Issues: A Low-powered, High-Stakes Masks AP

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Dirtbags #23: Breaking Down Quickly and easily listen to Issues for free!

Dirtbags #23: Breaking Down!

The Dirtbags are in the belly of the beast. Glitch takes a risk. Web Walker discovers a secret. Breaker finds a friend.

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In this clip from the upcoming Dirtbags 23: Breaking Down, Elliot demonstrates why sometimes it's best to give your players what they want, even on a miss.

Imperialism is a death machine that seeks to assert white supremacist and fascist control over the world. It cannot be reformed. We must uproot the very structure of the U.S. military and its accomplices in our collective struggle for liberation.

No war in Iran.
No western imperialism.

We're cutting off replies on this for the time being. Thank you so much to all the real people that reached out!

A screenshot of an email from an ad agency to Evil Hat Marketing: Hey Evil Hat team, Promised this is the last time you’ll hear from me. We are wrapping up generating content on the house. The AI studio is starting to get fully booked with our paying clients, and I have strict orders to stop promoting this come the weekend. I figured Evil Hat might as well get some work out of us at no cost while you can. Want in before we close it up? Best, [redacted] And then our reply: Hi [redacted], We will never use AI for our games or for our marketing. It's toxic to our customer audience and it's an ethical violation of the hard work put in by the human artists we hire to illustrate our books and the human writers who design our games. In short, it's not "free work" it's theft. Feel free to take me off your mailing list. Hope you turn around your business model because frankly, your current approach sucks shit. -Tom

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

Hi! I'm not ignoring you, just trying to figure out what our budget is and what good rates are before accidentally lowballing someone

Their characters have been established, but I'm very interested in seeing what the new artist does with their interpretations. Not necessarily a redesign, as much as a new take, if that makes sense.

And, yes, the art would be for promotional purposes. We don't have any intention to sell it

Hey! The characters have changed since their inception and I'm definitely interested in getting a new artist's interpretation on them, while still being visually recognizable as the same characters from season 1, if that makes sense

We're looking for an artist!

We need to commission an artist to do the official art for our three teenaged superheroes for season 2!

Priority given, as always, to BIPOC, disabled, and/or queer creators. If you or someone you know is interested, please feel free to send us your commission info!

I'm feeling grumpy.

Anyone listen to @issuestheap.bsky.social and wanna tell me what they like about it?

Recorded the @issuestheap.bsky.social season finale tonight and wow, we’re so normal

Plus, stay tuned until the end for an ad from our friends over at @2dollarcreature.bsky.social and their Masks mini-series which I'm very looking forward to checking out!

Dirtbags #22: Breaking In Quickly and easily listen to Issues for free!

Dirtbags #22: Breaking In!

The team and their assorted partners start their raid on the Gillespie Compound. Breaker uses his words. Glitch takes an elevator. Web Walker gets into a scrap.

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You sant more Masks? You want more Masks.

Go check our friends at @2dollarcreature.bsky.social out!

In this clip from our upcoming episode, Breaker and the Pink Knight come face-to-face, fist-to-fist, and ideology to ideology. #MasksRPG #QueerAP

Come check me outtttt!!!

In this clip from our upcoming episode, Breaker and the Pink Knight come face-to-face, fist-to-fist, and ideology to ideology. #MasksRPG #QueerAP

Happy birthday to our resident Delinquent and (according to the dice) God's favorite problem, @dare2dreamrpg.bsky.social!

Go send them kind words and/or gifts if you can. Fae deserves it.

More Masks! More Masks!

Also, @2dollarcreature.bsky.social are cool people, so you should definitely check them out! I know I will be.

The hardest part of running @issuestheap.bsky.social is coming up with a new episode title every two weeks.

Our next episode is scheduled! Dirtbags #21: Feet To The Fire will be available to listen at midnight on all your major podcatchers!

Out of context images from a bonus issue recording

Dirtbags #19: Team Quickly and easily listen to Issues for free!

Dirtbags #19: Team!

After a week apart, Breaker reunites with Glitch and Web Walker. Breaker brings information and two new friends, while Glitch and Web Walker bring a complicated weave of interpersonal relationships

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Hey, you should listen to this, we’re careening to the season finale soon, you’ll want to be there with us when it happens

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.

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Dirtbags #19: Team Quickly and easily listen to Issues for free!

Dirtbags #19: Team!

After a week apart, Breaker reunites with Glitch and Web Walker. Breaker brings information and two new friends, while Glitch and Web Walker bring a complicated weave of interpersonal relationships

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Due to technical issues, Dirtbags #19 will be delayed by a few hours.

Don't worry, though, this one is worth the wait!