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Cutting Bledsaw out of royalties (and we shall assume any other financial benefits derived from the CSIO project) is good. Making it plain to see that Bledsaw's views are not a deal breaker when considering whom to approach about licenses or possibly other things is not good. Though deeply...

What I mostly fear is that the success of the CSIO KS (and going by current numbers, it will be a success) will lead to people proclaiming Bledsaw's views no longer all that controversial, after all they didn't impede this. And thus the normalization of those views, which again, Joseph Goodman...

Hard to say without knowing the license contract; it is possible that the limits set by GG for the project are designed to prevent any (great?) payout to Bledsaw.

Goodman actively sought out the "wrong people" to get this license deal. Clearly the words that justified walking away from Bledsaw and JG in 2020 became somehow far less problematic in 2022.

FOMO and secondary market specualtion pretty much guarantee that the project will hit its self-imposed limits despite the price tags.

It's quite possible that Goodman Games will come out of this not much worse for wear; many people will either never hear of this controversy, accepts Goodman's explanation, not care one way or another, or even be happy to see bridges build for the Bledsaws. For me, Goodman Games will retain the...

Goodman is not working with JG to prevent Bledsaw from destroying the last existing copy of CSIO or channel inside information to the Resistance, so I feel the comparison to Rose Valland is utterly false.

So without the preservation of the historical work, GG is licensing CSIO to make a derivative work possibly including a lot of easter eggs and wink-wink-nudges to the original work that they can put the name of the original on for reasons. Things that (the naming aside) they could have easily...

Yes, there are hypothetical scenarios of varying and decreasing probability where even I would make a deal with the Devil (or Nazis or whathaveyou). Preserving CSIO is not anywhere near the top 10k of that list, and it should not be, given that it is not truly that great; it is a mildly...

Joseph Goodman decided that the views of Bledsaw are less relevant than his desire, fueled by what I cannot say, to publish a version of CSIO. That is the damning fact that I take away from this whole thing. If he manages to keep any money out of Bledsaw's hands, then that is better than JG...

I don't recall that anybody claimed Bledsaw would be actively engaged in writing for the new version of CSIO. Or doing edits or layout or maps or artwork. He is not, as best we know, writing for the project. He is not working on the product. He is working with Goodman Games as the licensee to...

Goodman Games went into a business agreement with JG, the license holder of CSIO, despite their reprehensible views being both well documented. By any definition that I find relevant, that constitutes "working with" holocaust denying antisemitic bigots, vulgo and for the sake of brevity, Nazis...

Nobody is offended because Goodman Games intends to re-release some reworked version of CSIO partially cleaned up and hopefully with less stuff that should be seen as problematic in this 21st century. People are offended and angry because GG decided to work with Nazis.

Thanks for pointing me at the video. Having watched what I assume is the relevant part about Mr. Goodman's personal life, family and situation (25:00 minutes and onward), I'm potentially even more baffled what could make him, if not eager, than at the very least willing despite everything...

You may well be right, I haven't watched the video in question. Although at this point while I know that Bledsaw can't be trusted, I'm torn whether to give Goodman any more benefit of the doubt since knowingly working with Nazis is really one of the few things I have great difficulty to forgive.

I don't know Joseph Goodman, he could be a saint in his private life or the next M.A.R. Barker; I will not speculate on what I do not know. What I know is that Goodman Games, his company, is eager and willing to work with Nazis who continue to loudly proclaim their vile views, all so that a 50...

It is possible that in 2020 Goodman really wanted to cut ties with the Bledsaws and did not lie about this. And it is possible that in 2022 Goodman had a change of heart about this decision and went back to them. However, since the Bledsaw views have certainly not changed for the better in the...

Goodman's statement utterly fails to address several claims that Bledsaw has made. It is possible that Goodman is telling the truth both about Dungeoneer and being bound by confidentiality clauses. It is just that the things that have come up by now like the unanswered question of the charity...

When this unpleasantness started, I was willing to say that Goodman had a combination of bad judgment and excessive nostalgia leading him to a truly terrible decision to work with and give money to Nazis. If any of the claims from this "manifesto" turn out to be true, I don't see myself keeping...