Recent content by charlesatan

I think right now they have a mix of third party studios (which is where their successful hits can be attributed to) and internal video game studios (which is unfortunately where their current flops come from)--which at first glance would seem like a good investment, as per Adkinson's original...

The game is most likely not for me, but the bigger question here is whether Wizards of the Coast's strategy of being selective which companies get to adapt video games of their properties (as opposed to Games Workshop which basically lets anyone license their property, hence the signficantly...

I presume in much the same way some people pre-judge products that are announced (as opposed to waiting for it to be released and evaluating it based on its actual contents) they immediately want to voice their opinion. (e.g. Dark Sun product gets announced, people immediately comment "I do not...

"Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to be Racist" by Adam Serwer from The Atlantic. Some execerpts: "Today, we can see their influence on right-wing populists in business and politics all over the world.The billionaire Peter Thiel named his software company, Palantir, after the crystal...

On PSI's website, it doesn't seem that they're distributing D&D (they do distribute other adjacent books though such as Warhammer, Doctor Who, Numenera, etc.). The speculation mentioned by darjr is that Penguin Random House distributes to Amazon + bookstores, and Wizards of the Coast wanted to...

It mostly hits bookstore distribution. But more importantly, it affects international bookstore distribution, relegating D&D books to hobby shops/gaming stores in the rest of the world.

Well, that and maybe that the writing in the first place was horrible. We just got older (and hopefully wiser), so we're able to spot bad writing better, while the past is twinged with notalgia.

Pretty much sums up the Baldur's Gate fans who defend RTwP. They want BG3 to be more like the original BG games. On the other hand, there are a contingent of players who want BG3 to be more like D&D 5e.

Me, because having played several of the modern RTwP games, they're horrible (as in their choice of game mechanics doesn't synergize well with RTwP and the game suffers mostly for it... feels like those games chose RTwP because of marketing reasons more than because it made sense for their game).

In this case, it's less about funds and more of: a) squashing unforeseen bugs, b) refining game mechanics (whether combat or some other element) If you're worried about the story, Early Access doesn't release the entire game, usually just one section: enough to play with the mechanics, but...

There's two ways to look at it: 1) Even the most objectionable views have their fair share of supporters. I guess it comes down to the owner thinking that there are more people who agree with them than those who don't. 2) Some people still support problematic companies/institutions regardless...

They already built their (not so optimized/buggy) engine for the 1st Edition rulesest. They'd have to start over if they want to do Second Edition. Also, they have a lot of lore and campaigns they can draw on from First Edition.

1) It's the campaign setting of a new generation of D&D players who grew up watching celebrities play D&D on stream. 2) Green Ronin published one of the continents in the setting.

Again, it depends on how large a market Diamond is vs. the costs of Paizo, both of which are info we don't have. The problem with Diamond sales is that its market are comic book stores and some specialty stores. It's a step in the right direction for Paizo that they dominate these charts, but...

Not necessarily. It means P2 commands presumably a large chunk of a small pie. Now whether that small pie is profitable/popular enough...