Fun fact, the first "jump scare" to be used in a video game appeared in Rescue on Fractalus! in 1985. At a certain point in the game, an alien named Jaggi jumps up and attacks the ship. The game is largely forgotten today.
Can I be one of the first to say that I'm digging the poster for this year's Blodig Weekend film festival. If you live in Denmark and like horror, mark off these dates!
Yesterday in seminar I kickstarted discussion by asking students why spiritualism was so intrenched in popular culture during the First World War. To my immense disappointment only a couple of them applauded my wordplay...👻
ALT: a man wearing a tuxedo and bow tie is making a funny face .
I've completed this fabulous game. It will make a great resource for my elective next semester on digital occulture. The best part of about the game is that it has 4 different endings. I went hard down the darkest of narrative options and my ending was killer.
This week I've asked students to read Oliver Lodge's *Raymond, or Life and Death,* which explores Lodge's intercommunications with the spirit of his deceased son. Here's a picture of Raymond Lodge's tombstone. It reads: “Raymond who has helped many know that death is not the end.”♥️
I'm delivering a lecture on spiritualism today and I'm looking forward to talking about William Crookes' investigation of Florence Cook in the early 1870s. We will spend some time looking at the unmistakable visual similarities between the medium Cook and the spirit of Katie King.
The latest issue of the American Historical Review includes reviews of two of our recent titles: New Energies, edited by Stephen Gross & Andrew Needham and Psychic Investigators by @dreframss.bsky.socialwww.historians.org/news-publica...
Current Issue September 2024 Vol 129 | Issue 3 Check out the AHR's September issue, with articles that rethink approaches to environmental, humanitarian, and welfare history, and includes collections ...
When Friday the 13th was released for the NES in 1989 there was a lot of moral panic about the impact this terrifying game would have on young people. Look at these horrifying graphics!
I had the pleasure of reading this new review of my book PSYCHIC INVESTIGATORS. I owe my thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful and detailed remarks. It is really appreciated. You can read the review 👇 academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
This short, readable, and well-researched book is full of interesting episodes and provides an important contribution to the history of science. In Psychic