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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    This really does seem to be the "Occam's Razor" answer here. Goodman is undoubtedly sincere (or at least believes himself to be sincere, which is essentially the same thing) in his stance an attitude towards issues of social justice and equality. He most likely just allowed his rose-colored...
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    General video game discussion

    I mean... they're not wrong. I haven't beaten the game yet so I can't speak for the ending, but it has definitely had some of the saddest moments I've seen in a video game. Of course, it also has some of the funniest scenes I've seen in a video game, so I've found it to be a great mix. The...
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    General video game discussion

    Seriously y'all need to play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It's wild how good this game is
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    Video Games You Wish Existed

    You mean you didn't grow up with any laserdisc in your house?? :eek:
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    You can tell it's a mediocre, highly niche setting because of how well it did in all of the Survivor threads we used to do on here :LOL:
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    I do want to push back on this, because while this is true at the highest levels (particularly when it comes to overarching political ethos), when you drill into the details it's not even close. In particular, literally every form of bigotry you might imagine is a extreme minority, albeit with...
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    D&D Debuts Playtest for Psion Class

    Yeah, they changed the verbiage; everyone has Prepared spells now, the difference is how and how often the class can change which spells are Prepared (every day from spellbook, every day from everything, or once a level because your kit is mostly intended to be set in stone)
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    Absolutely no sarcasm intended; I agree wholeheartedly. I'm an older millennial in my late 30's; do you know how many colleagues in my age group and generally nerdy cohort both (a) grew up absolutely loving and identifying strongly with particularly popular series of wizard novels AND (b) had no...
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    Civilizations, RANKED!

    I don't know if everyone else is just waiting for all the DLCs too but I know Civ VII has been out for months and I haven't heard so much as a peep about it. Anyone here giving it a spin already?
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    That said, it still doesn't help with the disappointment 😥
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    Ah yes, the Gradine Corollary to Hanlon's Razor. Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity; and never attribute to stupidity what can be adequately explained by being overwhelmed by modern information overload.
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    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    Welp, Clair Obscur is officially both the funniest and the saddest video game I've played in a long time
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    New D&D Video Game Announced

    I mean, neither BG1 nor BG2 were turn-based, so that's not entirely something we can count on with any certainly. That said, BG: Dark Alliance is an already existing ARPG franchise that many have fond memories of, so if we're expecting to see a franchise revival that seems most likely...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Also, it wasn't fair for me, so doesn't that mean it wouldn't fair now to make things fair for everyone?? Obviously the fairest thing is to keep things just as unfair as it was when I experienced it!!!!1!
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    D&D Debuts Playtest for Psion Class

    Personally I'm just excited for the prospect of actually fitting psionics within the world of Eberron again.
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    Video Games You Wish Existed

    Look, all I want is a remaster of Lost Odyssey, and Vagrant Story. That really shouldn't be too much to ask for.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    In many ways it's a key, defining characteristic. Growing up my parents would often respond to "That's not fair!" with "Well, life's not fair!" and my response would always be... well... shouldn't it be? And shouldn't we be working to make it that way?
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    And the thing is... I still don't necessarily think that Goodman is a bad person. I think it's clear his heart was and is in the right place. But he's underestimated the harm this was going to cause, in his ignorance and passion for the project, and the deeper he digs in and the more he blames...
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