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Mathematician and game enthusiast Marcus du Sautoy discusses the iconic game of Risk
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The chaos of the dice
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Battlefield 2042 | Official reveal trailer
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Humans have been telling stories and using dice for thousands of years, so why did it take us so long to combine them into role-playing games?
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Fair dice (part 2/2)
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Fair dice (part 1/2)
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Weekly game discussion thread 3: Battlefield V
Let's give this discussion format another try. The new Battlefield is now out, and I'm sure I'm not the only wave playing it. What are your thoughts?
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Battlefield 5 | Official Gamescom trailer – Devastation of Rotterdam
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So apparently there's an ongoing controversy about Battlefield V allowing you to play as a female character
Any perspectives on that, fellow Tildoes? Tildarians, Tilderinos, Tildonkeys, etc.? From what I can tell, the main argument against it is that it's not historically accurate. I guess that makes...
Any perspectives on that, fellow Tildoes? Tildarians, Tilderinos, Tildonkeys, etc.?
From what I can tell, the main argument against it is that it's not historically accurate. I guess that makes sense, but A) that doesn't seem to warrant the utter seething rage that I see from opponents, and B) I rather doubt the Battlefield franchise has made it a habit to be 1-to-1 regarding history anyway. I've played none of them, but I saw someone mention that in-game events are definitely not historically accurate anyway. So I guess the "keep women out" side is conflating the game's setting with a declaration of dedication to historical accuracy? Seems silly to me to take umbrage at a game failing to meet an expectation that you invented.
Then again, maybe I'm wrong. My initial gut reaction was to write it off as casual sexism and an unwillingness to break tradition, and while I'm sure that explains a minority of the outrage, I highly doubt the controversy can be explained so simply.
Anyone here want to way in?
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Battlefield 5's 'Airborne' mode will parachute players into the fight
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Battlefield 5 | Official reveal trailer
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Battlefield V producers says DICE will 'always put fun over authentic'
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