The Temple of the Mighty Bague

I filled my ipod with random stuff today cos we were going out for a drive. At some point in the journey, “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush came on. It’s a song I like, but haven’t heard for years. It always just sounded like a cheery jingly pop song with a particularly nice vocal. Today, though, for some reason I paid a bit more attention to it than usual and, instead of listening to it as a pop song, listened to it with the novel (which I’d re-read for the first time in ages a few months ago) squarely in my head.

It’s still a nice song - but that one refrain (the chorus):

“Heathcliffe! It’s me - your Kathy - I’ve come home! I’m so cold, let me in at your window.”

when listened to in the context of the book, it’s absolutely blood-curdling horrific. I don’t think I’ll ever hear the song in the same way again.

Well, this one was a bit of a surprise! Eschalon is a turn based RPG in the style of Wizardry, Ultima, and so on. It’s an orthogonal / iso projected world, with loads of stats, loads of quests and pretty old-school graphics. And it’s shareware - can be had for $19 these days. 

Anyhoo, I’ve only just started a character and had a rummage through a  town and some ruins, and quickly noticed the difficulty. It’s kinda like Temple of Elemental Evil but without the party, if you see what I mean.

Either way, it’s worth downloading the trial for anyone with a passing interest in RPGs.