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One frequent target has been Sandy Peterson, the renowned game designer behind classics like Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and contributions to Doom and Quake. Despite his long-standing career and tangible contributions, Peterson was recently called a tourist—merely because he made a factual statement about monster characteristics in a role-playing game manual he helped create. Critics claimed Peterson "probably never played a tabletop RPG" despite overwhelming evidence of his direct involvement and expertise.