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EDIT: Yes I am aware of the typo in the title. If a mod could change it to "Iä! Iä!" I would be thankful.
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I've heard of an anime called Demonbane that boasts the most powerful mech, and quite possibly one the most powerful fictional characters. I guess it has many elements of the Cthulhu mythos. Anyone seen this, and if so is it worth watching?
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Also, "Cthulhu Sleeps" is now the official anthem of this thread.
Dac wrote:
I've heard of an anime called Demonbane that boasts the most powerful mech, and quite possibly one the most powerful fictional characters. I guess it has many elements of the Cthulhu mythos. Anyone seen this, and if so is it worth watching?
I Googled it, read "Eroge" and "Mecha" under the genres
Those two go together like petroleum jelly and grape jelly on a sandwich.
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So to re-rail this thread, has anyone ever read any of Lovecraft's original Cthulhu and his Merry Friends stories in Weird Tales? My personal favorite is the Dunwich Horror.
Sir Crona Crescent Duke of Landwales wrote:
So to re-rail this thread, has anyone ever read any of Lovecraft's original Cthulhu and his Merry Friends stories in Weird Tales? My personal favorite is the Dunwich Horror.
No, I personally have not. I did watch the yogscast play a mod of that though.
Dac wrote:
No, I personally have not. I did watch the yogscast play a mod of that though.
I have always wanted to pick up an H.P. Lovecraft collection that's at a nearby Barnes & Nobles.
Le Bumpkin wrote:
I have always wanted to pick up an H.P. Lovecraft collection that's at a nearby Barnes & Nobles.
Recursion in the C programming language, by Kernighan and Ritchie and Lovecraft. Sample:
Exercise 4-13. Write a function reverse(s) which reverses the string s by turning the mind inside out, converting madness into reality and opening the door to allow the Old Ones to creep forth once more from their sunken crypt beyond time.
The one I've liked the most was "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" because of the plot twist and the action scene near the end. I've also read "The Color out of Space" and "Dagon". What I like about these is the "unexplainable" stuff and the way he describes the terror that the characters go through.
And the Survival Horror game that I probably liked the most was based on Lovecraft's work:
Alone in the Dark
NO, NOT THAT ONE!!!
That's better.
I loved it because it's not as lineal as the sequels, and because of the Lovecratf elements.
If it wasn't for that, the game wouldn't be half as scary; although it's not as scary as RE or Silent Hill. But these elements give it the unique atmosphere that the sequels lack.
And this "undescriptable terror" is also present. But I don't want to spoil anything.
Sir Crona Crescent Duke of Landwales wrote:
I Googled it, read "Eroge" and "Mecha" under the genres
Those two go together like petroleum jelly and grape jelly on a sandwich.
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I'm pretty sure that it's just softcore porn at the most. I haven't heard of there being any sex scenes in there, but I do know that there's Nyarlathotep with a nice rack somewhere in there.
I believe Japan actually quite likes the mythos – Persona 2 features a handful of the Great Old Ones as bosses, and Junji Ito's visceral work is very much influenced by H. P. Lovecraft's work. There's also this:
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, which centers around Nyarlathotep reimagined as a Moe. Yes, seriously. I believe that, though it is lighthearted compared to most Cthulhu fare, it is still darker than it looks.
Kung Fu Cthulhu wrote:
I'm pretty sure that it's just softcore porn at the most. I haven't heard of there being any sex scenes in there, but I do know that there's Nyarlathotep with a nice rack somewhere in there.
I believe Japan actually quite likes the mythos – Persona 2 features a handful of the Great Old Ones as bosses, and Junji Ito's visceral work is very much influenced by H. P. Lovecraft's work. There's also this:
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, which centers around Nyarlathotep reimagined as a Moe. Yes, seriously. I believe that, though it is lighthearted compared to most Cthulhu fare, it is still darker than it looks.
I personally think that the original Nyarlathotep is way scarier than Persona's Nyarlathotep.
Dac wrote:
No, I personally have not. I did watch the yogscast play a mod of that though.
Didn't the Yogscast get their name from Lovecraftian fiction? I mean, isn't it take from the Yog Sothoth?
Maiden Heaven wrote:
Didn't the Yogscast get their name from Lovecraftian fiction? I mean, isn't it take from the Yog Sothoth?
I noticed that! I think it might be a nod to the Immeasurable One, but if they did then there's no indication of it other than the actual name.
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