Merry Final Xmas!

Happy holidays everyone. Here is an unusual Xmas story from the odd guys at Penny Arcade (read the link comic and the five that follow)
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Games of Cthulhu’s Necronomicon updated to v1.1!

I previously blogged about this great little flash CCG based on the Cthulhu mythos. Well, the good folks at Games of Cthulhu have updated to v1.1! It is a major overhaul. New features include:
A card library, so you can plan your strategies ahead of time – note that most of the cards include original artwork [...]

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Finally finished Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

WARNING: Some minor spoilers may lie ahead.
The ‘incognito’ part of this joke is the fact that Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth was in production for six years (Call of Cthulhu forever?), and went through three different production houses. I’m not sure why though – if I were a producer and Chris Gray [...]

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Flashthulu attacks: Necronomicon

Every now and then another little Cthulhu mythos gem appears. This time it is a free flash game released by Games of Cthulhu – Necronomicon

It is a collectible card game style game, with simple rules, but very fun gameplay. I would say it is good for coffee breaks, but it will suck you in and [...]

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Cthulhu Tales vol 1 free at Boom! Studios

Via Comics Worth Reading: Boom! Studios has released its Cthulhu Tales vol 1 as a free webcomic (interesting set of short stories here). Unlike other places releasing stuff for free , this one is not locked to any particular geographical region. Comics it seems, like Cthulhu, dream a mad dream of one dark day finally [...]

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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a pretty good Cthulhu game

WARNING: Some minor spoilers may lie ahead.
I just finished Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, and I had a very good time with it. (in fact, I stopped playing the Bioware magnum opus Mass Effect in favour of it). I first heard of this game through the demo release on Steam. If you just play it for [...]

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Sporethulhu lives!

Ok, who woke him up from his eternal slumber and his dreams of cosmic madness? Own up now.

The spore creature creator is pretty fun.
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Indy 4 was awesome; Sequel must be a Cthulhu movie

Last night we went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I am a huge Indy fan, so I was worried that it would go one of two ways – excellent or terrible. Luckily it was excellent; I guess Spielberg did most of the work while Lucas was out cashing his [...]

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