So instead of brittles, they were more ‘malleables’ or ‘chewys’. But then I got a little impatient, a little distracted, and ended up not heating the sugar up to temperature (I also did not have a working thermometer). No, it’s because I made some candies that really are “tokens of hope”, created from the dark, ebony glints of sesame seeds, coated with musky, tar-thick treacle, made into something more than the sum of its parts.Īlso I set out to make them brittle as bones, as thin as “the walls between the sane world and that unplumbed dimension of delirium” (yes, that’s yet another moody quote from Darkest Dungeon), a recreation of my recent recipe on Food52. Now I did not just use put that quote there so I can gush about gaming. I mean, I’ll probably never use half of those words in my writing ever, but even with their depressing tone, man are they all so deliciously poetic! (I promise I’m not a sadist.) I mean, “be wary - triumphant pride precipitates a dizzying fall.”, “as life ebbs, terrible vistas of emptiness reveal themselves”, and “monstrous size has no intrinsic merit, unless inordinate exsanguination be considered a virtue”. It’s kind of like a mantra for life really, eh?Īnd my god, is the narration good! The atmospheric baritone of Wayne Jun narrating hopeless, yet lusciously lyrical lines really adds to the mood and the whole desperation of your adventures. After all, this is a game that warns you that it’s all about “making the most of a bad situation”, not least because bad situations will happen ALL THE TIME. It’s frustratingly fun, if that’s even possible. It’s punishing and grim and almost sadistic, because in it, your ‘heroes’ are pitted against a never-ending horde of eldritch monsters and Lovecraftian horrors, often dying from their bleeding wounds, dungeoneering stress, or whatever horrible disease the game conjures up. Yup, Darkest Dungeon is this game that I’ve been obsessed with for the past week. Because the quote isn’t from a provocative piece of prose or a popular poem. But let’s be real, I’m no poet, no literati, no Thalia Ho, no Jasmine Lo.
Wow-wee look at me, starting off with a fancy quote. “Tokens of hope, recovered from the encroaching dark.” - The Narrator (Wayne June), from Darkest Dungeon.
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