This month’s podcast (March) was on Dredge, the Cthulhu fishing simulator/cozy game from Black Salt Games, published by Team 17. This one impressed us with its integration of Cthulhu fear of the deep and the elder gods, while not really changing the equation or adding much to the idea we had of fishing (in games) prior to playing it. The cozy aspect seemed to present itself most in the cycle of completing tasks like catching and selling fish, upgrading your boat and moving around the various locales from safe harbor to safe harbor. Which, at least for us, did something to dull the frightening edge and eerie tone that the game is trying for.

Check out the liner notes for the usual ephemera and notes on the episode.

And catch us at the end of April for Final Fantasy X, an all-timer for Toben as an RPG and game in general, and a first real play-through for me.

I will (likely) learn to blitz-ball! I think it means underwater polo, but with a lot more style. It also seems to remind me, locale and tropical biome-wise, of Chrono Cross, but we’ll see how it goes.

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