The Gaming Den

Didn't White Wolf have a Black Dog imprint designated for books which they on some level realised were inappropriate but wanted to print and sell anyway? And didn't that imprint release a Wraith sourcebook about the Holocaust? I remember hearing some bile about that.

The big thing with the OGL was that Wizards vastly - vastly - overestimated how valuable the brand name of D&D was compared with the rules. They figured that they could let everybody use the rules for free without too much in the way of negative effects - after all, thinly-veiled knockoffs of D&...

Gamer Zero was the posting name of Mike Lescault, who along with Scott Rouse seemed to have the job of telling the public about WotC's terrible decisions. Huh. I can see the merit of having a mouthpiece for the company who cultivates a "just yer average gamer" persona, but at the same tim...

CCarter wrote:*major customer relations mismanagement (Gamer Zero, the 'clouds across the sky' article)

I was aware of most of the other aspects, but hadn't heard of Gamer Zero - mind cluing me in?