Here are my final notes on playthrough 12. Aren't these posts getting long? Not really. Here are the word counts for my previous write-ups, as measured by the Article Word Count Wordpress plugin: Playthrough 12 - 9047 (7 parts) Playthrough 11 - 6240 (7 parts) Playthrough 10 - 2393 Playthrough 9 - 6409 Playthrough 8 - 8668…
I finally got you to read one of my BG3 posts, didn't I? Don't worry. This isn't "bait'n'switch." The images are there. You can start frantically scrolling down the page to find them, if you want. It's not as if I can stop you. However, maybe there's something worth reading before you get there. Take it slow.…
If you're not familiar with the concept of mods, I have a detailed explanation I wrote for playthrough 11. This post discusses the mods I used in playthrough 12 that had the most effect on my gameplay. The key mods I activated for playthrough 12 were: Adjustable Party Limit, which allows an adventuring party to have up…
In my previous BG3 post, we explored the trysts of Amaranth, the protagonist of my 12th playthrough Baldur's Gate 3. The last post focused on lust and romance. Now we conclude with Amaranth's relationships as she came to the end of her adventures. Hugs Since I entitled this post "Hugs and Kisses," let's see some hugs. Kissing…
In my previous post, I said I was resolved to remove all Amazon Affiliate links from my Wordpress blog. I had no idea how how I was going to do that. I'd placed such links, in varying forms and blog incarnations, for a couple of decades. There were hundreds of links in dozens of posts. How could…
So Jeff Bezos, the executive chairman of Amazon, is a fascist too. The signs were there. Up until now, the rose-colored of optimism caused me to ignore them. When I cancelled my WaPo subscription, I attributed Bezos' decision as cowardice. Now I know it wasn't cowardice. Bezos is as much of a fascist as Zuckerberg and Musk.…
In my previous post on playthrough 12, I described how Amaranth navigated the romantic triangle between her, Lae'zel, and Shadowheart. Finally, she chose Shadowheart. But Amaranth's amorous adventures were not yet over. Minthara came to Amaranth and asked to share thoughts. She liked what she saw. Amaranth pointed out that she's in a relationship with someone else.…
Over a decade ago, I wanted to set up a server of my own. My main reason was to have a blogging and email platform whose contents didn't depend on advertising, and wouldn't be otherwise be subject to corporate scrutiny. I played around with the idea for about a year before I called it quits. I recognized…
Let's start with a few reminders about my twelfth playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3: The main protagonist of playthrough 12 is Amaranth. She's a Lolth-sworn Drow Mystic of the Order of the Ascetic, though that won't have much relevance in this blog post. The primary relationship goal of this playthrough was to fully engage with Shadowheart. I…