On Set Interview With a Hot Tiefling Babe and a Gay Gnome
Wizards of the Coast has is releasing the 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons which has caused a massive up tick in Internet geekery. Even conservative bloggers best known for hard line stances on the War on Terror have fallen prey to the woman repelling excitement for this new incarnation of man-childery.
Wizards of the Coast are helping fan the flames of D&D players nerd passion by producing the following video featuring a sports bra clad half devil being interviewed about the new game, while the much hated, and in this video rather flamboyant, Gnome character class discusses his demotion to mere monster status:
There’s a higher quality version here for those of you who are even now lamenting that the picture quality wasn’t good enough for you to get a screen shot of your new fantasy girlfriend. They also created this amusing interview with dungeon dwelling stand by The Beholder which you’re sure to enjoy.
Although I honestly don’t see what all the hubbub is about. What kind of person cares about D&D when a new expansion for Warhammer 40,000 is due out in a matter of months?
Only nerds my friends, only nerds.
Antiques Roadshow – Arkham Edition
A little (more) Lovecraftian geekery to enjoy. I lived in a small college town in Connecticut and the acting is spot on, but if you haven’t read Lovecraft many of the gags may elude you:
The Statement of Randolph Carter
Because you can never have too many readings of Lovecraft.
The Statement of Randolph Carter is, in my opinion, one of the best Lovecraft stories. It excels at conveying to the reader that Lovecratian sense of a world of horror beyond our kin, but always closer at hand than we think. This is the first story I ever read that made me leery to go into a graveyard at night.
The reading is accentuated by the images chosen for accompaniment which lend a foreboding mood to the voice talents excellent performance. Turn down the lights and watch this alone:
Part II
Originally posted at The Midnight Special
The Masque of The Red Death
This wonderfully done animation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Masque of The Red Death captures the baroque Gothicism of Poe’s ode to the lost art of the Masque without losing the essential morality of Poe’s work. Earthly pleasures are fleeting and cannot long keep at bay the harsh reality of the inevitable death and decay of all things:
Film Short of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Other Gods”
A lost classic of silent film has been rediscovered and lovingly restored by Subterranea Entertainment. At least, that’s the story told in the opening frames of this modern vintage animation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story, “The Other Gods”:
The lovely silhouette animations in the film were actually created by animator Michael Boas using paper cutouts and backlighting. The film was scored by composer Keith Handy.
The Damned’s Grimly Fiendish
The Damned were England’s first truly successful punk band and, led by suave vampire Dave Vanian, the band is the uncredited creator of goth. Disbanded and reformed multiple times The Damned’s corpus of work spans three decades and embraces as many musical styles.
1985’s Grimly Fiendish was based on a popular comic book villain and is one of the band’s signature songs:
Check out their MySpace for news on these underground legends who are still going strong.