"Git gud"? How about "git empathetic"? "Git compassionate"?

Today we're talking about The Dark Queen of Mortholme by Mosu! A game about killing the hero and killing the hero and killing the hero and killing the hero and waiting for the hero and killing the hero and killing the hero and waiting for the hero and... waiting.......... for the hero.............. and......................... waiting..................................

Get The Dark Queen of Mortholme on Steam or itch.io. Follow Mosu's work on their itch page!

Discussed in the episode:

• Extinction Burst on Wikipedia

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari
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Timecodes:

• (00:00) - Pugoween
• (01:11) - Become a member for the jumpscare-cut
• (02:08) - What is The Dark Queen of Mortholme?
• (06:38) - Commentary on the commentary
• (10:44) - The mechanics
• (13:24) - Very minor spoiler
• (14:16) - Bonding with the hero
• (16:27) - Where do Ornstein and Smough eat lunch?
• (18:29) - The mentorship arc
• (22:17) - The personality of the Queen
• (25:14) - NOT Chase's Big Takeaway
• (27:45) - Big-Sized Takeaways
• (28:39) - Hello
• (31:50) - Kim's Big Takeaway
• (36:35) - Chase's Big Takeaway
• (41:54) - AJ's Big Takeaway
• (51:30) - We've perservered to the end of the episode!