Showing posts with label The Simulationist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Simulationist. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016
Iteration 190 - The Question of Harm to Animals in Simulations
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Reptilian creatures from space are coming to earth to take our jobs! We talk about our adventures in simulations, the video games we played, the movies we watched, and the random thoughts we had about the Flintstones. For our main topic this week, Ryan brings us his review of Murder at the Zoo, specifically a scene in which a lion fights a cougar. And we get to pondering about the ethics of enjoying fights and suffering, and whether it makes a difference if it's simulated or real.
References and Recommendations:
The Secret World (MMORPG): http://www.thesecretworld.com/
Roll for Initiative Victoria: http://www.rollforinitiative.ca/
Murders in the Zoo (1933 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024360/
Sharktopus vs Whalewolf (2015 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharktopus_vs._Whalewolf
Monday, September 14, 2015
Iteration 158 - Dragon Skins
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We start off the episode talking about the llamas and dolphins. Ryan talks about his work with the Beast God. Josh goes insane in Don't Starve. We talk about Queen Elizabeth II having the longest reign. Our main topic is about Dragons, their skins, the different colours they come in, and turning their skin into armour.
IFCon: http://ifconvictoria.com/Welcome.html
Roll for Initiative: http://rollforinitiative.ca
Monday, July 20, 2015
Iteration 150 - Walrus Yes
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In this iteration of the podcast, we recount our adventures in games and movies. Minecraft, Whiplash, the Shadow of the Cat, and Tusk. We have an extended conversation about the Kevin Smith film "Tusk". We cover topics ranging from acting skills to realistically extracting a man from a walrus suit, to American tourists. Spamburgers. And we find out what kind of food Ryan thinks they would have in Mongolia.
References and Recommendations:
Whiplash (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/
The Shadow of the Cat (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055438/
Tusk (2014 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3099498/
Monday, July 6, 2015
Iteration 148 - We Know what the Shadow Knows
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In this iteration of the show, we talk about our Canada Day in Victoria. We argue about bioethics and genetic engineering. We recount our adventures in various video games, and then we talk about the 1994 film adaptation of The Shadow. Ryan asks our listeners not to use telepathy on him, but Josh is cool with telepathy.
References and Recommendations:
The Shadow (1994 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111143/
Monday, May 18, 2015
Iteration 141 - Watching Television
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In this week's episode of the Simulationist podcast, Josh and Ryan talk about television, and what it means to binge watch, and how that affects how we take in the story.
References and Recommendations:
Man gets stuck on ride at Disneyland:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/27/disney-small-world-ride/2025273/
Cybersix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersix
The Destructors (short story) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Destructors
Dungeons & Dragons Official Soundtrack http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Official-Roleplaying-Soundtrack/dp/B0000BZYIS
Monday, January 26, 2015
Iteration 125 - The Brute
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Iteration 125 recorded on 1-25! Josh and Ryan talk about their alphabets. The curious case of the spelling of Nyarlathotep, and how books used to be made, and how a Cthulhian conspiracy could be at work. Josh watches CBC's Schitt's Creek. Ryan runs into a bunch of bugs in his heavily modded Minecraft. And for our main topic, we tackle the idea of the brutish archetype in D&D and fiction and other games.
References and Recommendations:
Nyarlathotep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotep
Big Bird's Alphabet Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTvhKZHAP8U
Q on CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/q/
Standard Action: https://www.youtube.com/user/Phasefirefilms
Monday, July 28, 2014
Iteration 099 - One Less Character, One More Character
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In this iteration of the Simulationist Podcast, we discuss the implications of a lost or dead character in a role-playing game, with regard to that character's role as a team member. And we talk about replacement characters, and adjusting to a new status quo.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Iteration 092 - Exiled and Endungèd
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This week's discussion topic: exile and banishment. What do you do with a bad guy that you just can't kill? And what if your hero can't return to his home? And who is that mysterious man in the iron mask that the PCs found in the dungeon?
Free RPG Day is coming up this month (on the 23rd of June, 2014), Josh and Ryan discuss their adventures in Mining and Crafting, and a bit of discussion of game design, including Dwarf Fortress.
Ryan illuminates last week's topic with an Evil Cat from The Shadow of the Cat: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055438/ and relates some of his adventures in Marvel Avengers Alliance https://www.facebook.com/avengersalliance .
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Iteration 090 - Bad Names for Dinosaurs
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Find us on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-simulationist-podcast/id589774076
Tweet at Josh (@Spaceboot1) on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Spaceboot1
Josh and Ryan talk about how they plan on purchasing the very expensive new edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
Can you name a dinosaur Hitlerasaurus?
Minecraft Twilight Forest Mod http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/561673-172-the-twilight-forest-v203-updated-to-minecraft-17/
The Watch (movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298649/
The Land Unknown (movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050622/
Wicked - March of the Witch Hunters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HIgNALjIyo
Monday, April 28, 2014
Iteration 086 - The Trappings of Mad Science
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Check us out on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-simulationist-podcast/id589774076
Follow Josh on Twitter! http://twitter.com/Spaceboot1
And we're on Facebook! http://facebook.com/thesimulationist
In this iteration of the Simulationist Podcast: Josh and Ryan discuss their recent adventures in Minecraft, Josh visits the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and we discuss the trappings of Mad Science.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Iteration 075 - Going a Viking
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Iteration 072 - Fungal Jungle at the Centre of the Earth
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This week's discussion topic: The Underdark, and the creatures who live in it, and why aren't mole people more prominent in D&D?
References and Recommendations:
Knights of the Dinner Table Live Action Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/d20e/kodt-live-action-series
GottaCon Victoria's Gaming Convention http://www.gottacon.com/
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Iteration 069 - The Podcast with no Name
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References and Recommendations:
Standard Action: http://standardaction.zombieorpheus.com/
Princess Mononoke: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/
Gottacon: http://www.gottacon.com/
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