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Greenlight Bundle Launches with 8 Celebrated Games as a ‘Pay What You Want’ Sale

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Tomas

We’re in it! Here’s the press release… For the second time: the Green Light Bundle puts eight great indie games into one bundle. Gamers can decide for themselves what price they are willing to pay for this bundle. The developers … Continue reading →

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Day of the Tentacle: Wasted Land News Update

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Tomas

So Tomas has finished doing the Lovecraft eZine online chat (which you can follow the link and see!), so we thought we’d just a re-cap on recent news from us here are the Red Wasp Hive HQ. The new DLC/In-App … Continue reading →

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The iOS Darkness Cometh as New Levels are Released for ‘Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land’

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Tomas

Whereas before the player fought against diabolical forces that wished to destroy humanity, in the newly launched DLC/In-App Purchase levels for ‘Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land‘, this is reversed as the player now has to end the world. In the six … Continue reading →

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Gaming the Medical: Upgrading the Authenticity in Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tomas

(Note: this article first appeared as a guest post on PocketTactics) Introduction: Authenticity in Gaming Authenticity matters in media. It matters in games. Titles like Modern Warfare, Medal of Honor and many others employ military advisors to improve the authenticity. … Continue reading →

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More Background on the Game’s Mythos Roots…

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Tomas

We’ve written a couple of articles about the background of the game and the influence of World War 1 in it’s making.  However I also want to point you to the excellent hppodcraft.com – it’s an ongoing free literary podcast that works through … 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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Lovecraft, Cthulhu & The Great War

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Tomas

We are rapidly approaching the 100 anniversary of the start of the First World War. The conflict which ran from 1914 and ended in 1918 was known as ‘The Great War’ and the ‘War to End All Wars’ however it … Continue reading →

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A Talk (& Quiz with Prizes!!) About Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land on 6th Jan 2012

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Tomas

We’re going to be giving a bit of a talk (with a quiz and prizes!!) on the 6th January from 1 till 2pm at the PM Studio in Bristol.  It’s free to attend and Shoggoths are wellcome.  Here’s the info: Friday, … Continue reading →

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Wasted Land on Adventures and Shopping

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Tomas

Adventures and Shopping is a great blog about paper role playing games and various other things.  The blog’s author, Billiam Babble, has done a great write-up about Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land.  Here’s a sample: I still think that … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Big Guns Out!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Tomas

So you’re playing Call of Cthulhu and you’re going to encounter all manner of horror from cultists to things that go bang in the night.  What you want clutched in your hand is something with a bit of kick to show these … Continue reading →

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