Episode 88: They Came from Within the Podcast!

In which we do a deep dive (get it?) into They Came from Beneath the Sea! (TCfBtS!) with developer Matthew Dawkins.

• A Dickensian derailment!
• About the meta-elements in TCfBtS!
• Connecting it to MST3K
• Cinematics
• How Matthew came to make this game
• How the tone of the game shifted over its development
• Larry Blamire and meta horror movies
• A bit about the fiction in TCfBtS! (Dixie helped!)
• Some thoughts on the humor and inclusivity of TCfBtS!
• A bit on cult movies
• A Twilight digression
• Putting TCfBtS! into Storypath
• Mechanics discussion
• Various ways to run TCfBtS!
• A bit on They Came from Beyond the Grave!
• Matthew talks about the Midwinter TCfBtS! session (Hi, Gehenna Gaming crew!)
• Types of characters you can play/crossover possibilities

Links:

• They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://they-came-from-beneath-the-sea.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
• Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (CW: all sorts of weird shit): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C_HReR_McQ
• All Flesh Must Be Eaten: https://www.edenstudios.net/allflesh.html
• Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Marenghi%27s_Darkplace
• X-COM: Terror from the Deep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:Terror_from_the_Deep
• Phoenix Dawn Command: https://www.phoenixdawncommand.com/
• Men in Black: The Roleplaying Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black:_The_Roleplaying_Game
• Trail of the Screaming Forehead: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/trail-of-the-screaming-forehead/2228147
• The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Skeleton_of_Cadavra
• Twilight Article Dixie mentioned: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/twilight-isnt-the-worst-film-ever-made-youre-just-sexist
• Scream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream(1996_film)
• Red Moon Roleplaying: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/
• The Room: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Room_(film)
• Gehenna Gaming: https://www.gehennagaming.com/
• TCfBtS! Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/kxLydk4t76s
• TCfBtS! Actual Play: https://youtu.be/DlcvFpWKH6Y
• Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
• Onyx Path Discord: https://discord.gg/5uckcBk