#Zozo the Necromancer

[mog-moment]

Final Fantasy I: Randomizer

have you ever felt that FFI is too easy of a game?

would you like to make it easier? what about harder? want to remove the world map? what about completely redesigning the world map? what about changing entrances around, moving from Gaia to Mt. Gulg in a single doorway?

then you should try the Final Fantasy Randomizer!

the FFI randomizer will completely restructure the classic NES RPG to however you wish to play it, completely new ways to play it in any way you can think of.

there's a selection of randomization preset options, between "beginner" selections to make the randomization more easy if you're newer to the game, to "intermediate/expert" options if you're more familiar with the world of FFI.

Improved Vanilla and Beginner are the best selections for starting the randomizer. Beginner works by changing the game just enough to get you to be more familiar with how the randomizer works and functions, while IV fixes bugs that were present in the original, as well as adding quality of life fixes present in the later FF games.

Procedurally Generated Overworld is just what it sounds like - your stock-standard FFI experience, but the world has been completely randomized, areas will never be in the same spot twice.

Floaterless removes the airship, adding extra docks to the upper continent near most noteworthy areas.

Oops, All Loose! and Shard Hunt add key items and completion objectives into the item pool, chests will now carry items you need to finish the game! Shards themselves are the objective rather than the Orbs you need to collect to reach the Temple of Fiends.

Entrance and Floor Shuffle is exactly that. Doors will never lead to their original locations, you can go from one area to another without knowing where you go until its too late.

the beginner options are all simpler, they make the game just tricky enough to add a new challenge, and improve EXP and gold gain accordingly! but that's not all, the intermediate/expert options make the game all the more confusing.

Chaos Rush unlocks the Temple of Fiends immediately. your classes are pre-selected, and all methods of travel and upgrades unlocked. you level up much faster to compensate the end of the game being thrust upon you. how fast can you beat Chaos?

Deep Dungeon turns the game into a dungeon crawler. Coneria Castle turns into a 52 floor dungeon with Chaos waiting for you at the bottom, and different towns peppering the floors to make your trek a bit easier.

Free Enterprise models the experience after FF4: Free Enterprise. you start with 2 party members, and you get the opportunity to recruit more as the story progresses. there's quite a lot to this one!

Over Randomizer changes everything! new weapons, spells, enemies, bosses. anything that can be changed will be.

Hidden Chaos is my personal favorite. where is Chaos? who knows! you have to find him, trapped in a random chest somewhere in the entirety of the world!

Lich's Revenge changes the story, with the Fiend of Earth taking over, rather than Garland. all of humanity has fallen under the necromancer's plague of death, attacking you once their job has been done. bikke will strike as soon as you recieve his ship, as will the dwarves under mt. duergar, and even the king of dragons will challenge you once you prove your might as champions.

NOverworld is the final preset - not as a final challenge, but probably the hardest in my eyes. every village, castle, and dungeon is connected via staircase. the challenge comes from memory, and exploring every nook and cranny of the world to find out where the hell you need to go to get to Mirage Tower.

overall? FFIR is an incredible experience. all the presets change the game in a fun way, making everything so much more than the original game. not to say the original FFI is a bad game, it's a blast! but you should take some time to try FFIR, experiment on some of the extra options as well!

transmooglification? custom sprites? melmond zozo-fication? random vampire attack? major item shuffling? the world is yours to randomize - play FF1R with your own legally acquired ROM.

have fun!

[thearsonistofarland]

This is a Zozo appreciation post

[just-an-adventurer]

I was tagged by the wonderful @fandom-necromancer to give 3 random facts about myself! (I started a new post because the original one with all the reblogs was getting lengthy)

I took 3 years of German in high school. My German is a little rusty, but I still remember some things

I'm studying to become a chemist! If you happen to see any cool science posts, feel free to send them my way - I love hearing about cool stuff

I can pick locks

Tagging: @harlot-of-oblivion @xeliza-rosex @radiojamming @talesofmetalandmagic @hey-zozo if any of y'all would like to do it!

[luckyspike]

Familiar, but not too familiar

I would like to dedicate this fanfiction to the McElroy brothers, Hasbro, the artist geothebio, my sofa, a patient that one time told me he tried to destroy a Ouija board and it caught fire and he almost died, some of the not-spooky parts of Paranormal Activity, and my stupid brain. Oh and also Good Omens. Thank you to John Roderick and the Long Winters for the title of this fanfiction, It’s a Departure off of their album Putting the Days to Bed, and thank you to the Maximum Fun Network for hosting some podcasts I enjoy.

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The Ouija board is Brian’s. His parents got it for him for his fifteenth birthday, and during one summer night after the end of the school year, the Them found themselves studying it by light of a lantern, in a tent in their hollow. “My parents,” Wensleydale says, “said that we aren’t to play with Ouija boards, because they’re the vessels of demons.”

“Yeah, well,” Adam shrugs. “I mean so what? Why bother, then?”

“Yeah,” Pepper seconds. “If we want to talk to a demon we can just call Crowley - no need to mess around with this whole board situation.”

“It’s supposed to tell you the future,” Brian says, sullenly, arms crossed over his chest.

“Anathema could tell us the future,” Wensleydale says.

“But she doesn’t. We could ask it all kinds of questions.” He picks up the planchette. “And anyway, it might not be a demon. They’re called spirit boards, aren’t they? Might be a ghost.” He sighs, and sags a little. “Come on, guys, at least it’ll be a laugh.”

Pepper looks to Adam. “I don’t think -”

“Yeah, I’m not playing,” Adam says, before she can finish. “If you guys want to, that’s fine, but I’ll watch. Just … I dunno, just in case, I guess.” Wensleydale and Brian nod, solemn, and Pepper sighs.

“I’ll play. But for the record, I think this is stupid.” Brian beams, though, and she helps set the board on the lid of the box, which is the flattest surface they can find in the tent. Adam doesn’t move, but he keeps his arms wrapped around his knees, nose wrinkled in thought.

He isn’t sure this is a very good idea. It has been four years since the Nah-pocalypse, and Crowley and Aziraphale and Anathema have all taught him all kinds of things about the occult, although nobody has ever mentioned Ouija boards. He’d certainly never seen any of them with one. It’s probably, he thinks, perfectly safe. It’s a game, after all, and they sell them at stores all over - it’s not as if the company has necromancers binding demons to each board. But still …

“Alright,” Brian says, seated at the top of the board. “Nobody move the planchette.”

“Duh,” says Pepper.

“Right. I’ll start. So, uh, mighty - mighty?” He glances to Adam, who shrugs. “Might Ouija. It is me, Brian, coming to seek wisdom. Is there a spirit here with us?”

Nothing happens for a minute. Adam, internally, breathes a sigh of relief. But then the planchette moves. Slowly, achingly slowly, it slides to ‘Yes’.

Brian, Wensleydale, and Pepper exchange a look. “I didn’t do it,” Wensley says in hushed tones.

“Me neither,” Brian and Pepper agree.

Adam shifts, suddenly uncomfortable. “This might be a bad idea.”

Wensley manages a weak smile at Adam. “Nah, I’m sure we’re all just moving it subconsciously together.”

“What’s your name?” Brian asks, shakily, and Adam glares at him. The planchette moves faster this time, but the board still isn’t quite even, and it catches. The four watch intently, lips moving as it stops on each letter in turn, and they don’t look away when it comes to a rest back in the center of the board. “Nancy?” Brian cocks his head. “Who’s Nancy?”

“I thought it spelled ‘Kelly’,” Pepper says.

Dog whines. 

“Alright, that’s it, let’s put it back in the box,” Adam says suddenly. “You know, I dunno if we should take it to Anathema tomorrow or whatever, but definitely time to put it away -”

“Yep,” Pepper agrees, withdrawing her hand as if she’d been burned. Brian and Wensley follow suit almost instantly. “Yep, absolutely, we’ll take it to Anathema tomorrow and -”

The planchette moves again. The three human teenagers scream, and the former antichrist winces. This time it doesn’t catch, there’s no halting movement. ‘A D A M Y O U N G’ it spells.

“Oh, shit,” says Adam, before the four teens and the dog bolt from the tent.

The path from the hollow to Jasmine cottage is well-worn, these days, and they don’t need a lantern to get there in the dark. Still, they aren’t stealthy about it, and before they can reach Anathema’s door she is out of bed and pulling her robe on, less out of a sense of premonition and more because they sound of four teenagers crashing through the underbrush, with accompaniment of a frantically barking dog, is fairly difficulty to sleep through. Newton stirs, but she slips from the room and to the front door, pulling it open before Pepper can bring her hand down for the first knock. They all scream. Anathema blinks.

“What’s going on?”

“I didn’t mean it!” Brian says frantically. “I thought it would be a laugh!”

“Brian talked us into a Ouija board,” Pepper explains, when Anathema raises a hand to stop the taller boy.

Adam adds quickly, “I told them it was probably a bad idea. I didn’t touch it.”

Anathema’s eyebrows are raised. “Like the board game?”

“It moved on its own,” Wensleydale insisted. “No, miss, really, I know it sounds crazy, but it did, honestly.”

“It spelled my name,” Adam said quietly. “And they weren’t even touching it.”

“Oh.” Anathema is just about to say that she’s sure there is a logical explanation for this - it’s a board game, for goodness’ sake - when Dog begins his frantic barking once again, this time directed at the garden gate. They all look.

The board is propped up against the gatepost, planchette in the grass just in front of it. It glows.

“Ah.” Anathema swallows, and steps aside. “Why don’t you kids come in. I’ll make tea. And Adam, I’d call your godfathers.”

-

By all the map applications, it takes approximately 2 hours to get from South Downs to Tadfield. In reality, Crowley and Aziraphale arrive at Jasmine Cottage exactly seventy-five minutes after Adam called them and explained the situation. Anathema, Dog, and the Them meet them in the front garden, while the engine of the Bentley quietly cools at the curb. The notes of Queen still hang in the air, faint as the smell of lilac on the breeze.

“I thought you said it was in the front garden,” Aziraphale says, looking around. “By the gate?”

“It was when I called you,” Adam says, looking miserable. “Sorry, guys, I knew it was a bad idea, really, I should have talked Them out of it more -”

“I should have listened,” Brian whimpers.

“Not to worry, my dear boy, they sell them in every games shop. You weren’t to know.” Aziraphale pats Adam on the shoulder, and Brian as well. 

“So it moved inside?” Crowley asks.

Anathema nods, slowly. “Ye-es. How did you -?”

“I recognize the style. What’s it doing now?”

“Well,” Pepper says hesitantly, “we tried to set it on fire -” Crowley winces “- Yeah. And then when it didn’t catch Anathema drew a circle around it with salt and it’s just sitting on the table. The planchette keeps moving.”

“What’s it spelling?”

“My name,” Adam says glumly. “And ‘kill’ and either Kelly or Nancy, we’re not sure. And then it just, bounces back and forth, left-to-right.”

“Sometimes it makes a figure-of-eight,” Wensleydale adds. Crowley groans. 

“Well, that’s alright then. Come on, we can sort this out in a minute.” He pushes past the group and into the cottage, taking a few backwards steps while he asks, “Where’s Newt?”

“Upstairs, asleep.” Anathema sounds somewhat testy about it. Aziraphale tuts, and follows Crowley, indicating for the others to follow.

“Knew I liked him,” Crowley says.

“Just stay behind me,” Aziraphale adds.

In the kitchen, the Ouija board is on the table, surrounded by a circle of salt. The planchette is on fire, swinging right-to-left across the face of the board in a smooth arc. Crowley looks annoyed as he breaks the salt circle from the outside. “Alright, Zozo that’s enough.” The planchette stops for a minute, and then begins to slide across the board. “Don’t do the spelling thing, I don’t have all night.”

There is a flash and a whiff of sulfur and ozone, and then there is a demon standing on the table. They are short, and stout, with frizzled dark hair and smoke rising from their shoulders and a big, toothy grin. “Crawly! It’s been ages!”

“Yeah, it’s Crowley now. Are you still possessing these things?”

“And you’re with the angel, still,” the demon - Zozo, presumably - says, ignoring the question, and taking in the cadre standing in the door to the kitchen. “Oh, and the witch, nice work on the salt circle here, and yes, the young Mr. Young! I’ve heard so much about you.”

“You have?” Adam asks, sounding distinctly unhappy about it.

“Of course! You were the talk of the town Down There after the whole business with the Apocalypse. My if the higher-ups weren’t furious about the whole thing! But I said, he’s his father’s son, I said, rebellious to the last and -”

“That’s enough,” Aziraphale snaps, in a tone that brooked no argument. Zozo’s jaw clapped shut. 

“Well, in a good way,” they said then, after a minute. “Saving Earth instead of destroying it? I tell you what, kid, and don’t let anyone hear me say this, present company excepted, but that was some real slick work.” Zozo winks then, and Crowley groans. “Us Earthside agents weren’t all gung-ho for the whole war business. You guys have some pretty sweet digs going up here.”

“Alright, yes, that’s great Zozo, why are you still possessing Ouija boards?” Crowley groans. “You got freed from that bargain centuries ago, I thought. Just after - was it during the Qing dynasty?”

“During, actually,” Zozo corrects, sitting down on the table and toying with the planchette. “Yeah, I was, but you know, well, the tempting still needed to be done, and old habits and all.”

“Ah.” Aziraphale nods. “And you were going to tempt Adam and his friends, were you?”

“Me? No, angel, never.” Zozo scoffs, and raises their hands placatingly. “What, you think I would go up against Adam Young, former antichrist? Me? A demon of the first circle? Minor tempter and general nuisance Zozo?” Aziraphale shrugs. “No, never. I just wanted to say hello.”

“Well you picked a creepy way of doing it,” Adam snaps. “You didn’t have to follow us. Or catch fire. Or all that.”

“Everybody’s got to have some style, right, Crowley?” Zozo turns to smile at their fellow demon, and when their enthusiasm was met with a scowl, they shrank a little. “Right. Okay, so it was creepy. Noted. Sorry.” 

Crowley sniffs. “I think you ought to go.”

“I’m getting that message, yeah.” Zozo raises a finger. “But, uh, a word of advice? To the kids?”

“Depends,” Aziraphale and Crowley say in unison, and then look embarrassed about it. Zozo just grins.

“Not temptation I promise. Like I said, don’t let anybody catch me giving you this tip, though. I’m not immune to Holy Water.” Zozo spares a glance to Crowley, and then lowers their voice and says, “Adam, listen, you’re lucky it was just me came through tonight, but if I were you I’d get rid of the board, alright? You never know who might show up.”

Adam looks to Crowley and Aziraphale, and then nods. “O-kay. Yeah.” He looks to his friends. “Right?” They nod, fervently. “Right, yeah. Do uh, is there a certain way we have to get rid of it?”

Zozo and Crowley, as one, look amused. “Nah,” says the lesser demon. “This old thing is just cardboard. Doesn’t work unless you really truly believe, and someone on the other end feels like giving you the time of day. But in your case …”

“Yeah. Got it.”

Zozo brightens. “You could probably donate it to a charity or something. Maybe get a tax deduction. Pass the wealth forward, as it were. I promise I won’t tell anybody to murder anyone through it.”

“Hm,” Aziraphale says, lips pressing to a thin line. 

“We’ll think about it,” Anathema says, laying a hand on Adam’s shoulder. 

“Or just burn it,” Zozo sighs, defeated. “That works too.”

“Much more likely,” Crowley agrees. 

“Okay, well, nice meeting you, Adam Young.” Zozo waves, and positions themselves cross-legged on the table, smudged salt ring crackling under their boots. “Good seeing you again, Crowley. If you’re ever around Dallas feel free to stop in.”

“I won’t be.”

“Don’t blame you for that one. Right. Bye!” And with a sort of odd, cold sucking sound, Zozo vanishes, leaving behind a scorched cardboard board and a planchette, clattering to the floor. 

Aziraphale breaks the silence. “Well. They seemed alright, for a demon.”

“Don’t start,” Crowley warns. “Right, let’s burn this thing and then you all can go back to - what were you doing?”

“Camping,” Brian says, from behind Anathema, while Crowley collects the board and the planchette.

“Why?”

Adam shrugs. “Dunno. Seemed fun. Hanging out, camping, playing games.”

Aziraphale nods. “Certainly, well, yes, but perhaps next time snakes and ladders might be more apropos.”

“That’s for little kids,” Pepper points out. 

“Monopoly?”

Crowley brushes past. “Nice try, angel.”

“Are kids not playing Monopoly anymore?”

“I don’t think they ever were,” Anathema says, laying a sympathetic hand on Aziraphale’s shoulder, as they and the Them follow Crowley into the garden. “It’s a more adult game.”

“Is it? I thought children liked it.”

Wensleydale looks interested. “I always liked it.”

“Yeah,” Pepper says, in the tone of one who has experienced first-hand on numerous occasions Wensleydale’s devoted love of the game of Monopoly. “Yeah, you have. Even though it’s a capitalist propaganda game, and no matter how many times I tell you that.”

“We could go back to my place,” Adam says, while Crowley sets the game board in the firepit and sets it aflame. He does not use a lighter. “Play Fortnite.”

“That wouldn’t be camping, would it?” Brian looks put-out. “I like camping. Being outside.”

Crowley sidles away from the firepit as the flames die down, hands in his pockets. “What’s wrong with normal teen stuff? Smoke some weed, drink some cheap booze -”

“Crowley!” Anathema and Aziraphale say in unison, and Crowley has the decency to look slightly apologetic.

“Right, sorry. Do not do those things, teens, Adam. Stay in school and all that.” He moves toward the Bentley. “You ready to go, angel?”

“Yes, I suppose.” Aziraphale looks to Adam and the Them. “Do have fun camping but please, if you ever get the urge to contact the spirit realm or think you might have a possibility of summoning a demon, please call us first next time. Or if you actually need to summon a demon for some reason -”

“Right, call Crowley, I know.” Adam nods, and smiles. “I got it, I promise. No more occulty stuff without you or Anathema. Right, guys?”

“Right,” the Them agree. 

“Promise,” Adam confirms. Aziraphale nods, and turns to head toward the car, and the collected humans wave goodbye. “Drive safe!”

“He doesn’t,” Aziraphale replies with resignation, before the doors to the Bentley close and the car peels off into the night. 

“Hey, Adam?” Wensleydale asks, while the watch the car go, “if they’re all supernatural, right? Why do they always drive?”

“Because they’re kind of stupid,” Adam says, still smiling. Anathema covers her mouth with a hand, and turns away. “But that’s alright. Oh. And don’t tell them I said that.”

“You think they know?” Pepper asks. “6000 years, they ought to know.” Anathema has a coughing fit, which sounds suspiciously like laughter, and retreats into the cottage with a hurried ‘goodnight’ to the Them. 

Adam begins out of the garden, and his friends fall into formation behind him. “I really don’t think they know. Well. Crowley might suspect it. But he has anxiety so I think he probably tells himself it’s all in his own head.”

Brian nods. “Yeah. I get that. So what’re we gonna do now?”

“Sleep?” Wensleydale suggests. “We could sleep. It’s already half three.”

“Not much point in sleeping then, is there?” Pepper points out. “You know, I did bring Clue.”

“I like Clue,” Brian says eagerly. 

Adam nods, and Dog bounds at his side, back toward the tent. “Yeah. Me too. And you can’t summon any demons with Clue, so that’s alright for tonight.”

[scarletarosa]

hello sweety i was told by a man chaos witch who's a necromancer for me not to follow lucifer because he said lucifer is a trickster and a liar and better without him because lucifer wants me to bow to him and give my powers it made me sad to hear that from him and he works with zozo which i believe the same personality as lucifer

That man clearly knows nothing about Lucifer and is stuck in the Christian mindset; it is true that Lucifer can be a trickster and a liar, but not ever in a malevolent way. Though he most certainly does not want you to bow to him, Lucifer has told me himself that he hates worship and he has never asked for such a thing in my 15 years of working with him.

Zozo is not Lucifer, that is a name that started off from a fake video but is now used as a title by many different entities that just want to scare people. 

People who do not understand demons and their gods will always say these sorts of things about them, it does not mean that it is true. It is up to you to question these people and seek the truth from the beings themselves, as I have. Believe me, if Lucifer were a malevolent liar, I would have found out by now and he would not be sacrificing so much for me all these years.

[serraphima]

All

since im no coward jay here you go

Fairy- What is something that you get excited about? fighting game tournaments

Mermaid- What are you looking forward to? not sounding like i deepthroated a chainsaw (how i sound when im sick)

Elf- What are you proud of? im not proud of a lot but i am happy that people really like my character elise

Dragon- Sexuality? currently up in the air

Griffin- Gender? demigirl

Unicorn- Who do you look up to? @gaynokk and @ghosty302 for art, @we-are-knight for personal growth and character, and friends for being a better person

Spirit- Have you ever been in love? yes

Ghost- Favorite song? currently tied between distortion by babymetal, enigmatic by in fear and faith, and sweetest poison by texas in july

Poltergeist- Favorite song lyric? “im the devil on your shoulder but ill always be your better half” from me myself and hyde by ice nine kills

Ghoul- Who is someone that makes you laugh easily/who’s company you enjoy most of, if not all of, the time? @lunwyr @hey-zozo @digitalis-the-engineer @gaynokk @misha-kastrilevich @barovias-sweetheart @chatterwell

Goblin- What makes you happy? being able to kill a lot of people in quake and my friends 

Dwarf- Favorite tv show? jessica jones is one i love, good omens was a good ride and ouran high school host club is just amazing

Vampire- Are you currently reading any books? If so, what book(s)? sadly i dont have energy to read a lot but most recent one i did was throne of glass which has some excellent worldbuilding and is one i wish i could finish bc i love it

Werewolf- Who is your family? Who do you live with? i live with my dad my sister and my sisters freeloading piece of shit boyfriend who moved halfway across the country and DIDNT BRING HIS ID LIKE WHAT LEVEL OF DUMBASS DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO DO THAT

Siren- Favorite color? pink, purple, blue, red, white, black

Hobgoblin- Do you like anyone? yes

Wraith- Any scars? on my thighs

Specter- Have you ever been in love? yes

Chimera- Will you/do you want to get married? yes

Changeling- Do you want children? i want to say yes but im not good with tiny humans so i feel id be a not good parent

Oracle- Do you like children? kinda? like really tiny ones i cant deal with but older ones and teens im a bit better with so whatever that translates to

King- Describe your ideal day. being in my partners arms and watching dumb things online

Queen- Age? 22

Princess- What is your relationship with your parents like? kinda ok as long as i dont bring up religion and my being trans

Prince- Birthday? august 20

Necromancer- If you could spend a week with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be? joan of arc

Castle- What is something that not a lot of people know about you? im insanely critical of myself and my own performance in a lot of games and just in general

Tower- What is (at least one thing) something that you’re afraid of? the dark

Magic- Describe your crush without saying their name. theyre amazing and cute and super smart and just sdjkaljdklhdwklsanfklnlikaklcknalkfdjklj i love them

Enchanted Forest- Height? like 5′8

Magic Healer- Any pets? If so, what are they? my dad has a tiny dog and my sister has a dog

Potions- Relationship status? taken by a lot of cute people

Potion Making- Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? i would but she probably wouldnt

Divination- What do you think about yourself? thats a loaded question but uh, i think im subpar and anything i do has already/will be done better by someone else

Visions- Do you miss anyone? yes

Curses- How do you show affection? i cuddle a lot (yes i know its very sinful of me to say)

Charms- Are you religious? kinda not really

Hexes- What’s your favorite smell? fresh made chocolate chip cookies

Jinxes- If you could be anywhere, where would you want to be? with my partners

[diversegaminglists]

Games with undead protagonists.

(Not including Vampires and Ghosts since there’s already lists for those)

Skeletons:

Battle of the Bands

Battle Monsters (Fangore)

Breath of Death VII

Castle Crashers

Crypt (Early Access)

Divinity: Original Sin II (Several different undead species)

Graveyard Shift 2: Skelly's Revenge

Grim Fandango

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Killer Instinct Franchise (Spinal)

MediEvil Franchise

Mr. Bones

Mutant League Football & Mutant League Hockey

Puyo Puyo

Raskulls

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge

Zombies & Revenants:

Ben and Ed

Blood

Contagion

Dark Souls Franchise

Dark Stalkers (Lord Raptor)

Dying Light: Be the Zombie

Gungrave Franchise

I, Zombie

i saw her standing there franchise (excluding the first game)

The Last Guy

Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Franchise

Revenant

Reverse Crawl

RISK: Factions

Shadow Man

The Sims 1 (If a dead sim is revived by a grumpy Grim Reaper)

The Sims 2 (If a dead sim is revived with not enough money)

The Sims 3 (Life state)

Skullgirls - Squigly

Sonny Franchise

Stubbs the Zombie in: Rebel Without A Pulse

Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys

Three Dead Zed

Timesplitters: Future Perfect (Multiplayer)

Urban Dead

Zombidle

Zombie Night Terror

Zombie Panic! Source

Zombie Tycoon

Mummies:

ARMS (Master Mummy)

Dark Stalkers (Ankaris)

Decap Attack (Chuck D. Head)

Captain Commando (Mac the Knife)

League of Legends

The Mummy Returns (Imhotep)

Mummy Madness

Mummy Run

Powerstone

The Sims 3 (Life state)

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Constructs:

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura (Character background perks)

Belladona

Daraku Tenshi (Taro)

DOTA 2 (Pudge)

Frankenstein: Through The Eyes Of The Monster

Monster in my Pocket

Other:

Age of Wonders - Undead Faction

Age of Wonders II - Undead Faction

Age of Wonders III - Eternal Lords - Necromancer

Code of Princess - Lady Zozo

The Elders Scrolls Skyrim: Dawnguard - Plot requires the PC to become undead (or a vampire) to enter the Soul Cairn

Doom (2016)

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup - Necromutation

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy - One of the protagonists dies and is brought back from the dead, with no body heat.

Frederic: Resurrection of Music & Frederic: Evil Strikes Back

The Gunstringer Franchise

Heroes of Might and Magic II - Necromancer

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia - The Necropolis Faction

Heroes of Might and Magic IV - The Necropolis Faction

Heroes of Might and Magic V - The Necropolis Faction

Heroes of Newerth

Lords of Magic

Lusterinia - Necromancers can become Liches

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Franchise

Might & Magic: Heroes VI - The Necropolis Faction

Might & Magic: Heroes VII - The Necropolis Faction

Might and Magic VII, VIII & IX - Mages can become Liches

Might & Magic: Heroes Online - The Necropolis

Mortal Kombat (Scorpion)

Overlord

Rogue - You can resurrect as an undead in some versions

Skullgirls - Ms. Fortune

Soul Calibur Franchise (Cervantes)

Spawn: Armageddon

Undead Knights

World of Warcraft - The Forsaken

Skins:

Ark: Survival Evolved

Borderlands 2

Skate 3 - Unlockable Skeleton

League of Legends

Overwatch

Street Fighter

Special Mentions:

Altered Beast - You do RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE at the beginning of the game.

Corpse Craft: Incident at Weardd Academy - You fight with undead constructs but you’re not technically dead yourself

DarkSiders II - You play as Death

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile - Despite the name I can’t work out what the protagonist actually is

NeverDead - The protagonist can survive being dismembered.

Planescape: Torment - The Nameless One is almost entirely immortal, and he looks like a zombie due to scar tissue, but he’s not technically undead.

Project Wight - Upcoming game but the Wight appears to be a mutant rather than an undead.

Threads of Fate - Rue can transform into a skeleton

[drkreviews]

Need of God

“Kamisama ga hoshii”

“I need God”

Here I am with the first review of July in “Let’s Listen to”! Today’s subject is the latest work by the visual kei superband Sukekiyo, the second album, or better defined, music and video collection, named Adoratio and released on 22nd June 2017. It features two discs, where the first one is the proper new work (the one we will review) and the second one is made of old songs sung in collaboration with other musicians (as they did in their past works). The concept of this release comes from the title, a Latin word meaning “worship”, usually for a superior entity, seen as ultimate goal for the protagonist, who will find his sense of life in his need of God (as suggested from the opening lines, coming from the first track). And now... let’s review!

-Giji Necromancer (Pseudo necromancer): the album starts with a dark and ethereal theme, adding creepy electronic effects and a powerful drumming, building up the melody; Kyo’s voice is dark and piercing, alternated with a deep and complex bass playing, and it features lighter tones; then the melody changes, becoming more aggressive, adding powerful guitar riffs and screamed vocals, with a bit of gothic atmosphere. ---> 9/10

-Gunyaketsuron soshite chimanako. (Flabby conclusion and the bloodshot eyes): a vibrant guitar opens this song, with a more engaging rhythm and a dark melody, enriched by sumptuous guitar riffs, the best element of the sound; the vocals are intense and a bit macabre, for a really fascinating track. ---> 9.5/10

-Hidauta (Folded song): the first lead-track of the album is introduced by a melancholic guitar, suddenly becoming more energetic and aggressive, building a melody with many shades, from the clearer to the darker, where even Kyo’s voice, with his various tones, fits and adapts itself, for a really complex song. ---> 9.5/10

-Jyunboku, muku de arouga (Pure, but it may be innocent): a rapid and clear piano opens this song, with a fast drumming and a sound, whose tones are definitely more limpid than expected; Kyo’s voice is clear and intense, with some falsetto, accompained by relevant electronic beats, which make a little hint to an obscure vibe, making this song another awesome work. ---> 9.5/10

-Mannerism na tsumetai souretsuya (Cold ammunitions of mannerism): a steady classical guitar opens this song, in a slower theme; Kyo’s intense voice creates a balanced and perfect harmony with the drums and the guitar, whose work is incredibly gorgeous, where the vocal interpretation goes from higher to lower notes, as only Kyo can do. ---> 9/10

-En (Brightness): the second lead-track of this album is unexpectedly introduced by a clear melody, with nostalgical and living touches and a warm guitar playing and a tender piano; the vocals are clear and intense, building up a quite unusual song for Sukekiyo, surprising in each part. ---> 9.5/10

-Kubitsuri yuugu (Hanging toys): a symphonic and a bit peculiar melody opens the song, featuring a strong electronic beat and a cheerful guitar; the vocals are electronic and quite creepy, building up a peculiar song, where the experimentation is spread all over. ---> 9.5/10

-Saredo michizure (Travel fellow in any case): a piercing bass opens a song with a relevant beat and a macabre melody; Kyo’s vocals are like whispered, accompained by exotic touches of guitar, becoming more extreme, with heavier riffs and powerful vocals, with the sound which becomes more intense. ---> 9/10

-Shiryou no Ariana (Ariana’s ghost): a steady melody opens the shortest track of the release, with strong beats and peculiarly extreme vocals, for a fast and heavily electronic sounding theme. ---> 8.5/10

-Naburi (Rough): a dim introduction opens this song, with a dark guitar and a fast beat, building up a creepy atmosphere, well rendered by fleble vocals, with a bit of falsetto; then slowly Kyo uses heavier tones, even staying in the suffused vibe, with a more articulated beat, for a fast and enjoyable theme. ---> 9/10

-Mimi zozo (Stupid ear): an obscure piano opens this song, released as live-limited track, with a drumming kicking off a soft rhythm and a really melancholic sound, featuring an eccentric guitar, which builds the melody, and piercing vocals, for a good tune. ---> 9/10

-Aoguroi hysteria (Blue-ish hysteria): another live-limited song, opened by a strident sound, made by the koto, leading up to a powerful beat inside a balanced melody; the vocals are fast and well driven by a vibrant guitar and a good rhythm. ---> 9/10

-Hakudaku (Cloudy): the album ends with a track where a constant drumming opens a soft and flowing rock theme, with suadent vocals and a melting melody, driven by a powerful violin and a deep guitar, ending a really compelling and complex release. ---> 9.5/10

Final Vote ---> 9/10

In almost four years, Sukekiyo continued to redefine their own canons with each new release, being unpredictable and compelling at any time, an element which made them one of the best projects of contemporary visual kei, probably given from the sumptuous line-up behind this name. After the long and impactful Immortalis, the short and blasting Vitium and the dark single Anima, Sukekiyo released a majestical piece of music, defined not by case “music and video collection”, where the newest half is an allegory of experimentation and unexpected melodies, where each element is well cured and the instrumental work is refined, as the vocal interpretation by Kyo. Surely Adoratio will make you surprised by what Sukekiyo can really do, between unexpected experimentations and complex musical works, for one of the best releases of the year. An album for who wants to go on with Sukekiyo’s unique world, between electronic beats and lighter tunes, inside the macabre and definitive sound of this great band.

That’s all folks! See you tomorrow for the weekly time-travel in “Throwback Thursday”!

Thanks for the reading!

[kyotakumrau]

sukekiyo OHP 2017.05.15 (copy&paste, with the exception of forgotten DISC3 info)

Upcoming audio & video compilation 『ADORATIO』: Contents revealed!

　The contents for the upcoming audio & video compilation 『ADORATIO』, to be released in June 2017, has been revealed. DISC1 will feature 11 original songs composed specifically for this compilation as well as remixed versions of the 8cm singles “mimi zozo” and “aoguroi hysteria”. DISC2 will feature many collaborations with artists such as GARA (MERRY), YUKIYA (Kαin), Ken’ichi Fujisaki (Justy-Nasty), kyo (D’ERLANGER), Yoshihito Fukui (VINYL, ex.STRAWBERRY FIELDS, ex.D’ERLANGER) and KONTA (ex.BARBEE BOYS), and includes also tracks mixed by Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love And Rockets, Poptone): a rich track list that will add to sukekiyo’s music a new, fresh and unique taste. We received some comments from the artists that collaborated to this work.

DISC3には、最新楽曲「艶」「襞謳」のミュージュクビデオが収録され、その他にも、2016年3月20日(日) 横浜F.A.Dにて開催され、その一部がニコニコ生放送でも生中継された＜sukekiyo 二〇一六年公演「漆黒の儀」＞より11曲、そして2016年12月21日(水)SHIBUYA WWW Xにて開催された＜sukekiyo 二〇一六年公演「ハロウィン殺しの儀」＞及び、2017年3月21日(火) 新宿ReNYにて開催されたMERRY主催イベント「三月に咲く愚鈍共による錆びたハサミと戒厳令の雨あられ三輪車の花園にて、許しておくんなはれや」より、その貴重な公演をダイジェストで収録、そして数々の公演を開催してきたsukekiyoのリハーサル風景を収録することが決定致しました。 DISC3 will feature music videos for  艶 -en-  and  襞謳 -hidauta- , as well as the footage of 11 songs from the performance at Yokohama F.A.D on 2016.03.20, a part of that was broadcasted on niconico, also a digest from the important performances ‘Halloween koroshi’ on 2016.12.21 at Shibuya WWW X and from the MERRY event at Shinjuku RENY on 2017.03.21; there will be scenes from various rehearsals included as well.

◆Comments

mama　Collaboration with GARA (MERRY) “This is a very nostalgic song for me, as I used to sing it on the stage in the past. You can feel Kyo’s voice and my merge. No matter how many time you listen to it, you will end up grinning. It is… a very mysterious feeling. Dear Kyo, I’m always surprised by your ability to bring to reality the most whacky ideas. But remember that if you work too hard, no new sprout will grow up! *laughs* Please, let’s keep on working together!” GARA in all weathers　Collaboration with YUKIYA (Kαin) “It is the first time I’m singing along with Kyo since ‘MOMENT’, back to 1999… I’m so honored to have the chance to sing with you again. I’ve been feeling a sort of synchronicity with the dense atmosphere that sukekiyo brings to its audience… And I would be really happy if I can merge into that darkness.” YUKIYA kugui　Collaboration with Ken’ichi Fujisaki (Justy-Nasty) “When I got this offer from Kyo, I was really surprised but, at the same time, I was really excited about the idea of singing a song with him. I’ve been deeply touched by the atmosphere spread from his music. I’m really thankful for having the opportunity to discover such an emotional song. I really respect Kyo. I’m looking forward to Kyo’s and sukekiyo’s music as much as fans do. I’m sure that it will be keeping on reverberate in the time like an indelible scar remains on the skin.” Ken’ichi Fujisaki elisabeth addict　Collaboration with kyo (D’ERLANGER) I enjoy sukekiyo and Kyo’s aura. How will my voice sound in this? I’m looking forward to it.” kyo muraningen　Collaboration with Yoshihito Fukui (VINYL, ex.STRAWBERRY FIELDS, ex.D’ERLANGER) “Thank to this offer, I had a chance to take part to a recording for the first time in about 20 years, and I had a really amazing time. Thank you Kyo. Thanks also to Furuta and Kamata. And thank you, Tommy.” Yoshihito Fukui mimi zozo　Collaboration with KONTA (ex.BARBEE BOYS) “This was the first time I challenged myself with this genre of music. It was a very fresh and new experience. Keep on working hard!” KONTA

Content:

DISC 1 [Blu-spec CD2]

01. 擬似ネクロマンサー -giji necromancer-

02. グニャ結論。そして血眼。 -gunya ketsuron. soshite chimanako.-

03. 襞謳 -hidauta-

04. 純朴、無垢であろうが -jyunboku, muku de arouga-

05. マニエリスムな冷たい葬列者 -mannerism na tsumetai souretsusya-

06. 艶 -en-

07. 首吊り遊具 -kubitsuri yuugu-

08. されど道連れ -saredo michizure-

09. 死霊のアリアナ -shiryou no ariana-

10. 嬲り -naburi-

11. 耳ゾゾ -mimi zozo-

12. 黝いヒステリア -aoguroi hysteria-

13. 白濁 -hakudaku-

DISC 2 [Blu-spec CD2]

01. mama　Collaboration with GARA (MERRY)

02. in all weathers　Collaboration with YUKIYA (Kαin)

03. 鵠 -kugui-　Collaboration with Ken’ichi Fujisaki (Justy-Nasty)

04. elisabeth addict　Collaboration with kyo (D’ERLANGER)

05. 斑人間 -madara ningen-　Collaboration with Yoshihito Fukui (VINYL, ex.STRAWBERRY FIELDS, ex.D’ERLANGER)

06. 耳ゾゾ -mimi zozo-　Collaboration with KONTA (ex.BARBEE BOYS)

07. maniera　Remixed by Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love And Rockets, Poptone)

DISC 3 [Blu-ray]

◆ Music Video

　・艶 -en-

　・襞謳 -hidauta-

◆ Live Footage

◆ Rrehearsal Footage