Entries Tagged as 'Podcasts'

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Podcast #49b: Evil Space Nerds

Podcast #49b
In honor of Halloween,  we talk about evil in games.  What’s evil?  What’s super evil?  How do you find the fun in it, and how do you bring it into your game without inviting Satan into your soul?  Then it’s back to Sign in Stranger!

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Podcast #49: Origin Stories

Podcast #49
We talk about how we got into the roleplaying thing and get all misty. Then we read from our spaceman journals!
Sign in Stranger: Clinton’s initial thoughts
Black and Green Games, where you can demand more public information about Sign in Stranger
Camp Moshava
Marvel Superheroes, TMNT, White Box D&D, Rolemaster, GURPS, Twilight:2000, The Fantasy […]

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Podcast #48: Design Contests

Durham 3 #48
We talk about design contests - what works, what doesn’t, and what we want to see (and do!) in the future.

Thanks, John Harper!
The Sight and Sound Challenge
The Reverse Engineering Challenge
The Undead Software Engineers in Alaska Challenge
The BPG Owlbear Challenge … and D20 SRD: The Owlbear
Rails Rumble … and Clubhouse!
Game Chef
Jeepform

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Podcast #47: MIA

As in, gone.  If it turns up we’ll post it out of sequence, but that’s unlikely.  Sorry!

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Podcast #46: Unironic Enjoyment

Podcast #46

OSCon
Gen Con (Jason’s take) (Slate’s take)
Dragon Con and Joe’s Photos
The Dresden Files and The Dresden Files
God and Mammon

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Podcast #45: Size Matters

Podcast #45
How does the size of your group influence the experience of play? Listen to our strong opinions!
Breaking the Ice and Beast Hunters
Polaris and Grey Ranks
The Prince’s Kingdom and The Shadow of Yesterday
Sexitricity (PTA)
Burning Wheel

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Podcast #44: Hey, Joe!

Podcast #44
Meet Joe,  our new guest player!  We push him around with some leading questions.  Then we kick off Deep in the Blue, Season Two and have a discussion about PTA, character arcs, and group communication.

Dragon Con
Firefly and Mal/Jayne slash fiction

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Podcast #43: Gatherings of the Tribe

Podcast #43
Getting together is fun.  Building your own self-organizing event so that you can meet new people, play new games, and reconnect with old friends is fantastic.  We talk about the upsurge in community-driven events and community-built stuff.

Go Play Northwest
Go Play Southeast
Gen Con
Nerdly Beach Party
Camp Nerdly 
What Joe Macdonald gave Jason
Story Games Name Project

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Podcast #42: Endings

Podcast #42
Aaaand we’re back!  We continue to play In A Wicked Age with Monica, and talk about how games end.  Short games, long games, explicit end conditions, open-ended campaigns - how do you know when you’re done?

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Podcast #41: Insights from a New Gamer

Podcast #41
We play In A Wicked Age with our pal Monica, and pick her brain about roleplaying.