culture

Rascal Dot News: A Reader’s Guide

For new readers in the new year.

Thomas Manuel

Jan 6, 2026 — 3 min read

Photo by Kayla Duhon / Unsplash

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AI-generated profiles of TTRPG designers ignite fury across social media

investigations

AI-generated profiles of TTRPG designers ignite fury across social media

4 Pillar Games’ new website adds AI-generated slop to an already ephemeral online historical record.

Talkback: Draw Steel

podcast

Talkback: Draw Steel

A podcast is just a series of negotiations.

the orc from the Lord of the Rings movie who says "the age of men is over, the time of the orc has come".

D&D

First Dungeon Crawler Carl, now D&D Beyond: the time of the Drop has come

The age of supplements is over.

a person with dice for a head looks into a mirror

features

Gradient Descent, Psi*Run, and what it means to be human in the age of AI

Looking for answers in all the wrong places.