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"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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Trailer for Lovecraftian horror Decadent looks at the signs of madness (www.flickeringmyth.com)

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Decadent is an atmospheric exploration, Lovecraftian horror that sees players take the role of John Lorn, a royal explorer and a veteran of the Great War, who has become an occultist. During one of his occult experiments he has become host to a mysterious parasite, one that gives him strange abilities at the expense of his sanity. As he follows the lost Miskatonic University expedition to find his missing son, John will walk the fine line that separates good and evil and sanity and insanity.

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[–] Lisk91 1 points 2 months ago

So many new great games, so little cash...