The Thrilling Cosmic Horror Of Bloodborne: Lovecraft’s Legacy In Gaming
The game Bloodborne, is an epic game and its opening and overall feel would lead you to believe that the game is more classical horror than Lovecraftian in nature, but as you progress, you realize that there are some pretty heavy undertones of Lovecraft's work in the game. From the start, I felt as if I were playing in a classic Victorian horror setting, with crude guns and weapons replacing shields and swords. However, the deeper you go, the more tentacles appear to emerge from the game. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD One of the first clues appears near the beginning of
The Call of Cthulhu RPG: Horror Role-playing in the World of HP Lovecraft
In 1981 a profane tome of Eldritch Horror was released upon the world and the minds of the sane were never the same again. That book was The Call of Cthulhu RPG published by Chaosium. Since its release there have been 18 editions published to date. The game makes use of the BRP (Basic Role-playing System) with special rules for Sanity. Originally The Call of Cthulhu was going to be a very different game. Chaosium commissioned a game known as Dark Worlds which was never published. Sandy Peterson contacted Chaosium to write a supplement to their popular fantasy game RuneQuest,
