Episode 175: Best of the 2010s (Long Cut)
Added 2020-02-04 13:53:32 +0000 UTCThis is the full version* of our recording of episode 173, and is for backers only. The standard issue is available as always through the regular channels.
(*there may have been some slight edits)
In many respects, the 2010s were a terrible decade. We’ve seen political upheavals that will affect the world for generations, an ecological crisis that will affect it for even longer, and, worst of all, David Bowie died. It’s all been a bit shit, really.But there has been some good stuff too. The 2010s were a boom time for media in general, and horror in particular. We have been living through a golden age of genre books, films and television. In this episode, we pick our favourites from each of these categories, explaining why we think our choice deserves to be held up as the best.
Links
Things we mention in this episode include:
- North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
- “Wild Acre”
- Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
- Wolfen
- The Howling
- American Werewolf in London
- James Herbert
- The Devil Rides Out
- Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud
- Scott’s review of Wounds
- The film, Wounds
- Harry D’Amour
- Hot War
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Words Without Music: A Memoir by Philip Glass
- Akhnaten
- Candyman
- Koyaanisqatsi
- Einstein on the Beach
- Monsterhearts
- Cthulhu Dark
- Original Cthulhu Dark pamphlet
- Cthulhu by Gaslight
- RPGs of the 2010s on Wikipedia
- Call of Cthulhu 7th edition
- Kult: Divinity Lost
- The Princess Bride RPG
- FUDGE
- The Dresden Files RPG
- The Princess Bride film
- FATE
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Apocalypse World
- D&D 5E
- Pathfinder
- Monster of the Week
- Dungeon World
- No Country For Old Kobolds
- Urban Shadows
- Tremulus
- Masks
- The VVitch
- The Babadook
- Under the Shadow
- Iran-Iraq War
- Djinn
- Mark Kermode’s Best of 2016
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Inception
- Insomnia
- Paprika
- Dreamscape
- Dark City
- The Thirteenth Floor
- The Matrix
- Memento
- Antichrist
- Get Out
- Berberian Sound Studio
- Joker
- You Were Never Really Here
- Whiplash
- Booksmart
- American Pie
- Superbad
- Juno
- The Wicker Man
- Cabaret
- Our Discord server
- The Good Friends Patreon
- The Blasphemous Tome
- Our various social media presences
News
Concrete Cow 20
Concrete Cow 20 will take place on Saturday the 14th of March. This is Milton Keynes’ own one-day RPG convention, held in the Old Bath House in Wolverton. Tickets are £5 on the door. All three of us will be there and we would love to see you!
Masks of Nyarlathotep on How We Roll
Scott has been running the Peru chapter of Masks of Nyarlathotep for the How We Roll podcast, with an all-star cast of guests. Players include Seth Skorkowsky, Keeper Murph from the Miskatonic University Podcast, Veronica from Cthulhu and Friends, and Eoghan and Joe from How We Roll. The first few episodes are already available, with new horrors seeping out every few weeks thereafter.
Comments
Like the sound of that!
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
2020-02-09 09:44:29 +0000 UTCThe first sentence of my previous post was rather mangled by the voice to text function on my phone. Sorry.
jules lawrence
2020-02-09 07:42:03 +0000 UTCYou find the fellows be amenable to a couple of episode suggestions.? In a very early episode you discussed doing one on Jodorowsky- might that still be in the cards? Also- having recently been looking into Darker Trails and hearing Paul's comments on westerns on the Grognard Files- How about one on Westerns? Darker Trails, Deadlands, lots of great cinematic inspiration.... Bone Tomahawk anyone?
jules lawrence
2020-02-09 07:41:27 +0000 UTCWow, that took a while! Glad to hear it arrived safely all the same.
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
2020-02-07 23:24:11 +0000 UTCJust wanted to let you guys know that my copies of The Blasphemous Tome arrived today here Across the Pond in Maryland. Thanks a ton! This new scenario is pretty interesting!
Rondy Reeves
2020-02-07 18:59:06 +0000 UTC
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