Comments on: A Terrifying Narrative Experience

A Terrifying Narrative Experience

Caduceus — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:41:32 -0800

Night of the Cephalopods Shoot eldritch floating squid monsters with a shotgun as a horrified narrator describes your every move. Requires download, and is Windows only, I'm afraid. via

By: raygirvan

raygirvan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:02:12 -0800

They mention HP Lovecraft, but chief prototype has to be HG Wells' The Sea-Raiders.

By: zoinks

zoinks — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:18:00 -0800

Lothar's relevant song on Metafilter Music kicks ass.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:42:09 -0800

Interesting idea, but it gets annoying quickly when it repeats. Left 4 Dead attempted something similar with the automated dialogue, but they seem to have had vastly more options available for any given situation.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:29:07 -0800

It's like Nazis. There's always more cephalopods.

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:36:17 -0800

Of course there are always more. There are always more carnivorous, greasy, beak-faced, and tentacled lifeforms than one person can handle.

By: _dario

_dario — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:06:12 -0800

Speaking of mean, carnivorous, beak-faced and tentacled cephalopods, there's a short documentary about the Humboldt Squid in the extras of the DVD for Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. For humorous effects, watch it after playing too much of this game.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:10:47 -0800

Cthulhu's Special Holiday Meal! [NSFW]

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:51:04 -0800

heh heh. I saw this on one of the indie games blogs I read. I thought it was great. Glad to see it on Mefi.

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:31:23 -0800

_dario, there's a National Geographic show titled Devils of the Deep all about the Humboldt Squid. In the show, the researchers were lifting these squid out of the water to tag them. Temporarily immobilized, each squid they captured became a target of attack by the other squid in the water. At one point, a squid is pulled from the water missing half of its head -- including the brain. Thinking the squid is dead, they drop it in the boat, but still it lunges for the nearest person... the hideous beak snapping spasmodically. Is there anything worse than a monster that will try to eat you even if it has no brain?

By: _dario

_dario — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:55:19 -0800

Is there anything worse than a monster that will try to eat you even if it has no brain? I think there's a great lawyer joke in there.