If you believe that she's distorting the truth then you attack and undermine her argument. That's how academic criticism works. The second, THE VERY SECOND you say ' I think she's trying to court harassment' you have lost all credibility. That is also how academic criticism works.

I vote #EverybodyGames

Haha, thats some pretty shifty logic there buddy. How can a movement with no defined leadership officially condone ANYTHING?

Thanks for pointing out the dichotomy of raging against journalistic corruption but only going after the weakest and most indefensible of targets. If they really wanted to make a difference they'd be going after the publishers and the marketing firms.

No this movement has been building for a while before the Quinn event started the ethics end of the debate. These are the same people who tried to shout down Sarkeesian's videos, who tried to shut down her kickstarter, and who, nebulously before that, just tried to chase women off the internet. The ethics debate just…

Please correct me if I'm wrong but what it sounds like you're saying is you want to have a calm, rational discussion on the topic of corruption in games journalism, but too many other people waving the same banner as you are saying really horrible shit, making any discourse impossible. Instead you're being forced to…

Awesome! One good recommendation deserves another. Check out the Witcher 2. The game is tough, rewards planning and mastery, and has that same sort of grey area decision making where choices that appear like clear-cut-good-guy-decisions actually turn out to have far reaching impacts. The third game is honestly one of…

I absolutely respect your opinion, it's all probably right. A lot of my hang ups for the Mass Effect universe come from how much effort they put into it's world building. I started the game and just went to TOWN on that codex. I swallowed ALL of it in one sitting, and THEN started playing the game. It didn't live up.…

That whole sequence is the only redeeming element of that entire goddamned series.

Dungeon World is basically Apocalypse World with a Dungeons and Dragons skin on it including named stats and the like. It works great as an easy in for people who have spent years in D&D but want to try something new. Some of the systems don't translate perfectly, like AW's history stat. It links you to other…

If elves and goblins are getting old, or your group just wants to see a fresh way to play, I would recommend checking out Apocalypse World.

WELCOME TO THE VERY LATE 90s!

This was actually pretty fun!

Most commonly the fantasy is a prim librarian, in glasses with a bob haircut, and a tuft of fire above the crotch. But every now and then something else will set me off and I have no idea what the trigger will be.

Wow thanks for writing this because it really clearly defines what this whole stupid debacle has been about. I've been trying to figure out what caused this explosion of vitriol but you're right that it's been coming for a while. The focus of the conversation has been shifting away from what was formerly seen as the…

Don't you throw shade, I'm still using the same flip phone I had back in 2001. I like to throw it on the ground and watch the horror on smartphone users for fun!

While D&D is the traditionally accepted go-to, there has been a great deal of advancement in the indie scene in the last decade that has produced some truly exciting ideas for what an RPG is and how the base act of following the rules feeds both your mechanical result and the narrative of the setting.

Mike, friends don't let friends self harm!

True scale marines!

Great breakdown, that was a fun and acidic look at the more toxic elements of the fanbase.