With takes as hot as the desert sands, Eric, Nadia, Victor, and special guest Joseph Bradford discuss March's hottest RPG Crimson Desert. Does it work as a prequel to hit MMO Black Desert Online? Is it greater than the sum of its many many many parts? Does anyone like the main guy? All these questions and more answered on this sandy-but-not-as-sandy-as-you'd-think episode of Axe of the Blood God! Subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod⁠ and get merch at ⁠https://shop.bloodgodpod.com⁠ Also in this episode: Dread Delusion Animal Crossing City Folk The Ratline Dragon Quest X Greiga Master's Mega Man Battle Network: Phantom of Network PC Port I promise, I PROMISE, we will do our best to stop talking about how awful AI is but studios need to stop forcing our hand. We want to to be free from this curse. Timestamps: 13:08 - Main Topic - Crimson Desert 1:22:48 - Random Encounters - AI in Crimson Desert 1:50:08 - The Tavern 02:10:08 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Having Fun - [Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices