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[JusAleDan]

Not sure if anyone is interested, but "Friedrich Wilhelm von Junzt" and "Unaussprechlichen Kulten" or Unspeakable Cults are creations of Robert E. Howard of Conan the Barbarian fame, who was a friend of Lovecraft. It was his equivilant of Abdul Alhazred and the Necronomicon.

[Scaryfun]

That's interesting but what does it have to do with videogames ?

[Old_Schooler]

He's providing some background information for the "Beyond the Threshold" game entry.

Of course, being a huge fanboy of the Cthulhu Mythos, I feel it my obligation to add even more information where it is needed.

Von Junst and his book "Unspeakable Cults" first appeared in Robert E. Howard's story "The Black Stone." The story can be read here http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1666

Although the story's focus is centered around the nameless narrator's search to find a large and ancient black stone in Hungary and the horrible discoveries he learns when he dares to delve into its origins, the strange death of Von Junst after he finishes writing "Unaussprechlichen Kulten" is the premise of the game "Beyond the Threshold."

The game attempts to provide a more detailed account of how Von Junst died and what he did just before his death. There are no virtually no details as to the cause of his death in "The Black Stone."

As the internet folk say, Junst got P0WNED by the Great Old Ones

[Scaryfun]

D'oh! I was clueless...didn't register that it was a title of a game we had on the site. Thanks for the clarification, now i get it.

[Trey]

Junst got P0WNED by the Great Old Ones

Congratulations! I'm pretty sure this particular series of words has never been uttered on the internet, or anywhere else for that matter... Well done!

[Old_Schooler]

Yes, my friend Internet Folk sure does sure the silliest things.

Please don't ask why I befriend people with silly names, it's a habit that's hard to kick