Don’t think of Avowed as Obsidian’s Skyrim but as a Fallout: New Vegas and Outer Worlds-style take on first-person fantasy, says the studio

You’ve gotta feel for Avowed, Obsidian’s upcoming first-person fantasy RPG. As soon as the studio started talking about it, people (including, ah, me) began to look for pigeonholes to slot it into. A quick shorthand that would let us call the game “Obsidian’s take on X”. The easiest reference point, of course, is Skyrim (Starfield…

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Obsidian’s design director would love to add the immersive sim elements of Baldur’s Gate 3 into a ‘Pillars-y’ game: ‘we have mostly 2D worlds, so that’s a lot more difficult’

Before Baldur’s Gate 3 came along and took a great (weapon master) swing at what we thought the CRPG could do, Obsidian was keeping the flame alive with Pillars of Eternity—a series that is by all means absolutely stellar. Granted, Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin 2 laid that groundwork, and the immersive sim elements the studio…

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink has stuck a device in someone’s brain and he’s already talking up its theoretical uses: ‘Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist’

The first patient to receive a brain-computer implant from Neuralink is doing well after the procedure, company founder and billionaire Elon Musk has said on X.  The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well.Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.January 29, 2024 See more Neuralink aims to produce a brain-computer…

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2018’s best platformer now has an adorable Mario 64-style tribute made by the game’s original dev team for its 6th anniversary—and it’s completely free

Celeste is one of the best platformers in the past decade—it’s a game with a heartfelt, deeply affecting narrative that’s also just really damn good at what it does: Complex 2D platforming with a skill ceiling so high it’s nudging the moon. Now you can play it in 3D, kinda. Celeste 64: Fragments of the…

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