You Heard it Here Last S3E6

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Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

https://www.enworld.org/threads/diamond-comic-distributors-files-bankruptcy-sells-alliance-game-distributors.709593/

Diamond Comic Distributors, the owner of Alliance Game Distributors has filed for bankruptcy. In a message from Chuck Parker the President of Diamond comic Distributors he outlines the necessity for the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy which would allow Diamond Comic Distributors to restructure and meet many of its significant financial obligations. While this could likely be very bad news for an already struggling comic book industry his message does have some good news;

“We have already received a commitment from Universal Distribution to purchase Alliance Game Distributors coupled with a signed letter of intent to purchase Diamond UK, and we remain committed to pursuing offers for all Diamond lines of business.”  Parker said in his statement.

While it’s not likely this news will cause any significant issues or problems with game distribution it is noteworthy that Goodman Games signed an exclusive deal with Diamond in December of 2023.

https://goodman-games.com/blog/2023/12/04/goodman-games-inks-exclusive-distribution-deal-with-diamond-book-distributors/

Nasty business stuff. Mike you are our business guy. What’s all this mean?

[Kick to Mike]

Christina, thoughts?

[Kick to Christina]

Speaking of IPs, or at least we will be speaking of IPs in the near future, stay tuned to our regularly scheduled program for our upcoming episode on Intellectual Properties that should be games we have this bit of news from across the pond.

https://www.enworld.org/threads/qi-mentions-the-diana-jones-awards.709578/

QI is a BBC2 quiz show that called out the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Roleplaying Games on it’s social media accounts. While that is news, it’s not why I bring this up. Reading the “Quiet Interesting” post on Facebook is what made this one interesting.

The Diana Jones Award is named after The Adventures of Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game that was released by TSR in 1984. It is considered one of the least loved and most savaged roleplaying games of all times and eventually every last copy was burned. The trophy itself is a Lucite pyramid made up of the last legible remains from those burned books. All you can read is “diana Jones” 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Jones_Award

Mike, Christina, did you guys know this origin story and if you did, why the hell didn’t you tell me?

[Kick to Mike and Christina]

Also, why does Steven Spielberg have such a great track record with moves, but a terrible one when it comes to turning those movies into games. I mean we have this one with Indiana Jones and then we also have the ET Atari Video Game. Both considered the worst ever in their genres? You guys might want to keep that in mind when thinking about the IPs that need to be made into roleplaying games…I’m looking at you Avatar.

[Kick to Mike and Christina]

And there you have it. All the news, you’ve already heard.