The Good Friends of Jackson Elias

317: Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley (advert free)

This is a local episode for local people. We explore small town settings and why they work so well for horror. Isolated, insular communities are a mainstay of horror, usually populated by sinister locals who shun the outside world and treat strangers with suspicion, but there is much more to the subgenre than that. As well as digging into the major tropes of small town horror, we discuss ways t...

317: Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This is a local episode for local people. We explore small town settings and why they work so well for horror. Isolated, insular communities are a mainstay of horror, usually populated by sinister locals who shun the outside world and treat strangers with suspicion, but there is much more to the subgenre than that. As well as digging...

Just One More Thing - Episode 8

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with Kailas Elmer — “Lovecraft and...

316: Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer (advert free)

This episode is the conclusion of our two-part look into the relationship between art and the Cthulhu Mythos. Last time, we looked at the artistic influences that went into the work of Lovecraft and other Mythos writers. Now, we're following that up with a discussion of artists w...

316: Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode is the conclusion of our two-part look into the relationship between art and the Cthulhu Mythos. Last time, we looked at the artistic influences that went into the work of Lovecraft and other Mythos writer...

315: Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer (advert free)

This episode is the first of a two-part look into the relationship between Lovecraft and art. Next episode, we'll be flipping things around and looking for inspiration from the world of art, but here we're examining the influence it had on Lovecraft's life and fiction, and how this shaped the Cthulhu Mythos.

All that said, we do go a little off-topic in the latter half of the episode, but...

315: Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode is the first of a two-part look into the relationship between Lovecraft and art. Next episode, we'll be flipping things around and looking for inspiration from the world of art, but here we're examining the influence it had on Lovecraft's life and fiction, and how this shaped the Cthulhu Mythos.

All that said, we d...

Just One More Thing - Episode 7

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with...

314: Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only. This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how t

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how to bring it to life at the gaming table. It's perhaps a harder genre than most to pin down, part...

314: Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (advert free)

This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how to bring it to life at the gaming table. It's pe

This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how to bring it to life at the gaming table. It's perhaps a harder genre than most to pin down, partly because it is relatively new, but also because it is arguab...

313: Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only. This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so scary. We talk about some of the real challenges and dangers posed by space travel and how they ...

313: Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (advert free)

This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so scary. We talk about some of the real challenge

This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so scary. We talk about some of the real challenges and dangers posed by space travel and how they can amplify horror. Then we move on to inspirational media an...

Just One More Thing - Episode 6

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with Evan Dorkin — “RPGs and Fiction...

312: Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode sees us delve into the bloody world of comedy horror, trying to pin down what makes the two genres work so well together, looking at some examples from media, and trying to work out how to perform such alchemy ourselves. We also take some serious digressions into why so many comedians turn to horror, what fun can be foun...

312: Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin (advert free)

This episode sees us delve into the bloody world of comedy horror, trying to pin down what makes the two genres work so well together, looking at some examples from media, and trying to work out how to perform such alchemy ourselves. We also take some serious digressions into why so many comedians turn to horror, what fun can be found in terrible films, and whether horror parodies are actually ...

311: RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin (long cut)

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This episode is an exploration of how the worlds of RPGs and fiction inform each other. The obvious fantasy fiction influences on D&D and the sheer number of licensed RPGs make it clear just how much games have drawn from the literary world, but there is almost as strong a flow in the other direction. We dig into some of the ways...

311: RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin (advert free)

This episode is an exploration of how the worlds of RPGs and fiction inform each other. The obvious fantasy fiction influences on D&D and the sheer number of licensed RPGs make it clear just how much games have drawn from the literary world, but there is almost as strong a flow in the other direction. We dig into some of the ways the two worlds have bled into each other, and what happens wh...

Just One More Thing - Episode 5

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with Cuppycup — “Theme Parks and ...

310: Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

We thought we'd follow last episode's discussion of theme parks with a day out at the fair. Happily, the fair in Something Wicked This Way Comes is a travelling one, so we only had to wait for it to turn up at our doorsteps. The downside is that it's evil. Still, nobody's perfect.

As well as talking about the 1983...

310: Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup (advert free)

We thought we'd follow last episode's discussion of theme parks with a day out at the fair. Happily, the fair in Something Wicked This Way Comes is a travelling one, so we only had to wait for it to turn up at our doorsteps. The downside is that it's evil. Still, nobody's perfect.

As well as talking about the 1983 film version of Something Wicked This Way Comes, we ...

Blasphemous Tome Fanzines Update for $1 backers (April 2025)

Hey everyone, this message provides all the info you need about the latest issue and back issues in one handy place.

This month we've released Issue 13, and the PDF is available to ALL backers here.

Print-on-demand: we're also making the issues available via print-on-demand, and everyone...

The Blasphemous Tome 13 (PDF)

Here is the PDF of Issue 13 of our fanzine, The Blasphemous Tome - please enjoy and let us know what you think. 

Everyone backing us on the $3 level and above should receive a link (in a following message) to DriveThruRPG where you can order a print-on-demand copy (at a discount price).

Thank you for backing the us on Patreon - you have helped to make this zine! Special thanks ...

309: Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode, we visit theme parks, amusement parks, funfairs and the like, looking for Call of Cthulhu inspiration. As with so many things rooted in childhood joy, theme parks can easily turn into something nightmarish in both our imaginations and in reality. We dip into personal experiences, urban legends, and our own...

309: Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup (advert free)

This episode, we visit theme parks, amusement parks, funfairs and the like, looking for Call of Cthulhu inspiration. As with so many things rooted in childhood joy, theme parks can easily turn into something nightmarish in both our imaginations and in reality. We dip into personal experiences, urban legends, and our own wild ideas, looking for both the roots of these fears and way...

Just One More Thing - Episode 4

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with Josephine McAdam. The first, 2025-03-18 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

308: The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode sees us enter the shadowy world of the undead. The vampire is arguably the definitive monster of the horror genre, but our fanged friends have so much more to offer. We discuss some of our favourite vampires from myth, fiction, and film, ranging from feral monsters to tragic antiheroes, and how they might inform our gami...

308: The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam (advert free)

This episode sees us enter the shadowy world of the undead. The vampire is arguably the definitive monster of the horror genre, but our fanged friends have so much more to offer. We discuss some of our favourite vampires from myth, fiction, and film, ranging from feral monsters to tragic antiheroes, and how they might inform our gaming. And while we don't necessarily think of vampires as key to...

Just One More Thing - Episode 3

Welcome to the third episode of Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded with Seth Skorkowsky. First off, we offer a few more thoughts on 2025-03-04 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

307: Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode came about when Scott was playing The Between with Josephine McAdam over on Ain't Slayed Nobody and she mentioned that she rarely watches or reads horror media because she finds it upsetting. Given how many horror projects Joseph...

307: Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam (advert free)

This episode came about when Scott was playing The Between with Josephine McAdam over on Ain't Slayed Nobody and she mentioned that she rarely watches or reads horror media because she finds it upsetting. Given how many horror projects Josephine has been involved with, this seemed like something worth e...