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  • Hasbro Admits Missteps With Wizards Of The Coast

    Hasbro Admits Missteps With Wizards Of The Coast

    Early in today’s Hasbro earnings call, Chris Cocks — the CEO of Hasbro and former president of Wizards of the Coast (2016-2022) — spoke about the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming Licence, though he focused more on talking around the issues rather than directly engaging with them. No specifics were given; instead of delays, there were…


  • Linda Ronstadt Won’t Profit From All That Last Of Us Love

    Linda Ronstadt Won’t Profit From All That Last Of Us Love

    Everyone who has seen episode three of The Last of Us has been absolutely weepy about the romance at its centre. “Long Long Time” — named after Linda Ronstadt’s 1970 hit, which plays a key part in the story — sent the internet into collective hysterics over its tender old men surviving during the apocalypse.…


  • Dungeons & Dragons Scraps Plans To Update Its Open Game License

    Dungeons & Dragons Scraps Plans To Update Its Open Game License

    Wizards of the Coast, publisher of Dungeons & Dragons, announced today that it will no longer be pursuing deauthorization of the Open Gaming License 1.0a, abandoning plans previously stated in the drafted OGL 1.2. This statement comes after relentless fan backlash against the decision to deauthorize that was revealed after io9 reported on a leaked…