It does on the surface, but the problem is it quickly devolves into extreme utilitarianism. There are some other issues such as:

1. How rich is rich enough for EA? Who decides?
2. How much suffering is it acceptable to cause while getting rich to deliver EA?
3. Is it better to deal with the problems we have now and in the immediate future, or avoid problems in millions of years that we may or may not accurately be able to predict?
4. Can you even apply morality and ethics to people that do not exist?
5. Who decides what has the most value?
6. It’s a cult.

The joke that keeps giving.

But no vaping ban?

The cynic in me says this is to test the water to see how pliable we are. What else will follow if we accept this, I wonder?

Is it even secret?

It’ll probably be against the law soon at the rate we’re going.

Yeah it’s hard not to think this isn’t by design. Pretty much every government has taken this approach too, I think it was Blair that started PFIs for example. Could be wrong.

Spend that oil money trying not to look like backwards cunts while you still can, I suppose.

My money is on Neverwinter 3

Hahaha that’s the one

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

Better yet, put Ben Shapiro in the dune. His gish galloping repugnance should hold back the ocean no problem. If not, well…

Honestly if it’s web3/crypto related you can generally dismiss it as nonsense.

Most web3 and crypto projects are set up by two kinds of people:

• well meaning but deluded programmers who think because they know how to code they can solve social/economic/cultural problems.

• scamming cunts.

Sometimes there’s overlap between the two.

The whole space is basically a cult.

How long until he’s sacked for being antisemetic?

Yep. Depends on the RPG and what you want to play to some extent - Baldurs Gate 3 shows just how good a well-written “traditional” branching narrative RPG can be for example.

When it comes to sandbox RPGs, I totally agree. Or at the very least keep the main story optional.

Have you played Kenshi? It does that really well I think.

Hahah yes exactly. I know Beth isn’t highly regarded for writing/narrative but it makes Skyrim look like Shakespeare.

I actually thought Skyrim’s environmental storytelling was pretty good to be fair.

And yeah I think you called it with “lazy”. As a writer myself I actually found it almost offensive how utterly dogshit and low effort it was from a company that has the resources to do so much better.

I wasn’t expecting anything groundbreaking to be honest, and I was fine with that. And yet, it still underdelivered.

The opening section where some hotshot explorer just GIVES you his organisation’s only ship and robot has to be the most idiotic and unbelievable moment in gaming narrative history (at least in my experience).

“Ok… Maybe it gets better.” I thought. It didn’t.

Most of the quests are just fucking awful and nonsensical - “Oh hi, I’m a top scientist for MAST, we have access to all the latest cutting edge technonology. Oh, apart from WiFi. Sorry can you go and pick up my sensors I placed nearby because I’m fucking lazy? Thanks.” Honestly, I had no words for this one, and it wasn’t the only one. Just laughably dogshit.

I had some good fun initially exploring and the ship customisation was cool, and I even enjoyed the space combat for a while, but the whole game feels like it was made 20 years ago.

That’s quite an accomplishment in a way I suppose.

I don’t think even modding can save it.

As a bassist, can confirm.

Fuck you brexit.

Click bait title designed to cause division and working as intended it seems.

If you actually read the article, Owlcat have nothing but positive sentiment for BG3 success.

Gets my vote 👍