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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • The short version:

    • Game is good, came out at the right time, had a lot of hype and lived up to the hype

    Longer details:

    • The game is just really well made. It’s extremely fun, very polished (except for a few weird bugs), and complete
    • It has a massive IP tied to it. This game had impossible levels of hype and it met those expectations somehow
    • The recent D&D movie was a large success, and D&D in general has been the most popular it has ever been lately
    • Divinity OS 2 Definitive Edition was very well received, people trust Larian to deliver a good product
    • People are sharing this game with their friends. They had a strong marketing push as well as really strong word of mouth
    • Final Fantasy 16 left a lot of us wanting a more traditional RPG after FF16 was anything but traditional
    • We currently live in an era of games like Diablo 4 which ask for a $70 price tag, and then also have a paid battle pass and paid cosmetics. This game came out at $60 content complete with no additional microtransactions. Ultimately that makes this game much easier to reccomend to people.


  • I completely agree with this take.

    I have my gaming desktop, gaming laptop, and Steam deck.

    My gaming desktop is my strong preference. It’s powerful, I built it myself, and it can handle basically everything I can throw at it.

    My gaming laptop is really nice for travel, where I can’t bring my desktop. I was working at a job that was like 30% travel, lots of flying. It was nice to have in the hotel to get some gaming in.

    On shorter/busier work trips though, I’d usually opt for just taking my iPad and Steam Deck. It’s a bit more limited in terms of what’s available, but the Steam Deck is a super capable machine. The Steam Deck also didn’t exist when I started traveling originally.