#〉 bg3 ₎ influenced by literature and poetry.

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it was embarrassing how long it had taken her to recognize someone she shared a camp with. each day, he was one of the first faces she saw when she woke up, and everywhere she turned, he was there, familiar features taunting her to put the puzzle pieces together. in her defense, she had other things on her mind. after four days of stealing glances and stealthily eavesdropping on his conversations with halsin, however, the pieces came together. ❛⠀ if i'd known i was travellin' with a famous bloke like you, i'd have paid my respects ages ago, ⠀ ❜ ⠀ she says, catching him alone under the moonlight. ⠀

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Journal Entry | 2024

Critical Literature: BG3, an essay

"Science is a love letter...* No, wait.

**See YouTube video of Richard Feynman

***Which Video?

[Editor's Note]

The cultural impact of Baldur's Gate 3 is comparable in magnitude to The Iliad, the Bhagavad Gita, or Hamlet. A claim that I, the author, shall attempt an endeavor to defend. Defend against whom? Who's to say?

If any universities possessed of names of merit, or the weight of proven virtues in great excess of their proven harms, or that are enjoyable to attend and provide a solid education. Wouldn't thou feel it so pressed upon thyn mind to bestow upon the author an honor (or an honour as there may be need), such petitions may be ever so delightedly entertained.

Through diligent data analysis via myriad metrics (and a hearty dose of indignant, indolent, and insufferable data analysys as well), the author attempts to compare and contrast "Baldeur's Gate 3" to texts which hold esteem in Ivory Towers all around the globe.

In this essay I will attempt to convey, via industry-standard statistical methodologies, and some light poetry, the comparative cultural influence of a text.

Note: Expertise with mathematics is *NOT* expected or assumed, though mathematical topics will be explored. Furthermore cultural anxieties relating to control, abuse, and isolation are explored in this text, and those who do not wish to meditate on such topics are invited to exercise agency in the worthy pursuit of well-being and vibes.

As an enjoyer of interdisciplinary practice, the philosophical, moral, and ethical implications of the text ought, in the author's humble (who am I kidding, hubristic) opinion, be included.

Section I : Opening Sequence, a Stochastic Event

\Body Horror

\Brains! Brains! Brains everywhere‽

\Contemporary Anxieties

/Math Anxiety, Among Others

/Short Term, Long Tentacle

Section II : Shape of Tav

\Breadth First, Depth First

\Power Sets

\Shape of Tav

/Paths of Tav

Section III : Implications by Selected Demographics

\Multivariate Interpretations

\Strats (Strata)

\Gamers

\Villains and Vulnerability

/k-means

/Orthogonal Components

/Multivariate Regression

Section IV : Personal Notes Regarding The Editorial Process

\Motivator Narratives for Good and for Ill

\History

\Academia

/Mathematical Tools as "Tadpoles"

Section V : Errata

\Beholders and Recursive Media

\Magic Missile and War Gaming

/Turing Completeness

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[Editor's Note: DU? Cultural Lenses, diegetic and non-diegetic.]

In this essay I will...

Journal Entry | 2024

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