Editing Something Awful (section)

== Why the hell should I care? ==
One of the few things from Something Awful that /tg/ has reason to care about is [[FATAL]] & Friends, a set of writeups on RPG books posted by forum members dedicated to both the obscure (in relative terms; usually it's just old shit like [[Rifts]]) and the terrible segments of the industry's output. These writeups are usually in-depth, covering both [[fluff]] and [[crunch]], with examples of character generation where appropriate. While some controlling for the... colorful views of SA's userbase is necessary, if you find an old rulebook or something at a bookstore and /tg/ doesn't know anything about it, there are worse places to look for a second opinion.

The other reason why /tg/ might conceivably care about SA is that a disproportionately large number of indie RPG writers are goons, or are close enough friends with a goon to give them free stuff that they then shill for in the aforementioned F&F. This may be surprising until you remember that two of the primary goon talents are sucking cock for brownie points and [[/tg/ gets shit done|wasting large amounts of time and effort on shit nobody cares about]]. A disproportionate number of [[White Wolf]] employees past and present are also goons, surprising absolutely nobody who has had the misfortune of interacting with both groups.