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Larian revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 has sold 2 copies in the Vatican (gamerant.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Road_Warrior_10@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Venicon@lemmy.world 154 points 2 months ago

Not surprising, it’s another place based in high fantasy

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 30 points 2 months ago

quality burn

Though I would still like to go. That architecture looks fantastic.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

The fandom takes cosplay and immersion very seriously.

[-] Venicon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I would love a peek inside the forbidden archives.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 120 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Probably the two IT nerds who manage the Vatican systems.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 months ago

2 out of the 764 people who live there. I wanna see an investigation drama where they try to narrow it down.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Oops, they only managed to uncover systematic sex abuse. Better luck next time, dang it.

[-] sasquash@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 months ago

or two guys from the swiss guard.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Father Robert bring one.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Obviously. You can't really expect the pope to play solo. Now the true question is, who did he romance first? My money is on Karlak.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Nah, shadowheart. You know the Catholic Church likes converting people.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Gotta find the user name "el_papa" or "big Poppa pope", track him down. I wanna play call of duty with him

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] cmhickman358@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 months ago

I bet he went Minthara

[-] pinkystew@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago

pwease kill immigrants with me? ~the pope

[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 37 points 2 months ago

Wow! That's 4.08 copy/pope/km^2

[-] Buffman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

!theydidthemath@lemm.ee

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd assume there'd be at least someone there who's job it is to "research" things to see if they're to be banned or not.

Like the person who would've had to read the Harry Potters.

[-] Grangle1@lemm.ee 70 points 2 months ago

Believe it or not, the Catholic Church is far less into the "Satanic Panic" idea that anything that mentions magic and stuff is evil and should be avoided than most Protestant Christian churches, especially the Evangelicals. Pretty much the only thing they consider sinful outright in the media is porn, otherwise you're just advised to avoid stuff that influences you to commit other sins. This includes things like Baldur's Gate 3. If it's not influencing you to sin, it's not a sin to play. Same with Harry Potter and other stuff like that. It's just some extreme folks in the Church, influenced by the Evangelicals, who push the Satanic Panic farther than the Church officially teaches and give the Church a bad name in that regard. Lots of priests are sci-fi/fantasy/gamer nerds, and Tolkien (author of Lord of the Rings) was a faithful practicing Catholic.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 32 points 2 months ago

Speaking of satanic panic, the biggest irony are those that denounce stuff like the Diablo or Doom series. You know, games were the player's job is to literally destroy the forces of actual hell. Maybe killing demons with swords and shotguns is sinful?

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

It's just any time there's that much excitement, it must be no good, you know?

[-] shininghero@pawb.social 25 points 2 months ago

This raises a more interesting question. How many copies of DOOM have been sold in the Vatican?

[-] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But to compare, how many loli porn game ? Someone ask Valve to release the numbers...

[-] elekitty@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Reference material for when they release a BG3-style RPG starring Luce and friends.

[-] poissonDistribution@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Could you please save and quit, your Holiness?

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

No, dad, I need to kill Raphael!

[-] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That song goes hard though. Felt bad ending it.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That fight is in my top 10 gaming experiences for sure

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

You must gather your congregation before venturing forth!

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I'm more surprised that it even got offered there. There's some legal hurdles to clear for selling in a new country, and I guess, one of their distribution platforms decided it was worth it.

I guess, the Vatican might not have a ton of laws, though...

[-] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 2 months ago

The Vatican is essentially Italy, except when it goes against their interests

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting. I almost guessed that variant, too, but figured it would be a bit too wild for a country to auto-adopt most laws that another country implements. 🙃

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago

I wonder if North Korea has some copies 👀

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Pirated ones, probably, though I doubt anyone other than the dear leader is allowed to play, because "western propaganda". Not like you'd have many people in there with a good PC anyway. Or even electricity.