Interview with Tomas Rawlings; the expert on making Cthulhu video games

Interview by Matt S.

Way, way, way back when DDNet was a very different publication to what it is today, we were absolutely in love with a tactics strategy game that was effectively Final Fantasy Tactics, Cthulhu, and Nazis all brought together into something that just worked as a horror-themed strategy game. That game was Call of Cthulhu: Wasted Land. If you want to see how terrible my writing was from way back then, here's the review I wrote on it.

Putting aside how old I feel now (has it really been over six years of DDNet? Wow), the creative drive behind that game, Tomas Rawlings, is back with Achtung! Cthulhu. We wrote about this game a few weeks ago, as its Kickstarter was underway, and the good news is that the Kickstarter was a resounding success. The game is happening, and as a nice bonus, it's coming both to console and PC.

So I took the opportunity to catch up with Tomas, get a feel for how this new game will build on the wealth of experience and clear passion he has for Lovecraft's material.

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