PJ Coffey

No, no, no. I think, was it White Wolf back in 95 or something? Probably, I don't know. It's been a long time.

No, no, no. I think, was it White Wolf back in 95 or something? Probably, I don't know. It's been a long time.

I will say that what they are saying they're doing at Games Global is they're going to create an immersive high engagement slot experience and to me that says things like maybe we'll be doing a little story as you go along and at certain points you'll have to be pressing buttons to see if you can successfully move on to the next bit which is very much like a

I will say that what they are saying they're doing at Games Global is they're going to create an immersive high engagement slot experience and to me that says things like maybe we'll be doing a little story as you go along and at certain points you'll have to be pressing buttons to see if you can successfully move on to the next bit which is very much like a

paid game of D&D, except in a paid game of D&D, it's probably going to cost you less money because you won't have to pay per dice roll. That's a business model. Wow. Microtransactions. I don't know. Obviously, I've only got the same information you do, but that is what it implies and I infer from it. Yeah, fair enough.

paid game of D&D, except in a paid game of D&D, it's probably going to cost you less money because you won't have to pay per dice roll. That's a business model. Wow. Microtransactions. I don't know. Obviously, I've only got the same information you do, but that is what it implies and I infer from it. Yeah, fair enough.

Yeah, I think there is some nuance there. Like, as I say, the Financial Times one in particular caught my eye because I was reading it expecting to not agree with it, expecting it to be a terrible take. But I'm like, actually, you know what? This guy, Khalid, does actually know

Yeah, I think there is some nuance there. Like, as I say, the Financial Times one in particular caught my eye because I was reading it expecting to not agree with it, expecting it to be a terrible take. But I'm like, actually, you know what? This guy, Khalid, does actually know

role-playing games there's actually dungeons and dragons and you know what this is actually a really good valid point because the story he was making is essentially things like uh races are man-made constructions and they are like we're all we're all one species we're all humans um so

role-playing games there's actually dungeons and dragons and you know what this is actually a really good valid point because the story he was making is essentially things like uh races are man-made constructions and they are like we're all we're all one species we're all humans um so

um having this concept in dnd when we're technically referring to species it it doesn't really fly it's not it's not a great idea because it's like confusing different concepts um and if wizards had said if hasbro had said actually we're going to use species because racialization is a man-made thing and we're not having that these are actually different species

um having this concept in dnd when we're technically referring to species it it doesn't really fly it's not it's not a great idea because it's like confusing different concepts um and if wizards had said if hasbro had said actually we're going to use species because racialization is a man-made thing and we're not having that these are actually different species

So that's a phrase we're going to use to be clear about it. If they'd said that and communicated that change in that fashion, people might be like, oh, okay, well, I guess that doesn't make sense. But instead they just changed it. It's unclear to people. People are complaining about it, ranging from the

So that's a phrase we're going to use to be clear about it. If they'd said that and communicated that change in that fashion, people might be like, oh, okay, well, I guess that doesn't make sense. But instead they just changed it. It's unclear to people. People are complaining about it, ranging from the

far-right chuds who live on x.com, all the way over to more regular people who just don't understand really the difference, which, to be fair, I don't see why they should have to understand the difference because it's not something that comes up for them very often. So they could have avoided a lot of problems if they'd actually explained what they're doing and why. I think, yeah. Fair play.

far-right chuds who live on x.com, all the way over to more regular people who just don't understand really the difference, which, to be fair, I don't see why they should have to understand the difference because it's not something that comes up for them very often. So they could have avoided a lot of problems if they'd actually explained what they're doing and why. I think, yeah. Fair play.

Little clap for the FT. Good show.

Little clap for the FT. Good show.

So I was just happily browsing the internet, as is my want, when I came across this absolutely sterling idea, which I thought I should bring to your attention and the attention of our listeners.

So I was just happily browsing the internet, as is my want, when I came across this absolutely sterling idea, which I thought I should bring to your attention and the attention of our listeners.