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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Thanks to Adam over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun for pointing out The Worry of Newport, a Crysis mod that turns the tropical shooter into a slow, moody traipse through a drab seaside village.
I know the Kotaku US guys are absolutely crazy about cake and cake-related foodstuffs. I’ve never “gotten the fever”, to paraphrase Christoper Walken, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a well-crafted baked treat just like the next moderately insane person.
As a compromise, I’ve managed to meld my love of HP Lovecraft with this Cthulhu-themed dessert, made by the cake-mad raingirllori. Rumour has it that if you try to eat it, you’ll be transported to the Plateau of Leng.
Cthulhu Cake [Flickr, via Mouldy and Shadowy and Full of Dim Rumours]
You all know how much I love HP Lovecraft. So you’ll understand why I got super-excited when Dave over at his HPL news blog Mouldy and Shadowy and Full of Dim Rumours, posted a list of the top five games to ever sacrifice virgins to Cthulhu or paint insane pictures of Bugg-Shash. Not that there’s anything wrong with virgins or crazy art, as long as you keep them to yourself.
