New on Itch.io, The Temple by Esquadron, a $3 interactive fiction version of Lovecraft’s “The Temple”. Though unfortunately not in a more readable two-column layout that would match the widescreen pictures.

Note also the link to the “Making of…”.

You wouldn’t know it from the description, but Compound Fracture, a mod for the original DOOM II videogame is claimed to be…

my 10-map episode based on Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth. The final boss is supposed to be Yog-Sothoth.

I learned this from finding a new forum thread, which jogged my memory about the game. Greatly enjoyed by me at the time, along with the fantasy variant Hexen. The forum thread also suggested the mod Rylayeh for DOOM II.

Via search, I found five more mods (aka wads) that are substantial and have good reviews…

Shrine 1.2 for DOOM II. A “Lovecraftian Total Conversion mod!”

Void for DOOM II. “Lovecraft meets Lewis Carroll”. Uses ZDoom.

Strange Aeons v5.7 for DOOM II. Huge Lovecraftian total conversion. Uses ZDoom.

Beyond Kadath for DOOM II. “A story-driven WAD roughly in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.”

Maskim Xul for DOOM II. “One of the winners of the 2018 Cacowards.”

The game itself can be had on CD via eBay for around £15. It’s obviously become collectable, despite the vast quantities it sold, and the days of getting a jewel-case for £1.99 inc. shipping seem over. More affordable is the download at GOG.com for £4 including “the enhanced re-release” of 2019. Then you download ZDoom / GZDoom and run it through that, giving the old game enhanced powers. You may also need a Flashlight++ mod.

The maker of the hit videogame Dredge is in the very early stages of a live-action movie adaptation. Basically Dredge is a Lovecraftian ‘small trawler’ fishing game, with its possible-movie officially described my the developers as… “a grounded atmospheric cosmic-horror blend of H.P. Lovecraft and Ernest Hemingway.” Sounds good. The Sonic the Hedgehog producer is apparently on board, so I guess there is actually a chance of co-funding for at least a modest indie movie. Casting suggestions for a fisherman pulled into the net of cosmic horror are now invited.

If you can’t wait for this dose of damp cosmic horror, this week the ‘Fairies of New England’ blog appears to have visited H.P. Lovecraft’s “Dark Swamp” and has pictures.

Abutova has a new “Colour Out of Space” digital paintings series.

Regrettably the link to the full series is on a platform called Behance, which appears to be for Adobe subscribers only.

Also, a multi-book Randolph Carter as a French-Belgian ‘BD’ graphic novel. Volume One is due 5th June 2024. Presumably in French in the first instance, and perhaps an adaptation rather than just the use of the name? The artist is Jovan Ukropina.

New to me, Lovecraft Quest – A Comix Game (2018). A $2.99 interactive horror game with comic-book art.

Available on Itch.io, and if it’s your first time signing up there then you may also want to look at the acclaimed Anchorhead Lovecraft interactive-fiction. And if you know any young readers, then also pick up the name-your-own-price Call of the Sentinel PDF set for them.

Alfredo Baon of Spain. He’s just begun a new series “Lovecraft’s Journeys”.