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It took me far too long to realize this Witcher TV article was satire.

Far, far too long:

Netflix’s Witcher Series Delayed as Method Acting Henry Cavill Won’t Stop Accepting Side-Gigs “

Netflix announced production of The Witcher has paused due to Henry Cavill, set to portray Geralt of Rivia, accepting repeated side-gigs as part of his method acting process.  “

Via Constant Reader Cam, over on Facebook
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Witcher series moves along with coming to Netflix.

OK. I don’t know if I can approve of a Witcher TV series. It’s not because of the producer…

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich will adapt fantasy saga “The Witcher” into a series for Netflix, Variety has learned.

Like the stories on which it is based, Netflix’s “The Witcher” chronicles monster hunters who, with training and body modification, develop supernatural abilities at a young age to battle deadly beasts. Hissrich will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Her writing and co-executive producer credits include Marvel-produced superhero dramas “The Defenders” and “Daredevil” for Netflix and Starz’s “Power.” She is represented by UTA.

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The Gwent card game beta is up.

Am I the sort of person who blogs about such things now? …Why, it would appear that I am.  Also, the cover art here is subtly hysterical. Look at it for a second and you’ll realize why.

Moe Lane

PS: Gwent is a collectible card game found first in Witcher: Wild Hunt that is nigh-worshiped by the Witcher community. Sufficiently so that they’re now trying to sell it as a standalone.

CD Projekt Red will be releasing a Gwent card game.

This is cool . Via HeartbreakRidge:

 

For those who are unfamiliar, gwent is the in-game collectible card game for Witcher: Wild Hunt.  It was and is addictive; it was also genuinely clever as a CCG. Basically, you get dealt ten cards. You have to win two out of three matches against your opponent, with only those cards; and cards used during a match are discarded going forward*. It’s a perfectly valid strategy to lose one of the three matches, if you think that you can get your opponent to waste his best cards; there’s definite strategic thinking, there.  Plus, since you had to build the deck actually finding all the good** gwent cards meant that you had to explore the entire map and talk to all of the important NPCs, which was a good way to encourage people to progress in the story. Continue reading CD Projekt Red will be releasing a Gwent card game.

New Witcher, Dragon Age Inquisition DLC.

Neither being the big ones, but Game Plus and The Descent might prove of interest. To be honest, I’m not in a rush to get either. Issue 12 of The Secret World is about to drop and I’m getting along in Elder Scrolls Online*: and when those are done I’ve got a bit of a backlog. I can always revisit The Witcher: Wild Hunt and Dragon Age Inquisition later.  There’s really not much of a rush, honestly.

Moe Lane

*It’s fun, once you actually get to play it (after downloading the double-digit gigabytes’ worth of patches).

I admit to having a complicated working relationship with Roach.

As noted here, there can be a lack of coordination between you and your horse Roach when it comes to summoning him.  Like Tycho, I admit to bossing my horse around all the time in The Witcher: Wild Hunt; also, to be honest about it? It’s not always Roach’s fault.  I will insist on summoning my horse and then running away from him, because I want to get to the objective and I’m caught up in the moment of the chase.  Roach will still follow me; which shows some dedication and professionalism on his part. I should be more grateful for that.

…Look, it’s an immersive game, OK?