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If Bob Sr. shared those views, he was smart enough to keep them to himself.

Geez. It's like Bledsaw Jr woke up and thought "What can I do today to absolutely incinerate the tiny bit of remaining good will that people have toward my company?" Well, good job, Bob. NAILED IT.

I didn't even realize that I held this opinion until Jim Pinto called my attention to it over on Facebook. Underrated: World of Synnibarr. Ok. Hear me out. The rules in World of Synnibarr run the gamut from "meh" to "completely unhinged" but, conceptually, the game's setting is a lot more...

The 10th Anniversary Edition of Fudge comes with a 100% complete example classic fantasy implementation (ala D&D) that you can build with the rules. It outlines character creation, multiple types of magic, provides an introductory adventure, and comes with a brief bestiary. It's very...

Weird. I found it both the most accessible version of Fudge and more accessible than any version of Fate, save for FAE. I certainly found it more accessible than any edition of GURPS core or Hero System.

Probably the 10th Anniversary Edition of Fudge (OOP hardcover, or PDF here).

In one of the first games that I worked on for somebody else (that I believe is still on the drawing board), there was a specific focus on slice of life details - clothing customs, local foods. social taboos, and such. I've never read another RPG that went into such details to the degree that...

Night's Black Agents will probably be my go to solution for action-packed weird conspiracy games going forward (everything from the default vampires to Fringe). It simply has a lot of good design packed into it and it's malleable enough to be used for multiple settings/campaigns. For specific...

Ultima Online was the first big MMORPG that I invested a lot of time and energy into. I kind of miss those days. But Betrayal at Krondor was the first big computer RPG that I really enjoyed.

Dina Meyer is a very talented actress whose virtues, unfortunately, often go unsung.

The only two things I've seen The Rock in that weren't entirely forgettable were The Scorpion King (which is not forgettable because it's one of the absolute worst pieces of trash I've ever had the displeasure of paying to see in a theater) and The Rundown (which was actually pretty fun, despite...

Another controversial opinion... Underrated: Johnny Mnemonic. With the exception of missing demi-humans, this is exactly what I want from a Shadowrun movie. This film, though not high class cinema, is incredibly fun and it stands up to repeated viewing for me. There were even some really good...

Unpopular opinion incoming.... Underrated: Batman Begins. A great introduction to Batman and perhaps the best superhero "origin story" film. Overrated: The Dark Knight. This really should've been two different movies (The Joker Arc and the Two Face Arc) and, rather than recasting Rachel, they...

It's science fiction rather than fantasy, but still fantastic - James Bolivar diGriz.

The one I had the most fun with was Storm King's Thunder. There's a lot to do with it and I like the open, hexcrawl, nature of the thing.

Yeah, allegations of a toxic workplace at GAMA are nothing new and the past history certainly makes these newest allegations credible. I recall, for example, the attempted introduction of anti-harassment policy a few years back that allegedly did more to shield the accused than empower the...

They released a POD core book and promised several follow-up books, including one that would provide rules for magic, but as far as I can tell, only the bestiary ever came out (and only as a PDF). Kind of a shame, as I think I would have really liked the game (I ended up not buying it because it...

Use it as a guideline, never a straitjacket. Transmogrify it using your own words.