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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
The Seltsames Idol
Muninsheim brings us this curious idol of unknown origin. It has a creepy Lovecraftian vibe without being obviously derived from a specific Mythos entity.
I like the ambiguousness of the thing. You really don’t know if it is a cryptozoological specimen or a malignant sapient creature. Maybe it’s one of those pods as in Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, or one of the alien plants from another world such as in the classic The Thing (From Another World) 1951 – those cute blood eating plants that grew up to something else. Maybe it’s a variety of mandrake root. Sometimes less is more.
Here’s weird little game called Tuber Takeover you can download but it’s multiplayer only so you will have to share the insanity: http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/07/01/tuber-takeover/
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I like the ambiguousness of the thing. You really don’t know if it is a cryptozoological specimen or a malignant sapient creature. Maybe it’s one of those pods as in Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, or one of the alien plants from another world such as in the classic The Thing (From Another World) 1951 – those cute blood eating plants that grew up to something else. Maybe it’s a variety of mandrake root. Sometimes less is more.
Monster potato: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-biggest-potato/
Here’s weird little game called Tuber Takeover you can download but it’s multiplayer only so you will have to share the insanity: http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/07/01/tuber-takeover/
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