The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Jacob Lewis]

Spiraling out.

 

[payn]

Nightly reminder for myself that it's better to listen than to talk.
I hate not having solutions. I hate not being able to do anything to make it better.
Is it any wonder that my hobbies center around power fantasy?

I was on a date again tonight. With an introvert; I'm a hopeless extrovert. I can tell she is into me, but I'm constantly seeking that affirmation. I long for the time I don't have solutions to make things better, and instead have to rely on living out my power fantasies.

 

[eyeheartawk]

If anybody cares, Gamenerdz is offering the Spelljammer set for pre-order for like $50, so way cheaper than Amazon. Which, is also like, $450 less than that one guy from the Wing Commander movie charges for it also.

 

[payn]

If anybody cares, Gamenerdz is offering the Spelljammer set for pre-order for like $50, so way cheaper than Amazon. Which, is also like, $450 less than that one guy from the Wing Commander movie charges for it also.

lol, forgot about that.

 

[Cadence]

I was today years old when I learned

 

[trappedslider]

 

[eyeheartawk]

I was actually flipping through some old Dragon issues I have yesterday and I came across that article James Ward wrote bragging about sanitizing their game for the satanic panic crowd.

Then today in another thread somebody mentioned that TSR also did this in their third edition of Dragonquest.

Am I alone in still being angry about this? Like, I don't know why it bothers me so much. Is it because it's morally and creatively bankrupt? Because it's a craven commercial interest (of debatable value) compromising a creative endeavor? Is it because it's just, like, really really lame? Is it because I hate Tipper Gore types? I don't know. Probably all of it.

Though, I think the reason I hate it the most is a combination of all of the above and then having the temerity to write a column bragging about it.

Bah humbug.

 

[payn]

I was actually flipping through some old Dragon issues I have yesterday and I came across that article James Ward wrote bragging about sanitizing their game for the satanic panic crowd.

Then today in another thread somebody mentioned that TSR also did this in their third edition of Dragonquest.

Am I alone in still being angry about this? Like, I don't know why it bothers me so much. Is it because it's morally and creatively bankrupt? Because it's a craven commercial interest (of debatable value) compromising a creative endeavor? Is it because it's just, like, really really lame? Is it because I hate Tipper Gore types? I don't know. Probably all of it.

Though, I think the reason I hate it the most is a combination of all of the above and then having the temerity to write a column bragging about it.

Bah humbug.

Im kinda like, "yeah!" but then realize so much worse is happening right now in today's moral panic. I just dont care anymore.

 

[eyeheartawk]

Im kinda like, "yeah!" but then realize so much worse is happening right now in today's moral panic. I just dont care anymore.

Oh yeah, on a ranking of actual issues in this worst-of-all timeline it's very low. I would rank it right above me dropping a jar of relish on the floor at Target the other day.

The abject failure you feel seeing another human being trying to sweep your wet pickle mess into dust pan really makes you evaluate how you got here.

 

[prabe]

I think it's easy to look back and see cowardice--and it might have been actual cowardice--but it's harder to look back and see all the context, so I'm perhaps more reluctant to judge than you are. Doesn't mean you're wrong.