James Whitbrook
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A Non-D&D Player’s Guide to Baldur’s Gate 3’s D&D-Ness
Dungeons & Dragons might be bigger than ever, but the release of Baldur’s Gate 3 has catapulted the fantasy world and mechanics of the world’s biggest TTRPG into the hands of a whole eager new audience of players looking to gather a party and venture forth. If BG3 is your first proper encounter with D&D,…
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I Want to Understand the 368 People Who Finished Baldur’s Gate 3 in a Single Weekend
Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studio’s epic new Dungeons & Dragons game, has consumed a not-insignificant amount of my free time since it launched earlier this month. An amount that even I, who had been waiting half a decade to play it, thought was a little extreme. So shout out to the absolutely unhinged folks who…
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Yes, Marvel Really Is Revisiting the Spider-Man Story About Radioactive Semen
The House of Ideas’ latest is something that indeed could diplomatically be described as an “idea:” Marvel has confirmed after a brief period of teasing that Spider-Man hasn’t gotten enough attention for all the wrong reasons lately. After releasing a shadowed teaser image earlier this week ominously heralding the return of “The Most Notorious Spider-Man…
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Disney Will Take a $US250 Million Hit for Shuttering Galactic Starcruiser
Announced earlier this year, the impending closure of Galactic Starcruiser—Disney’s exorbitantly-priced Star Wars immersive experience/cabin bunk hotel—is going to see the company take a hit to the tune of $US250 million in “accelerated depreciation,” according to interim CFO Kevin Lansberry. The Orange County Register reports the news came during Disney’s third quarter report call yesterday,…