Episode 20: Popular Culture

In which Eddy, Dixie, and Matthew talk about horror and vampires in popular culture, and forget some obvious examples.

* Eddy goes right into an apology for the sound issues in last week’s episode.
* (Like with our video game episode, we’re only going to list references that are relevant to the discussion.)
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer
* War for the Oaks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_for_the_Oaks
* The X-Files: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files
* The Lone Gunmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen_(TV_series)
* “Mythology” vs “monster of the week” episodes and how it inspired roleplaying games
* Forever Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Knight
* Dark Shadows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows
* Kindred the Embraced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindred:_The_Embraced
* The soap opera formula of the 90s
* Twin Peaks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks
* Reading horror as a child
* Point Horror books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Horror
* Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark
* Goosebumps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goosebumps
* Fear Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Street
* Coraline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline
* It: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)
* Psychological horror and serial killers
* Sharp Objects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Objects
* Liane Moriarty (author): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liane_Moriarty
* Silence of the Lambs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)
* The Blacklist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blacklist_(TV_series)
* Profiler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiler_(TV_series)
* American vs British season/series structure
* Jekyll: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_%28TV_series%29
* Ultraviolet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_(TV_serial)
* Ripper Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripper_Street
* Edge of Darkness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Darkness
* Breaking Bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
* Games with a built-in ending
* True Blood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood
* Southern Vampire Mysteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Southern_Vampire_Mysteries
* The Walking Dead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)
* Do the problems of the Walking Dead impact Dystopia Rising?
* A Paradise Made In Hell: https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Built-Hell-Extraordinary-Communities/dp/0143118072
* Drama-driven vs character-driven stories
* How Buffy has aged well
* Underworld series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld_(film_series)
* Yes, we talk about the Underworld lawsuit
* What We Do in the Shadows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows
* Matthew quotes the movie, and we end on that note
* What do you want to hear from the Pathcast?