Comments on: Holmes meets Cthulhu

By: Mythos MMO Ruminations « Voyages in Eternity

Mythos MMO Ruminations « Voyages in Eternity — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:12:12 +0000

[...] Inspired by this post and comments at Raph’s and this post at Tales of the Rampant Coyote… [...]

By: Cael

Cael — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:06:41 +0000

I can just see this turning into another Gaiman piece very quickly. Shoggoth's Old Peculiar, anyone?

By: SandraDickinson

SandraDickinson — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:54:17 +0000

Can Sherlock “discover’ Cthulthu by Sherlock’s usual methods? How would Sherlock need to change in order to solve the Cthulthu mystery? How would Sherlock go about changing himself in order to meet this challenge?

By: Kev R.

Kev R. — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:11:44 +0000

Wow, this crossover has Alan Moore written all over it….anyone got his number? Hehe

By: Ace Albion

Ace Albion — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:14:06 +0000

A Cthulhu MMORPG, with or without a Holmes style archetype is something I’ve pined for since I knew about MMORPGs. Done right it would be amazing. Of course it wouldn’t be done right, it’d be done like all the rest.

By: Grimwell

Grimwell — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:58:29 +0000

The Stand only works because of the power of the individual. Bring it to the masses (MMO) and you are stuck hunting The Walking Man (Level One – Even Con). Kind of robs the power of the work.

Flagg is a badass — shows up in many of King’s books. My wife is a huge SK fan and I went through a phase where I read most of what she had — my hobby was spotting Flagg in as many of them as I could.

By: magicback (Frank)

magicback (Frank) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:13:59 +0000

There are lots of MMO mashups that could be interesting. One day you’re in Sherlock Holmes land and next thing you know, a Great Old One comes along. What’s happening is that a pack of good werewolves are trying to stop a cabal of evil vampires from aligning with a Great Old One too….wait for it…..destroy the world

By: suske

suske — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:32:51 +0000

all i have to say is: THE STAND mmo.
This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides-or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail-and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.
if stephen king and raph ever got together, look out!

By: suske

suske — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:18:10 +0000

this as a mmo if done right would rock! lovecraft is the father of modern
sci-fi. i cant belive i didn’t think of this!

By: Craig Huber

Craig Huber — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 23:38:10 +0000

Holmes in a Cthulhu setting was also explored briefly in the Cthulhu by Gaslight PnP RPG expansion from Chaosium.

The linked Neil Gaiman short story was apparently part of a collection of similar stories? (Shadows over Baker Street, 2003, ISBN ISBN 0-345-45528-2)

All I can say is, you probably aren’t going to please the hardcore fans of either genre with that kind of cross-over. Sherlockian sages will decry the lack of rationality, while Cthulhu fans will lament the lack of maddening horror. Not sure those two tastes can be mixed: might be more like black licorice and yellow curry than peanut butter and chocolate…