Ensis Ferrae Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Hey guys, So i recently realized that I am a huge fan of... oddball stuff, would be one way of putting it. In that vein, I guess I should give some examples of the sort of book, movie and game suggestions that I am looking for, to see if anyone here has similar tastes to my own. So, the obvious place to start is with my starting Crew for Malifaux, which was Colette. Then throw in some Burlesque, and the show Carnivale (from HBO). I just got Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" I actually have never really read much work that could be officially classified as "steam punk" or even similar to our malifaux. Does anyone here have any suggestions on where/how to expand in this similar sort of work? video/computer games, board/rpgs.. books, movies, etc. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 I seem to recall that City of Lost Children had a particular look to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeper00 Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 There was an HBO mini series called "Carnival". It has the same feel as Malifaux even if it is not quite the same time period. Definitly worth watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 reread OP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rannos Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 there is an rpg out there called Air Pirates, and you might want to check out Dystopian Wars if you want a larger scale war game. Savage Worlds also has several steampunkish settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmikehill Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 If you're into weird games you could try playing Slender, that game will give you nightmares as to how outlandishly weird that is. Shows I can't really say, I don't watch too much cable TV. As for movies you always have strange movies like Monkeybone, Beetlejuice and Eight Legged Freaks. Whenever I watch Beetlejuice and Monkeybone the style of the sets just reminds me of Malifaux, more particularly the underworld stuff in Monkeybone, it's just so weird and out there lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoolWithTheFez Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Santa Sangre is an excellent oddball "horror" movie with carnival aesthetic. It is directed by my gold standard weird by wonderful director Alejandro Jodorowsky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkid Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Try Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' (both the TV series and the book) a great adventure even if you've never been to London! And the film 'Cabaret' is much better than you'd think (quite dark)... Also, avoid 'Dystopian Wars'. Great fluff, excellent figures but the rules are atrocious (ooh...you've rolled more 6's than me and you've won! Another game? No.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TekDekay Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 As far as books go, one I have recently read that captures some of the feel of Malifaux (western, magic, victorian/civil war era) is Brandon Sanderson's novella: "Alloy of Law". Also, for other steampunk genre books you might want to check out the "goodreads.com" website. They have all sorts of books categorized by both formal genre and by tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike3838 Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 From the screenshots I've seen, the PS3 game "Dishonoured" which is released in a month or so's time, looks *very* Malifaux-esque. It's a first person RPG. I'm looking forward to giving it a whirl. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerBob Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Looks like a very good game to me. I believe that some of the guys working on it made Thief, Deus Ex and System Shock. So think that's a winner for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensis Ferrae Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Ohh yeah, Dishonored is on the wish list on Amazon. I just picked up a Kindle, so was doing a LOT of searching for books to fill it, and surprisingly some of the top picks on goodreads are not available on kindle, such as Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus (its available in play, and cliff notes type releases, but not the actual book) I should also throw out there, while you may knock it, Black Swan was a most excellent movie, and right down this Carnivale/ Doctor Parnassus type alley... very dark, very surreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setoth Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 I can kinda help music-wise? Ghoultown's got a fun undead cowboy theme going that I imagine plays up to the more cartoony side of Malifaux. For something less cartoony but still mystery-meets-the-wild-west, you can't go wrong with old school Fields of the Nephilim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJl8hAeKn8E In terms of books, while not steampunk per se Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series has that victorian horror vibe. It all takes place in an alternate ending to Dracula where the antagonist isn't stopped and he makes his way to England, where he seduces the Queen and brings vampires out into public knowledge to integrate them with society. Not a great book, but a good read with good atmosphere. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33535.Anno_Dracula ---------- Post added at 10:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:58 PM ---------- Oh, and if you like a more distinctly Asian folkloric type of horror I'd suggest Imprint by Takashi Miike. He's great at Japanese surrealism (Gozu comes to mind) and this flick reminds me a lot of the tone associated with Kirai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinocchio Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) If you are looking for a dark/creepy board game, check out Mansions of Madness! Just played an expansion where the end of the plot to the story was where the investigators turned into Marionettes! I kind of imagined Collodi was the GM/Keeper of the game and he was just driving people into insanity before the Mansion fell silent except for the sounds of clunking wood... Even just the basic game by itself without the expansions is great, it's a medium weight rpg style, story telling game. http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=136 Edited August 28, 2012 by Pinocchio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 here are two cartoons. first, total Malifaux: the other, pure steampunkness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzLU5ApYXhs&feature=player_embedded hope you enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercalisto Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld is a great young adult steam punk novel set in WW1. Worth a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 There is a new show on BBC America called Copper that is an Irish copper in 1860s New York. He unfortunately has too many redeeming features to be Lucas McCabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunowarne Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Donnie Darko (2001) Movie and Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker Game....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtion Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Dishonored definately looks like it will be worth checking out. Alice: The Madness Return (PS3, PC, 360) also has steampunk inspired areas and off beat weirdness in bucketloads. One of my favourite games and sounds like you might like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jack* Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Insidious (2011) is very nice for dreamer players... Swear one of the things looked exactly like collodi/lelu :') The johnny depp film about Jack the ripper (from hell maybe?) is also nice to get a feel for downtown slums of our favourite malside city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruglyother Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 There is an older Video Game out there called Terra Arcanum. You can get it at gog.com for not much. It has a steampunk feel to parts of it, and it's a lot of fun. There was a webcomic called Freak Angels that had a steampunk feel to it as well. Sadly, it ended a few years back, but you can still find the whole story in their archives. There are many movies out there that can evoke the feel of Malifaux in some fashion. I know Ratty has a few favorites that he has posted before. Here are a few I have come across. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Bunraku (Thanks Ratty for this one.) The Warrior's Way I'm sure I have seen more stuff out there, but I am honestly drawing a blank. Must be getting tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensis Ferrae Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Not sure if I posted this already, but if you are in the market for the odd/steampunk sort of stuff, I stumbled across a comic book in one of the local shops here called Lady Mechanika. It's currently out in 4 parts, numbered 0-3. Part 4 is supposedly in the works, but it keeps getting pushed back, and we have no idea when/if it'll be out. Be prepared to pay good money for 0 and 1 though, as theyve been out of print for a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireTrollJake Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Repo: The Genetic Opera. LOVE it. The repo man reminds me of McMourning, the Graverobber of Seamus, Blind Mag of Molly...just bits and pieces of vibes. Just saw it again last night, but on the big screen with a bunch of teens acting it out during the movie Rocky Horror style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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