Every January 1st (or the Monday thereafter) I put together a report on what's been going on in the roleplaying industry in the last year. Here's 2022.
https://www.rpg.net/columns/advanced-designers-and-dragons/advanced-designers-and-dragons73.phtml
TL;DR: some regrettable passings; AI; COVID; increased megacorp vibes from WotC; a roleplaying legend is knighted; a kickstarter slowdown; more bad actors (and why it's important to talk about them); and the return of the 80s and revamp of the OSR. (Whew!)
@appelcline great to read this as always!