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12:27 AM

I really like the different games people are coming up with that use the format of Everyone Is John, but without the frankly bizarre misrepresentation of mental illness for comedy.

Last month Friends Who Roll Dice did a charity stream that included Everyone Is ScarJo.

(Asian gamers satirizing the pattern of Scarlett Johansson being offered, and accepting, starring roles for Asian characters.)

Bardic Wizard

Yeah, the subject matter bugs me a lot. I had proposed roll for shoes but I got outvoted

BESW

I've got several games where the structure is great but I need to find a way to re-frame the narrative before I can play it again. Great Ork Gods is another one.

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trogdor

2:27 AM

@BESW yeah she needs to,... stop doing that

BESW

Correction: they started talking about We Are All ScarJo last month, but the game stream is tomorrow.

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BESW

3:44 AM

My physical copy of Caro Asercion's i'm sorry did you say street magic arrived today!

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BESW

Urrrgh I really wanna play this game.

AncientSwordRage

@BESW good cover-up fellow time traveller

BESW

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AncientSwordRage

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@BESW oh yeah... I'll have my license revoked again

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@BESW it sounds great

Bardic Wizard

3:57 AM

We’re talking time travel? I hate time travel bc of all the paradoxes it produces

AncientSwordRage

@BardicWizard and yet by hating time travel, you never get involved, avoiding all paradoxes

Bardic Wizard

And yet I love it anyways

AncientSwordRage

Primer is a favourite of mine

And BTTF

Bardic Wizard

Which is a paradox in and of itself

AncientSwordRage

and ghost busters

Which doesn't involve time travel, but is still worth mentioning

Bardic Wizard

4:10 AM

Then again I’ve watched pretty much all the non-discovery episodes of Star Trek related to time travel and yesterday’s enterprise and endgame both kinda bugged me so maybe it’s just the Star Trek time travel that bugs me

BESW

I'm particularly fond of time travel that doesn't try to both (a) explain itself and (b) make sense.

(Doctor Who providing excellent examples (both pro and con) of how and why a steadfast refusal to explain ANYTHING about time travel is perhaps the best approach to the subject.)

user15026

4:37 AM

@BESW this sounds amazing

BESW

We should play it some time!

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trogdor

8:13 AM

what kind of game is it?

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trogdor

9:32 AM

@BESW yeah I think my least favorite parts of Doctor Who invariably involve them explaining or saying something they shouldn't have

On top of that it's extra maddening when theh go for an emotional beat off of one of those moments and undercut it practically deliberately later

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