Let's Talk About Aja Romano, Chris Avellone's Accusers, And Other Dishonest Actors

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today’s episode is about people who say things that aren’t true. There should be a word for such people! First up: Aja Romano, who has a long history of both tee-shirt vandalism and ~~online deception~~. Then, the sad and tangled story of Chris Avellon, the cancelled games writer… or perhaps UNcancelled???

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0:00.0	Hello, free loaders, Katie here.
0:02.1	What you are about to hear is an excerpt from our most recent premium episode, which is about a me-to-case that was to quote my weird sidekick,
0:10.6	more complicated than initial reports would have led you to believe.
0:14.5	There's a lot more including Jesse doing some self-defense and the very strange backstory of a box writer named Asia Romano,
0:21.8	who I was not happy to learn,
0:24.1	one-throw fanfiction about Anne Frank's sexual awakening.
0:28.2	If you would like to hear the whole thing and how could you not,
0:30.7	you can join us at www.blocktonreported.org where you can get the full story and much more.
0:35.9	So please join us there and enjoy the show.
0:38.1	Okay, so Chris Avalone, Katie, tell everyone about Chris Avalone, you're a big gamer.
0:43.4	Yeah, Chris Avalone, he's a gamer.
0:45.4	Okay.
0:45.9	That's all I got.
0:48.6	He was a really highly regarded writer and designer for video games.
0:51.9	He's worked on major franchises like Star Wars, Fallout, Dying Light.
0:55.9	Among Super Nerds, he's also known for having worked on Plainscape Tourment,
0:59.8	which I think is regarded by some as an all-time classic role-playing game.
1:04.3	Katie, what's an RPG?
1:06.1	A role-playing game, like a first-person shooter game, is that right?
1:10.1	No.
1:12.1	Katie, those are two entirely different genres.
1:15.6	Oh, sorry.
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