Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire review: Oh, the places you’ll plunder

Enlarge / Deadfire‘s presentation feels improved in nearly every way over its predecessor. My sword really likes being stabbed into people. I know this because she (he? it?) told me so. Her name is Modwyr, and she only stops insulting me when the conversation turns toward potential violence. It’s making me uncomfortable, but the bonus […]

Denmark’s free education policy has created ‘eternity students’ who never graduate

Reuters/Jim Young Denmark has a term for people who don’t graduate in the normal five-year track: eternity students. Because Danish students receive a monthly grant and pay no tuition, some feel compelled to move through their studies without thinking about the future. A 2015 amendment made it easier for universities to push students through, but the trend still exists. […]

‘Pillars of Eternity 2’ Reaches First Stretch Goal: Obsidian Crowdfunding Target Reached In One Day

Having teased gamers for the last few weeks with mysterious hints dropped on the Obsidian Twitter feed, the game developers finally revealed Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire for crowdfunding on Fig. The original Pillars of Eternity took gamers back to the days of Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment, the classical era of role-playing games on […]