Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As an experiment, I will be running through the solitaire adventure "Alone Against the Tide" by Nicholas Johnson & Friends.
This an adventure that uses the 7th Edition Rules of Call of Cthulhu, published by Chaosium. This is a little different from my usual stuff, so please let me know what you think!
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As an experiment, I will be running through the solitaire adventure "Alone Against the Tide" by Nicholas Johnson & Friends.
This an adventure that uses the 7th Edition Rules of Call of Cthulhu, published by Chaosium. This is a little different from my usual stuff, so please let me know what you think!
Twitter: twitter.com/kathmanhenry
Tumblr: henrykathman.tumblr.com
Podcast: pinkaisle.podbean.com
Patreon: patreon.com/Henrykathman





![Puu and the Value of Intersectional Media [CC]
Alternate Title: Why you should read this beautiful gay webcomic, you cowards!
As a departure from most of my other videos, I am going to be talking about the webcomic Puu (பூ) by Nabigal-Nayagam Haider Ali. It is a comic filled with discussions of religion, sexuality, gender, nationality, and most above all else, Love. Find out what makes this one of the most endearing stories to be released on the web today.
READ PUU HERE: https://tapas.io/series/puu
Nabis Twitter: https://twitter.com/ab_varaham
Nabis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab_varaham/?hl=en
Nabis Patreon: https://t.co/pJyGaFj7fE
#Puu #Webcomic #TamilNadu
Sources:
Ali, Nabigal-Nayagam Haider. “Puu (பூ ).” Tapas, Tapas Media, 30 Oct. 2016, tapas.io/series/puu.
Ali, Nabigal-Nayagam Haider. “Puu Chapter Archive.” Hiranyaksha, Tumblr, 30 Oct. 2016, hiranyaksha.tumblr.com/puu-chapter-index.
Burgoyne, Bethany. “Witness A World of Hidden South Asian Narratives Within Nabigal - Nayagam Alis Mesmerising Illustrations.” REFORM THE FUNK, REFORM THE FUNK, 3 Jan. 2019, www.reformthefunk.com/features/witness-a-world-of-hidden-south-asian-narratives-within-nabigal-nayagam-alis-mesmerising-illustrations.
Chari, Mridula. “Tamil, Muslim, Queer: A New Webcomic Is Making Waves on Tumblr.” Scroll.in, Scroll.in, 3 Jan. 2017, scroll.in/magazine/820758/tamil-muslim-queer-a-new-webcomic-is-making-waves-on-tumblr.
Dakshina , Yogita. “This Queer Tamil Students Comic Puu Is Smashing Gender and Religion Stereotypes. Check It out!” Edex Live, The New Indian Express, 17 July 2018, www.edexlive.com/people/2018/jul/17/this-queer-tamil-students-comic-puu-is-smashing-gender-and-religion-stereotypes-check-it-out-3442.html.
Matter, Mazedaar. “Inside the World of Puu – A Beautiful Comic about Love .” Agents of Ishq, 25 Aug. 2018, agentsofishq.com/inside-world-puu-beautiful-comic-love/.
“Nabigal-Nayagam Haider Ali.” The Bright Agency, thebrightagency.com/us/childrens/artists/nabigal-nayagam-haider-ali.
Vasileva, Anelia. “Endearing Webcomic Gives Voice to Queer Tamil Minorities.” Roman Candle Productions, Roman Candle Productions, 2016, romancandleproductions.com/endearing-webcomic-gives-voice-to-queer-tamil-minorities/.
Zahra. “Interview with Nabigal-Nayagam Haider Ali, Talented and Amazing Artist!” Living the Cutie Life, Blogspot, 18 Jan. 2019, www.cutiehijabi.com/2019/01/interview-with-nabigal-nayagam-haider.html.
Zahra. “Meet Nabi: One of the Most Exciting and Amazing Artists Right Now.” Meet Nabi: One of the Most Exciting and Amazing Artist Right Now, Blogspot, 5 Sept. 2018, www.cutiehijabi.com/2018/09/meet-nabi-one-of-most-exciting-and.html.
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![The Nihilism of Thimbleweed Park | Ending Analysis
Spoiler Warning for the Ending of Thimbleweed Park
Content Warning for mention of suicide
In 2017, Thimbleweed Park was released as an effort to recapture the glory of the point-and-click adventure game of the 1990s. In addition to recapturing the mechanics of the genre, it greatly exemplified the genres relationship to Absurdism. Though with the storys end, many fans were left unsure of the games potential messages, which this video seeks to analyze.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:06 - Adventure Game & Theatre of the Absurd
6:57 - The Mystery of Thimbleweed Park
10:30 - Thats a Loadbearing 4th Wall
14:31 - The Absurd
18:43 - Meaning out of Absurdity
Games Featured:
Thimbleweed Park
The Secret of Monkey Island (Original and Remastered)
Kings Quest
Deponia
Grim Fandango
Undertale
Doki Doki Literature Club
Whispers of a Machine
Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
Bibliography:
Camu, Albert. “Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Audiobook).” YouTube, 22 June 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jf6cGbNVt8.
Camu, Albert. “The Myth of Sysiphus.” University of Hawaii, Oct. 1942, https://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/phil360/16.%20Myth%20of%20Sisyphus.pdf.
Danskin, Ian. “Three Short Arguments on the Secret of Monkey Island.” Innuendo Studio, YouTube, 28 Feb. 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJcJevvWGP8.
“From Maniac Mansion TO Thimbleweed Park | Ron GILBERT.” Talks at Google, YouTube, 9 Mar. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzWorfLjeE.
Kevin. “Thimbleweed Park: Theyre Not in a Video Game... until They Are. (4500 Words).” Alternative Readings, 3 Mar. 2021, https://www.lecturesalternatives.fr/2017/07/thimbleweed-park-they-re-not-in-a-video-game.4500-words.html.
Miessler, Daniel. “The Difference Between Existentialism, Nihilism, and Absurdism.” Daniel Miessler, 17 Nov. 2020, https://danielmiessler.com/blog/difference-existentialism-nihilism-absurdism/.
Posner, Sam. “Arcade of the Absurd.” Nightmare Mode [Archived], Wordpress, 24 June 2011, https://nightmaremode.thegamerstrust.com/2011/06/24/arcade-of-the-absurd/.
#Thimbleweedpark The Nihilism of Thimbleweed Park | Ending Analysis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nw-tqq77Clk/mqdefault.jpg)

