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Finally got around to watching "In The Dark" AKA "Richard Laymon's In The Dark" after hearing about it on the excellent Live At The Death Factory podcast.

Seriously great and creepy shot-on-video horror. Good script and an excellent central performance. Does a lot with what looks like very little money.

Trigger warning for sexual assault in the film. It's not shown on-screen that I remember but it's still pretty nasty.

The movie was never officially released; you can find it on youtube.

Watched the fourth Eko Eko Azarak and I'm not sure what to make of it.

It doesn't feel like the other movies until maybe the last 20 minutes. This isn't Misa Kuroi the witch faking a transfer to a new school to solve problems. It's more a drama and commentary on the media. On mass hysteria. On belief changing reality. It's also an origin story in the sense that it's about somebody becoming the Misa Kuroi character.

I wonder if I'm missing something here, some context.

I enjoy thinking about this movie more than I enjoyed watching it.

The version of Misa from the third movie wouldn't have put up with the foolishness in this one.

Woke up to an email from Google saying that they're removing "less secure sign-in" on May 30th. Which I think means I finally have to set up some kind of 2FA.

I don't have a phone. (Of any kind). Or any Android or iOS devices. That makes this all very difficult as Google really, really wants a phone number. I'm still not sure if it's even possible, if Google will allow you to continue now without a phone. I guess I'll find out.

I worry that this is the beginning of the end for Bandcamp. I'm worried because of who they're "joining" and also because this feels to me like a shift in priorities.

I've been buying music through Bandcamp for 10 years; we'll see how much longer it lasts, I guess. See what Epic Games does to it.

I suppose the fundamental question is: did Bandcamp sell out?

If you haven't seen it: https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/

I've listened to an embarrassing amount of Path Of Night in the last week. It has 40-some episodes and I'm almost caught up.

There's more horror in Path Of Night than there was in LA By Night, I think. It's a pretty edgy show: gore, graphic violence, smoking, the late '90s. It comes close to being too much for me but hasn't yet gone over the line.

I'm really enjoying it (and I'm maybe a bit worried what that says about me).

I've been wanting a good audio drama / TTRPG show lately. LA By Night ended, campaign 3 of Critical Role didn't really grab me, and NY By Night hasn't started yet.

So I did some searching & took a look at the available VtM actual play shows. After trying a few I got hooked on Path Of Night:

Path of Night Podcast

The official YouTube channel for the Path of Night Podcast, an actual play podcast about a group of roleplayers telling engaging shared stories around the gaming table. Campaign One follows a group of vampires in New Haven, CT, in the year 1999 using the Vampire: The Masquerade system by White Wolf Publishing and Paradox Interactive.

YouTube

VtM 20th anniv. ed. game set in Connecticut. Very nicely edited & recorded show. Can be a little confusing at times. I'm really enjoying it.