@chasecarter.bsky.social
Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around.
@rascal.newsReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialMTG Arena prepare Wizards of the Coast's latest unions for renewed resistance
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@xib.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.social@valentineirl.bsky.social popping off with an EXCELLENT quote as usual! Every day I admire their eloquence 💖 Huge shoutout and thank you to @chasecarter.bsky.social for continuing to report on the unionization effort at wizards!
@chasecarter.bsky.socialSpoke with two members of @uwotc-official.bsky.social's MTG Arena team who told me what supporting the D&D and MTG unions will look like: education, collaboration, and innoculation against propaganda.
Also, apparently the union-avoidant messaging within WotC never really stopped.
@laurieoc.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.social"Is Playtest Material also an attempt to legitimize role-playing game-related things as art? Maybe. RPG people at the moment do struggle to access funding sources and spaces that are open to other writers and performers, [and] one hopes that we can begin to open some of those doors."
@chasecarter.bsky.socialThe editing team for @playtestmaterial.bsky.social spoke to us about their guiding principles and goals for cultivating analog RPG criticism.
A big hell yeah for more print media!
@kerrblimey.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialI’m looking to speak confidentially with WB Games workers to corroborate some information that has come across my news desk. If you’d be open to chatting, please reach out via Signal (kerrblimey.43) or email ([email protected]). DMs also open.
@rowanzeoli.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialIt's actually insane that people who work for these big companies cant own the work they make while they're not on the clock. An imagination-based company town
@rowanzeoli.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialWhats the cool local game store in your town that might be interested in carrying a fun little anthology of indie RPG criticism (It's Rascal Year One and Two)
@rascal.newsReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialThe folks who create Dungeons & Dragons and Magic The Gathering are unionizing with @uwotc-official.bsky.social and they have identified a new pain point -- the inability to own the work they create off the clock.
@rascal.newsReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialFrancesca Baerald’s new book celebrates a decade of mapping some of gaming’s most beloved worlds
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@chasecarter.bsky.socialVery lovely to have fellow tabletop reporter @newsnerd.bsky.social on this week's podcast episode to discuss, among other things, the end of Renegade's stewardship of V:TM and whether a Houston-based PAX Unplugged expansion makes sense.
@newsnerd.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialThanks to @rascal.news for hosting me! I got to chat with @chasecarter.bsky.social about PAX Unplugged Houston, Patreon funding data,Fantasy heartbreakers, vampires and a ton more!
I am also apparently Candela Obscura’s one shooter. Adding this to my tags.
@rascal.newsReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialYou do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the AI board game startup
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@chasecarter.bsky.socialayo @alexmeehanpromoter.bsky.social you seeing this pigeon slander?
@chasecarter.bsky.socialI refuse to believe the menacing Mr. Monopoly in EverBoard's promo vid was on purpose. Also, we must do better than publishing softball advertorial about AI slop tablets.
@mikerugnetta.comReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialI wrote an essay for Jacob Geller's upcoming book. I know a number of you are asking that your order be cancelled and refunded. If, as the barest consolation, you'd like to read my contribution (with the already minor context relating to his work removed), here it is:
@mikerugnetta.comReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialToday we put out this episode about data center construction and resistance to it across Pennsylvania. I talk with @mwoluchem.bsky.social + @cellllla.bsky.social about their recent @datasociety.bsky.social report "The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania."
@chasecarter.bsky.socialMatt's correct that RESIDENT EVIL does feel like a video game livestream, but I think that's a credit to the film. A talkative protagonist who understands that his world is governed by specific rules is, in a sense, true to the experience of playing games (or watching them be played).
@crapstacular.bsky.socialReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.socialI reviewed Umurangi Generation for Gamespot years ago and I would be eager to review this again - please keep me in mind when commissioning, please
@andreagrimes.comReposted by @chasecarter.bsky.sociali will be flogging my latest @theflytrapmedia.com all week long!
i wrote about the end of the "MAGA makeover" and the aesthetic normalization of fascist fashion. the bigots are trying to blend in!!
