Tag Archives: horror

Red Wasp in Lovecraft eZine Online Chat

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Tomas

Red Wasp Design’s Tomas Rawlings will be taking part in a video chat with the Lovecraft eZine.  The talk is scheduled for the 9th September at 5pm Central time in the US and 11pm GMT here in the UK.  He’ll be talking … Continue reading →

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Cthulhu Cup Competition Results

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Tomas

So our Cthulhu cup competition has ended.  As with the last competition, we were faced with the hard task of judging it. Here’s a re-cap of the competition: To celebrate the game arriving on GamersGate and Android, in addition to the Intel AppUp℠ center and Apple’s iOS, we … Continue reading →

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You want tactical depth? Wasted Land Delivers Says Guardian

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Tomas

We had a great write up on the Guardian Games blog: You want tactical depth? I’ll give you tactical depth. Set amid the sodden trenches of World War One, The Wasted Land is a turn-based strategy sim inspired by the … Continue reading →

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Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land – Updates & Improves Controls

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Tomas

We are really pleased to say that version 1.2 of Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is now out on the app store.  This update fixes the bugs that have been found and  and improves the controls for the game. We … Continue reading →

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The Stars are Right as ‘Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land’ Launches!

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Tomas

After a year of intensive development, the small indie team of Red Wasp Design have announced that their anticipated title, Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land has launched on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The game is a turn-based strategy … Continue reading →

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Call of Cthulhu Screenshots and Level-Pan Video Released!

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Tomas

We’re really excited the be able to share with you the screenshots and a video showing a pan around one of the levels featured in the screenshots.  So here is one of the images, showing a mission set in a … Continue reading →

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Horror Video Games Interview with Red Wasp Design

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Tomas

Horror Video Games have just published an interview with Red Wasp Design.  Here’s a sample: Horror News Network: Can you talk a bit about what making this game means to you as a Cthulhu fan? Tomas Rawlings: I’ve been a fan … Continue reading →

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3rd Person Perspective in Horror Games

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Tomas

We’re going to be doing Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land as a 3rd person type game.  By that I mean you can see the characters you control, as opposed to 1st person, where you look though the eyes of … Continue reading →

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Fear and Horror Games II

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Tomas

Following on from yesterday, another quote from Lovecraft’s essay on horror in fiction: Because we remember pain and the menace of death more vividly than pleasure, and because our feelings toward the beneficent aspects of the unknown have from the … Continue reading →

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Fear and Horror Games I

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Tomas

If you’re interested in horror, as in why are we so drawn to films, books, comics and games that make us scared – then this essay by Lovecraft is a good starting point: THE OLDEST and strongest emotion of mankind … Continue reading →

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