Archive for February, 2009
Horror Roleplaying Games
February 26th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | 1 Comment »When I say “horror roleplaying games”, I’m not talking about video games like Silent Hill or Resident Evil. I’m from an older generation, a generation that grew up on Dungeons and Dragons. So when I start talking about horror roleplaying games, then you know that I’m talking about the granddaddy of horror rpgs, Call of Cthulhu, and all of the dozens of other games that were inspired directly or indirectly by Call of Cthulhu’s success.
Horror RPGs – Call of Cthulhu
As far as I know, before Call of Cthulhu, there were no horror roleplaying games. Heck, Call…
Jack by China Mieville – From The New Weird
February 25th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | No Comments »In yesterday’s post about “the New Weird”, I probably made it pretty clear that I’m not sure what exactly this appellation means. But I did find time to read one of the story’s from the anthology The New Weird yesterday. The short story was called “Jack”, and it was written by China Mieville. I’ve not read anything by China Mieville before, so I didn’t know what to expect. After reading this story, I’m not sure what to expect from China Mieville’s writing in the future either. I really enjoyed the story. The “Jack” of the title is “Jack Half-A-Prayer”, and…