Cave Evil Reprint: The Resurrection of the Pedal-to-the-Metal Cult Hit

Ah, Halloween, when I turn out every light in my house except for a floodlight trained on a pile of cursed items in my driveway.

Game of the Week (4:04)
I chat up fellow Coloradan (and fellow Nate) Nate Hayden, one of the three cats who designed the wild demonic underground wargame, Cave Evil, which became a nigh-unobtainable cult hit in the years following its 2011 release. But the crew who made it never stopped playing and building onto their Stygian world of maps, weapons, creatures and strategies. It’s been re-released.

Drink of the Week (40:50)
We’re still looking for a name for Skrrt_Vonnegut’s homemade plum liqueur and whiskey thing. Learn how to enter. Modest prizes involved.

Track of the Week (42:41)
One of my favorite applications of The Meters’ “Here Comes the Meter Man” drum break: “How’d Ya Do it Dee” from Run-D.M.C.’s Tougher than Leather.

New on the Blog: My Latest Dwelling Session, “Eyes of a Boring God”
We start to learn how the narrator became the sole resident of his troubled uncle’s house. We also begin to learn that he’s not just a wistful guy with a broken heart.