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…
In my previous post on creating the Bard instrumental ensembles in Baldur's Gate 3, I had a misleading statement: It’s almost impossible to get all six instruments to play at once within the main game. [...] In the main adventure, even if you have all four of your party members with the Musical Instrument skill, you’d need…
CW: There are videos in this post that include rapid movement in a video game. If you have vertigo or a similar reaction to visual media, the videos may be disorienting. Since this essay is about the audio, you can close your eyes or look away while the videos play and still understand what's going on. TL;DR:…
TL;DR: If your game controller isn't working, it's not your fault. My apologies if you clicked on this post expecting to see a political discussion. It's difficult to talk about the real topic of this essay without using the word "left". The actual topic? Joystick drift on a PS5 controller. A trivial topic, to be sure. There…