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First of all, OSR is a nebulous name, it's either called "Revival" or "Renaissance" depending on who you ask. The OSR as referenced to that seemed to be born out of a few things. There were rule sets created to be clones of OD&D/AD&D coming out a few years ago. I think the key critical mass...

It has to do with the person who has a blog called "D&D with pornstars". Apparently some of the OSR dislike the attention it is getting and the potential bad attention it can get, with what I believe is some legitimate criticism. (For instance, I think the mainstreaming of porn is a bad thing...

There's been some recent news about the Gygax memorial, although some people over here might have seen the blogs, I wanted to summarize some of it here. The plans are still on for the memorial to be placed in Lake Geneva's Library Park. Progress is proceeding on it, it looks like the Lake...

Just so you know, I ran the original without a problem. I believe a lot of the DRM hate is based on principle, and not so much on actual encountered problems.

I suspect by "social networking", WoTC is trying to make their presence known where people are talking about them. With the rise of Facebook & Twitter, I think companies are learning that they might need to have more presence in other locations rather than doing everything on their own sites...

I don't think the criticism of 4e or the "edition wars" caused people to abandon the 4e market. Most smart publishers know how to separate a verbal or vocal faction from their audience. I think the collapse of the 3pp market came from the following factors. The d20 glut hurt a lot of...

The key thing to have a healthy debate on the issues, is to use facts instead of buzzwords and appeals to emotions. For example, instead of talking about it being "videogamey", try to discuss it in detail. Maybe mechanics are less simulation oriented and more game-oriented like the healing...

Dunno if this counts, but my Favorite Black Dragon is "The Black Dragon",which is the Graphic Novel by Chris Claremont and John Bolton from the 1980s. Amazon.com: The Black Dragon (9781569710425): Chris Claremont, John Bolton: Books (Hey, if we can talk about Kung-Fu, this counts too :P ...)

Yes, but you are missing my point. Things don't always last. Even if an Ice Cream Stand replaced the Malt Shoppe, the old thing disappeared. It is still something different even if it replaces an old role. (And the Soda Fountain was not replaced by Fast Food, it was replaced by Bottled...

Vaudeville used to be part of pop culture too. So did Malt Shoppes and Soda Fountains and Radio Dramas. Pop culture does not equal immortality, in fact, one aspect of pop culture is its ephemeral nature. People need to accept this fact, otherwise growing old is gonna be very disappointing...

That wasn't D&D, that was Epic of Aerth, for the Mythus game. I'm just pleased somebody remembers an obscure Gygax creation though! :)

Not necessarily. First of all, the additional protect Trademarks give to copyrights is only a small part of the entire Trademark law. Secondly, the Trademark only allows certain limits. You can't use the name in trade but you may be able to refer to the individual. DC has been able to give...

I've got no problem with CC for Patents or Copyright, as long as the original authors are okay with that. Trademarks, people need to realize, are different. They never prevent anybody from using the term for non-commercial or what is called fair use, which has been discussed before. So...

You miss my point. Some societies don't even have the concept of private property, and thus you can't steal land. Gold as a standard of trade value wouldn't exist in some cultures, they might barter. The concept of money is an artificial law, yet we have laws against counterfeiting, stealing...

I'm going to have to disagree with that. While 3e had a lot of additional rules and some changes, a lot of the core concepts were the same. You could easilly take a 15th Level Fighter, a 12th Level Wizard, etc, and get a very similar character. Your magic items, spells, etc, are pretty much...

While I see this as basically correct, there is a grain of truth to this. The big difference between 4e and the 1-3e is that most maintained a level of backwards compatibility. 2e, at least the core (I'm not talking about Players Option stuff) was pretty much a streamlining of the 1e ruleset...

Well, NOTHING has intrinsic value. Gold, for instance, may be a physically scarce resource, but I doubt a tribe of humans who had little contact with the outside world would care, they'd likely be more concerned with food. All economies are artificial constructs of civilizations. Not...

The key thing is, virtually all laws are constructed by man and are "artificial". Even if you accept the terms of "Natural Law" (as it, rights designated by either objective nature, divine will, some objective moral principle etc.), that's not really something that could be proved, but rather...

When you think about it, this is about brand and/or identity changes. One of the newer trends today is the fact that companies like to recycle brands more often nowadays. In the past, brands used to have solid identities. You only had a few Hershey bar (milk chocolate and one with almonds)...

If it's Google-based ads, I can understand this. The key thing for me is, I'm not really angry at the insinuation about D&D, but rather I find it annoying, much like I found it annoying when reporters would use the "Pow, Bam!" terms when talking about comic books. It shows an ignorance of...