The Good Friends of Jackson Elias

317: Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley (advert free)

This is a local episode for local people. We explore small town settings and why they work so well for horror. Isolated, insular communities are a mainstay of horror, usually populated by sinister locals who shun the outside world and treat strang...

317: Small Town Horror, with Eleanor Hingley (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This is a local episode for local people. We explore small town settings and why they work so well for horror. Isolated, insular communities are a mainstay of horror, usually populated ...

Just One More Thing - Episode 8

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded w...

316: Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer (advert free)

This episode is the conclusion of our two-part look into the relationship between art and the Cthulhu Mythos. Last time, we looked...

316: Art and the Cthulhu Mythos, with Kailas Elmer (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode is the conclusion of our two-part look into the relationship between art and the Cthulhu Mythos. 2025-06-30 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

315: Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer (advert free)

This episode is the first of a two-part look into the relationship between Lovecraft and art. Next episode, we'll be flipping things around and looking for inspiration from the world of art, but here we're examining the influence it had on Lovecra...

315: Lovecraft and Art, with Kailas Elmer (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode is the first of a two-part look into the relationship between Lovecraft and art. Next episode, we'll be flipping things around and looking for inspiration from the world of...

Just One More Thing - Episode 7

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent ...

314: Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only. This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how t

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode sees us explore analogue ...

314: Analogue Horror, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (advert free)

This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how to bring it to life at the gaming table. It's pe

This episode sees us explore analogue horror, trying to work out what exactly it is and how to bring...

313: Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only. This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode heads into the cold and th...

313: Horror in Space, with Holly from RPG Reanimators (advert free)

This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so scary. We talk about some of the real challenge

This episode heads into the cold and the dark, exploring just what it is that makes space so scary. ...

Just One More Thing - Episode 6

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded w...

312: Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode sees us delve into the bloody world of comedy horror, trying to pin down what makes the two genres work so well together, looking at some examples from media, and trying to...

312: Comedy Horror, with Evan Dorkin (advert free)

This episode sees us delve into the bloody world of comedy horror, trying to pin down what makes the two genres work so well together, looking at some examples from media, and trying to work out how to perform such alchemy ourselves. We also take ...

311: RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode is an exploration of how the worlds of RPGs and fiction inform each other. The obvious fantasy fiction influences on D&D and the sheer number of licensed RPGs make it c...

311: RPGs and Fiction, with Evan Dorkin (advert free)

This episode is an exploration of how the worlds of RPGs and fiction inform each other. The obvious fantasy fiction influences on D&D and the sheer number of licensed RPGs make it clear just how much games have drawn from the literary world, b...

Just One More Thing - Episode 5

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded w...

310: Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

We thought we'd follow last episode's discussion of theme parks with a day out at the fair. Happily, the fair in Something Wicked This Way Comes is a travelling one, so we...

310: Something Wicked This Way Comes, with Cuppycup (advert free)

We thought we'd follow last episode's discussion of theme parks with a day out at the fair. Happily, the fair in Something Wicked This Way Comes is a travelling one, so we only had to wait for it to turn up at our doorsteps. The down...

Blasphemous Tome Fanzines Update for $1 backers (April 2025)

Hey everyone, this message provides all the info you need about the latest issue and back issues in one handy place.

This month we've released Issue 13, and the PDF is available to ALL backers 2025-04-01 18:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post

The Blasphemous Tome 13 (PDF)

Here is the PDF of Issue 13 of our fanzine, The Blasphemous Tome - please enjoy and let us know what you think. 

Everyone backing us on the $3 level and above should receive a link (in a following message) to DriveThruRPG where you can ...

309: Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode, we visit theme parks, amusement parks, funfairs and the like, looking for Call of Cthulhu inspiration. As with so many things rooted in childhood joy, theme ...

309: Theme Parks and Horror, with Cuppycup (advert free)

This episode, we visit theme parks, amusement parks, funfairs and the like, looking for Call of Cthulhu inspiration. As with so many things rooted in childhood joy, theme parks can easily turn into something nightmarish in both our i...

Just One More Thing - Episode 4

Welcome back to Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episodes we recorded w...

308: The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode sees us enter the shadowy world of the undead. The vampire is arguably the definitive monster of the horror genre, but our fanged friends have so much more to offer. We dis...

308: The Appeal of Vampires, with Josephine McAdam (advert free)

This episode sees us enter the shadowy world of the undead. The vampire is arguably the definitive monster of the horror genre, but our fanged friends have so much more to offer. We discuss some of our favourite vampires from myth, fiction, and fi...

Just One More Thing - Episode 3

Welcome to the third episode of Just One More Thing! Once again, Matt and Scott are returning to a couple of recent episodes of the Good Friends, filling in gaps and offering some second thoughts.

This time, we’re revisiting the two episod...

307: Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam (long cut)

This is the unedited version for backers only.

This episode came about when Scott was playing The Between with Josephine McAdam over on Ain't Slayed...

307: Horror For the Nervous, with Josephine McAdam (advert free)

This episode came about when Scott was playing The Between with Josephine McAdam over on Ain't Slayed Nobody and she mentioned that she rarely watches or ...