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Top Stories published by The Ugly Monster in May of 2023

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A dragon pursues four adventurers in a cave, the floor covered with gold treasure. The dragon breathes fire onto the center of it all, making the gold molten and look like lave. Beside the dragon are two wolves. On a hill of rock stand the adventurers standing in a pile of treasure. An elf women with a sword and a drow magic user look like they’re ready to counter attack. A dwarf holds a halfling by the hand, the halfling slipping on the treasure into the gold “lava”.

Business | Roleplaying Games

Hasbro Hates Dungeons & Dragons

D&D never made the money…

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Wrestling | TV

The WWE’s Road to Hate

The LGBTQIA+ as villains in Vince MacMahon’s…

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An illustrated not-Lego war. A blue spaceman with a pirate sword and a raygun fires off screen. He stands atop toy skeletons. A roman solider with a spear riding a motorcycle is next to him. In the background Napoleonic solders fight off parody gungans, a dragon attacks a pirate ship, a pirate duels a ninja, a fleet of spaceships hover overhead, medieval dudes charge from a castle, and other mayhem ensues.

The Joyously Violent Art of ‘Brikwars’

(not)Lego meets Warhammer

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Movies | Disney

‘Luca’ and Unapologetic Compassion

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Marvel | Video Games

Spider-Man 2 finally shows some gameplay and it’s really good

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Video Games

Seven Non-Violent Video Games to Check Out

You don’t need to kill legions…

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‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ should never have existed (but that’s OK)

Art can exist under capitalism but…

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An illustration of two skeletal automatons. The automaton in the foreground kneels and pets a cat that has partial climbs on its leg. The automation wears green-black World War One-ish clothes. Skeletal hands and head can be seen. It wears a helmet with four large spikes in a row, from front to back like a Mohawk haircut. It has a simple rifle with bayonet slung over its shoulder. The silhouette of similar automaton stands in the background, watching this.

Good monsters are stand-ins for the NRA and job automation

The Best Monsters are Explicitly Political

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Alela, Artful Provocateur. One white, one blue, one black, and one any mana. Legendary Creature — Faerie Warlock. Flying, deathtouch, lifelink. Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0. Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying. 2/3. Illustrated by Alexis Ziritt.

The Partied Out Art of Magic: The Gathering — ‘Legendary Flyers (Not That Kind)’

Magic: the Gathering…

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WGA on Strike printed on an orange background.

Unions | Dungeons & Dragons | Movies | TV

D&D Mega-Fan Urges DMs to be Hollywood Scabs

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