Ratty Pumpkin
@rattypumpkin.bsky.social
Classic gothic horror, sci-fi, fantasy and mystery enthusiast. Lover of tabletop and video games old & new, but mostly old.
Hoping for the best for the world and vulnerable populations in these dangerous "interesting" times.
He/him/any
Hoping for the best for the world and vulnerable populations in these dangerous "interesting" times.
He/him/any
The new Red Letter Media video makes a joke about Kate "Captain Janeway" Mulgrew as Columbo in a series reboot which, thinking about it, would be interesting to see. But it's also a deep cut joke because Kate Mulgrew played Columbo's wife in the short lived non-canonical 1979 spinoff "Mrs. Columbo"
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The new Red Letter Media video makes a joke about Kate "Captain Janeway" Mulgrew as Columbo in a series reboot which, thinking about it, would be interesting to see. But it's also a deep cut joke because Kate Mulgrew played Columbo's wife in the short lived non-canonical 1979 spinoff "Mrs. Columbo"
While I do think Titan Quest is a great Diablo style game, it's of the type you play purely for pretty environments & fun enemies. Story isn't bad just nothing you haven't seen 100 times. Despite being fully VA'd there's no real memorable characters, only 2 or so recurring ones. No ending cut scene.
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
While I do think Titan Quest is a great Diablo style game, it's of the type you play purely for pretty environments & fun enemies. Story isn't bad just nothing you haven't seen 100 times. Despite being fully VA'd there's no real memorable characters, only 2 or so recurring ones. No ending cut scene.
Well I beat Titan Quest (2006). Great game but coming back to it after being busy a couple days I just wanted to be done. So rushed through the final few areas of the game. Had to run circles around the final boss (who I think could've 1-shotted me)for 10 or 15 minutes letting my pets do chip damage
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Well I beat Titan Quest (2006). Great game but coming back to it after being busy a couple days I just wanted to be done. So rushed through the final few areas of the game. Had to run circles around the final boss (who I think could've 1-shotted me)for 10 or 15 minutes letting my pets do chip damage
Been playing Titan Quest as I've been on a big Greek Mythology kick lately. Great Diablo-style game so far, I shouldn't have waited 20 years to play it. 2006 me would have been enchanted by it, but I don't think my 2006 PC could have run it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Been playing Titan Quest as I've been on a big Greek Mythology kick lately. Great Diablo-style game so far, I shouldn't have waited 20 years to play it. 2006 me would have been enchanted by it, but I don't think my 2006 PC could have run it.
"The Mummy" (1932) was the 2nd Universal Monster film I ever saw, as after the "The Wolf Man" (1st movie I ever saved up money to buy on VHS) it was the 2nd I ever came across. A standalone film, the other Universal mummy movies follow a different mummy & mythology. Hammer films would conflate the 2
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The Mummy" (1932) was the 2nd Universal Monster film I ever saw, as after the "The Wolf Man" (1st movie I ever saved up money to buy on VHS) it was the 2nd I ever came across. A standalone film, the other Universal mummy movies follow a different mummy & mythology. Hammer films would conflate the 2
Zita Johann in a publicity shot for "The Mummy" (1932) 3rd in the classic Universal Monsters cycle of horror films. Elements of a reincarnated love that would be ubiquitous in later Dracula adaptations show up here decades before Dan Curtis incorporated them into "Dark Shadows" &hisTV "Dracula" film
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Zita Johann in a publicity shot for "The Mummy" (1932) 3rd in the classic Universal Monsters cycle of horror films. Elements of a reincarnated love that would be ubiquitous in later Dracula adaptations show up here decades before Dan Curtis incorporated them into "Dark Shadows" &hisTV "Dracula" film
Very true, but also side note- Sypha is an interesting case because her being a woman was originally a hidden plot twist. Her gender was intentionally obfuscated in the artwork and language of the game until you get her ending, in which she takes her long hair down and leans on Trevor.
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Very true, but also side note- Sypha is an interesting case because her being a woman was originally a hidden plot twist. Her gender was intentionally obfuscated in the artwork and language of the game until you get her ending, in which she takes her long hair down and leans on Trevor.
A dystopian story about a small band of freedom fighters resisting a fascist dictatorship that has literally turned most of the population into unfeeling, mindless robotic slaves. There's also a blue hedgehog that can run really fast, but he's pretty much the least interesting character.
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A dystopian story about a small band of freedom fighters resisting a fascist dictatorship that has literally turned most of the population into unfeeling, mindless robotic slaves. There's also a blue hedgehog that can run really fast, but he's pretty much the least interesting character.
In the original Belmont origin story "Castlevania Legends" it was heavily implied that the Belmonts were tied to Dracula because they were all descended from him by way of Alucard and Sonia Belmont, who deserved so much better.
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In the original Belmont origin story "Castlevania Legends" it was heavily implied that the Belmonts were tied to Dracula because they were all descended from him by way of Alucard and Sonia Belmont, who deserved so much better.
HIS COMING WAS FORETOLD!
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
HIS COMING WAS FORETOLD!
One game I've been reading that you might enjoy is "Mazes & Minotaurs", a kind of "alternate history" game that images what would happen if Gygax and Arneson had been inspired by Greek Mythology and Peplum movies rather than Conan and Tolkien. The system seems great & whole game line is free!
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
One game I've been reading that you might enjoy is "Mazes & Minotaurs", a kind of "alternate history" game that images what would happen if Gygax and Arneson had been inspired by Greek Mythology and Peplum movies rather than Conan and Tolkien. The system seems great & whole game line is free!
Yea I prefer GMing but it's nice to play every now & then! I started with 3.5 & have mostly run Pathfinder 1e but have also had success running my current group n"TOON" & "It Came from the Late Late Late Show". Wanted to run BECMI for a while & happy to finally get to, most seem2 love how fast it is
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yea I prefer GMing but it's nice to play every now & then! I started with 3.5 & have mostly run Pathfinder 1e but have also had success running my current group n"TOON" & "It Came from the Late Late Late Show". Wanted to run BECMI for a while & happy to finally get to, most seem2 love how fast it is
1 interesting thing about "Undead" I didn't mention is that it was released the same year(81) as TSR microgame "Vampyre" which has the same premise. Game dev taking time & being what it is one wonders who stole from whom. Either or both games presumably inspired the more famous Fury of Dracula in 87
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
1 interesting thing about "Undead" I didn't mention is that it was released the same year(81) as TSR microgame "Vampyre" which has the same premise. Game dev taking time & being what it is one wonders who stole from whom. Either or both games presumably inspired the more famous Fury of Dracula in 87
Casino Royale was adapted into a not-quite-feature-length-made-for-TV movie in the 1950s (as part of the anthology series "Climax!") if you count that. I'm not a big Bond fan though, I just know that because I AM a big Peter Lorre fan and he was in that one as Le Chiffre
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Casino Royale was adapted into a not-quite-feature-length-made-for-TV movie in the 1950s (as part of the anthology series "Climax!") if you count that. I'm not a big Bond fan though, I just know that because I AM a big Peter Lorre fan and he was in that one as Le Chiffre
I'm usually reminded of this old comic.
That said, I hated most music I heard on the radio growing up and am just not interested in most new music. GHOST is great though, easily my favorite band to come out of the last 25 years.
That said, I hated most music I heard on the radio growing up and am just not interested in most new music. GHOST is great though, easily my favorite band to come out of the last 25 years.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm usually reminded of this old comic.
That said, I hated most music I heard on the radio growing up and am just not interested in most new music. GHOST is great though, easily my favorite band to come out of the last 25 years.
That said, I hated most music I heard on the radio growing up and am just not interested in most new music. GHOST is great though, easily my favorite band to come out of the last 25 years.
Dang Akinator, you still got it.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Dang Akinator, you still got it.
25 year old promotional wallpaper for Red Alert 2. Definitely would have used this back in the day had I come across it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
25 year old promotional wallpaper for Red Alert 2. Definitely would have used this back in the day had I come across it.
I know it's not a "soda" but was hoping for a sec this was about Ecto-Cooler. Alas no, it's Mr. Pibb. Which I'd be happier about if they weren't also getting rid of Pibb Xtra, which is like Dr. Pepper with a cinnamon kick. Mr. Pibb itself is just a Dr. Pepper clone. Oh well I hardly drink pop anyway
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I know it's not a "soda" but was hoping for a sec this was about Ecto-Cooler. Alas no, it's Mr. Pibb. Which I'd be happier about if they weren't also getting rid of Pibb Xtra, which is like Dr. Pepper with a cinnamon kick. Mr. Pibb itself is just a Dr. Pepper clone. Oh well I hardly drink pop anyway
I do not remember those but I have a couple issues of this somewhere. Plucked from the bargain bin of my then-local comic shop around 2010 out of morbid curiosity.
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I do not remember those but I have a couple issues of this somewhere. Plucked from the bargain bin of my then-local comic shop around 2010 out of morbid curiosity.
Second BECMI / Rules Cyclopedia DND session went well. Finished the first two floors of Skerples "Tomb of the Serpent Kings"
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Second BECMI / Rules Cyclopedia DND session went well. Finished the first two floors of Skerples "Tomb of the Serpent Kings"
*shudders in remembrance* "Hey kids, wanna see the slides from our vacation!" I remember teachers trying to pass that garbage off as "educational" hah.
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
*shudders in remembrance* "Hey kids, wanna see the slides from our vacation!" I remember teachers trying to pass that garbage off as "educational" hah.
Was never able to get a GURPS game run, my fault for letting my players get overwhelmed because they said they wanted to fully make their own characters. Next time I'm just gonna hand them pre-gens to start and use class/race templates and short curated skill lists from there.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Was never able to get a GURPS game run, my fault for letting my players get overwhelmed because they said they wanted to fully make their own characters. Next time I'm just gonna hand them pre-gens to start and use class/race templates and short curated skill lists from there.
Yesterday I watched the sPoOkiest film of them all, "My Dinner With Andre" (1981) trapped for almost 2 hours of dinner conversation between a struggling playwrite & a rich guy who's been struggling with some combination of nervous breakdown & midlife crises (+prob drug use tho that's never explicit)
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Yesterday I watched the sPoOkiest film of them all, "My Dinner With Andre" (1981) trapped for almost 2 hours of dinner conversation between a struggling playwrite & a rich guy who's been struggling with some combination of nervous breakdown & midlife crises (+prob drug use tho that's never explicit)
Been playing through "A Vampyre Story" w/my partner & he loves it. I'm enjoying it to despite how terrible I am at adventure games lol. Wonderful art & atmosphere, & cornball humor that mostly lands. Doing some research I was surprised this 2008 game is now getting a sequel, actually looks good to!
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Been playing through "A Vampyre Story" w/my partner & he loves it. I'm enjoying it to despite how terrible I am at adventure games lol. Wonderful art & atmosphere, & cornball humor that mostly lands. Doing some research I was surprised this 2008 game is now getting a sequel, actually looks good to!