Category: Nyogtha

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…