‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Captures the Magic of D&D

The Dungeons & Dragons video game Baldur’s Gate 3 has become a cultural phenomenon, winning countless accolades including Game of the Year. One of the game’s biggest fans is science fiction editor John Joseph Adams, who has played Baldur’s Gate 3 for more than 1,000 hours. “It’s absolutely an amazing game,” Adams says in Episode … Read more

Baldur’s Gate 3’s New Epilogue Is an End, But Also a Beginning

When Baldur’s Gate 3 released this summer, its ending was one of the rare moments where praise for Larian’s take on the world of Dungeons & Dragons wasn’t united in effusive lauding. Abrupt, a little messy, and lacking in closure to characters players had just spent hundreds of hours with, it was both interesting and … Read more

Barbie, Baldur’s Gate, and More We’re Thankful for in 2023

Image: Warner Bros. Obviously, we could be thankful for Barbie just because it’s Barbie and it’s great. But the real reason Barbie is on this list is because it probably shouldn’t have been great. For a moment, take Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and all those people away. The simple statement “Warner Bros. is … Read more

Baldur’s Gate 3: Deluxe Edition on Xbox and PS5 is coming on a ‘fuck-ton of discs’

“On both PS5 and Xbox, the game will be playable on disc, with the PS5 version sporting two discs, and Xbox a whopping three discs to house the chonky epic,” reads the press release. Knowing just how massive the game is, I’m pretty sure one of those discs houses Act 3 alone. Massive size aside, the … Read more