217;ve won as many awards as <a title="Taibbi's smirking chimp blog" href="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/author/matt_taibbi" target="_blank"><strong>Taibbi</strong></a>, the editors don&#8217;t insist you stick to one measly metaphor.</p>
<p>But, as Gawker discovered, it&#8217;s not really specifically Goldman Sachs that&#8217;s the vampire squid: according to the former government of Germany it&#8217;s <a title="the great vampire jew straddling the globe" href="http://gawker.com/5407876/so-thats-what-a-blood+sucking-vampire-squid-looks-like" target="_blank"><strong>the Jews who are a stabby, stabby, oil-crazed octopus</strong></a>. Behold</p>
<h2><strong>the Jewcephalopod</strong>:</h2>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Jewcephalopod" href="http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/ARTS/ARTprop.HTM" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-6326" title="jewcephalopod" src="http://raincoaster.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jewcephalopod.png" alt="Jewcephalopod" width="376" height="554" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Very few people actually know that &#8220;<strong>Jewcephalopod</strong>&#8221; is the root word for &#8220;<a title="Jewcy or is that INKY???" href="http://www.jewcy.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Jewcy</strong></a>.&#8221; It&#8217;s true. It&#8217;s a FACT.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">But this globe-straddling, stabby, oil-crazed, vampire cephalopod is also <a title="Well, greed is pretty standard in that industry" href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/novack/1939/07/oil.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Standard Oil</strong></a>:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Standard Oil reminds me of a guy I used to date, he was cheap too" href="http://octoprop.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/standard-oil/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-6327 aligncenter" title="Standard Oil Octopus, baby!" src="http://raincoaster.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/standard_oil_octopus_loc_color.jpg" alt="Standard Oil Octopus, Baby!" width="599" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">as well as <a title="Octopi for your eye" href="http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text1/octopusimages.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Big Transit, Big Politics, The System, and (again) Standard Oil</strong></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">From this, I believe we can only conclude that, in fact, <a title="The Rockefellers are speshul. Just like the people who wrote this post" href="http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/the_rockefeller_bloodline.htm" target="_blank"><strong>the Rockefellers are Jewish</strong></a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a title="Comments by WhiteMan'sBourbon" rel="nofollow" href="http://gawker.com/people/iwn2000/"> </a> <cite> <a id="c16928438_author" title="Comments by WhiteMan'sBourbon" rel="nofollow" href="http://gawker.com/people/iwn2000/" target="_blank">WhiteMan&#8217;sBourbon</a> </cite><br />
<a href="http://gawker.com/comment/16928438" target="_blank">07:03 PM</a></p>
<p>Then Hitler showed the drawing to Hirohito, and thus was born tentacle porn.</p></blockquote>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a title="Dream of the Fisherman's Wife" href="http://raincoaster.com/2008/07/20/octopus-sex-man-gets-off/" target="_blank"><img title="Dream of the Fisherman's Wife by Warren Holder" src="http://raincoaster.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dream-of-the-fishermans-wife.jpg?w=425&#038;h=307" alt="Dream of the Fisherman's Wife by Warren Holder" width="425" height="307" /></a></div>
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<title><![CDATA[An Eight-Tentacle Salute to Octopi]]></title>
<link>http://raincoaster.com/2009/11/18/an-eight-tentacle-salute-to-octopi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>raincoaster</dc:creator>
<guid>http://raincoaster.com/2009/11/18/an-eight-tentacle-salute-to-octopi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This dude can take eight requests at a time, and refill your inkwell! Perhaps we should set him up w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a title="the yngwe malmsteen of the tuba" href="http://pictureisunrelated.com/2009/11/16/i-take-requests/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-6322" title="Octotuba" src="http://raincoaster.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/octotuba.jpg" alt="Octotuba" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>This dude can take eight requests at a time, <em>and</em> refill your inkwell!</p>
<p>Perhaps we should set him up with this lovely Muslim octopus:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Fundies go too far!" href="http://raincoaster.com/2007/06/24/true-natural-beauty-oppressed-fundamental-islam-finally-goes-too-far/" target="_blank"><img title="Just Call Me Habibibibibibibibi" src="http://raincoaster.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/octopus-in-a-habaya.jpg?w=504&#038;h=349" alt="Just Call Me Habibibibibibibibi" width="504" height="349" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">and now, a haiku <a title="Chris Twitery on Twitter. Wow, was it named after him?" href="http://twitter.com/ChrisTwitery/statuses/5586216305" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter octopus joke</strong></a> from <a title="Twitery World" href="http://twitery.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Chris Twitery</strong></a>:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>knock knock knock knock knock</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>knock knock knock who&#8217;s there? Not that</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>octopus again</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Ein Nachruf]]></title>
<link>http://danerahlmeyer.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/howard-phillips-lovecraft-ein-nachruf/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>danethemane</dc:creator>
<guid>http://danerahlmeyer.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/howard-phillips-lovecraft-ein-nachruf/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Spät, aber doch: Erst im Sommer 2003 begann ich, H.P. Lovecrafts Werk für mich zu entdecken. Vorher ]]></description>
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<link>http://metalcrypt.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/november-18th-guest/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jerrod Balzer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;ll have Bruce Brown on the show, author of the graphic novel, Howard Lovecraft &amp; ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Today we&#8217;ll have Bruce Brown on the show, author of the graphic novel, <a href="http://www.arcanacomics.com/comicdisplay.php?id=77" target="_blank"><em>Howard Lovecraft &#38; the Frozen Kingdom</em></a>. This book is a real treat for both seasoned Lovecraft fans and newcomers alike. It sports gorgeous artwork by Renzo Podesta.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s totally kid-friendly so it&#8217;s a great introduction for the young Lovecraftians.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Howard Lovecraft &#38; the Frozen Kingdom" src="http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/kimmibrown/Lovecraft_01_FC_take3.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="717" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[TV dei ragazzi]]></title>
<link>http://strategieevolutive.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/tv-dei-ragazzi/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Davide</dc:creator>
<guid>http://strategieevolutive.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/tv-dei-ragazzi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finalmente un programma edificante per i nostri giovanissimi&#8230; Powered by ScribeFire.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Plot Out Of Time]]></title>
<link>http://archiearchive.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-plot-out-of-time/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>archiearchive FCD</dc:creator>
<guid>http://archiearchive.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-plot-out-of-time/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If only old HP had this search engine to help him plot his tales of Cthulhuic horror, perhaps he wou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>If only old HP had this search engine to help him plot his tales of Cthulhuic horror, perhaps he would have been much more successful.</p>
<p><a href="http://archiearchive.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/w084_glooble.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10294" title="w084_glooble" src="http://archiearchive.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/w084_glooble.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="159" /></a></p>
<p>Found well away from here, from a hint on the <a title="raincoater" href="http://raincoaster.com" target="_blank">raincoaster blog</a>, at the artist&#8217;s blog.</p>
<p>Visit, if you dare, <a title="unspeakable vault of doom" href="http://www.macguff.fr/goomi/unspeakable/vault318.html" target="_blank">the Unspeakable Vault of Doom</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hatstanding Work...]]></title>
<link>http://alexmasterson.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/hatstanding-work/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alex Masterson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alexmasterson.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/hatstanding-work/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Further to my &#8216;The Hidden&#8217; entry last week (as there&#8217;s reality in there between th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Further to my &#8216;The Hidden&#8217; entry last week (as there&#8217;s reality in there between the gung-ho dramaticisms <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  ), I&#8217;m making this place a tad less&#8230; personally identifiable and purging away the pictures of myself. So <em>they</em> don&#8217;t know I&#8217;m here&#8230;</p>
<p>Heh, sounds like the beginning of a contemporary Lovecraft story, but to-</p>
<p><a href="http://alexmasterson.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cthuudu.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1274" title="Cthuudu" src="http://alexmasterson.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cthuudu.jpg" alt="Cthuudu" width="193" height="163" /></a></p>
<p>Gah!! Admirable enthusiasm, Mr. Cthulhu, but it&#8217;s still not your time. The stars are all unaligned and messy and the end of days is a long way off, so back to bed with you. Go on, off you go&#8230;</p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve said before, they&#8217;re like over-zealous puppies, those Great Old Ones. Anyway, I do actually have a semi-finished modern-day Lovecraft-style story hanging about somewhere. However, as you&#8217;ll have noticed from my not crowing from the rooftops and dancing merrily in text form, every single one of my writing deadlines has slunk ashamedly past me and are now long gone; on their way, I hope, to fresher pastures than these. The state of my WIPs is pitifully mirrored by the state of our house&#8217;s single plant, which is now nothing but three dried claws sticking out of a pot.</p>
<p>&#8216;This is a hardy plant&#8217;, the description sticker boldly claimed&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://alexmasterson.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/photo0048.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1277" title="Photo0048" src="http://alexmasterson.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/photo0048.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="480" /></a></p>
<p>I am now using it as a hat stand.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dark Discoveries #15 - Lovecraft Special - is at the printer now!]]></title>
<link>http://darkdiscoveries.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/dark-discoveries-15-lovecraft-special-is-at-the-printer-now/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>darkdiscoveries</dc:creator>
<guid>http://darkdiscoveries.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/dark-discoveries-15-lovecraft-special-is-at-the-printer-now/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Issue #15 of Dark Discoveries is at the printer now. It&#8217;s a special Lovecraft issue featuring ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Issue #15 of Dark Discoveries is at the printer now. It&#8217;s a special Lovecraft issue featuring HPL, Brian Lumley, H.R. Giger, Dan O&#8217;Bannon, Wilum Pugmire, S.T. Joshi, Kris Kuksi, David A. Riley, J.K. Potter, Cody Goodfellow, Allen Koszowski and more! I should have a proof back in a couple of days and if all goes well it will be done before Thanksgiving. </p>
<p>- James R. Beach<br />
Publisher/Editor-in-chief</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Musings from the dungeon master's throne]]></title>
<link>http://liangcai.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/musings-from-the-dungeon-masters-throne/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>liangcai</dc:creator>
<guid>http://liangcai.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/musings-from-the-dungeon-masters-throne/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t really blogged in a while, and here I am with two posts in a single night. In this p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I haven&#8217;t really blogged in a while, and here I am with two posts in a single night. In this post, I&#8217;ll be talking about something closer to my heart &#8211; roleplaying games.</p>
<p>Recently. I&#8217;ve had the great opportunity to get back into roleplaying games, thanks to Stella. When Andy (and Keane before him) left, the group which I spent countless Friday and Saturday nights gaming with disbanded. Well, technically there weren&#8217;t many of us left in Singapore anyway.</p>
<p>In any case, I digress. When Stella and I got together, one of the first things that we spoke about was gaming, in particular miniatures and pen and paper roleplaying games. Slightly over a year back, she suggested that I try to reform a gaming group, and that she&#8217;ll love to play in my games if I ran any. So it started &#8211; first with a Cthulhu Dark Ages campaign with her and Andy, and then Jon joined in. After that was a Cthulhu 1920s campaign with Shang, Jon and her, and another Dark Ages campaign that followed soon after where Mindy joined us for a game before she left for Canada. All in all, we had a relatively good time, although I felt that the dynamics of the group did not exactly suit a horror campaign that relied heavily on the players actually putting their real world knowledge aside and being willing to be scared. I therefore made a switch to Dungeons and Dragons 4e. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; Call of Cthulhu has been my main game, and it will always be. I gladly run that anytime for anyone who&#8217;s willing to be scared for an evening. We&#8217;re now in the height of our geekdom, maybe more than ever, and I&#8217;m really thankful that Stella has been supportive of this hobby all this while.</p>
<p>Now, like many gamers that grew up in the 90s/00s period, I&#8217;ve had the honor of playing, and running Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. While the system was arguably complicated and sometimes counterintuitive (the horrible THAC0 system), it was a great experience. I remember many Saturdays with my younger brother and cousins, seated on the floor and having games. Come 3rd ed, I was so excited &#8211; I went out and bought the PHB, read it, and put it on my shelf. A year later, I read it again, and put it away again. By this time, I was playing Vampire the Masquerade in a regular campaign and many other game lines concurrrently. It was nearly the peak of geekdom. But somehow I never got to start 3rd ed. It seemed too complicated for me. I could understand the rules, but to ask me to explain it to a new gamer &#8211; I can&#8217;t do it. I&#8217;ve been through the scenario many times but it just wasn&#8217;t newbie friendly, in my opinion.The book now resides in a box at the top of my cupboard where I put my other games I don&#8217;t play anymore. This was also partly compounded by <a href="http://www.topmudsites.com/rp101-01.shtml">the roleplaying (games that focuses more on the story than the rules) vs. rollplaying (games where you roll lots of dice to decide on how the story moves) divide</a>, where I belonged to the former, believing that the latter was inherrent in d&#38;d (I still do, but more on that later).</p>
<p>So why am I back to 4e, or even Dungeons and Dragons then?</p>
<p>Several reasons actually. Firstly, it has always been my dream to run a serious and regular dungeons and dragons campaign. I&#8217;ve always liked the idea of adventuring in a fantasy world, exploring seedy cities and beating back hordes of monsters with a bunch of companions. I spent many nights of my teenage years thinking how I would describe a bar fight, a fight with orcs in a dungeon to the players. But I had no one to try this game with. Now that I consider this the peak of our (stella and I) gaming career, I felt that it was time to start one.</p>
<p>Secondly, as much as Dungeons and Dragons is a game that inherently promotes -and sometimes, rewards &#8211; creating the most powerful monster killing machine possible within the ruleset, I have to admit that it is fun. There have been criticisms leveled at 4e about how it feels like a watered down boardgame as compared to the classic system where the game master makes a Ruling as compared to a Rule- and I do agree very much with this group of people- but IT IS FUN. You have players standing up when dice are rolled, jumping up and down screaming and laughing when good or bad dice results hit the table, and panicking when a seemingly harmless hobgoblin bathes the corridor in a gout of flame. In general I felt that the group somehow enjoyed themselves more. Also, the rules are much simpler and streamlined for a new game master (i.e. me) to start a game. As for the roleplaying elements, I&#8217;m working on it. I believe that it is really up to the game master and the players to make the best experience of the system that they can. Hopefully I&#8217;ll manage to get in some more social elements into the game. Stella and I constantly talk about it, and I&#8217;m seriously concerned about this campaign as well, but I think I&#8217;ll work it out, somehow, and I hope that the players will all have a good time, and tell good stories when we&#8217;re old. Already, some stories are emerging. Such is the great thing about roleplaying games &#8211; the stories &#8211; they never ever really die.</p>
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