Tobolds

Once upon a time, around the turn of the millenium, the state of the art of computer role-playing games was the infinity engine: 2D, with sprites on a pre-rendered map that looked isometric, but didn't really have a third dimension. Famous CRPGs like Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale 1 & 2 used that engine. Then 3D CRPGs turned up, and the popula...

I am watching a rather ambitious series on Youtube where a streamer is playing *all* Baldur‘s Gate roleplaying games in order. He is still at BG1, but due to the enhanced edition of 2012, this rather old game is still very playable. Personally I am not tempted: I played BG1 decades ago, and I still don‘t like the flow of the game; the player spends a crazy amount of time walking...

Having worked nearly 30 years for the same large company, I do own shares of that company. Many long term employees of many large companies do, for various reasons: The companies are trying to buy loyalty by giving employees shares for free or at a discount, and there is usually some tax advantage to that compared to giving the same amount of money in cash. The company I own sha...

So I wanted to try out Civilization VII after the Test of Time update, which was supposed to reboot the game. But as I hadn't played it for over a year, that turned out to be a rather weird experience. I fell into a sort of uncanny valley, where some things were familiar enough for me to make me think that I knew the game, while others had either changed or I had forgotten, so t...

I just pledged €193.60 for "Glory of Rome" pledge level of Concordia Special Edition on Gamefound. It'll be around €230 by the time shipping is added. That is a lot of money for a board game from 2013 that I have only played once. And thus a pe...