Category: Nyogtha

  • Nyogtha Volume I, Issue VIII

    There’s no real essays or anything this week. Due to some massive time constraints, this is going to have to be primarily a mailbag. Thanks for the quick response. I will be sure to check out a few of those books. I received some Bukowski, Kafka, a book about Cesar Chavez, and a book about…

  • Nyogtha Volume I, Issue VII

    Okay! We’re back with a normal issue of Nyogtha. No travelogues, just your questions and my answers about things that go bump in the night. Hey Mr. Lucard. I finally read one of your columns yesterday thanks to a link in Eric and Gloomchen’s columns. After reading that Dagon argument thread, I think you are…

  • Nyogtha Volume I, Issue VI

    Unlike most of my columns which take an entire week to write due to researching musty old tomes, going through notes and papers I wrote long ago, and getting distracted by IM conversations, this is one I’m writing on the fly. Actually I am writing it a few miles above the ground while I fly…

  • NYOGTHA VOLUME I, ISSUE V

    Well, last weeks column got a ton of responses. So I’m going to do my best to answer as many letters as I can this column. Note that eventually ALL your letters will be answered. If you write me, I will answer it. It may just take a while for them to appear in the…

  • Nyogtha Volume I, issue IV

    Back from Australia! I have to admit, the last three weeks of my life have been insane, with this last week being the most chaotic in my entire life. Every aspect of my existence has been turned upside down. If you want to read about it, you can always go to my blog and read…

  • Nyogtha Volume 1, Issue 3

    Well, this will be my last column for a while. I’ll be in Australia from November 20th until December 5th, and that means my next Nyogtha will be December 13th. I’m sure Widro will find someone to fill in during those three weeks I won’t be babbling about monsters and Things That Should Not Be.…

  • Nyogtha Volume 1, Issue 2

    Amazingly sick this week, but no virus can keep me from dealing out a column for you. On the fan forums, both Shinmeko and Padawan asked me to talk about the Fae. So let’s just get into a very abridged history of the Fairy Folk. I should bring up first and foremost, that like vampires,…

  • Nyogtha: Vol 1, Issue 1

    It’s official. No more Retrograding. No more Daily Pulse. Just straight out commentary on mysteries, legends, secrets, myths, and folklore from around the world. For those of you new to this, I did something very similar from October 1997 to Dec 2000, then I stopped for a few months for various reasons, started again for…

  • The Daily Pulse 10.24.04 aka Nyogtha iii

    And before anyone freaks out from the title. No I’m not leaving the site. I have three reviews left for the Games section and some features to do, but this is my last Daily Pulse. I’ve been prepping people for the Change to Nyogtha for the past fortnight, and this will continue the momentum. I’m…

  • The Daily Pulse 10.18.04 aka Nyogtha ii

    Right. As we’re getting everyone ready for the coming of NYGOTHA, I told you guys to start sending in your questions about folklore/taboo/superstitions/etc and I have two that I’m going to spend this column on. First up, comes a question from Michael Couacaud. Hello Alex, I am changing a story about a vampire. I did…

  • The Daily Pulse 10.11.04 aka Nyogtha i

    To be honest I totally blanked this week. I stared in front of my computer going, “What can I talk about this week? Nothing going on with games or music or comics that I care about.” As many of you know come the week of Hallowe’en, I’ll be going back to my roots and starting…

  • Henry Rollins – Nights Above The Tree Line Review

    Right. Time for my first official review in the music section. Although this disc doesn’t come out until April, I was lucky enough to get this from Mr. Rollins as the spoken word event I went to (go see the concert section!) and am going to review this for the Music Crew. Note that when…

  • Henry Rollins Spoken Word – Pantages Theatre Minneapolis MN 02.23.04

    Ah Mr. Rollins, you truly deserve your status as an “Aging Alternative Icon.” From Black Flag to Rollins Band, you’ve proved us with songs that have transcended into Americana pop culture. You’ve performed all around the world, and evolved from “just” a singer to a man whose tendrils can be felt in all fields of…

  • Retrograding 10.31.03

    Right. Lots to cover this Hallowe’en. First up we’re going to look at the comments you sent in a few weeks ago about your scariest gaming moments. Then we’ll answer a few letters. And then we’ll give you a little VC action. After all, it is Hallowe’en. I’ve two scary game stories; First one, I…

  • Retrograding 08.22.03 THE VC Volume III, Issue #1

    Right. I’ve thought about this for two weeks now. Well, I’ve been asked to do this for months, but have violently said no. But over the past two weeks, I’ve really been thinking about it. You see, a lot has gone on behind the scenes here at 411. Nothing bad. But just shit that reminds…