Baldur's Gate 3 Players Are Playing Sports With Gale's Body

thegamer.com:

Baldur's Gate 3 lets you do an awful lot. But you can't play basketball or go bowling. So, players are finding their own unique workarounds, like picking up Gale and throwing him into a bunch of barrels or... dribbling with him. Bouncing him up and down off hard, rocky dirt paths. Sorry, Gale.

TikToker ryotherat is leading the charge on Gale torture. They started by throwing him off a cliff to send him "back to Waterdeep", but that wasn't enough. With the power of video editing, they quickly moved on to Gale Pong. Going all the way back to gaming's roots here, eh?

The first-ever at-home video game was called Pong, released in the '70s. The first-ever unrelenting wizard simp was called Gale.

"Does this hurt Gale?" a concerned commenter asked. ryotherat replied, "His body? Yes! His feelings? Also yes!" At least they're honest?

Of course, Pong isn't enough. Onto Wii Sports. ryotherat picked up Gale, laid out a bunch of explosive barrels in the shape of bowling pins, and hurled him into them.

Don't throw your mates into explosive barrels IRL. It probably stings.

I'm sure being lobbed by a magical giant at a bunch of barrels hurts plenty, let alone a bunch of barrels that then explode, killing you on impact. RIP Gale, you will be missed.

Bowling, once again, not proving torturous enough, led to Basket Gale, on what ryotherat now dubs the GaleSports Network. The idea, spurred on by the sound effects, is that Tav is picking up and dribbling Gale, throwing him to other players (down cliffs, of course), but in reality, it's just Tav smashing him against the floor repeatedly.

"POOR GALE I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT THESE," a slightly less concerned commenter wrote.

"He tried to leave my party during this video," ryotherat replied. I