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From the synopsis: In that case, there really is nothing in the Biblical text for that timeframe other than the Harrowing of Hell @thewhyteboar

Biggest leak in Valve's history includes pretty much everything from Half-Life 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Sounds like a spy got in somewhere. Valve's apparent reaction: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He had largely ceased resisting and was mostly subdued when the taser was used so there was no need to employ it.

In short: practically everything would be impacted if the draconian OGL 1.1/OGL 2.0 came into effect. Let's start with this very good explanation of what the original OGL 1.0/1.0a represents from a poster at ResetERA: The stipulations of the OGL 1.0/1.0a allowed for third-parties to create the plethora of supplementary games that directly contributed to the TTRPG Renaissance, from major publishers like Paizo and Kobold Press to the dozens games/other materials that have proliferated on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms. If you open a TTRPG source book or other material that says "Compatible with 5E" or similar language on the cover, you will see printed in its entirety OGL 1.0a. Even the second edition of Paizo's Pathfinder RPG whose mechanics have moved far enough away from its D&D 3.5E roots to be practically its own system continues to print the OGL 1.0a in its materials for reasons completely unrelated to game mechanics (keeping the game approachable for third party publishers, the legal costs of establishing a separate Paizo-specific license, etc.). In addition, the OGL 1.0/1.0a provisions were used by the developers of the virtual tabletops platforms as a guideline in creating those systems under the assumption that it applied to them as well. The fact of the matter is that OGL 1.0/1.0a has been effectively inextricably woven into the fabric of the TTRPG system. And OGL 1.1/2.0 in its current form would effectively take not a match, but a flamethrower to that fabric. To give an example, the provisions of OGL 1.1/2.0 discussing the use of virtual/electronic tools if implemented would force ALL of the virtual tabletop platforms out of existence because according to the text, the intent of the OGL 1.0/1.0a was to solely cover "printed media and static electronic file formats" and therefore WotC would lay claim to the actual tools (electronic character creation sheets, setting creation tools, scenario creation tools, etc.) used by the VTTs. I could go on and on, but I'm sure you get the picture of how utterly devastating the implementation of OGL 1.1/2.0 would be for the TTRPG community. In fact, I've heard a couple of attorneys suggest that if it was ever upheld in court that it could potentially have significant ramifications within the software open source community! To conclude this post, remember that Canadian lawyer who wrote a nearly 400 pages long PhD thesis on the OGL 1.0/1.0a and was featured in one of the videos I posted yesterday? He was a guest on the Roll for Combat YT channel today to discuss OGL 1.1/2.0:

The game appears to have underperformed its absolutely ludicrous unit sales projections by about 3 million units and had an estimated budget of $162 million. Krafton′s 200 billion-paid new game sluggish...securities companies lowering target stock prices M.K-ODYSSEY.COM SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) - Krafton[259960]′s new ＂Callisto Protocol,＂ which was released last month ata cost of about 200 billion won over three years, is observed to badly influenc

Unfortunately, I'm single-player only for CoH

The number of "unnatural" deaths of military personnel on those bases.

Not all of them were foul play - quite a few were suicides. Fort Hood in Texas was #2 with 28 deaths.

This could very well be linked to the string of murders that's been occurring at Bragg over the last couple of years. The Fort Bragg Murders WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM At least 44 Fort Bragg soldiers died stateside in 2020 — several of them were homicides. Families want answers. The Army isn’t giving any.

Nvidia and Google have ‘expressed concerns’ to the FTC about the Microsoft-Activision deal | VGC WWW.VIDEOGAMESCHRONICLE.COM A new report claims the companies joined Sony in raising issues about the proposed acquisition…

AMD RX Radeon 7900 XTX (reference) Failure rate would be 11% opposed to 1%

Why You Should be Afraid of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s Bosses – IGN First - IGN WWW.IGN.COM

ISW analysis for 12 January 2023: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2023 | Institute for the Study of War WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG Russian forces’ likely capture of Soledar on January 11 is not an operationally significant development and is unlikely to presage an imminent Russian encirclement of Bakhmut. Geolocated footage posted on January 11 and 12 indicates that Russian forces l

Probably nothing in the short term, but I'm really not sure that they're all that concerned about the bleeding as long as they get their long-term goal of dominating the virtual tabletop space which is where they believe the future of the hobby is heading. They'll gladly endure the loss of the third-party content as a trade-off for that outcome. Also, the mainstream press is now picking up the story: Dungeons & Dragons & fear & loathing (Financial Times) ‘People are leaving the game’: Dungeons & Dragons fans revolt against new restrictions | Role playing games | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Wizards of the Coast, which owns the game, is preparing to change longstanding licensing rules

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Featuring many sympathetic portrayals of Roman soldiers and officials saying things like, "This man proved that our gods are false because He conquered death. Surely, our empire would be stronger if we followed His teachings."

The (allegedly) 40 days between the Resurrection and the Ascension contain many events that could be depicted: What Did Jesus Do Between His Resurrection and Ascension? WWW.ONELIFEPUNXSY.ORG The 40 days between Jesus' resurrection and ascension are vital to the completion of his work in this life. Here are the events chronologically.

That is absolutely the case. But it's also the case that WotC is counting on the sheer ubiquity and inertia of D&D to simply overwhelm the new awareness of that vulnerability.

From LegalEagle:

Just settle for this instead:

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From Frog God Games and Necromancer Games: Neil Gaiman and Wil Weaton shared this post from Cory Doctorow: Cory Doctorow: Good riddance to the Open Gaming License MOSTLYSIGNSSOMEPORTENTS.TUMBLR.COM Last week, Gizmodo’s Linda Codega caught a fantastic scoop — a leaked report of Hasbro’s plan to revoke the decades-old Open Gaming License, which subsidiary Wizards Of the Coast promulgated as an... And finally, Paizo decided to end the day with this (which caused their site to crash from traffic): Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License

Alright, let's update this for the recent events, shall we? Because things appear to be reaching a critical mass! First, Roll for Combat, the YT channel, to whom the existence of the OGL 1.1 was initially leaked, posted this 2021 video of a Canadian lawyer discussing his 2019 PhD thesis (358 pages including appendices) on the OGL and what a far-sighted document it was at the time: Next, Roll for Combat interviewed Ryan Dancey, one of the original creators of the OGL back in 1999/2000, and what their intent was behind its creation and whether or not he thinks it can be revoked (spoiler warning: he doesn't): That brings us today where WotC was supposed to have a livestream where they were going to officially announce what they're now calling OGL 2.0. However, this email from a confirmed WotC employee was sent to multiple news outlets today and all hell broke loose: Linda Codega -- the Gizmodo writer who published that extensive article a few days ago -- also vouched for the authenticity of the release. She then published this article this afternoon: Wizards of the Coast Cancels OGL Announcement After Online Ire GIZMODO.COM The new Dungeons & Dragons Open Game License was expected on Thursday afternoon, but a fan campaign against changes has caused the company to hesitate. Remember that announcement livestream from WotC that I mentioned earlier in this post? Well... Other sources from inside WotC have indicated that the volume of D&D Beyond subscription cancellations have genuinely shaken WotC executives.

The depiction of that piece of theology will get a whole bunch of puzzled looks from non-Catholic/Orthodox/Anglican/Lutheran Christians