Yes, yes they do. Okay, so I woke up in the middle of the night, having dreamed about how to fix the radials in BG III. I don’t even work on that game. The worst part about this is that I can’t really get it out of my head. Sometimes a problem will lodge itself... Continue Reading →
I Am Feminist, Hear Me Snark!
Okay, so I have a very snarky hypothesis I want to share with the world. This is my hypothesis. Men already think they know everything, even if they don’t which is why we even have a word for it - mansplaining. I think, and this is the snarky part, that men don’t like tutorials because... Continue Reading →
The Missing Voice
Both Baldur's Gate and Starfield have protagonists that have a lot of conversations with a lot of people about a lot of topics. I've mostly been playing Baldur's Gate III and it has a leg up on Starfield. I can see my character in the cutscenes. In Starfield I can't. The expressions of the face... Continue Reading →
Gaming Slump
I’m currently in a gaming slump. I don’t want to play anything, not even the games I’ve been waiting for and wanting to play for a while. Sometimes this happens. It’s annoying that it is happening now, though, at this moment, when I’ve got two massive games with romance options to play. I think I’ve... Continue Reading →
My Kingdom for Some Usability
This is a rant. I want to preface with that, because I’m going to be a bit rude and a bit annoyed and I’ll probably make some people angry as per usual, but I really have to say this. What the hell happened to both Starfield and Baldur’s Gate III? Did no one run their... Continue Reading →
Game Design Diary – The Issues With Unclear Unreal
So, I'm trying to make input work in a game that I've been building as part of an Udemy course. The issue is that it is next to impossible to find the bug. I've been redoing the same class, or lecture, or whatever you want to call it, three times now, and it always fails... Continue Reading →