Renewed MemoriesAn archive of stuff I've watched, read, and played.https://renewedmemories.blog/2026-10-27T00:00:00ZBrian BabyokHow Pinhead Got That Facehttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/hellraiser-1987/2026-10-27T00:00:00Z2026-10-27T00:00:00ZA deep dive into how Pinhead's look evolved from Barker's early art experiments through subculture influences and collaborative makeup work.Legend (1985): Ridley Scott's Fairy Talehttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/legend-1985/2026-10-24T00:00:00Z2026-10-24T00:00:00ZA forest boy and a princess have to stop the Lord of Darkness from killing the last unicorns and plunging the world into eternal night.Another Night with Chris Bottihttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/another-night-with-chris-botti/2026-10-22T00:00:00Z2026-10-22T00:00:00ZBotti plays the City Winery in Pittsburgh and brings a classical violinist along for the ride.Lamentations of the Flame Princesshttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/lamentations-of-the-flame-princess/2026-10-20T00:00:00Z2026-10-20T00:00:00ZA stripped-down OSR ruleset that mostly exists as a delivery vehicle for some of the darkest, strangest adventure modules in the hobby.Starlog Was How You Found Out About Sci-Fi Before the Internethttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/starlog/2026-10-17T00:00:00Z2026-10-17T00:00:00ZA magazine about science fiction that treated its readers seriously, sent them backward into old films and serials, and kept them ahead of movies they wouldn't see for months.Dracul: The Dracula Prequel Starring Bram Stokerhttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/dracul-stoker-barker/2026-10-15T00:00:00Z2026-10-15T00:00:00ZA Dracula prequel where Bram Stoker himself is a character, written in the same epistolary format as the original.Blade Runner 1982https://renewedmemories.blog/posts/blade-runner-1982/2026-10-13T00:00:00Z2026-10-13T00:00:00ZA detective hunts down rogue androids in a rain-soaked future Los Angeles, and the movie keeps asking who the real monster is.Alan Moore's Swamp Thinghttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/swamp-thing-alan-moore/2026-09-25T00:00:00Z2026-09-25T00:00:00ZA horror comic where the scary stuff isn't the monster, it's about us.Deep Carbon Observatory: Great Ideas, Heavy Prephttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/deep-carbon-observatory/2026-09-19T00:00:00Z2026-09-19T00:00:00ZAn OSR module split between masterpiece and unplayable draft — the drained-lake premise is the reason to read it.Daggerheart: Rolling With Hopehttps://renewedmemories.blog/posts/daggerheart/2026-09-03T00:00:00Z2026-09-03T00:00:00ZCritical Role made a whole game system, and after playing it at Origins, I get why people are excited.