In a post in my BG3 series, I observed that, for reasons detailed in that post, I'd taken over five thousand screenshots from Baldur's Gate 3. Through a rather tedious process, those images were transferred to my Photos Library on Mac OS. Let's set aside the question of whether that number of photos was excessive. What I…
Somehow I managed to get seven blog posts out of a single Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough. In my defense: When I add up the word count for all the playthrough 11 posts (not including this one), I see I've written longer posts for previous playthroughs. You may not believe me, but the reason why the posts are…
If you hoped Bill would give up this Baldur's Gate 3 fixation any time soon, mods have dashed it. What's a "mod"? If you already know this, skip to the next section. (Unless you like to look at the photos, or bask in the cozy warmth of my writing style.) After a video game is formally released,…
No, this isn't my last post on my 11th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. There will be at least two more posts after this one. Honestly, I hadn't thought this particular playthrough was that memorable. But perhaps this is a natural consequence of my resolve to split up this "playthrough diary" into multiple parts. When I add…
As I've mentioned before, this series of Baldur's Gate 3 posts are primarily intended to be annotated photo essays. That means taking photos. I knew how to take screenshots and video captures on my PS5, but I didn't know how to transfer them to my computer until I got a Playstation Plus account. I got the account…
As I've mentioned in my previous BG3 posts, one of the goals of my playthroughs is to see what it's like to enter into a relationship with each of the available romancable characters. Of course, this allows me to see all the available sex scenes in the game. The relationship goal for this playthrough was Gale. In…
The "Zapper Disaster" turned out to be the defining moment of playthrough 11. In order to describe it, I have to break with my practice in these write-ups: I have to discuss some system-related stuff earlier than I would otherwise prefer. In my playthrough 10 write-up, I said I'd save the D&D-based details until the end. I…
I'm taking a different approach with this Baldur's Gate 3 write-up. As with my playthrough 10 write-up, my goal is to make things easier for whoever might be reading it. This time, I'm breaking the write-up into smaller individual blog posts. I've typically written one long post per playthrough. My goal, as with my massive post on…
I have a social media presence on Facebook, Bluesky (@acorn.garden), and Mastodon (@wgseligman@pagan.plus). Because my ego knows no bounds, I posted the following on all three: My review of ta' puq mach has just been published on Amazon. I was a bit surprised they accepted it. (For those of you whose Klingon is rusty, ta' puq mach…
When someone shares word of a death on Facebook, I will occasionally respond "So it goes." What does that mean? In a couple of Kurt Vonnegut's books (most notably Slaughterhouse-Five), there's an alien race called the Tralfamadorians. They perceive time differently. They see the past, present, and future all at once. When someone dies, they say "So…