I guess it's just the natural course for anything popular and marketable, really -- although thankfully, Wizards of the Coast has continued to publish some real

I guess it's just the natural course for anything popular and marketable, really -- although thankfully, Wizards of the Coast has continued to publish some really excellent (at least in my opinion) D&D content. Plus, if you're willing to sift through a lot of so-so stuff, there's a lot of really great free or low-cost amateur homebrew stuff out there. That kind of thing is definitely a result D&D's popularity explosion.