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January 14, 2006

Dark Corners Of The Earth

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The Flea's limited mastery of platform gaming will surely wax in puissant haxxortude with the revelation of The Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth for Xbox (and some other console). Game music is most promising while this Hexus review was clearly written by a Cultist who has laboured long laborious years to master Lovecraft's eldritch and preterite style. The game seems to have been an inspiration.

The game begins with a vision of Arkham asylum in 1922, it's hard to see exactly what is happening on screen due to the darkness which blankets certain parts of the game, but the initial scene gives a foreboding insight into the strange world you are about to embark on. Immediately after the episode you are told it is now Massachusetts 1915, some seven years earlier. You meet up with some local policemen who inform you of a mysterious cult who are in town, you then anxiously head towards a gloomy building where gun shots can be heard. As the police stay firmly out of the way of this potential madman you are informed that the man in question, Victor Holt will only speak to you. But how does he know my name? Why me? These were the initial thoughts running through my head as the game slowly introduces you into a paranoid state of mind that becomes more intense the deeper you delve.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 14, 2006 10:54 AM

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Damn! Makes me wish I had an Xbox, though I guess this'd be my only game. Wonder if they'll ever port it to WinXP?

Posted by: gordsellar [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 16, 2006 08:36 AM

Actually, Windows XP is listed on their site as a supported platform. (Yay!)

Posted by: Varenius [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 17, 2006 03:27 PM

oh...
fortunately, i have an xbox--and xboxlive also.
but what i really wanna know, is will my newnewnew macbook, dual core intel processors and all, run cthulhu when It arrives in february?
i want to take it with me everywhere.

Posted by: matoko kusanagi [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 18, 2006 11:35 PM