2022-09-07 Assorted

Hey, folks. Turns out I just barely missed a link for posting last month's roundup too early:

• Unity signs "multi-million dollar" contract to help U.S. government with defense, and as Game Developer goes on to note, "The deal was announced less than a year after some workers questions Unity's ethics for working on military projects."

No comment. Let's look instead at more positive news from the rest of August:

• World's biggest mod site bans mods replacing Pride flags: 'We don't want to and won't argue this with you' Good for them.
• Game over, man: How Aliens—not Alien—shaped three decades of gaming history A good point as it turns out, and still awesome either way.
• An Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by Capitalism Long, interesting piece.

Last but not least, September opens with Défis fantastiques : 40 ans d’aventures dont vous êtes le héros: a French language story about the Fighting Fantasy series of gamebooks, which as it turns out still gets reprints, and spiritual successors. So enjoy, and see you in October.