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Game designer/developer/partner @CraftyGames. Spycraft, Mistborn: House War, Buru, many others. #BLM. He/Him.
Mar 7, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
Individual rights are not a commons, or a zero-sum game.

No one's rights come at a cost to yours.

Someone who gains rights does not take yours.

Restoring rights for one group does not mean yours are being ignored.

It really ain't that complicated. 1/ When I hear 'X rights are being ignored,' the subtext is 'this *privilege* is being *reduced, relative to other less-privileged groups.*'

As someone much smarter than me said, for privileged groups, loss of privilege looks a whole lot like oppression. So OK, but... 2/
Oct 8, 2020 33 tweets 9 min read
On today's #ttrpg docket - rebuilding 20 year old villains for modern day audiences. #spycraft3 @craftygames This has been a fun project, but a challenging one. @BryanCPSteele and I have been diving into the Spycraft lore deep, looking for ways to bind the game's past to its new incarnation. This process has crystalized how I think about effective worldbuilding in existing properties.