RPG devs stopped making games like Baldur’s Gate ‘because retailers told us no one wanted to buy them’, says New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer

Classic RPGs make up some of the most formative examples of late ’90s to early 2000s PC gaming in my memory, but I also remember when they weirdly disappeared. If you loved games like the original Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, or Planescape, and also wondered why we stopped seeing these kinds of titles for a…

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AI software company Graphite says it practices ‘dogfooding’ and ‘onboarding roulette’ by deleting employee accounts at random

I thought I’d heard every bit of corpo-speak going at this point in my career, but apparently I was wrong. AI code review platform Graphite has published a blog detailing its use of “dogfooding” to help develop its onboarding process, a particularly ugly term that apparently equates to “being forced to eat your own dogfood”….

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Best PW5A3 loadout in Battlefield 6

I don’t know why, but there’s nothing more tactical and cool than an MP5, and in Battlefield 6, that’s the PW5A3. Not to be confused with the much faster firing PW7A2, based on the MP7, the best BF6 PW5A3 loadout is just a tad slower and more methodical. The PW5A3 is certainly a strong early…

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Best M4A1 loadout in Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 may have 45 weapons to unlock, but there’s only one you’ll ever need: the trusty M4A1 carbine you unlock at Rank 2. Just a few minutes into your first game, and you’ll be well on your way to having the best M4A1 loadout, dominating close range and often outmatching even assault rifles at…

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Best M433 loadout in Battlefield 6

Despite the M433 being the first assault rifle in Battlefield 6, and likely the very first weapon you’ll use, full stop—ARs are supposed to be simple, after all—it’s far from easy to use. I hated it at first, but after some trial and error, the best M433 loadout has grown on me immensely. The M433…

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Best PW7A2 loadout in Battlefield 6

It doesn’t look like it at first glance (it’s just a renamed MP7), but the PW7A2 is one of the weirder weapons in Battlefield 6. It’s got a blazingly fast 947RPM fire rate, making it one of the fastest-firing weapons in the game, and yet it has virtually no recoil. Seriously. The best BF6 PW7A2…

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Best L110 loadout in Battlefield 6

The L110 is the starter LMG (or light machine gun) in Battlefield 6, and as you’d expect, it’s capable of spitting out an absolute storm of bullets before having to reload. The best BF6 L110 loadout is all about trying to control that torrent of projectiles, shackling the gun with some recoil control, while trying…

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Best B36A4 loadout in Battlefield 6

Battlefield 6 has eight assault rifles at launch, but the starter M433 struggles to make a great first impression. Assault rifles are usually known for their consistency at all ranges, and the M433 just isn’t meant for that, but the Rank 14 B36A4 certainly is. With the best B36A4 loadout, you finally have a real…

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