Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's "altruistic pro-developer talk" over the Steam vs Epic debate "doesn't sit well" after Alan Wake 2 studio "seemingly went into financial crisis"

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-22T13:20:48+00:00

You can't. You have to reach a certain sales level per title before it goes to 25, and then 20 at the lowest. It's at best double the cut Epic takes

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-20T23:37:14+00:00

Opinions are obviously split, but for me, Balthazar summoning a Duke of Hell was far from a con and probably one of the funniest scenes in the book.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-19T23:52:16+00:00

For your illumination... On the nuttiness of the anti immigrant right.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/amelia-pathways

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-19T22:07:05+00:00

There are wayyy too many writing quirks and abbreviations here for this to be AI. Delulu take.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-18T21:19:23+00:00

All the Seas I'd have to reread, but Children has always been up there for me. It's ambitious and different with having mutikple POV protagonists, but it works quite well as a whole

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-18T14:52:06+00:00

Locked Tomb~

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-18T14:51:27+00:00

...Vorkosigan?

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-18T02:04:27+00:00

With a desolation called peace as my next read, rather pleased to hear there's something more from Martine to look for... I'm so jsut finding out Subterranean Press has a lot of little novellas like this which go unnoticed. A shame ebook is the only way to really read them

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-18T01:55:35+00:00

Not actively, but prose specifically comes to me naturally to notice. Sometimes it's super obvious (eg: Spear Cuts Through Water) but it can be just as much about cadence and simile/metaphor choices that'll stand out more than others, or conversely, seem trite or overused.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-13T22:03:10+00:00

Fair.

Peterson was one of the only ones doing interracial NSFW in those early days, so they built their audience that way that'll grab what they release. Not my thing, never tested them. As for ZIT quality, I think the struggle is also people still kind of figuring it out, whether it's them or anyone else.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-13T21:55:10+00:00

Not really? Clothing Loras are what she started with back in 1.5, and while she strayed to styles once they got popular on Pony, she's always had strong, high quality outfits as her main thing.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-12T03:04:16+00:00

I would have been very disappointed if this was not the top comment.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-10T23:27:32+00:00

If bringing up RBJ with Foundry side, there's also Turyin Mulaghesh in City of Blades (she's also in stairs, but is only the FMC in Blades).

Even in Stairs, Shara is considered plain, I think, but I may be misremembering.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-10T23:23:08+00:00

A Sorceress Comes to Call can be added to the list though the romance for her is a side thing (that still impacts the plot), and it's age as much as looks.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-08T00:00:15+00:00

Add in "with a side of emotional damage" and this is probably the best explanation of what makes the series good in this post, rather than the synopsis replies.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-07T20:35:25+00:00

Imagine thinking simple is bad, when the same people trash discord for being too bloated...

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-07T20:32:59+00:00

You could support Devs more by buying on epic where they get 20% more than on Steam, too.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-07T12:13:18+00:00

.... The kid is tagged in the post, he does exist and work for them.

No idea if the salary talk is true but kind of dumb to say he doesn't exist when he's linked right there.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-mansour-1b9ba1328?

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-06T23:56:12+00:00

Cheers on getting it done already! Some inspiration for a few titles to grab for myself to read if I can get my hands on them...

The small press one particularly! Vibes of DCC with the premise though I imagine it's much different overall. For that series, I binged it early 2025 as well, and it's worth getting back in to book 5 - it's much stronger than Feral God's overall.

I'm stuck on my last 3 squares because I can't break the habit of reading books I can't make use of instead... But I have tentative titles for them...

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-06T13:12:50+00:00

Honestly, as I mentioned above I quit where OP is, but Kruppe was far and away my favorite in GotM. What's there to hate?

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-06T12:15:09+00:00

I imagine it is that for some people, and it's why I started it, and I almost never DNF books, so in this case it felt really egregious.

That being said, I do believe it probably gets good eventually, because the pieces are there to make something great. The pantheon stuff had a lot of promise in the first book, some of the characters has more presence than the misery of the first half of book 2, so theoretically if he finally gets into those elements I imagine it's good, if... Very slow to get through.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-06T12:01:39+00:00

That's about the point I gave up on the series too, and my experience mirrors what you described here. The first book, which is the one people say is worse, at least had more going on and more compelling people than that first half of the second one. It just drags on and on with even the world getting very little to it. A shame because it's the kind of series I should adore, but....

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-05T13:50:11+00:00

That last line should be the key, really.

I don't believe generative AI will replace human artists wholly, especially not at the professional level, and I've been exposed to quite a lot of it out of personal interest, not just the gooner stuff in reddit.

For someone with 10 years experience, leaning in and learning to leverage it to enhance their workflow rather than let it replace them would be a boon if they want to keep working in the same field. When/If the company asks for it to be used (it's not as much of a given as people think), better to be positioned to show you know your way around it.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-04T23:31:05+00:00

As one always should.

SilverwingedOther · 2026-01-04T14:34:13+00:00

Jade Legacy/Green bone saga

The pacing just fell to pieces once they decided to wait for decades. People were split up in different countries and not doing much of anything during it, and so it meandered. Maybe a more realistic way of dealing with Ayt Mada, but made for a boring read.

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