It’s terrible — Cyberpunk 2077 might be a shitshow of a game, but it was ambitious in its detail. That detail includes a ton of hostile architecture, like benches with spikes to keep people from lying down. But the game doesn’t actually address the subject of homelessness. …

Drow Are (Not) Terrorists — “You have joined the Ministry of Our Hidden Mistress, a paramilitary cult that worships a forbidden goddess, and sworn in blood to avenge the wrongs placed upon you and your people. …

Dungeons & Dragons is a boring time sink. Play something that actually feels like ‘Honor Among Thieves’. — The trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves feels NOTHING like actual D&D. D&D is slow and boring. The rules are overly granular and dense. The whole game is an un-fun slog. Its price-to-fun ratio is terrible. The Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit, which is only an intro game…

‘Sigmata: This Signal Kills Fascists’ is V for Vendetta meets Robocop by way of Fringe — “All people have the right to exist. All people have the right to resist those who threaten their existence through any means necessary. All onlookers have the obligation to come to the aid of the oppressed, or they’ll fight alone when they, themselves, become the oppressed. …

Oil Companies are existential threats to humanity — “Buying this book is not a contribution to the environmentalist cause. But it is a means to inspire action. The Earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” — Ecopunk: 2044 Just after this year’s Earth Day, Vice published a…

A Fantasy Role-Playing Game About Hacking — “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” — Edward Snowden Cryptomancer is basically Lord of the Rings meets Mr. Robot with a side of…

‘Spectaculars’ and ‘Risus: The Anything RPG’ do Marvel better than Marvel — Marvel Multiverse is the ‘Morbius’ of tabletop roleplaying games. It didn’t need to be made, and it was made by someone that doesn’t get Marvel. That last bit is particularly confusing because the head designer had written Marvel tie-ins before. Marvel Multiverse has a few things going for it. The…

Or, Jenga & Judges — “As the iron fist of the Justice Department tightens its grip on the people of Mega-City One, there stirs once again a movement towards democracy. As pro-democracy agitators, now is the time to take a stand for self-governance.” — Dread: Dredd