There are those who fear and despise technology. And with the horrific shadows of terrifying inventions like the nuclear bomb, mustard gas, and reality television perpetually looming over humanity, who can blame them?

However, the fruits of technology are also enticing, and few are as sweet as the fact that Nintendo has finally brought about the ability for small children to experience a Cthulhu-inspired theistic apocalypse.



Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has just released the game Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS gaming system. Players solve puzzles and defeat foes by typing in words that come alive on the screen.

Watch Cthulhu challenge god in a blasphemous battle for cosmic supremacy in the clip below, and then go buy it for your small children.

• Do you have a preternatural interest in cephalopods?
• Do you ever lay awake at night dreaming of ways to introduce the word "cyclopean" into everyday speech?
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• Do you know what the Cup of the Ptolemies was carven out of?
• Does your heart flutter whenever you hear someone mention a "bloop?"
• Do you know that the most merciful thing in the world is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you are probably just like us here at the Lovecraft News Network. Forget earthly politics, celebrities, and hope. This is your source for news that really matters.

Our goal is to provide an eclectic, free source for the latest news related to H.P. Lovecraft, including original interviews, arts, culture, science, scholarship, and kitsch. To accomplish this, we operate as an amalgamation of a news outlet, scholarly resource, enthusiast nexus, and annotated bibliography.

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Q: Who was H.P. Lovecraft, and why should I care?

A: Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) was an early Modern author who helped pioneer the genre of horror as we know it today. In addition to his fiction, Lovecraft was arguably the most prolific author in American history with upwards of 100,000 letters to his credit detailing a sophisticated ideology and intricate literary approach that many people find relevant today. Lovecraft's posthumous influence into the 21st century is incredibly diverse and has spread into television, film, fiction, music, video games, toys, literary criticism, and political discourse.

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