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Friday Fun Thread for November 7, 2025

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I'm still playing BG3. Around 17 hours in. Progress is kinda slow, not because it's really difficult or boring but because there are so many items to inspect, notes and books to read, traps to spot and disarm, morals to ponder, battle decisions and build decisions to make. I'm enjoying it though. I killed one of the goblin leaders before heading downwards. I'm doing lots of stuff in the Underdark. Picked up a sword that can sing, and killed a bunch of minotaurs and duergar dwarves.

Playing Dispatch. It's by the Critical Role people, has nice animation, music, writing, etc. The bulk of the time playing is selecting dialogue options and watching your character make it sound snappier than you ever could pull off. There are real time events you can turn off, and otherwise two different games - resource management/hero leveling and a "hacking" puzzle game.

Unspoilerly Plot - It's a superhero setting. You are someone without powers but who has extensive experience around heroes and villains. You get a gig as a Superhero Dispatcher (think 911 dispatcher for subscribers to a corporate super-hero service.) You basically become the life coach for this universe's version of the Suicide Squad. Shenanigans ensue.

It's fun. My one complaint is that I wish there was an option to just do the Resource Management game without watching all the unskippable cut scenes. You can make different choices which makes replaying the game less tedious, but it's still tedious.

Unspoilerly Plot - It's a superhero setting. You are someone without powers but who has extensive experience around heroes and villains.

Ever read Steelheart, or its sequels, by Sanderson? That's my canonical no-power-superhero story.

Featuring an all-star cast from every corner of entertainment
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad, Westworld, Black Mirror)
Laura Bailey (The Legend of Vox Machina, The Last of Us II, Marvel's Spider-Man)
Erin Yvette (Hades II, The Wolf Among Us, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon) \

MoistCr1TiKaL (Charles White)


Jacksepticeye (Sonic Prime, River City Girls 1 & 2, Bendy and the Ink Machine)
Travis Willingham (The Legend of Vox Machina, Critical Role, Lego Avengers)
Alanah Pearce (V/H/S Beyond, Cyberpunk 2077, Gears 5)
Lance Cantstopolis (Karate, Dancing, Actor)
Joel Haver (Filmmaker, Actor, YouTuber)
THOT SQUAD (Musician: Pound Cake, Hoes Depressed)
Yung Gravy (Musician: Betty (Get Money), oops!)
Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Overwatch, Resident Evil 6)
and Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction, The Batman, Casino Royale)

I really did not expect to see that name here. Not exactly what I'd expect for a VA.

Yes, Steelheart was pretty enjoyable, though Dispatch plays the Superhero things much straighter.

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