Mapping a PS5 controller in Steam for taking screenshots

I'm writing an article on the Virtual Photography I do to create my fanfic. In the middle of the article, I bring up how easy it is to take screenshots on the PS5: Just hold down the SELECT key. When you play a game using Steam, the equivalent button is F12 on the keyboard. However, that's not…

Continue ReadingMapping a PS5 controller in Steam for taking screenshots

No Man’s Sky

While Baldur's Gate 3 is still the video game that currently commands most of my attention, there's another game I've played occasionally since 2016: No Man's Sky. I've spent about 650 hours in NMS over the past decade. It comes in third in terms of the amount of time I've spent in a single video game, behind…

Continue ReadingNo Man’s Sky

BG3 – An explanation of Dice Checks

As I've played and discussed Baldur's Gate 3 with both Real Angela and Actual Sabrina, the subject of "dice checks" often comes up. Their interest comes from different places. Actual Sabrina is new to gaming, and is learning how die-rolling works. Real Angela is an experienced gamer, and wants to understand how a flat bonus compares with…

Continue ReadingBG3 – An explanation of Dice Checks

My BG3 and D&D rules explanations

I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 with Actual Sabrina for a few weeks now. I've labeled this "playthrough 1/16": Her first playthrough, and my sixteenth. She's new to video games, and to the "Gygaxian" rules systems associated with both BG3 and D&D. To help her out, I pointed her to the "rules tangents" I included in some…

Continue ReadingMy BG3 and D&D rules explanations

Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 3’ – Tav and Trophies

CW: Partial nudity, on the same level as my previous post. The first pictorial is spoiler free. However, there'll be a warning afterwards for content past that. The warnings Now we're entering SPOILER ALERT territory. I'm going discuss more plot elements about the Dark Urge that Tav mentioned. I don't regard Tav's mention of the existence and…

Continue ReadingBaldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 3’ – Tav and Trophies

BG3 – You can be Arctic Druid Angela too Seven

CW: Partial nudity. Kinda. I tried to keep it to the PG-13 level. Also, more Druid Angela stuff, as if you couldn't figure that out from the title. Big surprise! ... Not! If you've read along in this series of essays on creating Arctic Druid Angela in Baldur's Gate 3, as soon as I mentioned the possibility…

Continue ReadingBG3 – You can be Arctic Druid Angela too Seven