Since Starfinder Second Edition is preparing for launch, now’s a great time to meet the people behind the game!

We’ve mentioned before that every now and then, someone makes a typo and realizes that they’ve accidentally created a pun or joke so bad that they must immediately drop it into their team’s work chat, triggering a wave of snickering when we were in office, and now a wave of reaction gifs via the office chat. We’ve even statted them up for previous April Fools’ Day posts.

Over the last few months, the world has seen a huge upsurge in interest, use, and quality of algorithm-generated imagery and text. Since we launched the company in 2002, Paizo has made its reputation with the assistance of countless traditional artists and writers, who are just as integral to the success of our games as our in-house editors, art directors, designers, and developers. The ethical and legal issues surrounding “AI art” and writing prompt programs—and the serious threat they pose to the livelihoods of partners who have helped us get to where we are today as a company—demand that we take a firm position against the use of this technology in Paizo products.

Greetings from the future! As mentioned in our Introducing the Narrative Team blog, there have been some changes to Paizo’s teams, and perhaps none have seen more of a shake-up than the Starfinder Team!

Wow, can you believe that by the end of this month, Paizo will have released well over 30 products in 2022?! Also, this is the last Paizo LIVE episode before PaizoCon and PaizoCon Online at the end of May. So, we are revving our previews with Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3), Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall, Starfinder Drift Crisis, Paizo Organized Play, upcoming conventions, and our new partnership with Foundry Virtual Tabletop. Please join us for Episode 011 of our 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests today Friday, April 22, 2022, from 4–6 p.m. PST.

It’s a big month for Paizo LIVE, our near-monthly, 2-hour live Twitch show featuring the Paizo staff and occasional guests talking about upcoming Pathfinder and Starfinder releases. This is the last episode before PaizoCon at the end of May, so we will preview Pathfinder Book of the Dead, Pathfinder Adventure Path #178: Punks in a Powderkeg (Outlaws of Alkenstar 1 of 3), Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall, Starfinder Drift Crisis, Paizo Organized Play, upcoming conventions, and our new partnership with Foundry Virtual Tabletop. Please join us for Episode 011 from 4 to 6 p.m. Pacific on Friday, April 22, 2022.