The End ⚓ Return of the Obra Dinn #01 | Geeks & Grounds Podcast
The good ship Obra Dinn has returned...with no surviving passengers. This May, we'll be discussing what happened on this fateful journey in Return of the Obra Dinn!Today's podcast delves into the initial impressions of the game: the first two chapters we got to experience (Chapters 10 and 7), the mechanics, the visuals...and the ways this inspired us to don pirate accents and sing sea shanties!00:00 Welcome to Geeks & Grounds 04:16 The Pastry Case: PAX East, Joel's first DDR experience, Love on the Spectrum, and more!30:40 The Monthly Brew: Obra Dinn Initial Impressions / Prologue / Non-Spoiler Discussion01:05:05 Chapter 10: The End01:20:01 Chapter 7: The Doom01:26:46 Housekeeping / Thanks for listening!---------------------------------------------------------------✅Visit Geeks & Grounds' website for our newsletter sign-up, list of games for 2025, Bluesky link, and more: https://www.geeksandgrounds.com ✅Play Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/In 1802, the merchant ship Obra Dinn set out from London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it hadn't met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea.Early this morning of October 14th, 1807, the Obra Dinn drifted into port at Falmouth with damaged sails and no visible crew. As insurance investigator for the East India Company's London Office, dispatch immediately to Falmouth, find means to board the ship, and prepare an assessment of damages.Return of the Obra Dinn is a first-person mystery adventure based on exploration and logical deduction.---------------------------------------------------------------