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Title: Paradox takes White Wolf off at the knees and/or saves them from themselves
Post by: bayonetbrant on November 17, 2018, 07:54:29 AM

So a few years ago, Paradox bought White Wolf and the World of Darkness games
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/29/paradox-white-wolf/ (https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/29/paradox-white-wolf/)


Now, it seems, there's issues with some of the material the in-house team is producing
https://www.white-wolf.com/newsblog/a-message-from-white-wolf


Depending on how you read it, either the disputed Chechnya material was either (1) too offensive to the Russians, or (2) too offensive to some marginalized communities who felt their real-world issues with the Chechen gov't was being exploited for someone else's entertainment
(probably #2, though (https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/13/18089574/vampire-the-masquerade-white-wolf-lgbtq-chechnya-apology))



Either way, White Wolf is now essentially a brand mgmt office within Paradox, and no one knows if anyone is going to be willing to try to write any new material after this latest Paradox (over)(re)action.

Title: Re: Paradox takes White Wolf off at the knees and/or saves them from themselves
Post by: bayonetbrant on November 17, 2018, 07:58:26 AM

some other links with discussions around the web
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/9xo9y9/paradox_is_sick_of_new_white_wolfs_shit_and/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/9xo9y9/paradox_is_sick_of_new_white_wolfs_shit_and/)
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/11/paradox-interactive-restructures-white-wolf-following-backlash-from-ramzan-kadyrov-over-book/72092/ (https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/11/paradox-interactive-restructures-white-wolf-following-backlash-from-ramzan-kadyrov-over-book/72092/)


edit to add another


https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/chechens-hate-vampire-the-masquerade-game-for-sultan-ramzan-character/

Title: Re: Paradox takes White Wolf off at the knees and/or saves them from themselves
Post by: bayonetbrant on December 23, 2018, 07:21:13 AM

https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/13/17565898/vampire-the-masquerade-white-wolf-neo-nazi-accusations

Title: Re: Paradox takes White Wolf off at the knees and/or saves them from themselves
Post by: bayonetbrant on August 21, 2020, 10:26:05 PM

More trouble with Paradox and the vampire franchise

https://collider.com/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-delayed-reason-why/

Title: Re: Paradox takes White Wolf off at the knees and/or saves them from themselves
Post by: Martok on August 22, 2020, 05:14:13 PM

I saw that.  It's especially troubling when the head writer (who was also heavily involved in the first game) is let go.