I wasn't sure if we'd see one more before the start of the new year, but Scrivonaut and Norayla managed to get a new episode out. This week's SPLASH DAMAGE:
There have been recent changes to Dungeons & Dragons, stripping certain races and monsters of their lore because apparently even fictional evil is exclusive. We also discuss how The Witcher actor Henry Cavill seems pretty based, Splinter Cell getting rebooted, the decision to not include NFTs in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock selling out to Tencent, Cowboy Bebop’s failure possibly spelling the end of live-action adaptations of anime, and more.
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Standard disclaimer: I'm not Scrivonaut and not associated with the podcast, I'm just a fan that feels the podcast deserves a signal boost
General thoughts:
At this point, if you're a tabletop gamer, just abandon any current-gen WotC or Paizo product. They've gone beyond drinking the wokeness Kool-Aid. Switch to something like OSR, Dungeon Crawl Classics, or anything that's not D&D or Pathfinder.
Henry Cavill seems like the type of guy I'd love to sit down and have a beer with, while shooting the shit about tabletop stuff or painting minis. Dude definitely has that gamer bug in his soul.
Splinter Cell used to be one of my favorite series, but they cocked it up, badly. Hearing that they were planning to reboot it initially intrigued me, but if they're going to turn it into more Ubi open-world bullshit then count me out.
The less we have NFTs in anything, the better.
Anyone selling out to TenCent is a bad thing. Full stop.
Netflix still has an adaptation plan in place for One Piece and YuYu Hakusho. I doubt they'll fare any better than Cowboy Bebop did.