Ethics and Reviews Revisited - my personal stance (Topic Discussion)
Most of us have heard of situations in our hobby where someone has behaved in a toxic way. Some of us have even experienced this directly. We can often name at least one bad actor who is still around in our community. We may have also seen publishers releasing games with an IP that is linked to a person whose behaviour has been widely condemned. As a reviewer, my instinct has always been not to review games linked to toxic people. Yet over time, I have realised that things are rarely that simple.Read the full topic discussion article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/08/26/ethics-and-reviews-revisited-my-personal-stance-topic-discussion/Useful LinksReviews, Bad Actors and Consequentialism – reviewing games from controversial publishers article: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/09/12/reviews-bad-actors-and-consequentialism-reviewing-games-from-controversial-publishers-topic-discussion/MusicIntro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)Luminance by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-officialMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_USMusic: "am23" provided by mobygratis.Music by https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videosLicense code: 2L4XYLITEDBKSPH2Artist: : Benjamin TissotSupportIf you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlogPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblogWebsite: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/(Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash)
