The Game Designers for Biden List (and Darkwood RPG Review)

RPGPundit · November 02, 2020, 05:45:02 AM

The ttrpg / dnd Left have demanded that game designers sign up to a Loyalty List promising they support the Harris/Biden ticket. I share what I think about that, and also I review the Darkwood RPG!

hedgehobbit · November 02, 2020, 08:35:45 AM

If you Google "Game Designers support Biden", all the results are about a comment made by Biden in January that game designers are "little creeps" who "teach you how to kill".

Of course, Googling "October Surprise" is pointless.

Any link to said list?

Armchair Gamer · November 02, 2020, 08:38:36 AM

October-surprise.com

Looks like it's mostly the same people as 4 years ago.

hedgehobbit · November 02, 2020, 09:00:03 AM

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on November 02, 2020, 08:38:36 AM
October-surprise.com

Thanks. Most of the entries on that list are not a surprise and it looks like WotC and Paizo sent out an email to their employees. There are a couple of people I'm pleasantly surprised are not on that list. I won't mention them for obvious reasons.

Most disappointing for some reason is Jeff Dee. I figured he'd be old enough now not to fall for such a pointless virtue signal.

Almost_Useless · November 02, 2020, 09:24:23 AM

I was surprised at Steve Jackson. I figured he was more of a "hate all of them" kind of guy. At least he hasn't made enough of a fuss for me to notice before now.

I guess I should thank them for helping me thin out my wishlist at DriveThru.

Anon Adderlan · November 02, 2020, 09:24:53 AM

Quote from: hedgehobbit on November 02, 2020, 08:35:45 AM
If you Google "Game Designers support Biden", all the results are about a comment made by Biden in January that game designers are "little creeps" who "teach you how to kill".

Didn't for me, so I dug deeper. Enjoy.

[IGN]Joe Biden Calls Silicon Valley Game Developers 'Little Creeps'
[MSN]'Teach you how to kill': Joe Biden slams 'creeps' who make video games
[Forbes]Joe Biden Calls Game And Tech Executives 'Little Creeps' Whose 'Games Teach You To Kill People' [Updated]
[Washington Examiner]'Little creeps': Biden says Silicon Valley video game designers 'teach you how to kill'

Video:
Joe Biden Has the Same Ignorant Stance on Videogames as Trump Does
Biden calls video game executives "little creeps"
Boomer Joe Biden Calls Game Devs 'Little Creeps'

These designers really do support their own destruction, don't they? Wonder what they get out of it.

Quote from: Joe BidenAt one point, one of the little creeps sitting around that table, who was a multi- — close to a billionaire — who told me he was an artist because he was able to come up with games to teach you how to kill people,

And I'm calling bullshit on that ever having happened.

hedgehobbit · November 02, 2020, 10:02:51 AM

Quote from: Almost_Useless on November 02, 2020, 09:24:23 AM
I was surprised at Steve Jackson.

I didn't even know he was still alive. The only good part about Gygax and Arneson no longer being with us is that they can't roll them out for political purposes like what they did to Stan Lee.

Armchair Gamer · November 02, 2020, 10:34:06 AM

Quote from: Almost_Useless on November 02, 2020, 09:24:23 AM
I was surprised at Steve Jackson. I figured he was more of a "hate all of them" kind of guy. At least he hasn't made enough of a fuss for me to notice before now.

I was under the impression that Jackson was more of a libertarian, but that's a batch that's not particularly happy with Trump either, so maybe he decided to go for the 'respectable' side. Or I was just completely wrong.

He, Jeff Dee, and Warren Spector are probably the biggest names that weren't on the 2016 list. I'm surprised Mentzer's not on there, given his backing of the Democratic convention earlier this year.

tenbones · November 02, 2020, 10:56:34 AM

A convenient personal boycott list.

Simlasa · November 02, 2020, 01:44:29 PM

I'm glad to see some of my favorites on there. And some jerks. No different than celebrity endorsements, which never have much effect AFAIAC.

Shasarak · November 02, 2020, 03:08:34 PM

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on November 02, 2020, 08:38:36 AM
October-surprise.com

Looks like it's mostly the same people as 4 years ago.

Looks like they did not manage to get the good designers to sign which is a relief.

Brad · November 02, 2020, 03:39:51 PM

QuoteIn the last couple weeks, the Trump team has tossed out the traditional cockamamie surprises in October, hoping to swing the vote toward them. Hunter Biden's stolen laptop, Iranian Proud Boy conspiracies, miracle drugs that miraculously don't exist—all a fever dream from the Fox News Cinematic Universe.

It's all an attempt to distract from their complete lack of fitness to govern. Hundreds of thousands dead from COVID-19. White supremacy on the rise. An economy in shambles. A climate on the brink of ruin. A president threatening the peaceful transfer of power. All their fault.

This looks like it was written by a CCP operative.

Alderaan Crumbs · November 02, 2020, 03:44:30 PM

They believe in science but babies are clumps of cells? That alone denies them a place at the table. Also, I didn't count but do they really think all gamers think like they do? I also only recognize maybe five people on the list and half of them don't come as a surprise.

My biggest gripe is that Skarka didn't put Far West on his list of accomplishments.

Ratman_tf · November 02, 2020, 05:02:51 PM

Whatever. The arguments against their positions have been made and re-made. And I already voted for Trump. That vote was locked in during the Cavanaugh interviews. I have no especial love for the Republicans, but the Democrats have managed to make themselves into the greater of two evils.

RPGPundit · November 02, 2020, 05:03:50 PM

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