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Hopefully that isn't aimed at me. I've not implied that at all.

For sure. Some of my generation's (GenX) coolest stories were built to sell toys and nothing else.

Yes, that is true. And, it is also true that geek culture has always been shareholder value. The world is complex and multiple things...

Nobody said anyone was a bad person.

That is true, and certainly to disengage with a brand/product/franchise/etc completely is a more effective form of protest than simply...

So, I guess cynicism is cool again, is that it? Embrace the power of "and", people. A thing can be art AND a commercial success. A...

That’s not just geek culture, that’s all of late-stage capitalism. Our entire society is based around making the line go up, and you can...

That’s the thing about models. All models are wrong; good models are still useful.

Edit to add: I modified this from other sources + my own ideas, but primarily from material @mearls has posted on his discord/patreon...

Yeah, same. Generally, if players in my games want to choose an alignment and write it on their character sheet they are more than...

This! If it's fun to argue about it on the forums, then who am I to judge - I do my fair share. But it's not like there's some...

Well yeah. The point of a boycott is “stop giving them money,” not “your possessions are tainted.”

I agree with @Charlaquin earlier in the thread that it is better to define "railroad" as a verb -- it is something that the GM does to...

Also, why exactly are we sealioning in JK Rowling’s defense here…?

Sure, fine, but compared to smart glass? Absolutely not. The environmental cost of extracting and processing those minerals is...