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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Baldur's Gate 3

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Baldur's Gate 3 was the most acclaimed video game of last year and recently won Game of the Year at The Game Awards. It maps the experience of Dungeons and Dragons onto the mechanics of videogames. You and your companions embark on an epic quest, going through dark dungeons and dangerous wilderness — all while being confronted with choices that change the game in ways big and small. But what makes it so beloved?

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Baldur's Gate 3 was the most acclaimed video game of the last year.

0:25.0

It recently took on the coveted Game of the Year award at the Game Awards.

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But what makes it so beloved?

0:32.0

Well, in it, your character and companions you choose, and park upon an epic quest

0:36.2

that takes you through dangerous wilderness and dark dungeons, endless caverns, and abandoned temples,

0:41.0

which turn out to be not all that abandoned.

0:43.6

As you go you're confronted with choices, many many choices that change the game

0:48.3

you're playing in ways big and small.

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I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Balders Gate 3 on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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