"Where did that hand just go?": Lae'zel's actor sleeps with Lae'zel while playing as Pink Lae'zel in one of the funniest Baldur's Gate 3 streams ever

Some resources in can be much harder to acquire than others, but one that could potentially cause frustration has received a change that should alleviate problems. As a survival crafting game, employs properly balancing resources as part of the intended challenge. When things don't feel like they're shaking out in a fun or fair way, however, a little bit of tweaking can go a long way to ensure that the experience is rewarding without feeling like a grind or a dead end.

Sex speedrunning is back in Baldur's Gate 3, thanks to Larian. 

Ah, Lae'zel. She might give off the vibe that she wants nothing to do with you, or anything in Faerûn for that matter, but her romance tells a very different story indeed. When Baldur's Gate 3 first launched, she was the easiest companion to rizz into the bedroll. It was so easy to pull off that it became its own speedrunning category - Sex%.

One of 2023's most notable sleeper hits is the action-puzzle game Cocoon. It's a type of puzzle game that showcases dense and detailed environments and a particularly clever take on traversing multiple worlds, blending exploration with puzzle-solving. As more attention has been given to the game post-launch, the developer behind Cocoon recently shared on social media a never-before-seen look at an early prototype, showcasing what the game looked like in its early stages and how it got to where it is today.

The speedrunning community surrounding Baldur's Gate 3 has focused on many complex feats to match the game's immense scope. Along with the traditional goals, such as clearing the game as quickly as possible, a smaller community of players has taken to a less conventional feat - romancing party members as quickly as possible. And as it turns out, the one party member that's been the quickest to find intimacy with is the notoriously prickly party member Lae'zel. However, the recent Patch #4 for Baldur's Gate 3 that just launched today has led to a catastrophic change that has disrupted the BG3 romancing speedrunners. Following the patch, Lae'zel has now upped her standards significantly, and she's no longer that easy to romance.

39 years after its original Famicom launch, the demon-themed Pac-Man clone Nintendo was afraid to release for NES has just gotten its first North American launch courtesy of the Nintendo Switch Online service.

With God of War, Horizon, Spider-Man, and other blockbusters happily taking root on PC, I can only assume that the continued absence of Bloodborne from our platform of choice is due to either a mummy's curse or Sony executive spite, but who needs it anyway? Bloodborne's true form—Bloodborne Kart—now has a proper release date, meaning we can turn Yharnam into our own personal Rainbow Road incredibly soon.

The actors behind Astarion, Shadowheart, and Lae'zel have pitched their own Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, and it's a Stardew Valley-like featuring the community's favourite imp Bing Bong.

Nintendo has revealed the latest batch of games joining Nintendo Switch Online, and one game stands out in particular as a surprising, but welcome, addition.

GOG has long been known as the premiere destination for DRM-free PC releases, which comes in handy for those who don’t want to deal with DRM either preventing a game from being played, making it play worse performance-wise, or just being annoying with constant online check-ins. Sony has become known as the destination for long-form single-player epics, really beginning with the God of War series on the PS2 and continuing that trend with Uncharted – making today’s announcement that both series will be available in some form in a DRM-free format soon being rather fitting. Sony has released several of their games via GOG and GOG is marking the season not only with a big sale, but also the announcement that the 2018 God of War that got a PC release a couple of years ago will now see a DRM-free release via GOG alongside Uncharted: the Legacy of Thieves Collection.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s most dramatic feud is between party members Shadowheart and Lae’zel, but their in-game beef also infested the two character’s fandoms in playful ways... until now, since the actors behind both characters have called for a peaceful truce.

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