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Do you know how many candy bars I'd have to sell to raise 20,000 GP!?!? We left Part 1 of our Baldur's Gate II coverage with an outrageous mandate... to raise a ton of money to get information about where our soul (and sister) were taken. But Athkatla is a dirty and greedy city, so there's plenty of work to do.

This episode covers most of Chapter 2, except for the content at Trademeet. We kind of ran out of steam. Next episode should take us through the Underdark.

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Lots of folks have waited very patiently for us to get around to covering Baldur's Gate II. It's a very well-regarded classic game, and it fits in well with our love for all things Dungeons and Dragons. So this month, we are doing a four part series. This first episode is all about systems an generalities, which are meaty enough (it's 2nd Edition, after all).

Here's our plan for the rest of the coverage:

• Part 2: Chapter 2 (Side Quests around Amn)

• Part 3: Chapter 3, 4, and 5

• Part 4: Chapter 6 and 7, and listener responses

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• Fear of a Black Hat - Theatrical Trailer - YouTube

We hear what you think of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine.

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Our Witcher 3 saga draws to a close as we talk about Geralt's extracurricular activities in Toussaint.

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The world of the Witcher 3 is almost completely dark and grim, where moral ambiguity reigns supreme. So it's strange for Geralt's tale to end in Toussaint, which is picturesque and relatively calm... except for the murders. It's also a land of chivalric values that seem nice at first but are actually pretty backwards.

This massive expansion sees Geralt working with an old friend to hunt down the Beast of Beauclaire, a vampire who is murdering nobles. However, things get wildly out of hand as palace intrigue takes hold.

Blood and Wine is not uniformly good, nor is it as singularly brilliant as Hearts of Stone. But it's a good farewell.

This episode covers the main quest, while next week's episode will feature all of the side content.

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• The Coup - "The Magic Clap" - YouTube

• Se7en (1995) Official Trailer - Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman Movie HD - YouTube

We originally intended for our live episode at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2018 to be about Super Smash Bros. Melee. However, we figured something out... we don't like playing Smash Bros. competitively. This led us down a rabbit hole that ultimately made us change our plans... What does it mean to play games wrong. Is it even possible? Is that a real or fake idea?

So we turned the episode into an editorial, talking about different ways to play games wrong, and giving a few examples of our favorite games to break.

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This very special WOFF is brought to you by the Atomic! Kickstarter backers.

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Watch out! Behind you! You'll hear that a lot in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, a game from Ninja Theory that goes all in on the gimmick of using 3D sound to approximate audio hallucinations. We talk through this remarkable "AAA indie game", which has a young woman venturing into the Norse underworld to rescue the soul of the one she loves. Unfortunately, not everthing is fantastic here, since there's a bunch of nonsense filler in the game.

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Let's hear your responses to Night in the Woods, and the other indie horror games we did in October!

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Mumblecore playdates with a tinge of existential, cosmic dread. That's a succinct summation of Night in the Woods, the capstone for our indie horror month. This is a beautiful, charming game that goes to great lengths to endear you to its cast. It sensitively and deftly portrays issues of mental illness, poverty, and faith. We just wish it didn't have structural problems, because they result in the game hiding its light under a bushel. Let me hang with Germ Warfare, please!

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