Games
A popular game originating from the PS3 era, where you complete quests from the rhythm game to buy costumes and gifts for the franchise's characters
What is "Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F2nd"?
This dark and heavy genre of music is largely credited to being formed in the early 80s L.A. punk scene by bands like Christian Death, 45 Grave, and Skeletal Family
What is "Deathrock"?
What is a "bat's nest?
This 80s film features iconic musician David Bowie in a disturbing, erotic, vampire-themed plot starring Bauhaus as an intro
A black fluffy cat who is the brother of Peaches
Who is "Gustav Clement" ("Gus")
A rogue-like-inspired occultist-themed game where you are encouraged to indoctrinate and exploit your followers to progress in the game
What is "Cult of the Lamb"?
An anthemic 80s song written by the bitter front-man of the goth-rock defining band The Sisters of Mercy, said to be written as a dig at the new band formed from ex-members
What is "This Corrosion"?
A Japanese light novel series featuring mythology entangled with Yakuza gang violence
What is "Durarara"?
A popular Netflix-owned story adaptation of a famous vampire game by the same name
What is "Castlevania"?
This chronic illness causes inexplicable fatigue, muscle and skin soreness, brain fog, and other complex painful symptoms
What is "fibromyalgia"?
The first video game I ever played, where you earn money to upgrade your home from daily activities on a real-time scale with your animal neighbors
What is "Doubutsu no Mori" ("Animal Crossing")?
This discontinued Vocaloid 2 voicebank owned by Sony was voiced by Nico Nico Douga utaite singer Piko
Who is "Utatane Piko"?
This flower is a popular note in scents and fragrances used by goths in the 80s
What is "patchouli"?
An anime adaptation of a series containing users with the ability to see the future with their cell phones, prominently recognized by a pink-haired psychotic girl using her special powers to abuse her relationship with a man she is in love with?
What is "Mirai Nikki" ("Future Diary")?
The name of the historical female familial deity of the Zhou family, who may have actually existed as a woman in the Tang dynasty
Who is "Feng Kai Xia" ("Kaisha")?
A somber game featuring an accompanying story to a girl and her trauma-born, piano-playing monster friend
What is "Deemo"?
This visual kei band is notorious for its grotesque themes and flamboyant vocalist allegedly masturbating on stage
Who is "DADAROMA"?
A Victorian-era book written about an alchemist who creates his own alter ego, terrorizing his city
What is "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"?
This iconic 80s Hong Kong film features an ex-gangster trying to reconnect with his policeman brother?
What is "A Better Tomorrow"?
The small Indiana town I lived in for years when I moved to the U.S. that shares a name with a city in New York
What is "Rensselaer"?
The first game where I bought the collector's edition: A 3DS era turn-based RPG loosely inspired by Final Fantasy, released by Furyu
What is "The Alliance Alive"?
This niche J-rock genre was pioneered by combining Oshare-Kei and Kore-Kei subgenres from Visual Kei bands like The GazettE
What is "Koteosa Kei"?
My favorite insect: This mantid-related species resembles a slim, dark crumbled autumn leaf
What is a "ghost mantis"?
This avant-garde horror series is a Japanese manga and anime adaptation of a popular 1986 movie with the same title about a shop in a Chinatown that sells exotic pets
What is "Pet Shop of Horrors"?
The unknowingly strange name I gave my stuffed animal when I was 8 years old
Who is "Chemo"?