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The first printing press, courtesy of Johan Gutenburg, appeared in 1450. This invention is right up there with penicillin, the Internet, the machine gun and all sorts of other, radical world-changing technologies and discoveries. The printed word allowed ideas to percolate up and down the social strata of societies in a way we might struggle to understand, or take for granted, right now. In fact, the written word was a vehicle of the Reformation, and later Fascism and Communism. Like the Internet, it was a force for both positive and the negative. It accelerated education. It was instrumental in the emancipation of the oppressed. In short: it was a Big Deal. Now in Project Eternity we have a world where, for some reason, technology has developed unevenly. Imagine how much more dangerous that world might be --- where guns and mighty galleons, a world where Gods can inspire the development of bombs, coexist with dark aged superstition and dogma? So this thread is about that. Start with a counter-factual if you wish, or perhaps how this fits in with the lore of the world. And I know that printing presses aren't as sexy as swords, spells and loot but in the context of the setting I think it's an interesting topic.

Update twenty is starting to ping up on the mainstream gaming sites' radar now.

^ It's just shy of 18.5 K

I love Titan Quest but that GUI is too.... schematic. And it had a tiny Tetris inventory.

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/#chart-exp-projection Can the last minute KS surge increase this? What happened on W2?

Alternatively, we could simply threaten them with melee weapons.

I mean, what's not to love? I want it to *feel* like a PnP character sheet. And although I adore IWD, I actually think the character screen is regressive and too.... nicotine brown. And by the time we got to BG2 something strange happened, especially with some goofy armour design and off-hand weapons.

I actually like the structure (if not the overall design and assets) behind Diablo 3's GUI but for this game I want to see something evocative of the IE games. A blown-up avatar from the game is OK, but a beautifully realised paper doll is better.

I have. They say you only know when you're giving enough to something you support when it *hurts* Man, my wallet has taken a critical hit.

Lots of fake Vin accounts but he says he doesn't have one himself.

We need the endorsements of hawt women and Vin Diesel. Hey, has anybody asked Vin about this? He's a deadly serious gamer. And he looks like Minsc.

Ink Blot you deserve some sort of reward for these, I really appreciate them man.

I want a Bobby Null T-shirt.

Bada-bisch!!! She's here all week, folks!

Volourn has been obsessed with Dwarves for as long as I can remember. It's a harmless fixation, although I suspect the integration of demi-human and humans in the same culture might irk him slightly. As a traditionalist, I am fond of red-beared Scottish dwarves and therefore have a soupçon of sympathy for his position.

Did I mention I was tone deaf. If I joined a marching band I'd be the bloke at the front with the stick.

Nah, I hear the spoons, two coconut halves being banged together and a comb-covered-with tissue combo.

Live Q&A with Obz on PC Gamer 3pm PDT http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/12/project-eternity-obsidian-live-chat/

If you ever need someone to sing rude songs, very badly, in an authentically drunken London accent then I'm free.

^ Or she blows you up.

Hey, if they want to base the city on London I'll give them a full tour of all the places you... might not... usually... go. And I'll buy them a beer and get them into the Tower.

^ You think making dark-skinned characters slavers is politically-correct? It really isn't. Remember a certain Hollywood movie, based on a historically accurate book, having to leave indigenous West African slavers out of the movie because of the uproar from the left? Maybe you can see it both ways, which is clever, but making a dark-skinned race slavers is quite radical and / or subversive. The fact of the matter is that over the course of human history many cultures used slavery. Take a look where the word "slave" comes from (Slav, as in white slaves from the Baltic who went on to serve as high level administrators in the Almohad empire. The Almohads, of course, were North African Muslims). Because our most recent memory of slavery comes from the African-American experience, naturally we look at the subject heavily from that PoV. But it isn't the whole sorry story.

^ "Jumping Her Bones" = Romance. Cant, you old smoothie.

I feel your pain but we must prostitute our values for this worthy cause.

Name that module....