Matt

I want to believe that this is sincere. But it also feels like a “we have to just get through the biggest convention of the year with damage control” and then back to the plan afterwards. It’ll be interesting to see what your stance is post GenCon with less eyes on you.

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

A blue box to the left with four sillhouette-style humans, each notably wearing wizard-like robes from the Harry Potter universe. The box says Codenames and Back to Hogwarts on it, with Harry Potter in golden letters at the bottom. To the right, a cartoon astronaut head in a Harry Potter scarf winks, a variation of the logo of board game publisher Czech Games Edition.

Reviewers including No Pun Included and Shut Up & Sit Down are boycotting Codenames publisher CGE for releasing a new Harry Potter-themed game while ignoring JK Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Why are you blocking queer players on your socials? I thought you wanted healthy discussion?

In a recent update, @codenamesgame.bsky.social has decided to block me on instagram after a terf engaged with my comments on their post. Rather than defend queer players they block us. This has definitely solidified never purchasing from @czechgames.com ever again.

Cowards.

Just Use a Staff

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Reminder to everyone heading to #gencon to let @czechgames.com know how much you dislike #CGE s decision to align themselves with transphobic bigots who fund anti-lgbtq+ legal teams.

@czechgames.com has grossly decided to license Codenames with JKRowling knowing the funds go to support anti-LGBTQ+ legal teams. They even posted this hollow “reasoning”. Sad to say I’ll never buy anything from them till they stop. I recommend others do the same. #boycott #boardgames #bigotry

I don’t even think it acknowledges even that. That would require them to have more awareness beyond oh no our comment section has turned on us.

What a garbage statement. All it says is “We got a contract. Money money nom nom”

Tell us your secret! My limp hair demands it! (Politely of course 🙇🏻)

Here is the full set of the eight Doubleday horror anthologies from the 80s/90s edited by Marvin Kaye with cover art by Edward Gorey:

Purolator over flight— same leg room.

Such a great store!

But I already follow you. :)

Human artists!?

Use one piece to convince people to follow you !

It’s so telling that their response is that they have the best AI engineers to resolve these problems rather than that they’ve hired mental health experts. Their egotistical view that engineers have all the answers has cut off any inclusion of actual mental health care.

“It was 1982 and not only did I arrive on Broadway but so did AIDS. This was no time to hide.”

Groundbreaking gay playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein accepting his award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
#TonyAwards

King: hey uh
King: where's elon?
Barker: why? do you want him here?
King: NO
King: no i mean
King: he's usually here
King: it's not like him to not show up
Poe: we moved the campfire without telling him
King: that usually doesn't stop him

@clairewillett honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion 6:00 PM • Aug 12, 2020

once again I must tap my own sign

I can't believe people think that using LLMs to write isn't destroying their critical thinking abilities. I'm like 5% dumber just because of spellcheck.

Congratulations @emmaarkell.bsky.social !!

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"To understand who is in control, observe who you are not allowed to criticize." -Voltaire

7 fully coloured drawings kermit the frog making scrunchy faces

kermies

#art

Of course.

Oh my god, you can’t say that.

A bunch of men are going to find their pleasure button and riot at the system that kept it from them. I always wondered what would start the war.

No one cares about this garbage. Stop platforming bigots.