Episodes

  • The Stuff, with Cuppycup

    The Stuff, with Cuppycup
    Jun 29 2026
    Cuppycup from Push the Roll With Ross Bryant and Ain't Slayed Nobody joins the Good Friends to tuck into Larry Cohen's wonderfully weird 1985 comedy horror film, The Stuff. We also spend some time talking about Cohen himself and what made him such a unique filmmaker. And, as ever, we pick the film apart, looking for inspiration for our Call of Cthulhu games.
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  • Food and Horror, with Cuppycup

    Food and Horror, with Cuppycup
    Jun 15 2026
    Cuppycup, from Push the Roll With Ross Bryant and Ain't Slayed Nobody, joins the Good Friends to dig into the relationship between food and horror, looking for inspiration for our Call of Cthulhu games. We explore the different ways what we consume, or what consumes us, plays into our primal fears, picking out some juicy morsels of gaming inspiration.
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  • Environmental Storytelling, with Alex Sun

    Environmental Storytelling, with Alex Sun
    Jun 1 2026
    Alex Sun from RPG Reanimators joins the Good Friends to lay out some ideas about how to use environmental storytelling in our Call of Cthulhu games. We explore different varieties of environmental storytelling, pick some interesting examples from media, and discuss how we might apply these ideas to our own games.
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  • Liminal Spaces, with Alex Sun

    Liminal Spaces, with Alex Sun
    May 18 2026
    Alex Sun from RPG Reanimators joins the Good Friends to explore liminal spaces, trying to pin down what makes them so uncanny. We delve into the origins of the movement, pick some interesting examples from media, and discuss how we might use liminal spaces in our own games.
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  • New Takes on Classic Monsters, with Sasha Sienna

    New Takes on Classic Monsters, with Sasha Sienna
    May 4 2026

    Main Topic: New Takes on Classic Monsters It’s probably safe to say that every horror fan loves monsters. While we regularly see new creations breaking free from the laboratory, so many monsters in media are...

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  • Gateway Horror, with Sasha Sienna

    Gateway Horror, with Sasha Sienna
    Apr 20 2026

    Main Topic: Gateway Horror Every horror fan started out somewhere. The works that draw us into the genre are often gentler ones, created to appeal to those put off by terror or gore. These are...

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  • Using Inspiration Creatively, with Seth Skorkowsky

    Using Inspiration Creatively, with Seth Skorkowsky
    Apr 6 2026

    Main Topic: Using Inspiration Creatively Scenario writers and GMs take inspiration from everything we can. Often, this means borrowing ideas from books, films, or other forms of media. But how do we do this without...

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  • Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy, with Seth Skorkowsky

    Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy, with Seth Skorkowsky
    Mar 24 2026

    Main Topic: Call of Cthulhu and Urban Fantasy Since the early nineties, urban fantasy has blended elements of horror and crime fiction with the fantastic to create something new. But how exactly does the genre...

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