Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Iteration 204 - Flavours of Evil
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This week we're excited about Starbound, a new video game we found out about from Kickstarter. We talk about microfiction as it appears in commercials. And we talk about education, conspiracy theories, and ideology. Josh plays D&D at roll for initiative, and reviews Stranger Things. Ryan finally gets started on the Game of Thrones television series, and he absolutely loves it. Ryan and Zoey review The Secret Life of Pets. And for our main topic, we talk about flavours of evil, different kinds of villains and degrees of villainy.
References and Recommendations:
Starbound (video game): http://playstarbound.com/
Roll for Initiative (local face-to-face gaming event): http://www.rollforinitiative.ca/
Stranger Things (television series): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/
Game of Thrones (television series): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
The Secret Life of Pets (2016 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2709768/
Monday, July 21, 2014
Iteration 098 - The Subway Conspiracy
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Josh and Ryan discuss a conspiracy theory at Subway Restaurants; then more about the newest edition of Dungeons & Dragons, plus their latest adventures in Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and World of Warcraft. Then tangents on Bill Nye the Science Guy and the politics of funding for NASA and education. Then for our main topic, we discuss non-hit-point methods of defeating your enemies in the game of D&D.
References and Recommendations:
Major Spoilers Podcast http://majorspoilers.com/major-spoilers-podcasts/
NPC Cast http://npccast.wordpress.com/
Weird Al "Foil" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk
Skyhaven Games http://www.facebook.com/SkyhavenGames
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Iteration 090 - Bad Names for Dinosaurs
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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 7, 2014
Iteration 083 - Evolving Between Genres
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Main Discussion Topic: Sometimes works of simulation get classified in a different genre based on the era we're looking at them from. Jules Verne's stories look like a species of fantasy to us today, but they looked a lot more scientific to the people of Verne's day. But what if we didn't just want to blur genres? What if a work or a series of works just decides to switch genre somewhere in the middle? That is, you're reading a science fiction story, and then somewhere in the middle, it changes to a fantasy. Or vice versa. Also, what's scarier than Frankenstein's monster? Frankenstein's mother-in-law, of course!
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Monday, March 17, 2014
Iteration 080 - Zombie Sasquatch, or Sasquatch Zombies?
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In this iteration, Josh and Ryan talk about world events and how they relate to storytelling and gameplay. Josh leaks more hints about the Collectable Trading Card Game he's working on. Ryan plays Marvel Avengers Alliance and discusses his frustration at random drops. Ryan demands alternative weird storylines from his X-Com games, expanding into ghosts, zombies, and zombie sasquatch. And Ryan asks how you can make your readers and players care more about their characters.
Discussion Topic: Playing as a squad in a game, as opposed to the singular hero, or the massive army. In particular, how does a player manage to care about each individual member of a squad?
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References and Recommendations:
Dave Morris: davemorrisisa.com
Marvel: Avengers Alliance http://www.facebook.com/avengersalliance
Tri-Stat Universal Game System: http://tristat.wikispaces.com/
Community: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn-X090DpOE
Monday, December 2, 2013
Iteration 065 - RIP the Dog from Family Guy
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References and Recommendations:
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040068/
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orenda
Canada Reads http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/
First Discussion Topic: The death of Brian Griffin
Second Discussion Topic: Whose gear is it anyways? About that gear you get from your boss or your patron specific to a mission.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Iteration 064 - Let's All Go to the Ice Age Planet
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