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Cyningstan

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Recently I released #Barbarians for #msdos. This release was for the #DOSember Game Jam, a 3-month game jam for MS-DOS preceding the month-long DOSember streaming event for 2025. cyningstan.itch.io/barbarians-dos #gamedev

A screenshot from the recently released Barbarians for MS-DOS. It uses a similar layout to the versions ZX Spectrum and some Psion pocket computers. A central main map is surrounded by various information panels: on the left, information about the empire as a whole, on the right, information about the last referenced map square, and underneath, the game's name and a one-line prompt and menu display.

November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Happy Halloween!

So here it is! The big day itself! As I'm starting to write this it's currently 3pm in the afternoon and it's a windy, rainy, horrible day ...

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October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM

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NomenLuni

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Spooky Halloween Haunted Houses

No. 2 - Loftus Hall

One of Ireland's most famous haunted houses, Loftus Hall is the ideal place to spend a spooky night on Halloween.

www.loftushall.ie/loftus-hall-...

The Legend of Loftus Hall – Haunted History and Living Story

Uncover the spooky origins of Loftus Hall, one of Ireland’s darkest ghost sites that is set to reopen fully to the public with paranormal tours and overnight stays.

www.loftushall.ie

October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM

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NomenLuni

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Spooky Haunted Halloween Houses

No. 1 - The Winchester Mystery House

I only heard about this place a couple of months ago, but the story behind it is completely bonkers.

allthatsinteresting.com/winchester-m...

Inside The Winchester Mystery House, A Home For The Dead

The Winchester Mystery House and the story of Sarah Winchester who, to avoid the paranormal activity that she believed followed her night and day, kept building the house for 38 years.

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October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Deadpan Flook

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🎃Happy Halloween!🎃

Halloween card showing a man with a pumpkin head pointing to October 31st with an “All Hallowe’en Greetings” message

A lot pumpkins in a display outside my one of my local churches

A haunted house display from the same place

A monster reading a Strange Mysteries comic strip on my blog

October 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM

Deadpan Flook

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Nowhere in this article does it mention the fact that Bonfire Night was actually a seperation from Halloween in the first place, with bonfires previously taking place on the 31st of October as part of Halloween….and Dr. Clarke obviously never went to Scotland and Ireland before bloody E.T. 😡

Is Bonfire Night slowly being replaced by Halloween?

Halloween’s increasing popularity could challenge Bonfire Night as England's autumn favourite.

www.bbc.co.uk

October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM

Deadpan Flook

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I never imagined when I was sitting reminiscing a few weeks ago with my great-nephew about all the stuff we'd done throughout the years that it would be among the last conversations I would ever have with him. 💔

Our family is devastated. Please help if you can, and if not, please consider sharing.

Help raise £6500 to Help fund Funeral expenses for my son, Ryan. – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Help fund Funeral expenses for my son, Ryan. . Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Deadpan Flook

@deadpanflook.bsky.social

Gruesome Games - The Respawning (Part 2)

Games covered -

Frankenstein (Commodore Amiga)
The Cabin Factory (Various)
Forgotten Forest 1 & 2 (Commodore 64)
Lucius (PC)

#Halloween #CountdownToHalloween #VideoGames #GruesomeGames

Gruesome Games - The Respawning (Part 2)

Been a while since I did a proper Gruesome Games post, which is odd because I've been collecting more horror-filled games than I even was ...

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October 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Everyone = "Xbox is dead! Game Pass is dead!!!"

Me playing Powerwash Simulator 2, Bounty Star, Pacific Drive and The Outer Worlds 2 this week =

a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a polo shirt

ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a polo shirt

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October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM

Deadpan Flook

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On the blog tonight.... Hands of Death!!!!

#Halloween #CountdownToHalloween #Horror #Comics #1950s

Hands of Death!

That beloved staple of '50s horror comics appears again in tonight's tale from the Digital Comic Museum , which comes from Superior's St...

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October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Vincent Price Utterly Refuses to Stop Haunting My Blog!

#CountdownToHalloween #Halloween #VincentPrice

Vincent Price Utterly Refuses to Stop Haunting My Blog!

Vincent Price just won't leave my blog alone at all.....He's back again this year with another collection of peculiarities for your perusal!...

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October 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Deadpan Flook

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#Keeper unedited playthrough - Part 1 on #XboxSeriesS

youtu.be/dVnyPBjOsvs?...

Keeper (Double Fine, 2025) - Xbox Series S - A Narrative Adventure With No Words (Part 1)

YouTube video by Deadpan Flook

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October 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Flook looks at a book on how to spook for parties!

#Halloween #PartyIdeas #CountdownToHalloween #ShariLewis #books

Halloween Party - Shari Lewis Style - Part 2!

While looking for Shari Lewis stuff after finding that article I posted earlier in the month, I stumbled upon this "Spooky Stuff by Shari ...

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October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM

Deadpan Flook

@deadpanflook.bsky.social

Cinema of Stuff Presents....Trees - The Movie! (2000)

#Halloween #CountdownToHalloween #CinemaOfStuff #horrormovies

Cinema of Stuff Presents.... Trees - The Movie! (2000)

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the woods... Was trying to think of a film to put on the blog tonight, and then a conversat...

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October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Spook Sightings of Yester Year - No.28 - The Wild Hunt, Vanishing Sheep and Phantom Armies

#Halloween #CountdownToHalloween #SpookSightings #ghosts

Spook Sightings of Yester Year - No.28 - The Wild Hunt, Vanishing Sheep and Phantom Armies

“Wodans wilde Jagd” by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (1882) From the pages of The Night Side of Nature, or, Ghosts and Ghost Seers (1848) (In th...

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October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Arthur C. Clarke Haunts My Blog....

#TVShows #ArthurCClarke #StrangePowers #Halloween #CountdownToHalloween

Arthur C. Clarke Haunts My Blog....

Already being obsessed with the paranormal as a child, I also became obsessed with a certain TV show that interviewed people who had exper...

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October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Deadpan Flook

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This year's selection of kid's drawings turned into Bear Yoyo collector cards!!

#halloween #BearYoyos #food #collectorcards

This Year’s Bear-illiant Beasts!

Something that I never expected to become a Blog tradition, but which most definitely has, is posting the 'Card Creators Bonus Cards' that...

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October 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Spook Sightings of Yester Year - No.27 - The Case of The Will of Thomas Harris

#GhostStories #GhostSightings #Halloween #CountdownToHalloween

Spook Sightings of Yester Year - No.27 - The Case of the Will of Thomas Harris

(This illustration is from The IngoldsbyLegends (1848ish) and is by John Leech. It has absolutely nothing to do with this story!) From the...

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October 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Deadpan Flook

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The Ancient Mariner is tonight's comic strip on The Blog of Stuff, and provides a great excuse to listen to Iron Maiden too!

#Halloween #Horror #Comics #IronMaiden

The Ancient Mariner!

Yeah, yeah...So I missed yesterday! I had to head back to the parents' house, and by the time I got back and got set up, it was almost midn...

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October 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Deadpan Flook

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Anybody else having problems accessing archive.org ?

Been having issues since last night (UK) @archive.org

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

archive.org

October 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Deadpan Flook

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A Vintage comedy horror in the Cinema of Stuff tonight....

#Halloween #CountdownToHalloween #1940s #Horror #Films

Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff Haunt Cinema of Stuff, In.... "You'll Find Out!" (1940)

TONIGHT'S FEATURE Kal Kyser was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s. Keyser and his band toured Midwest re...

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October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Deadpan Flook

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On tonight's very late blog, I find some 1950's kid Halloween Party happenings courtesy of American puppeteer and singer, Shari Lewis......

#Halloween #PartyIdeas #1950s #ShariLewis