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Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

For more Lovecraft & Mythos-inspired Cosmic Horror:-!lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

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Monolith Hate (lemmy.zip)
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[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of pacific drive. Amazing game, what a trip.

[–] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Agreed! it's actually been on my mind a lot the last few days, I should probably actually finish it...

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

Dude has a way with words!

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] PenguinOfWar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Doing the Dark Lord’s work.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Not to mention the complications of using 'being trapped in another dimension' as justification for absence from work.