Questing for Answers Episode 5
Added 2019-10-15 18:12:05 +0000 UTCOctober is spoopy skeleton month, so Aaron, Tom, and I answer your questions about horror!
Note: There was some problems recording this episode, resulting in some occasional crackle - I have reduced it but was unable to entirely remove it. Sorry! I will take greater care to prevent that in our next episode.
Song: The Battle by Turbo Knight
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Also, this recent article might be helpful for Tom or others with dissonance with Gumshoe point spends: https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/the-plain-people-of-gaming-core-competencies/ I find it useful to think of points as a little like "spotlight time" too - not just skill, but when your character gets their scene in the episode.
Ken Ringwald
2019-11-12 18:49:20 +0000 UTCThanks!
Ken Ringwald
2019-10-22 18:17:55 +0000 UTCProbably. That's about a family at Thanksgiving dealing with a UFO incident. The other UFO found footage film I recommend is the Wicksboro Incident, which is about UFO researchers near Roswell.
Ross Payton
2019-10-22 17:25:50 +0000 UTCOne follow-up question: on a Mixed Six episode a while ago, on a previous episode, Ross mentioned an obscure UFO found footage video. Was it Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County?
Ken Ringwald
2019-10-22 16:49:30 +0000 UTCThanks for addressing my questions! I am on my way to cultivating that conspiracy-minded "everything feeds into horror" mindset that you mention at the end. Thanks for the recs on Heart and Kuro, too. As a quick addition to one of the questions, about running Castlevania in Pathfinder: I wouldn't recommend it either. I'm not sure I'd classify Castlevania as horror, exactly, either. It has a lot of spooky setpieces but not much powerlessness. Dungeon World is a good recommendation. Feng Shui also works surprisingly well to replicate some video game logic, provided you're willing to do some reskinning. Like action movies, Feng Shui deals in mooks, named characters, and bosses. It is very combat focused, but so are most video games. Great recs on horror games, especially Bloodborne.
Ken Ringwald
2019-10-21 13:55:44 +0000 UTC
