D&D in space, D&D when the baddies won and Dark Souls in distress. It’s a week in which scammers hit Steve Jackson Games’ charity efforts, but we also got some generous RPG freebies and a Love, Death + Robots teaser.
These are the most dangerous anime, books and games to Google
Surfshark argues that these topics are picked by hackers to lure people in with content, gaming search engines, and then link to malware.
JustWatch data Rollercoasters for streaming platforms
The release of UK data follows Netflix being heavily in the news on the back of rising fees, password sharing crackdowns and falling viewing figures.
Audio EXP: #144 – The $150 million D&D deal
Chocolate, samurai rabbits, free games, more free games, and the absolutely not free $150 million or so Hasbro paid for old Curse technology.
Wizards of the Coast buy D&D Beyond for $146 million, but 70% of fans won’t buy their D&D books again
Hasbro, the company which owns Wizards of the Coast, has plans to buy D&D Beyond. It’ll cost them $146 million.
Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Nexus announced by Marvel and Demiplane
The digital toolkit for tabletop RPG site Demiplane has today announced Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Nexus.
Audio EXP: #143 – The free RPG trend and vanishing Usagi RPG
It’ll work out. I don’t know what next month will look like, but we’ll get there. No one has a crystal ball, after all.
Competition: Mr Root the news minotaur small t-shirt
Mr Root is the mascot and appears at the top of each Routinely Itemised article.
Audio EXP: #142 – RPG licenses
Hollywood actors plugging RPG technology, RPG creators digging into the legal text of licenses and news of new games on the way. Oh, and dozens of brilliant new anime titles lining up to compete for the attention of fans. It’s been a busy week squeezed into the usual short podcast.
Publisher Spotlight: May 2022 vote is now open for Patrons
If you’re a Patron or become one this month, you can vote for May’s nominees on this private poll page.
