Also, Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, doesn't speak for Amazon. Just because Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, can't figure out how to write a new Bond film doesn't mean that Steven Knight, the actual writer of the new Bond film can't.

Yeah, I don't know what the problem is. They rebooted it with Craig. Just reboot again with the next guy. Don't even have to do an origin story. No need to explain it.

As a news site publisher, I don't think that will work. That still leaves me with no incentive to write news articles. Nobody is reading or responding to my words. At that point I'm just admin staff for OpenAI working behind the scenes to feed in data.

It’s just the old “I’ve been playing this game for 40 years, why is the marketing aimed at teenagers and not boomers?” nonsense. Missing the fact that they started playing… when they were teenagers. Things like D&D have always been marketed at kids, and that’s just fine.

Yep, they’re “improving” the fees!

Yeah, we went from a corridor to a hotel conference room to a hotel ballroom to the (current) Union Station venue. That first year was kinda crazy, a slapdash affair organised by a couple of fans. I had piles of books in my living room which I had to mail out to judges around the world.

We did that in 2001 because we conceived of them as a fan award not an industry award. It was *tiny*. I’m not involved with them now so I can’t speak to the current setup.

I would say that the goal of the ENnies is probably different to what it was in 2001, as is the size and scope of the TTRPG industry (the first ceremony was held in a corridor!) And along with that, the ENnies’ responsibilities have changed.

That would represent an increase rather than a decrease, surely?

You can see the first half of 2025 in the graph. Can’t speak to the second half of 2025!

That is a question only you can answer!

Sure!