For All Intents and Purposes

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THE PROBLEM WITH LOVECRAFT: A lot of controversy was had (mostly on Twitter) over the last few weeks with the release of Evil Hat Productions’ Fate of Cthulhu, a new table-top RPG integrating the systems of Evil Hat’s Fate Core and the Lovecraft mythos. Evil Hat proudly declared that it was bucking tropes of other Lovecraft-inspired games––mainly how it addresses Lovecraft’s prejudices head-on and it doesn’t include sanity meters for its players––and that, for some reason, made a lot of people upset. Andrew talks about the subsequent furor while D. Bethel shows up as our resident Lovecraft scholar.

*Show image is a screenshot of Dean Stockwell as Wilbur Whateley from the 1970 film, The Dunwich Horror.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• The MCU Disney+ Super Bowl Spot:

• Evil Hat tweets about how Fate of Cthulhu bends the traditional Lovecraftian gaming experience:

There are no sanity rules in Fate of Cthulhu. We don't require anyone to play or perform mental illness.
(If you choose to, we have guidance on how to do it respectfully.)
Instead your PC gains Corruption, a potent, alluring slice of the Elder Gods' power.https://t.co/v0F853zsM0 pic.twitter.com/13tLqmE3wR

— Evil Hat Productions (@EvilHatOfficial) January 30, 2020

• Evil Hat Production’s content warning included with Fate of Cthulhu (click to enlarge):

• The adorable video of a coyote and a badger off to go hunting together:

This is the best thing you'll see all day! 🐾
Our wildlife cameras spotted a #coyote and #badger together — the first time this type of behavior has been captured in the San Francisco #BayArea.https://t.co/YDcnhyiWL1 pic.twitter.com/qZQgcbwtTk

— Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) (@POSTLandTrust) February 4, 2020

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• “Episode 02 – The Clap” (05 June 2014): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the popular Lovecraft story, “The Shadow Over Innsmouth.”
• “Episode 11 – Anemic-Clap” (07 August 2014): Where Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the influential Lovecraft story, “The Dunwich Horror.”
• “Shortcast 03 – Interview with André La Roche” (31 December 2014): Where Andrew talks with André La Roche about Fate Core.
• “Episode 89 – High-Five Forever” (25 March 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses the Lovecraft revisionist novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle.
• “Robot Monsters From the Future” (27 December 2019): Where Andrew talks about looking forward to play Fate of Cthulhu.
• “Starting By Starting” (03 January 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about Frogwares’ Lovecraftian adventure game, The Sinking City, which also openly addressed and push against Lovecraft’s racism.

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• “Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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• “District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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