A massive $55B acquisition of Electronic Arts by Saudi Arabia’s PIF is facing serious backlash from US senators and developers, citing human rights and national security risks.
Dragon Con ejects artist with police escort over AI art allegations
Following accusations of selling AI art as original work, a vendor was removed from Dragon Con by police, an act celebrated by fellow artists.
Cyberwarfare defence or shallow marketing? Atlas VPN gives free VPN support to journalists in Ukraine
You can email Atlas VPN to get a premium subscription and protection if you’re a journalist.
RPG storefronts take an anti-NFT stance
As it stands now, two of the most well known digital RPG storefronts are firmly anti-NFT.
Free to Download: A code of conduct for your RPG projects
A code of conduct is one of the things you should never have to discover you’re missing at short notice. When it does become exciting, it’s probably too late.
Activist group demands Doctor Who becomes vegan
At the start of the year PETA complained about Games Workshop depicting fur on their miniatures. That call must have had some merit as PETA are back to pitch an idea to the geek community again. This time they’ve penned an open letter (PDF) to new showrunner Chris Chibnall to ask for the Doctor to […]
PETA complains about Games Workshop characters ‘wearing’ fur
PETA is an animal rights activist charity with a penchant for PR stunts. Today, they’ve written to the UK’s Games Workshop to ask them to ban ‘fur’ from gaming miniatures. Not real fur. The depiction of fur on the models. You can read a copy of the letter on PETAuk [PDF] but here’s a sample; […]
