I was pretty delighted to find that when I got the anniversary box set with limited background in the game. Not something Chaosium has continued to pursue, which is a pity because the old Universal films and Hammer do tie in to that sort of pulp fiction that the Mythos came from.
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Probably less about lore and more about product theming: where else would they put a high CR horror Monster like Cthulu?
In a reverse mode, the OG Call of Cthulu books had stat blocks for Hammer/Universal ripoff like the Mummy and Wolfman.
May is the prior latest, though last year if you account for the MM being intended for 2024, Dragon Delves dropped in July.
WotC have said in the past that their release schedule is tied to the school year landmarks, to sell to middle/high school and College students.
The Dot-Com bubble is a very apt comparison: clearly LLMs have some use, as did the Internet in the 90s, but right now it isn't clear to what extent it is marketable or can be effectively monetized. Even in a rosy scenario for an LLM usage future, there is no way the current investment can pay off
I am over 50 hours into Donkey Kong Bananza at this point, 758 out of 777 Bananandiun Gems collected and got all the fossils and clothing. Might be running out of steam and not quite 100% it, but this is one of the greatest platformers of all time.