Charisma is one of my favorite skills to level up in RPGs and RPG-adjacent games. Maybe it’s because of my own social ineptitude, but I feel empowered by the fantasy of being able to smooth talk, flirt, or simply make eye contact with a vendor. For decades now, games like Fallout and Mass Effect have sated me with the ability to bend people to my will using a mere stat point and live vicariously through whatever sweet-talking sycophant I wound up creating. However, it turns out that those games and many others are actually pretty bad at exploring conversation in compelling or meaningful ways. Betrayal at Club Low has opened my eyes to the possibilities of dialogue.
Betrayal at Club Low is part of Cosmo D’s Off-Peak series of games, which can only be described …
There were a lot of things that made Borderlands such a great game when it came out three years ago: the hardscrabble planet, the oddball characters, the hostile creatures, the diverse missions, the abundant loot, the powerful skill trees, and the novelty of all these things combined in a cooperative first-person shooter. In Borderlands 2, the novelty is gone, but all of the other elements are back and better than ever. This sequel doubles down on the successes of the original and shores up its shortcomings, improving the familiar formula and delivering dozens and dozens of hours of immensely entertaining gameplay.
Atletico Madrid s Thibaut Courtois believes parent club Chelsea will be favourites when they meet in their UEFA Champions League semi-final.
Diego Simeone s men host Chelsea in the first leg of their last-four tie on Tuesday, aiming to reach the final of Europe s premier club competition for the first time since 1974.
The clash sees on-loan keeper Courtois come up against permanent employers Chelsea for the second time since joining Atletico temporarily from the London club three years ago.
On the first occasion, Atletico beat Chelsea 4-1 in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, a result that the Belgium international is hopeful of replicating this time around.
For me, the fact that we’ve drawn Chelsea, like we did in the European Super Cup, is special because even though I…
Chelsea star Eden Hazard has urged his side to beat Nordsjaelland to keep alive their slim hopes of making the Champions League knockout stage.
Hazard s side must beat the Danish club at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday to have any chance, but if Juventus beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the group s other game, they will be eliminated anyway.
The Belgium international admitted he is experiencing a feeling of deja vu after he felt the pain of elimination last season with Ligue 1 side Lille under similar circumstances.
Everything depends on the last match, unfortunately, he told the club s official website.
We have to get a result from the last match, whatever happens elsewhere, and at Lille last season it was the same, we absolutely had to win but we did not succee…
Spanish goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas basked in the glory on Monday of having won Euro 2008 and reflected on the ghosts Spain laid to rest by winning their first title for 44 years.
A first-half goal from Liverpool s Fernando Torres was enough to seal a 1-0 win over Germany in Sunday s final in Vienna to give the Spanish their first European Championship win since 1964.
On route to the final, Spain beat Italy for the first time in a competitive match in the quarter-finals and in doing so broke their June 22 curse having lost three times on penalties on that date in major tournaments.
Having so often been the brides-maid, but never been the bride, Casillas side then swept past Russia 3-0 in the semi-finals before beating Germany in Sunday s final to lif…
Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal believes his team can secure an historic treble this season.
Juve hold an eight-point advantage at the top of Serie A, and are through to the next stage of both the Coppa Italia and the Champions League.
While Vidal has stressed a successful defence of their Scudetto crown is the main objective, he believes the side are capable of achieving even more.
The intention is to get back to winning the title. And then we ll try with the Champions League and the Italian Cup, he was quoted as saying by Tuttosport.
We are well prepared for the three competitions. I have many positive feelings about this season, and a lot of confidence that everything will be realized.
Vidal, who joined Juventus from Bayer Leverkusen in 20…
Liverpool will make a move for Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Moises Caicedo in the summer transfer window if the Seagulls reduce their asking price, according to CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs in .
Jacobs has said that Liverpool are looking at a number of midfielders, and among them is Ecuador international Caicedo. Newcastle United are also reported to be keen on the Brighton star.
The journalist said: “With Caicedo, keep an eye on Newcastle as well. Liverpool would need the price to drop from January to seriously consider entering the race.
“They have tracked Caicedo since his time at Independiente del Valle and now the agent situation is less complicated, they can’t be entirely discounted.
“Liverpool are looking at many midfielders…