Friday, April 12, 2019

Haunted House Archetype, the Game That Taught Us Fear, Edward Gorey

The Archetype of the Haunted House, Winchester Mystery House and Crimson Peak
- Jeanette Ng, Medium







Silent Hill at 20: the game that taught us to fear ourselves
- Keith Stuart, The Guardian






Edward Gorey, Pack Rat
- Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

5 comments:

  1. That Gorey piece is deceptively uncanny. We knew he accumulated a lot of crap (there's great video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABkInj-2qaA) but some of those details make me wonder if he's some kind of New England mummy in waiting now, waiting for modern data science to build that "spreadsheet" and make him talk again. Take that, Lovecraft!

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    1. Look, we're going to need to reboot the Mummy franchise again and this is our last, best hope.

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    2. Mummy in a fur coat. Would just buy out the local and give all the folk of Stars Hollow tickets.

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    3. Mummy in a fur coat, it's not strange, he just wants to live his life this way.

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    4. It took a day but I just realized we're both describing a Dr Phibes remake.

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