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Larian CEO says Baldur's Gate 3's Dark Urge character was originally going to be a Paladin by default, which makes me even happier I played it that way

"But then we started thinking about it and said, actually that's bringing in a lot of narrative problems."

PC Gamer

'She was so very well-defined from the get-go': Baldur's Gate 3's Gith darling Lae'zel changed the least during its development

'chk. Istik! I am already defined, as all Gith are trained to be.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 leads shut down popular community theory that the RPG's most mysterious characters was originally a totally different character

The Emperor's big twist was always the plan

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Baldur’s Gate 3 was inspired by Hitman and Arkane’s immersive sims: “they said a level is a block of Swiss cheese”

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A villain in Baldur's Gate 3 was originally guaranteed to kidnap whoever you romanced, 'which wasn't very popular'

Spoilers for act three.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 writing director says Larian is "not saying no" to new races being added to the game

Baldur's Gate 3 writing director Adam Smith has confirmed that more updates are coming to the game.

TechRadar

House sends final NDAA to Biden’s desk - Roll Call

In the latest sign of the shifting partisan politics of national defense, more Democrats than Republicans voted for the bill.

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Baldur's Gate 3 writing director says Larian is "not saying no" to new races, but you'll likely have to wait a while

Writing director Adam Smith says "we're not done yet"

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The End of Enlightenment by Richard Whatmore review – a warning from 18th-century Britain

In a study with chilling modern resonance, the history don contends that the age of reason was betrayed by the greed, corruption and barbarism of Britain’s ruling elite

The Guardian - UK

Baldur's Gate 3 devs hope its success pushes other RPGs to get weird: "People can go to a publisher and say, 'Well, look what it f***ing did for them'"

More, please

GamesRadar

Swen Vincke accepts The Game Awards GOTY for Baldur's Gate 3 in plate armor: "I didn't expect it"

The Larian Studios founder looked positively regal

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Baldur's Gate 3 devs' greatest challenge was playtesters who skipped hours of content and could never get laid: "Oh god, this is the worst thing that can happen in an RPG"

They walkest alone

GamesRadar

The Guardian view on a dismal inheritance: the UK does not need another bout of austerity

Editorial: Fixing a broken economy with service-led growth and increases in public investment as well as welfare spending should be seriously considered

The Guardian - UK

Democratic congressman says home vandalized by Gaza ceasefire protesters

Adam Smith of Washington state calls spray-painting of garage ‘sadly reflective of the coarsening of the political discourse’

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Roll Call

As lawmakers digest supplemental, a way forward remains unclear - Roll Call

The lack of a House speaker is just one factor in an uncertain legislative path for President Biden's $106 billion emergency funding request.

Roll Call

Lawmakers eager for Israel action hamstrung by House speaker impasse - Roll Call

The House is eager to show support for Israel following Hamas terrorist attacks. Without a speaker, there’s little action the House can take.

Fortune

The scientist whose research was key to developing the COVID vaccines was demoted, had her salary cut, and threatened with deportation. Today, she won the Nobel Prize

Katalin Karikó, now a vice-president at BioNTech, saw her research undermined for years before the 2005 breakthrough that led to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Reason

Free Market Book Misstates the History of Free Market Thought

Author Jacob Soll's commitment to an untenable historical thesis distorts the facts.

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The Guardian - UK

UK e-bike users warned not to use incompatible chargers after fatal fire

Coroner says blaze that killed London man probably caused by battery being plugged into charger with different voltage

The Guardian - US

US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year

Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020

The Independent UK

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there's still 4 months to go

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion

WEKU

Celebrity couples keep breaking up. Why do we care so much?

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are the latest high-profile pair to announce their split in what some have deemed "the year of the celebrity breakup." Experts explain why people get so invested from afar.

Chicago Sun-Times

U. of I. professor examines complexity and contradictions of work

Robert Bruno’s book “What Work Is” draws on how his students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign characterized their jobs and how they affect daily life.

TechRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 writer explains why Act 2 cuts down on exploration

Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer, Adam Smith, explains why the game's second act has a narrower focus.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer says Act 2 is deliberately lighter on exploration for pacing's sake

'If we'd done three big slices of space like we did in Act One, I think it would get exhausting.'

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