Recaps! Reported pieces! Personal essays! Smart writing about fandom, by folks who've been in the trenches for decades.

Gav's analysis of this show within broader corporate machinations is so smart. I get exceedingly frustrated when critics assess franchise media with a patronizing "this kind of thing will never be meaningful so it's great for what it is." The terms of 'success' might differ, but they still...exist.

Redditors foaming at the mouth to explain why this is good business practice is so fucking funny please

i don't speak about tumblr : ))))

lmao whenever anyone asks how i got started roleplaying it's async text based forum rps. we're legggggion

ma i made it to reddit

It'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

That is v much the point!!

Some of yall got spoiled and that sucks i went in pa blank slate and was delighted what a ride

Digger good sorry the entire world is full of philistines

Times editor grudgingly offered a comment that amounted to "run along, peon. We're the Times."

Pokémon fangames, like licensed projects, aren't the result of one person and the communities of volunteer developers, writers, and artists show that some people really are just in it for the love of the game.

In June a game designer initiated a legal complaint against Dungeons & Dragons, alleging (in a series of logical long leaps) that they stole his monster. But what does it mean to own a game, and what happens when assets are more valuable than experiences?

....i should reread them.

have we talked about this before bc protector of the small is my favorite series of hers

Reorganizing my office and bookshelves today which reminded me that I haven't told everyone to read The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez in a while. You should read it

he can be anyone you want! and he's designed that way!

it feels very good to be a hero when all you need to be is Kind and Brave : )))