is this a joke? please help

[headwalk]

looking for a present for my bro, he likes games that involve talking and being sociable over mechanical minutiae like the flaming homo he is.

i read this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/klara-granger/if-you-like-cards-against_b_8895458.html

and get to number 2. Mad Scientist University

"This game is a delightful romp through silliness, and is kid-friendly (aside from the vaguely ableist name)"

i properly can't tell if this is a gag or not and feel like the floor is sliding out underneath me with age.

[helios]

It's the Huffington Post, so no.

[Raist]

Ho no, they're serious. Half their content is bashing this and that for not being diverse enough.

Here's their editorial board.

[king of the internet]

Ho no, they're serious. Half their content is bashing this and that for not being diverse enough.

Here's their editorial board.

(Image removed from quote.)

I would probably have sex with all of them.  Depending on how drunk I was, at least. 

[king of the internet]

Oops

[helios]

Ho no, they're serious. Half their content is bashing this and that for not being diverse enough.

Here's their editorial board.

(Image removed from quote.)

I would probably have sex with all of them.  Depending on how drunk I was, at least. 

That's toxic, soberist, and problematic

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Ho no, they're serious. Half their content is bashing this and that for not being diverse enough.

Here's their editorial board.

(Image removed from quote.)

At least they know their audience.  They like to talk a big game about diversity but talking is all they're interested in.

After that picture I bet they all went out for a pumpkin spice latte.

[Phoenix Dark]

Ho no, they're serious. Half their content is bashing this and that for not being diverse enough.

Here's their editorial board.

(Image removed from quote.)

What a diverse group of white women

[headwalk]

What a diverse group of white women

there's an asian bird there. they're only white in spirit.

[Madrun Badrun]

And another might also be asain or just squinting.  It's hard to tell. 

[benjipwns]

It looks like they sat the three asians down at the end of the table. Wonder if that's the east side of the building.

You know, so they're oriented.

[Great Rumbler]

Bruh, did you not read the author bio? Because:

K.N. Granger is a queer white cis able-bodied person with a radical, social-justice perspective towards games.

Yeah.

[Raist]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/socialworkgranger-248

K.N. Granger is a queer, white, cis, able-bodied person with an intersectional, social-justice perspective towards analog game design. She regularly collaborates on game projects ranging from tabletop role-playing games, live-action role-playing games, and board games. An independent designer full of interesting ideas, she pursues gaming journalism on a hobbyist basis. She has written for Huffington Post Blogs as well as The Mary Sue. When not writing, organizing, or playing games, K.N. engages in fanfiction, music, and other activities in New York City. You can find her games on DriveThruRPG (under the auspices of Goldfinch Games) or on Amazon.com. Or, you can ask about her work at your local game store.

[king of the internet]

Or, you can ask about her work at your local game store.

On my way. 

[Raist]

Ghost Ship Enyo: An Out-Loud Text Adventure

A puzzle role-playing game that takes place in an abandoned spaceship.

It is the year 3100. Six months ago, another ship controlled by Command found a enormous hundred-year-old shipwreck floating there. They reported the findings back to Command, and left the shipwreck untouched. The ship is called the Enyo, and it was long thought to have been completely destroyed in the final battle of the Similean War. Now, you are a lab tech on the spaceship, Innovation, coming to explore the Enyo. You have been instructed by command to take a crew of scientists to pilot-test a new machine designed to purify air and stabilize the environments of spaceships where the hull has been fatally breached. Rather than test this machine by crashing service ships into things, the tests of this machine are taking place on shipwrecks throughout the galaxy. This is the first time the machine, the Magnapur42, will be tested in a non-simulated shipwreck environment. The wreck has been deemed safe, and you and some other team-members have come aboard.

This is an out-loud text-adventure game, created in the tradition of the games people used to play on the computer. This is an adaptation of this genre, designed and tested for use with a group of people instead of as a computer game.

One person acts as the computer, and the rest of the players share the role of one player character.

Content warnings for this game include: violence, mental illness, suicide, family separation, and fictional religiosity. Recommended for ages 16+.  Number of players: 2-5



Holy shit

[nudemacusers]

Defnining yourself as ablebodied seems awfully othering.

[Madrun Badrun]

I like how she fails to describe her mental health.  Is she ableheaded as well? 

[Syph]

Bruh, did you not read the author bio? Because:

K.N. Granger is a queer white cis able-bodied person with a radical, social-justice perspective towards games.

Yeah.

fuck me i don't even want to know if that is real or not
 

[chronovore]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/socialworkgranger-248

K.N. Granger is a queer, white, cis, able-bodied person with an intersectional, social-justice perspective towards analog game design. She regularly collaborates on game projects ranging from tabletop role-playing games, live-action role-playing games, and board games. An independent designer full of interesting ideas, she pursues gaming journalism on a hobbyist basis. She has written for Huffington Post Blogs as well as The Mary Sue. When not writing, organizing, or playing games, K.N. engages in fanfiction, music, and other activities in New York City. You can find her games on DriveThruRPG (under the auspices of Goldfinch Games) or on Amazon.com. Or, you can ask about her work at your local game store.

I love the idea that some crusty grognard working the counter at Game-A-Lot or Gamescape is going to be up-to-the-minute on progressive politics and its intersection in indie game designers, while secretly rubbing himself while staring at a poster of a woman in a chainmail bikini.