Clearly the "There are a lot of people at Larian who play D&D and there are a lot of game sessions going on continuously" PR lines are intended to address this criticism. In fact this week's interview seemed to be all about addressing that criticism.
Larian has been talking about playing D&D campaigns in the office and being huge fans of Baldur's Gate since the Kickstarter campaign for the FIRST Original Sin. This isn't just something they made up now.
