Tag: Geralt

  • All the Latest Buzz About “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”

    The Witcher series has just about everything I love to see in video games: vivid characters, engaging stories, a variety of gorgeous settings, more than one possible ending, and the ability to make decisions that matter. The combat may be the only thing I don’t adore, but it’s getting an interesting overhaul in The Witcher 3: Wild…

  • “The Witcher” Series: Reading vs. Playing

    In the 1990’s, Andrzej Sapkowski published short stories and novels set in an original fantasy setting. These center on Geralt of Rivia, a witcher who wields magic and hunts monsters. But I played The Witcher video games — well, the second one, anyway — before I ever read Sapkowski’s books. It’s only in recent months that I’ve…