Yea, I mean, come the Apocalypse, I'm going to be going all Charlton Heston myself.

The difference between normal people and right-wing nutcases is that they're all Charlton Heston right now.

RPGPundit

Quote from: Settembrini...he also is one of the most clear and imaginative Palladium Books writers. Nightbane, South America, Pantheons of the Megaverse, Phase World or Juicer Uprising are staples of PB-Gamers, as well as bright stars in the adventure gamers background-book heavens.

In fact I would venture to say that CJ's RIFTS books were the best of the bunch, and it didn't take long  after he left (CS War Machine, the very next bookIIRC) for the quality of the series to drop.

Quote from: Dominus NoxThat's pretty far out on the whacko right wing fringe, to assume that if socialism became prominent, the earth would just literally, physically die as a result. Only a neocon could come up with something like that and just expect people to automatically believe it.

Or alternately, it could simply be a reflection of the fact that both the USSR and PRC had such poor records on environmental policy that Dubya looks like the president of the Sierra Club by comparison.  Hardcore Communist states were (and are) not big on protecting nature at the expense of the Workers' progress...

I am not denying that SJ is an obnoxious right-wing libertarian and that, like Heinlein, his views colour his work.  That said, the example you picked isn't a good one to prove your point.

KoOS

Well, if you need more examples there's the fact he allows right wing assholes like paladin to run rampant on his board, insulting other countries, preaching american supremacy, abusing non-conservatives and generally reinforcing every negative stereotype of americans in general and marines in particular while banning people who are openly left of center for any, or no, reason.

Quote from: King of Old SchoolOr alternately, it could simply be a reflection of the fact that both the USSR and PRC had such poor records on environmental policy that Dubya looks like the president of the Sierra Club by comparison.  Hardcore Communist states were (and are) not big on protecting nature at the expense of the Workers' progress...

More likely, given that Ken Hite wrote the iconic backgrounds, and Mr. Hite has extensive experience with alternate histories (see GURPS Alternate Earths 1 and 2).

And dystopian themes are rather common in alternate histories, especially in settings with dimension-hopping. What use is playing in a world with only subtle differences (apart from the "I'm back!" - "You're not!" theme).

Quote from: Dominus NoxWell, if you need more examples

I don't.  I don't disagree that SJ's political biases are noxious (as bad as anything Pundit rails about from other publishers, and arguably worse).  I just think the specific example you picked was a very poor one.

KoOS

Quote from: Dominus NoxIn the current Murphy's rules compendium there's a reference to unemployed people as 'parasites', another conservative viewpoint. (BTW, it's funny that conservatives would look down on the unemployed so much, as it's often the conservatives and their policies that result in so much unemployment.)

For what it's worth I just got a job after a almost two weeks without, and I didn't enjoy not having one for more then just the money issues. I don't have a prob with people who are actively looking for jobs or would look if they were capable of holding one. (I also count schooling to get a job down the line in this)  But if you can hold a job and choose instead to take gov./public money for an extended time period instead, how is this not being a parasite?  Oh, and in MI where I was before my move, the min. wage just went up (be a Rep. state gov.) as a defense against a worse plan to raise it supported by the left/unions/democrats. Thanks to that the store where I was working (that started people off at more then min. wage) is now only paying the new min wage, and is losing people/hours as payroll doesn't go anywhere as far as it did when they were paying over min. wage.

Quote from: jrientsDude.  Crack open any GURPS Autoduel book.  It's basically NRA post-apoc porn.

Quote from: JamesVIn other words, the stuff good post-apoc games are made of? It can be a nice coincidence when your projects match your interests.

QFT   That is what the genre is built on, at least the bulk of what I've seen.

So I'm the only one who thinks Autoduel America looks more righty than most post-apocalypses?  Weird.

Dude, every postapoc anything, ever has the underlying theme of "bet you wish you'd joined the Rangers instead of going to college!"  Even Steven King had a big rant in The Stand about how useless modern education is in the face of emergencies.

In the blighted wasteland of Teh Futar, it's better to know how to rebuild a 400 small block and coordinate fields of fire than it is to know how to write a villanelle.

Or is the political end somewhere else?

And getting back on subject...

Chris Pramas - Head of Green Ronin Games, that excellent d20 company that produces Mutants and Masterminds as well as a host of other great products.

Speaking of which, Steve Kenson - developer of Mutants and Masterminds.

Shane  Lacy Hensley - creator of Deadlands and Savage Worlds

PS - ah... my first post. *pop* goes the cherry