I was prepared for Elden Ring to try to horrify me with monstrosities. What I did not expect was for the game to make me the biggest monster of them all. It did so with drips of poisonous ambition, the desire to become Elden Lord, the commitment of having come…

Solarpunk is a new genre that imagines optimistic futures where we solve the climate crisis and create post-scarcity societies. I and many other members of the solarpunk community were surprised when the new Solarpunk Magazine announced they would publish non-fiction articles discussing the merits of NFT’s, a type of cryptocurrency…

Amidst a wave of hatred against Asians in the USA, Wizards of the Coast will release harmful Asian stereotypes in the Magic card set of Strixhaven. While tweeting support for the Asian community, the company reinforced the myth of the model minority and strengthened white supremacy. Racism is a tool…

trigger warnings: implied sexual abuse & statutory rape Forbes recently interviewed the Head of Story and Entertainment at Wizards of the Coast, Nic Kelman. He introduced Planeswalker Oko, a new character in the card game Magic: the Gathering. When not transforming people into woodland creatures, this faerie loves hunting down…