Our second episode is a mega-sized look at Clock Tower, Clock Tower 2 and Clock Tower: Ghosthead, AKA Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within! Adrian gushes endlessly about the first game, Lamont flexes his manga knowledge, and both of us struggle over the confusing naming conventions between the Japanese releases and the American ones. Also; more talk on Giallo horror, the influence of western mysticism in Japanese media and much more!
Sources and References
Polygon article “What is Giallo, Really?” (Noel Murray)
https://www.polygon.com/22732575/giallo-movies-explained
GamesRader+ Interview with Hifumi Kono (Sara Elam)
https://www.gamesradar.com/the-making-of-clock-tower-1995-snes/
The Untold History of Japanese Video Game Developers Vol. 2. (John Szczepaniak)
https://www.amazon.com/Untold-History-Japanese-Game-Developers/dp/1518655319
The Rise and Fall of the Clock Tower Series (tangomushi)
https://youtu.be/8TS-tlkKmI4?si=ExnusMAmUZH5X1Pc
Clock Tower: Official Reveal Trailer (Limited Run Games)
https://youtu.be/3gfUIOkvZYs?si=MQmkTGzPR5gYMez8
Clock Tower: Ghosthead VS The Struggle Within (WaddleBih)
https://youtu.be/SrFWrF4-XXA?si=WHIafkOlGr-u4yie
Clock Tower 2: Is It Really THAT Bad? (Stop Skeletons from Fighting)
https://youtu.be/gsC1Khb-ro4?si=vrt63ajchI8rPWBf
TheGamingMuse’s video on the influence of Western Occult & mysticism seems to not be up any more but he still has an amazing YouTube channel you should check out, so here’s his video on Clock Tower 3:
https://youtu.be/t1MiWyLCHDU?si=wik5qIdZVAiwHtNy
Clock Tower: The First Fear Death Scenes (Liam Moore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iY_5IuItE8&pp=ygUXQ2xvY2sgVG93ZXIgRGVhdGhzY2VuZXM%3D
Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within Character Bios
https://disquietedpalefish.tumblr.com/post/184214029480/clock-tower-ii-the-struggle-within-bios-28
Clock Tower 2: Ghosthead Fan Translation
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/7591/
“The Burning” 1984 Movie Wikipedia Entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burning_(1981_film)
“Phenomena” 1985 Movie Wikipedia Entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomena_(film)
“Left Hand of God-Right Hand of Devil” Manga on GoodReads
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25395241
Bloomberg (paywall) “X-Files Supernatural Hold on Japan” (Edith Hill Updike)
Helen Maxwell & Gillian Anderson
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M9U7SZXho9bZQZ0ACEc6bToW94kw9zUj/view?usp=sharing
Optional drinking game: take a drink every time one of us says the word ‘vibes’.*
*Not recommended for obvious legal reasons. Please drink responsibly.
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