by Karin Malady “You’ve been feeling it too, haven’t you? Something is off. Your clothes never wear as well the next day. Your hair never falls in quite the same way. Even your coffee tastes… wrong. Our institutions are crumbling. Nobody trusts their neighbor anymore. And you stay up at night wondering to yourself…”…
NOW AND FOREVER, OPEN FOR BUSINESS
by Bryn Gelbart The Giant Bombcast was my first parasocial relationship in video games. Podcasts were my gateway into reading (and writing for) games websites. It actually began with the Bungie Podcast, but uh that is a longer story for some other time. I got into the Bombcast after hearing about it on other gaming…
GOTCHA
Let me put myself back in the shoes of one of the worst weeks of my life: the week I collectively spent 250$ USD on the hottest thing in town. Now, it wasn’t a drug (those would come later, and cheaper) and it wasn’t gambling. I’m from a background that benefits either a neighborhood kid…
THE OLDEST HOUSE
written by Sam Moore, edited by Deep Hell There are lots of things that come to mind when playing Control. The basement rooms, overrun with foliage and yet with TVs still running, are reminiscent of the art of Nam June Paik; the very existence of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC) – and the Oceanview…
WE DON’T GET TIRED
I never expected when we started Deep Hell almost five or six years ago that we’d be sitting here opening emails at one am – emails opened under hazy bar lights with drinks in hand while *we’re* trying to escape feeling anything, emails that end with “please help it survive.” the email in question is…
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
There is a myth to the American West that I long for: not as a cowboy or someone born here, but as a queer with no heart stuck in isolation. A longing to be seen, out there on the horizon: maybe seen but not heard. On my own, with a few animals. I hear stories…
CHILDHOOD FANTASIES
By Bryn Gelbart Ok, I’ll admit it. I think most Fantasy sucks. We are talking capital F, dragons, dwarves, or druids. High Fantasy bullshit — Final or otherwise. This stems, I suspect, from a lifelong appreciation for Tolkien which, if read at a young enough age, will naturally lead you to the derivatives. As far back…
THAT’S US
Here’s the nightmare: every time I spend too long of a night playing videogames, I see them. The dude leading man: a hollywood chris standing on my chest. That leading man machismo that inspires the rotating front door of Superhero Front men. Country music by men who wear cowboy hats only in public and libertarian…
SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BODY
By Karin Malady This could be about Elden Ring since everyone is talking about it, but there’s something else more important on my mind. That’s right, EverymanHYBRID, the slenderman ARG YouTube horror series that is basically the plot of Kingdom Hearts. Alternate Reality Games want you to feel like you’re in on a little secret….
APRIL DEEP HELL BOOK CLUB
DEEP – HELL . COM and QUINN K present: Our handshake benefiting neither party, but instead YOU STARTING APRIL 2022, DEEP-HELL’S BOOK CLUB IS VISITING VIENNA TO LISTEN FOR AN OUTCRY As such, the website and the main writer have coordinated efforts to make the game especially cheap for you ungrateful lot (for a week!)….