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Yeah, but . . . A lot of this is coming from our current generation of oligarchs, who are pretty nerdy. I think their love of Tolkien...

Based on the posted excerpts, the article seems to be saying that racism is used by folks with power to maintain power, and so folks in...

I understand people not wanting to read an article, especially if it's paywalled. That's fine, I do it all the time! I'm just not...

Also, quite clearly, a feature article about the biggest game in our hobby in one of the most mainstream sources of news and cultural...

Show me art that's apolitical and I'll show you ergonomic design.

I think you've greatly misunderstood this article, which is absolutely arguing in defense of D&D (and tabletop gaming and fantasy as a...

Well, sort of. I mean, the issues in SF and Fantasy genre circles predate by a LOOONG time the notion of pandering to the algorithm...

I don't know, I've been on the internet in nerd spaces long enough to know "You need to have meaningfully engaged with and not wildly...

I'm a big fan of curated random.encounter tables. This particular Dark Forest possesses certain traits, so it's encounter table should...

Once you have time travel that isn't blocked off in some fashion, that sort of thing in kind is intrinsic to the beast.

My take is that I notice that people who want to push bigotry, sexism and other identity-based strife tend to want to infect any circle...

I think nerds generally are uncomfortable with him constantly trying to get nerd cred, especially since it's pretty clear he hasn't...

In your household, both too high and too low seems distinctly plausible.

Elsewhere: "This product isn't racist! Also, could you review this product by an actual Nazi?" I'm now pretty sure that first product...

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. The Dungeon Master is supposed to be miserable. Remember: if the DM is enjoying the gaming...