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Fantasy Racism Can’t Be Solved by Euphemisms

Posted on June 27, 2020July 20, 2020Author shardsofbluePosted in Tabletop RPGs

A user on Twitter asked the following question: “In regards to races in TTRPGs, I know that no race is inherently evil but are we okay to have evil cultures? Like instead of marking an Illithid as evil, having ‘Society Structure: Evil’ instead. Just trying to build a better dialogue in the games I design.” The short answer is no. […]

Star Trek: Picard Has a Timely Message

Posted on February 8, 2020June 27, 2020Author shardsofbluePosted in Pop Culture Media Critique

Star Trek: Picard has a different message from Trek’s previous iterations, but it’s a timely one. It’s not so much a story about how Someday in the Beautiful Future we will have everything all figured out. It’s a story about how good people need to do what’s right even when the system fails, even when it’s corrupted and works against them. […]

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