GMTK Reading List (August 2023)

Baldur's Gate! Wholesome Games! Ghibli! Tomb Raider!

Hi all!

Apologies for the delay on this one - I've been battling the coronavirus. And mostly losing. I’m starting to feel better though and so will be back to video making from next week! To make up for it, here's a bumper edition of the reading list.

Critical Roll

[Watch | CC | 10 mins] How Save Scumming Makes Baldur's Gate 3 Better - " I see save scumming as less a tool for cheating, and more as a pacing device".

[Read] Playing a halfling in Baldur's Gate 3 has given me a new, shorter perspective - "Whenever I enter conversation with a human, elf, tiefling, githyanki, drow or half-orc, the camera sits behind my head, tilted upwards to meet the gaze of the other, taller party".

[Read] How Baldur's Gate 3 morphed Larian Studios into wild new shapes - "Developers that rapidly expand to meet a project’s needs often go through cultural convulsions - losing part of their identity in the process."

[Read] The not-quite-making of Baldur’s Gate 3 - (From 2018) "Chris Avellone, Feargus Urquhart, and Chris Parker reflect on the RPG series, its long legacy, and possible future".

[Read] Yelling is not journalism - "If I worked as a journalist, and I had a question, and that question had been asked by players constantly since the advent of DLC, I would attempt to do some journalism to find out the answer."