Watched a non-horror movie tonight, Ruby Sparks from 2012. It's the kind of movie that tacks a happy end on a story which would be better served without it ( Read more... )

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 In Dark Alleys is an rpg about people who have been touched by otherworldly forces, or have had some sort of reality-shattering experience. This has given them special insights and powers.

My initial impression is that it is interesting. It's kinda like if White Wolf had made Unknown Armies. It's all about people who have discovered some deeper ( ( Read more... )

I have received a review copy of the Leverage rpg ( Read more... )

Some time ago I read the horror anthology Gathering the Bones. The idea of the collection is to gather some of the best of US, UK and Australian horror short stories.

I think they've done a mostly good job. There's traditional horror here, punchy mini-thrillers, existential loathing, mind-fucks, dark satire, even an illustrated story by Gahan ( Read more... )

I'm extremely picky about my Sherlock Holmes. The portrayal of him, I mean. For the longest time only Jeremy Brett would do. However I've been sufficiently intrigued by BBC's new Series Sherlock to try and watch it. It is an updated version of the characters, which helped me, I think.

John Watson is still a military doctor back from a grueling tour ( Read more... )

(NB: Itras By exits in a Norwegian and a Finnish version. No translations are planned as far as I know. all translations in this review are by me, and entirely unofficial).

I'm reading the Norwegian rpg Itras By (Itra's City), and it is very interesting, as well as a little unusual.
The game bills itself as a surreal urban fable. The setting's Itra's ( Read more... )

If you haven't tried it already, I can heartily recommend The Shab Al-Hiri Roach for an evening's entertainment. It is a light GM-less rpg, where the players take the part of faculty at a New England university in the year 1919. The characters are vying for status and sweet, sweet tenure, through social maneuvering and back-stabbing.

To this ( Read more... )