Oddly enough I had the same problems with the Call of Cthulhu shooter a few years later: It started out with adventure game sections and then became a (mediocre) FPS. Undying is by far the better game, but the both games devolve really undercuts the initial horror.

I think the actual quote is that after talking with god "the skin of his face was ablaze with light." In the Middle Ages it was often mistranslated to say that he grew horns, hence several Renaissance sculptures show Moses with odd growths on his head.

That's true. I tend to always have problems in stories where the villains are set up as being as powerful as Sovereign and then are beaten through some kind of physical confrontation, however huge. It's incredibly challenging to set up a villain like that and still make sure its defeat feel realistic and earned.

Older depictions of the Hebrew god also present something unknowable and pretty horrific; Moses is physically deformed in some fashion by being in the presence of God, for example. Part of what makes Lovecraft's fiction continually effective is how he tapped back into those very old fears after religious mythology…

I loved that moment, and the unsettling atmosphere created by the conversation lingers through the last third of the game, at least until the climax. I always felt like Sovereign's attack on the Citadel was a bit of a let down after its introduction. They set up a "Dear God, what is this thing?? Our guns are…

What's disappointing about Undying is that the early sections actually have some exploration/NPC interaction/adventure elements, but by the end you're just running around shooting wave after wave of murderous cavemen. It's still a fantastic game that deserves much more love than it got, probably my all time favorite…

I don't remember much of the show, but I committed to a Captain Power lunchbox for that school year so I must've been a pretty big fan. I do remember watching it with the toy jet frequently and being disappointed that it wasn't really "interactive." Then one day that cool looking winged metal character casually…

A bankable premise for a police procedural show to some……A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS!!!!

I'm not breaking any ground here, but I have to say for the millionth time that his Willy Wonka has to be one of the best film performances ever. He pulls so many nuances and emotions into every single line, turning the character into something far, far more interesting than what was on the page. It's honestly the…

It was worth sneaking into town. That was some good corn.

Yeah, speaking as a lifelong Barb, any other outcome for the character would've seemed dishonest.

I clicked on this expecting to be enraged and instead just feel an overwhelming, crushing sadness. It's getting harder and harder to even pay lip service to the idea of basic human decency at this point. I don't want to play anymore.

I'm definitely not an expert but I've read a decent amount on English history and I still forget where the Tudors came from on a pretty regular basis. It's incredibly convoluted, and I think Jones does a good job of periodically reminding readers, "By the way, here's what the Tudors were doing at this point, keep an…

I'm currently reading this as well and finding it fairly in depth for a
popular narrative history, especially after reading Jones blast through
300 years of Plantagenet rule in as many pages. They're mostly horrible people, but I've always felt a lot of pity for King Henry VI. The occupation of France was never…

Yeah, I was going to say how impressed I am with her courage for getting out of the situation relatively quickly. Abusers can sustain their abuse by making their victims think "Is it me?" and when you're dating someone who's beloved by millions and who you've (probably) admired for years as a lovable misfit it has to…

Growing up my sister and I would watch the VHS every Christmas and it became a tradition to groan and complain whenever "The Love Is Gone" came on because it was "boring." Now, however, whenever I watch the DVD version with the song cut out, it feels like there's a big empty space. Michael Caine's tearful attempt at…

I know plenty of musicians who would kill for that sweet Mickey's Backing Band gig.

This is a recurring one for me as well. The funny thing is the whole time I'm always thinking "But I graduated years ago! Why are they making me do this???" which only makes the anxiety worse for whatever reason.

It's a pretty interesting universe with a lot of depth for what was essentially a toy commercial, but yeah it's hard to get over the name "He-Man." I think if I were writing something like that the first step in the process would be to accept that there was absolutely nothing I could do about the name and proceed…

All right! They're gonna show his disastrous marriage to Mia Farrow!