And mods are not officially supported. Installing mods has risks that they will break with patches.

I had a Commodore 64. I played Ultima 3 and Archon (wizard’s chest) as my first games I really liked.

I love onions. Any one remember that old novelty “I love onions” song. No…guess I am just old. “LA La La”

Citizens United is a bad ruling that was a big win for Republicans. And workers and people without money lost.

Mitt Romney: “Corporations are people, my friend.”

Corporation greed is real.

Corporations are not people. Workers are people.

The CEO and upper management at WOTC are the real monsters. Greed is bad.

I bet they don’t even play D&D.

As a queer man myself, I wanted to talk to Newbon about what he meant towards the tail-end of his speech, where he said, “The community has reached out to so many of us at Larian, and said they were seen and they were represented by this game.” I’ve spoken with him in the past about playing through Astarion’s trauma as a survivor, and many of the same sentiments returned during our conversation here.

“That was the big thing about [Baldur’s Gate 3]: people felt seen and represented, but also, it feels ‘normal’, quote unquote,” he said, talking about how most of the game’s inclusion is almost casual and straightforward in nature, and I find myself agreeing with him.

As someone who, you know, likes men, Baldur’s Gate 3 never really felt like it was trying to pander to me or anything. That’s not to say I’d hold it up as a great work of queer literature either, but I can absolutely see why some members of my community felt seen or heard by the nonchalance with which it separated pronouns, body types, and genitalia, to name just one example.

But I’d feel remiss if I didn’t offer up another perspective. Back in September, contributor Noah Smith wrote for PC Gamer on how the game offered a lot in regards to representation, but still had some room to grow. “Thirteen years later with Baldur’s Gate 3, I believe there’s a genuine opportunity to tackle difficult subjects like gender and disability narratively and mechanically,” Noah wrote. “Even having the option to raise deep conversations about identity with a party … could allow for deeper narrative role playing, and incentivize players to step outside of the binary with their own character.”

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But even if it’s not some subversive work of gay literature, I can still see how plenty of people playing Baldur’s Gate 3 felt seen, or allowed to be their authentic selves within the game. Newbon reflects on the humbling experience of being able to bring that sensation to players.

I usually leave Scratch safe at camp. I am a Wizard, and I conjure elementals for the dangerous adventuring I do.

Also, there is a specific scream that Karlach does when enraged that flips all my switches.

I enjoyed reading that.

I hope I don’t loose my gay card over this, but I am terrible at picking out things to wear. So I guess that stereotype is just wrong, or I am not doing gay right. (Grin)

Shut up Astarion!

Karlach seems like a fun person to be around, when she is not in a rage. I love how funny she is.

I just noticed this yesterday. As a gay man, I find this makes the game even more fun to play. I hope everyone else is enjoying seeing the guys jiggle.

Larian keeps perfecting the game, and I am very impressed with that level of dedication from a gaming company.

LOL so you can’t save at all unless you quit the game and reload? I don’t see me getting the gold dice.

I haven’t played Starfield. But I have been amazed at the depth of Baldur’s Gate 3. You can see the handcrafted world every where you look. And this makes a world you enjoy spending time in.

For me Linux gaming is Steam/Proton. If is works with Steam/Proton, I am playing them. I find that native Linux games are not updated regularly or at all. And Steam wants games to run with the Steam deck. And they are willing work to make that happen.

And game companies know there are a lot of Steam decks out there. And it is not hard to put some effort to see that it runs on that equipment.

All this is a big help for the Linux community. Many gamers don’t know that they don’t need to buy windows to game. Linux/Steam/Proton is a great option. That is why I make a point to tell people that I am playing Baldur’s Gate 3 on my Linux Ubuntu gaming PC. This is how I found out that Linux can play games and switch from Windows. Another Linux gamer told me it was possible.

What? Is this real? Are the men and women not competing together? It is not a physical competition. Why the separation?