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Baldur's Gate 3 devs take urgent action after My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way admits he hasn't played the critically acclaimed D&D RPG: "I did play the Icewind Dale expansion, I just ran out of time"

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Baldur's Gate 3 devs take urgent action after My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way admits he hasn't played the critically acclaimed D&D RPG: "I did play the Icewind Dale expansion, I just ran out of time"

Gerard Way, the frontman of My Chemical Romance and known multi-hyphenate, made a detrimental confession to his street cred during one of his band's shows at Wembley Stadium. Apparently, he hasn't yet played Baldur's Gate 3, a crime Larian Studios is eager to remedy as soon as is humanly possible.

There are less conspicuous places to announce the gaps in your video game knowledge than to around 90,000 fans in a sold-out concert, but Way has never been one to do things by half. A question emerged from the crowd in between songs asking whether the singer had ever played Baldur's Gate 3.

"No, I only played Baldur's Gate 1," he said in response. "Not that I probably wouldn't have liked two and three. I did play the Icewind Dale expansion; I just ran out of time, y'know?"

I'll give him that - all three Baldur's Gate games are the dictionary definition of timesinks. You can spend hundreds of hours in them, and completing any when you have other responsibilities is an accomplishment.

Way turns his attention to the fan and asks for their opinion on 3. "Is it good?" he says. "I would assume so, the first one was a lot of fun, it was the closest thing at the time to playing Dungeons and Dragons."

This is a quality echoed by the sequels, each one capturing different aspects of what exploring the Forgotten Realms in tabletop form feels like. Naturally, once Larian caught wind of this, it immediately offered Way a copy of the threequel on the house.

"Gerard, there's a Baldur's Gate 3 code with your name on it if you fancy trying it, lots of love, Larian," the studio tweeted. It tagged Way's old Twitter account, but it's been disused since 2016. I can tell you Frank Iero, the band's rhythm guitarist, is quite active on Instagram, and might be more easily grabbed for attention on the matter.

Outside of that, you may need to contact their PR and hope the request gets through. I interviewed Way once upon a time, through DC Comics, so getting him on the line isn't impossible. Roll for it, Larian, and see what happens.

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