LOL this is by far my favorite gaming story of the week

[EarlG]

Dynamic Beard Growth Confirmed for Witcher 3

Impressive-looking facial hair is nothing new for video games. But Polish developer CD Projekt Red is going one step further with its upcoming role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

In this game, main character Geralt's beard will grow over time. The action hero's beard has several "states," according to CD Projekt Red's communications boss Michał Platkow-Gilewski.

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"When you download the free Beard and Hairstyle DLC the growth of the beard will stop because we decided that when players want a predefined look, it would be weird to require from them to reapply it time after time," Platkow-Gilewski said.

CD Projekt Red previously described Geralt as a "relatively handsome man," citing his beard as one of his standout features.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dynamic-beard-growth-confirmed-for-witcher-3/1100-6426116/?ftag=YHR28b9ce3

Is there nothing they can't do with these new-fangled machines?

[Warren DeMontague]

1. That's exactly how I look, if I don't shave for a week.

Chain mail and all.

[EarlG]

2. What you mean you too have dynamic beard growth?

I'm jealous. Serves me right for having a last-gen chin.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I do.

I also have astoundingly realistic and rapid dynamic hair greying and age-related presbyopia.

Aren't I lucky?