I almost did. Was my last day and got a call from my great-grandboss(3 levels up) telling me to get an exemption letter to him ASAP and he would guarantee it gets accepted.

Got walked out, badge destroyed access revoked, and came back the next morning with my letter approved and had everything remade. Was a wild time.

Got any suggestions for the technological gap trope?

Examples that I've read and include what I'm talking about are like Gate, Summoned Japan, Zipang, and Gargantia. Drop a character or group into a technogically inferior area and let it play out.

I at least listened to his podcast because of the variety of guests he was getting.

His meltdown over Subverse (game) stealing his news website name and his promise to use his entire net worth to fight them in court amuses me to this day. That sure didn't happen lol

Edit: Found it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/bcy1u8/im_tim_pool_an_yall_are_talking_about_subverse/

It is effectively a requirement to be a data hoarder these days. Between problematic content, cancel culture, subscription services, and DMCA any media you don't personally collect is as good as gone.

European Speedrunner Assembly seems mostly free of the identity politics junk. I'd recommend the VODs on YouTube if you were wanting a replacement.

Thank you!

Would like to be able to access KiA2 on reddit. Was mostly a lurker, but I have commented. Hate losing access to the massive resource of info and archives. Name same as here Jo351, but understandable if you don't.

Mobile is the single biggest limiting factor for me. It also doesn't help that there are plenty of communities that I jump between on reddit and KiA2.win is completely divorced from them. Slowly losing subreddits, but for now there are still some that avoid SJW/culture war nonsense.