Pisha [she/her, they/them] @ Pisha @hexbear.net

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I'm also saying Baldur's Gate 3. The writing is juvenile, the combat is a slog, the characters are cliches, it retcons the story and characters of the game it's supposed to be a sequel to, it has possibly a worse UI than the original Baldur's Gate, and the famed reactivity and choice only works if you do things exactly how the developers intended you to do them. Oh, and the music is just forgettable.

epic strawman argument

I have so many mean things to say about BG3, but instead I'll be positive and say that in my opinion, Pathfinder: WotR combines all the best parts of the old Baldur's Gate games (well-told, if a bit generic, story; fantastical setting that doesn't go too far overboard; interesting and sympathetic companions) with a ruleset that offers many options for character building and highly adjustable difficulty settings. There's a crusade minigame which is a real drag, but that's the only real bad thing about the whole game. Also, the different paths -- the big ones at least -- make enough of a difference that there's some replayability. It doesn't reach the narrative heights of Torment or Mask of the Betrayer, but neither does BG3 (not even remotely).

Knowledge about farming and manufacturing should be a part of (paid) vocational training and demanding that people learn it in their free time is anti-worker

I love the use of anecdotes in a country of multiple billion people. In China, there is at least one hairdresser with very conservative ideas about beauty. Somehow, this says a lot about beauty norms.

It's an impersonator lmao