A super fan of Dungeons & Dragons' Githyanki made a Baldur's Gate 3-infused Doom map where you can just hang out and talk to them Githmap is a cool little proof of concept, a Doom map that feels more like the beginning of an RPG.

It was called GITHMAP www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/a-...

The itch page is on archive.org if you dig around, but the download appears to be long gone. No idea if it was taken down over copyright concerns or for other reasons.

On a whim I looked up if anyone had ever done a BG3-inspired Doom mod (what a weird combination) and the answer is frustratingly "yes, but it's lost media now"

the big AI post blog.xcvgsystems.com/i-have-compl...

(technically not a masterpost as it's mostly new rather than collecting existing posts)

I will say that I'm currently knee-deep in Act 3 and finding it rather overwhelming, though.

Baldur's Gate 3 is not a perfect game, but I haven't been this invested in the story, setting, and characters of a game since the Mass Effect original trilogy. And unless it pulls a Mass Effect 3 (or something amazing comes along), I think it's going to be my personal Game of the Decade.

I really wish I could dig up the original passage and its source, because although completely unintended it sounds like a perfect description of AI generated hallucinations

there was a quote I heard in English class a long time ago that was something like "...he said, and walked out the door. Who was that guy? There is no door." It was supposed to be deeply profound, but I joked at the time it was satirizing bad writing.

drawings from on the airplane (one of them might been on a train)

I generally don't like to criticize the creators of a work without knowing the full story, but splitting Cobra Bubbles alone makes me think they didn't really understand the material they were working with. The reason they gave for changing it is why it was funny in the first place.

Weirdly I kinda wish they'd broken MORE from the original, focusing on Nani and the weight on her, going for a more bittersweet "things don't always work out" approach. It pokes a few times in this direction but never commits to it and ends up just feeling confused.

Finally watched the new Lilo and Stitch. It has its moments, but overall, it's just kind of not as good as the original. The ending wasn't as bad as I'd expected, but also lacked all the layers the original had (and didn't have the chase scene, for some reason).

welp the main twist of Expedition 33 has been randomly spoiled for me... thinking I should pick up The Outer Worlds 2 sooner than later if I want to play it without spoilers

An offhand line in a random fanfic has me thrashing my brain over what instantaneous teleportation even means assuming a relativistic universe. Not even in a "what scenarios would break causality" way but literally "what is the definition of instant"

Gina Weissman dressed as Dame Aylin, and Sakura Amano as Isobel

Happy Halloween! They've upped their costume game this year.

Google is trying to kill open app development on Android. Let's push back.

keepandroidopen.org

www.change.org/p/stop-googl...

I think I'd be more positive if they weren't trying to hype it so much. If it was like "hey, we've got big things brewing but in the meantime here's a thing for the 25th anniversary" I'd probably be more receptive. Although personally, I'd still prefer a Halo 3 remaster.

AI has definitely made the contrast more pronounced, but pervasive low-effort slop and the (real or perceived) preference has been discussed before it entered the picture. I've had the feeling of "I coulda just made a predatory mobile game asset flip" since the mid-late 2010s.

To be clear, a post about AI, not a post written by AI.

Done the first draft on my AI post, around 3000 words. Hoping to get it out next week. This one's gonna be a doozy...

I was really hoping to do at least a drawing for Halloween this year, but I just don't think I'm going to have the time.

If you're excited for Campaign Evolved, all the power to you, but I just can't muster up the enthusiasm. I personally find the first entry to be the weakest by far, with even Halo 2 holding up much better. It has a lot of shortcomings that I don't think can be fixed without fundamental changes.

So, uh, is ~~343 Industries~~ Halo Studios just giving up?

A UE5 remake of a game that's already had one remaster, without the beloved multiplayer, is... a choice. Not continuing Infinite's abbreviated campaign, or bringing us something brand new?

I installed Windows Me in an emulator for some reason

Somehow all three sticks of RAM in my Windows 98 retro machine went bad

Summary post on CVE-2025-59489 www.xcvgsystems.com/2025/10/upda...

The Excessive Sound Guys and You Have To Make The Game are now patched for CVE-2025-59489

(that concludes the patching adventure, summary post coming soon)

Project D759 (version 1.0.0) and SE7ENGOKU (Story Mode Preliminary Demo, previously 4c01d7 and now 65dadd6) are now patched for CVE-2025-59489

followed a video tutorial and managed to not completely screw it up?

(the half-elf ears were not in the video but I couldn't help myself)

Shattered and In The Middle Of The Night are now patched for CVE-2025-59489

(almost there!)

At The Break Of Dawn and A Dream Of Valhalla are now patched for CVE-2025-59489