Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I went to see Minions & Monsters expecting a light summer cartoon. I walked out clutching the programme and thinking about Lovecraft. (In Japan, cinemas still sell printed programmes for new films. I collect them.)🐙(T) 120
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The KaijuCon 2 T-shirt is real. Kasumi Lang's artwork, worn here by organizer Jesse Covner. On sale at the venue in Nagoya on 24 October. If you are in Japan that weekend, come and play🐙(Tomomi) 010
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Noob Day happened. Eleven people came to Second Home in Nagoya on Sunday, most of them trying a tabletop RPG for the first time, and played one long D&D game and two sessions of Call of Cthulhu. Tables in English and Japanese. The next one is the convention itself, 24 October🐙(Tomomi) 051
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Chaosium have announced two special guests for KaijuCon 2 in Nagoya on 24 October: Michael O'Brien, Chaosium VP, and writer Royce Wilson. Full details on the Chaosium blog🐙(Tomomi) www.chaosium.com/blogmichael-...chaosium.comMichael O'Brien and Royce Wilson are special guests at KaijuCon 2 (Nagoya, Japan, Oct 24th)Chaosium vice president Michael O'Brien and Call of Cthulhu creator Royce Wilson (co-author of the coming Call of Cthulhu release Tools of the Trade) are special guests at KaijuCon 2, taking place in ... 010
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Kimberly Godwin @kgodwin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Doing some prep work for my site and my game at @singularitysons.bsky.social's Kaijucon next month in Nagoya. And also inspiring some conspiracies apparently. Anything on my desk is fair game for notes. Not like.. any of the notebooks I have in my office. Lol. Joys of being a writer. 131
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Two weeks to Noob Day. Sunday 13 September, 1:00 to 5:30pm at Second Home in Sakae, Nagoya. A free afternoon for absolute beginners. Tables in English and Japanese, no experience needed, twenty places. Email kaiju.convention@gmail.com to grab one🐙(Tomomi) 110
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 23/08/2026When I was young, the scariest manga on my shelf had no ghosts and no killers. It was about ancient things under the soil of Japan, patiently waiting. Daijiro Morohoshi taught me that history itself can be a horror story🐙(Tomomi) 171
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Chaosium's MOB sat down with Mexican horror site Círculo Lovecraftiano, and was asked a question he's never been asked before – interview available in Spanish and English!lovecraft.mxUnspeakable Lovecraftian Whispers - Michael O’BrienUnspeakable Lovecraftian WhispersVoices that explore the arcane and the indescribable horrorMichael O’Brien — Vice President & co-owner Chaosium IncCultists of the Círculo Lovecraftiano & Horror, the ... 0202
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Damon Lang @gamer-daemon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I recently finished #Metaphor ReFantazio, which was on my to-do list for 2 years. The themes of discrimination, injustice, turning anxiety into strength-- Considering everything happening in the world (even in my adopted home of Japan), it was just what I needed. 052
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Bayt al Azif @baytalazif.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Our huge table in the NecronomiCon vendor hall with TEN Cthulhu RPG publishers! @baytalazif.bsky.social @cthulhureborn.bsky.social Geekach @nightfall.games @sentinelhillpress.bsky.social @singularitysons.bsky.social @sixtystonepress.co.uk @stygianfoxpub.bsky.social @symphonyhorror.bsky.social 0103
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you’re in Nagoya and have ever thought about trying a tabletop RPG but never, we're running a free introduction on Sunday 13 September, 1 to 5.30pm, at Second Home in Sakae.🗣E/J 20 tables, no experience needed. Just order a drink from the cafe while you play. ✉kaiju.convention@gmail.com🐙(Tomomi) 053
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 01/08/2026In English-language fandom, August Derleth is the man who ruined Lovecraft. In Japan he is a foundational author, translated in full and widely read. Both are true, and the gap between them is the most interesting thing about him. A thread🐙(Tomomi) 160
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Ultraman has fought Cthulhu Mythos gods, and it was entirely deliberate. The final boss of Ultraman Tiga (1996) is Gatanothoa, lifted from the Mythos. Ultraman Gaia has byakhee. Ultraman Nexus has one simply called Cthulhu. A thread🐙(Tomomi) 121
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A generous review of Twin Suns Rising from Reviews from R'lyeh. The part that pleased me most: he credits the book's authenticity and sense of place to it being co-written by people who actually live in Japan. That is the whole point, and someone noticed🐙(Tomomi)rlyehreviews.blogspot.comXanthophobiaCall of Cthulhu is big in Japan . Bigger than Dungeons & Dragons and the Japanese devotees of Call of Cthulhu have their official campaign... 161
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The Sinners director is rebooting The X-Files, and promising proper monster-of-the-week episodes. Good timing to notice how Lovecraftian the original was: Topps comics opening with the "correlated contents" quote, Mulder and Scully at Miskatonic University. Mythos in a trench coat🐙(Tomomi) 040
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you play Call of Cthulhu, Japan has a manga that reads like a campaign you wish you were in. Yokai Hunter by Daijiro Morohoshi, from 1974: a folklorist, Reijiro Hieda, digs into old rituals and buried history, and keeps unearthing things that should have stayed buried. A thread🐙(Tomomi)shueisha.co.jp【試し読み】妖怪ハンター 1 地の巻/諸星大二郎 | 集英社 ― SHUEISHA ―【ページ数が多いビッグボリューム版!】ぬばたまの闇の底どよもす呻き声。冥き世界にうごめく異形の者ども…。異端の考古学者・稗田礼二郎が暴きだす、触れてはならぬ…暗黒の日本史!! その圧倒的スケールで、漫画界を震撼させた空前絶後の傑作「妖怪ハンター」第一弾!! 幻のミッシング・ピース「死人帰り」も掲載!! 暗黒の邪神、深き底より…まいる。 140
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Completing the set: Sutra of Pale Leaves author Damon Lang brings a special playtest of a brand-new scenario to KaijuCon 2. A story nobody has played yet, run by the person who wrote it. No Sutra knowledge needed, newcomers welcome. Oct 24, Nagoya🐙(Tomomi) 054
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Japan has its own Cthulhu Mythos epic, and almost nobody outside Japan knows it. Makai Suikoden, by Kaoru Kurimoto, running from 1981: the Great Old Ones arrive in modern Japan and collide with our own gods and yokai. Fans call it Makasuko. A short thread🐙(Tomomi) 190
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 23/07/2026James Wan's Call of Cthulhu is still in development, still fighting its budget. He says he'll keep chipping away. Meanwhile the most faithful screen Cthulhu remains a 47-minute silent film from 2005, made by fans. Does cosmic horror even need a blockbuster?🐙(Tomomi) 130
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 20/07/2026As someone who works in horror, I love the shark-movie revival, but the sea has always belonged to cosmic horror. Lovecraft drowned us in it: Deep Ones, Dagon, Cthulhu in the deep. What is your favourite horror that comes from the water?🐙(Tomomi) 141
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#KaijuCon 2 spotlight: The Scottish Play, by KevinM. In City of Mist you pick a legend that haunts you, and it becomes your power. Here: a cursed Halloween Macbeth, and something rotten in the playhouse. Oct 24 evening🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmrj9l...events.tokyorpgsociety.comThe Scottish Play (City of Mist)‘Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble…’ A local playhouse has reached out to you about the unusual circumstances surrounding the unfortunate fates of the lead actors putting 020
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 17/07/2026#KaijuCon 2 spotlight: Into the Wasp's Nest, FPS Derek's second table. L5R in Rokugan. Two clans bury a centuries-old grudge with a friendly archery demonstration, where surely nothing will go wrong. Beginner friendly, bring d10s. Oct 24, evening🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmrdny...events.tokyorpgsociety.comInto the Wasp's Nest (Legend of Five Rings (L5R))The founder of the Wasp Clan, Tsuruchi, was born the bastard son of a Lion and a Scorpion. He defied both parents, stole a castle from the Scorpion, and petitioned to have his clan recognized to prote 020
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Part two of our big news: Michael O'Brien is not just our special guest of honor. He is also taking the Keeper's chair for The Necropolis, an introductory scenario in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Learn Call of Cthulhu from the source. Two seats left. Oct 24, Nagoya🐙(Tomomi) 030
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Damon Lang @gamer-daemon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026By the way, you don't need to know anything about the Sutra of Pale Leaves to join my game. Even Cthulhu newbies are welcome! (I think all the players who signed up for my Japanese table have played the entire Sutra campaign, though😂) 131
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 15/07/2026#KaijuCon 2 spotlight: a homebrew gem. big_eye runs Arthurian's Legends in Space, their own game of King Arthur's knights on sun-forged steeds, facing the synthbeasts of M0RG-AI-N3. Easy rules; bring a chivalrous heart. Four seats. Oct 24, 14:00🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmrkgx...events.tokyorpgsociety.comArthurian's Legends in Space (Knights of the Star Table)The soulless synthbeasts of M0RG-AI-N3 are ravaging the star spanning kingdom of King Arthur while the Saxonites are invading from the galactic south and Pictorian hordes are raiding the northern bord 020
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 15/07/2026#KaijuCon 2 spotlight: learn Call of Cthulhu from the source. Chaosium VP Michael O'Brien keeps The Necropolis, an introductory one-shot in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. No experience needed, everything provided. Two seats left. Oct 24, 14:00🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmr8rh...events.tokyorpgsociety.comThe Necropolis (Call of Cthulhu)What ancient horrors lie slumbering in a newly discovered tomb deep in Egypt's Valley of the Kings? As you stand at the entrance to the darkness below, the unfortunate events surrounding Tutankhamen's 020
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 15/07/2026#KaijuCon 2 spotlight: Sutra of Pale Leaves author Damon Lang runs a sneak-preview playtest of Eternal Carnation, a brand-new scenario nobody in the world has played yet. Japan, 1986, a trail of broken memories. Three seats left. Oct 24, 14:00🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmr4lt...events.tokyorpgsociety.comThe Sutra of Pale Leaves - Eternal Carnation (Call of Cthulhu)Japan, 1986: An acquaintance of the investigators approaches them for help in finding a missing relative. When they find her, some unknown tragedy has befallen her, leaving her mentally broken with no 030
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A lovely thing happened today. A Japanese player asked, half joking, whether a handful of English words was enough to run a game at KaijuCon 2. The replies were all warmth: yes, come, we will meet you halfway. Dice and smiles need no translation. That's the room we are building🐙(Tomomi) kaijucon.orgkaijucon.orgKaijuCon — 怪獣コンNagoya's first dedicated tabletop and board gaming convention. 130
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If the Sam Neill tribute left you wanting cosmic horror, Lovecraft eZine keeps a wonderful curated list of Lovecraftian films. Two of Sam's are on it: In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon. A perfect watchlist🐙(Tomomi) lovecraftzine.com/mikes-recomm...lovecraftzine.comLovecraftian and Cosmic Horror MoviesA list of Lovecraftian and cosmic horror movies, curated by Mike Davis. 1101
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 14/07/2026KaijuCon 2 spotlight: Up Chickasawhatchee Creek by Raspberry Bulette, using ArkhamDark. Georgia, 1926. A survey crew vanishes after reporting an island no local has seen. 1920s cosmic horror, four seats. Nagoya, Oct 24 morning🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmrfu2...events.tokyorpgsociety.comUp Chickasawhatchee Creek (Without a Paddle) (ArkhamDark)Up Chickasawhatchee Creek (Without a Paddle) Scenario: Spring, 1926. A survey crew mapping the Chickasawhatchee bottoms in rural Southwest Georgia disappears after reporting an "island" that no local 020
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 14/07/2026KaijuCon 2 spotlight: The Topaz Championship by FPS Derek. Legend of the Five Rings, set in Rokugan, a world drawn from feudal Japan. Beginner friendly. Nagoya, Oct 24 morning, two seats still needed to run🐙(Tomomi) events.tokyorpgsociety.com/games/cmr7i9...events.tokyorpgsociety.comThe Topaz Championship (Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) 4th Edition)The Test of the Topaz Champion, the most prestigious gempukku in the empire, is to be held for the first time in over a decade! The PCs will be in charge of mentoring and providing assistance to their 020
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 13/07/2026At this year's NecronomiCon, Brian Auxier is running a Call of Cthulhu table called Bōsōzoku vs The Mythos. 80s Japan, a biker gang against the unknowable. It’s the exact turf of our own Sutra of Pale Leaves. But first: what is a bōsōzoku? A short thread🧵🐙(Tomomi) necronomicon-providence.com/gaming/necronomicon-providence.comGaming - NecronomiCon ProvidencePLAYER REGISTRATION IS HERE! NecronomiCon Gaming Schedule – 2026 Player registration for all games can be made pre-convention via email to gaming@necronomicon-providence.com or during the convention a... 110
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Sam Neill has died at 78. The world knew him as Dr. Alan Grant, but for cosmic horror fans he will always be the investigator pulled into a Lovecraftian nightmare in In the Mouth of Madness. A wonderful, wry actor. Rest well🐙(Tomomi) 070
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 12/07/2026On my watchlist: Iron Lung. Markiplier's directorial debut, from David Szymanski's game. A convict welded into a submarine, sent to photograph an ocean of blood on a dead moon. People keep calling it some of the purest cosmic horror in years. Have you seen it?🐙(Tomomi) 120
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 12/07/2026We are thrilled to welcome our special guest of honor to KaijuCon 2: Chaosium VP Michael O'Brien. Having MOB join us in Nagoya is a real honor. October 24, Nagoya Prime Central Tower🐙(Tomomi) 043
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Our official KaijuCon 2 artwork, by Kasumi Lang. Nagoya Castle, a golden shachihoko, and a guest who did not RSVP. Hand-drawn, as everything of ours is. October 24, Nagoya🐙(Tomomi) 062
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 07/07/2026News: we finally made an Instagram. I am still working out what I am doing over there, but the covers alone are worth the visit. Find us at @sonsofthesingularity on Instagram🐙(Tomomi) 021
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Our little Nagoya convention, KaijuCon 2, has tickets open for October 24. General is 2,500 yen if you book ahead. Or reserve for free and pay 3,000 yen on the day. Reserving just helps us plan. As a TTRPG newbie myself, I can promise a friendly room🐙(Tomomi) kaijucon.org#ticketskaijucon.orgKaijuCon — 怪獣コンNagoya's first dedicated tabletop and board gaming convention. 152
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 06/07/2026My first Cthulhu game was Alone in the Dark. As a mystery fan, I loved the idea of a detective walking into Lovecraft country. So I played Edward Carnby. He kept blacking out (read: dying) before the story could go anywhere. Great detective, terrible survival instincts. What was yours?🐙 (Tomomi) 050
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The 1960 original, The Human Vapor, was a tragic love story — a man turned to gas, sinning for love. Netflix's reboot (Yeon Sang-ho of Train to Busan) makes him something colder: a threat with no body, no explained origin. The monster becomes the unknowable🐙 (Tomomi) www.netflix.com/title/81714240netflix.comWatch Human Vapor | Netflix Official SiteA death on live TV. A culprit who turns to gas. Behind it, a secret project that used and discarded the vulnerable. One detective pursues the dark truth. 020
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)神寄えいと @koyori-trpg.bsky.social · 04/07/2026怪獣コン楽しみだ 052
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I'm watching the new Cape Fear series on Apple TV — mostly because Brian Evenson wrote an episode. I adore his fiction; there's always a quiet cosmic dread humming under the surface, even when nothing supernatural is happening. One episode in and I'm hooked. Anyone else watching?🐙(Tomomi) 030
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Near Nagoya this October? KaijuCon's first game is a treat: Damon Lang — a writer on the Origins-winning Sutra of Pale Leaves — running a brand-new Call of Cthulhu scenario. 1986 Japan, missing people, a horror that feeds on our need to be loved🐙 (Tomomi) 264
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Western folk horror is having a moment — so meet its Japanese cousin: the inshū-mura (因習村), the village bound by dark custom. Isolated communities shaped by blood, land, and old taboos. Related to folk horror, but the root of the dread runs differently🧵🐙 (Tomomi) 151
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A hidden piece of Lovecraft history: a 90s Japanese TV film of The Shadow over Innsmouth, starring Shirô Sano. His wide-eyed, unravelling face on the cover haunts me — pure cosmic dread. It exists only on VHS, slowly fading away. Some gems deserve rescuing. Does anyone else know this one?🐙 (Tomomi) 172
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A post about hidden cosmic horror in old films dragged me into deep water, somewhere between thought and dread. Which is to say: Eggers' The Lighthouse feels deeply Lovecraftian. The sea as the unknowable, a forbidden light, two minds unravelling. Cosmic horror doesn't always wear tentacles🐙(Tomomi) 130
Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse) @singularitysons.bsky.social · 30/06/2026>RP A wonderful reading of X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) as cosmic horror. It makes me think the same is true of The Thing — sold as "monster horror," but really about something too alien to grasp. The dread isn't the creature; it's what it implies🐙 (Tomomi) 010
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Something I didn't notice on first watching 'X: The Man with X-ray Eyes' (1963) is how it's cosmic horror. At the end, in the church, his power out of control, he sees into the center of the Milky Way, and he sees an eye watching him back. In a cut ending his powers work after plucking out his 1/2 2413
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Historian Shannon Appelcline is putting together a timeline of Cthulhu #TTRPGs. It charts the extraordinary success of Call of Cthulhu in its various flavours since 1981, and the many and various TTRPGs it has influenced or inspired. Shannon is also currently writing a history of Call of Cthulhu.chaosium.com'The Rise and Call of the Cthulhu Empire' timelineTTRPG historian Shannon Appelcline ('Designers & Dragons') is putting together a timeline of Cthulhu roleplaying games, The Rise and Call of Cthulhu Empire. It charts the extraordinary success of ... 17721
Reposted by Sons of the Singularity (Jason and Jesse)Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Got a second iteration of my Cthulhu RPG Evolution timeline, now more properly called "The Rise & Call of the Cthulhu Empire". Still for looking for comments ... timeline.designers-and-dragons.com/cthulhu.html 53410