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I'm really hoping the writers of the book get some freedom to add to the setting for the book. I love Theros (big Magic player, mono-G elfball is my jam), but Magic settings in general tend to be very loosely defined and vague as a result of their roots as backdrop for a card game. The setting...

Also, this thread is making me really want to play the original Divinity games (which I never have before). So that's a plus!

Back when I was living in LA (technically in Eagle Rock, so not the main city but it's all sprawl down there) I was walking to class from my house once and, out of nowhere, a hawk came barreling out of the sky and absolutely annihilated a pigeon on the sidewalk about 40 feet in front of me. We...

Well I mean to be fair, the original BG games were sort of a hybrid of turn based and real time. Under the hood it was turn based, but actions played out in real time and you had to actually pause the game to give yourself enough time to think things through and give detailed commands. If you...

Battle of the Epic Level Bards: harvey birdman dueling banjos - Bing video

You get it? Because he's...you see it's a fiddle and... No you shut up!

That stream was pretty awesome, the flavor and feel is really adventurous and epic from moment 1 in a way that could only be done in D&D lore. The gameplay looks promising, reminding me of the better "overhead" RPGs in recent years like Dragon Age: Origins and Divinity, and of course the old...

I came at this one from the angle of: assume you were playing a 1-shot comedy session where you randomly rolled your character class. Which one would i least want to roll up? Turns out I think it would at least be funny to RP most of these for the duration of a short session. Some of these are...

The past tense dialog is really interesting, even if my initial response is dislike. But I think it's interesting enough to give a chance, and I can see how it might theoretically aid a feeling of literary scope and flavor if the rest of the game supports it, so we'll see. Other than that I'm...

So I'll just tell you my response to this argument, obviously I can't speak for anyone else. First off, the fact that so many companies and gamers do use the term differently does mean that it has a different definition in this context, IMO. It is widely used, commonly recognized, and...

I'll try one more time, myself. Granted these aren't dictionary sources or anything, but since we are talking about a term in common usage I imagine that should be okay. https://www.gamepressure.com/games/beta-tests.asp This site tracks games that are in some form of early release, including...

Nah, that's just me being wrong. Of interest though, is it out of beta yet? :D

I mean DayZ was in "open Alpha" for over 3 years, and was in beta for another couple years. There are a ton of games on Steam that have spent the better part of a decade in wide release Alpha or Beta. Some games like War Thunder spent years in Beta and was eventually retired, never having been...

I mean, I've mentioned that in the games industry there is another alternative common definition for a "beta test" that pretty much matches what has been happening here...I know a lot of people hate the games industry definition, since it pretty much is a euphemism for "let's let some players...

Could also be that someone bashed together some code for a basic encounter tracker and then showed to someone upstairs, who said "okay fine you can release it, but UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES are you to spend valuable developer time on that. If you have spare time, you should be debugging our online...

To tie into Charlaquin's point somewhat, my favorite way to get the conversation started on "favorite movies/books etc." is to throw out some of my own favorites as a starting point, often trying to narrow down to specifics by offering the table a choice between two sources of inspiration...

Disclaimer: I don't work in software and I have trouble properly downloading updates for my graphics card sometimes. That said, I do play vidyah games from time to time. In common usage, among gamers and games companies, especially small ones, a "beta release" refers to a build of a game that...