The Gothic Podcast- Season One Trailer
- S1:E1 The Castle of Caine | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E2 The Far Side of Darkness | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E3 A Candle for Candlewick | Monster of the Week RPG
- Grace and the Plague Doctors of Paris | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E4 Cry Havoc | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E5 Strange Places, Strange Faces | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E6 Too Many Havens | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E7 LJ Takes a Ride (Pt. 1) | Monster of the Week RPG
- S1:E8 LJ Takes a Ride (Pt. 2) | Monster of the Week RPG
Author Archives: C. Patrick
Tourist vs Traveler in Infinity Pool (2023)
There’s a lot going on in the two-hour runtime of Infinity Pool, the name of which is both a reference to the so-called infinity pools of high-end resorts which appear, as you’re in them, to stretch off into the ocean itself and thus to ‘infinity’, as well as to a tank filled with a viscous red liquid that is used to create clone after clone after clone (an infinity’s worth, perhaps) of James and other wealthy tourists.
However, putting aside (but not ignoring) the sci-fi aspects of the movie, Infinity Pool can be seen as an examination of the difference between the ‘tourist’ and the ‘traveler’. Continue reading
Posted in Reviews and Rants
Tagged Analysis, Critique, horror, Infinity Pool Movie, movie-review, movies, review, What does it mean?
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500 Words
Here’s a factoid about me: when I’m on a roll, I can produce about 1000 words an hour. I once wrote a whole novel (75000 words-ish) in ten days. It was Thanksgiving holiday and I took a couple of days … Continue reading
Beg, Borrow, or Steal
Those of us who are creatives in whatever field–be it art, writing, film, poetry, or (my sidebar project of the last couple of years) pro-Game Mastering–must eventually wrestle with the question of where-do-our-ideas-come-from?. Is there such a thing as originality? Is there such a thing as ‘creation’ rather than ‘borrowing’ or ‘stealing’. Can we have our own ‘style’, or will that always be an echo of someone else’s methods? Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, GMing, Musings
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Distracted by the Shiny 