Larian's main focus for Divinity is 'to see how far we can push the diversity of companions' so intra-NPC relationships can feel more natural and complex Your new best friends are getting a makeover. PC Gamer · Jan 13
Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity lead writer says AI-generated writing is a "3/10 at best" and "doesn't" actually improve game development Larian Studios has toyed with AI tools GamesRadar · Jan 12
As Baldur's Gate 3 devs move onto Divinity, Larian lead says the writing process is to "encourage the chaos" and break situations "in every conceivable way" "To be at one with the chaos" GamesRadar · Jan 11
Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts My worst drafts are a 5/10 but I might have lower standards. PC Gamer · Jan 10
Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer hopes we won't want to save scum in Divinity: 'Our ambition is certainly to make failure more interesting' F5 + F8, save scummers say "great" / Overwriting autosave, scummers behave! PC Gamer · Jan 9
Divinity's reveal trailer was brutal and dark for a reason, Larian's writing director says: 'We want to give players the opportunity to be the light in that darkness' But not in the way that those dudes who got burned alive in the trailer were lighting up the darkness, I suppose. PC Gamer · Jan 9
Larian's Divinity AMA Live Coverage - All the news as it happens The Baldur's Gate 3 devs have plenty to reveal about their follow-up GamesRadar · Jan 9
Exploring the legality questions about Venezuela military strike - Roll Call FactCheck.org takes a closer look at some of the legal arguments that have been made surrounding President Trump's regime change in Venezuela Roll Call · Jan 8
‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters The Guardian - US · Jan 4
Congress poised to weigh in on Venezuela campaign - Roll Call When it returns to Washington next week, Congress will face the fallout from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's ouster. Roll Call · Jan 3
Trump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him… Fortune · Jan 3
This 1,300-Page Anticapitalist History Gets a Few Things Wrong Sven Beckert's Capitalism: A Global History is...not a reliable history. Reason · Dec 29, 2025
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025
Even Divinity devs got carried away by your Game Awards sculpture theories: "I saw people speculate that it was Bloodborne 2. And I was like "Oh I hope it is!'" Maybe one day… GamesRadar · Dec 19, 2025
Euronews · Dec 19, 2025 Trump’s oil sanctions test legal limits with Venezuela tanker blockade By deploying naval forces to intercept sanctioned Venezuelan oil shipments, the Trump administration is pushing the enforcement of oil sanctions into uncharted legal territory, prompting concerns in Congress and among international law experts about escalation risks.
Reason · Dec 17, 2025 Hegseth Won't Let Us See a Video That Might Undermine Support for Trump's Bloodthirsty Anti-Drug Strategy The defense secretary claims the video, which shows a second strike that killed two floundering survivors, would compromise "sources and methods."
PC Gamer · Dec 16, 2025 Swen Vincke says there's 'definitely more pressure' to nail Divinity after the critical acclaim of Baldur's Gate 3 You might think making the sequel to the most popular D&D game ever was as high pressure as it gets, but nope.
PC Gamer · Dec 16, 2025 Divinity is 'past pre-production' and already recording actors, but don't read too much into that: Swen Vincke says Larian will be 'recording non-stop' "That gives you an idea of the ambition."
PC Gamer · Dec 16, 2025 Divinity has even 'deeper sequences of consequence' than Baldur's Gate 3, says Larian: 'We wouldn't be excited if we were making the same game again' "The level of agency that we're going to give you is very, very high—much higher than what happened in BG3."
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025 Manchester United and Bournemouth share thrills and spills in eight-goal extravaganza Manchester United and Bournemouth traded blows in a chaotic 4-4 draw at Old Trafford
International Business Times · Dec 11, 2025 Jeremy Griffith: A Surprising Defence of Capitalism Working through the not-for-profit World Transformation Movement, Jeremy Griffith has devoted decades to refining what he calls his instinct-vs-intellect explanation of the human condition – a biological account of how our species became 'psychologically upset'.
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025 House passes sweeping defense policy bill amid tensions between Trump and Congress Further provisions within the bill demand greater transparency on boat strikes in the Caribbean
Roll Call · Dec 10, 2025 House votes overwhelmingly to pass compromise NDAA - Roll Call Bill now goes to the Senate, which plans to vote to on sending it to President Donald Trump by the end of the year.
Roll Call · Dec 8, 2025 Trump threatened to veto NDAA over base names, Rep. Strickland says - Roll Call The Trump administration threatened to veto the defense bill over policy differences on military base names, Rep. Marilyn Strickland says.
Reason · Dec 8, 2025 Hegseth Mulls Releasing a Video That Illustrates the Brutality of Trump's Murderous Anti-Drug Strategy The footage shows what happened to the survivors of the September 2 attack that inaugurated the president's deadly campaign against suspected drug boats.