Iteration 131 - The Merits of Stupidity

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In this episode, Josh and Ryan talk about how to properly defend Erebor, and keeping dwarves awake at night, and how to manage their alcohol intake. Ryan does interior decorating in Minecraft.

And for our main topic, the Merits of Stupidity. Josh and Ryan come up with a surprising amount of instances in which it's better to be stupid. We refer to quotes from: Socrates, Dilbert, Lovecraft, John Wayne, Queen, and Michael J Fox.

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Iteration 115 - What Your Country Can Do for You

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In this iteration of the Simulationist Podcast: 
Josh and Ryan give their imaginative take on Changes the Clown and the Victoria local mayoral elections! Then we recount our adventures in simulated worlds, from Minecraft to Dwarf Fortress, to our adventures in coding our own stuff. We pitch the idea of Mars Bus.

And for our main topic of discussion:
What of democracy in your D&D worlds? Can we determine what alignment voting would fall under, in the D&D alignment system?

Iteration 112 - On Ghosts and the Other Side

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In this iteration of the podcast: As another part of our month of the dead, we talk about ghosts, not so much as monsters, but as characters. Josh and Ryan talk about their weekly adventures in gaming, mostly Minecraft and Marvel: Avengers Alliance. As a jumping off point for our main topic, we watched the film ParaNorman. We discuss the mechanisms of ghostly return and hauntings. Also recommended: the Book of Life (2014 film).

Iteration 108 - The Dungeon within the Dungeon

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We open this week's conversation with ancient gang signs, for some reason? Ryan then muses about cosmetic options within games. We discuss Penny's new hair on the Big Bang Theory, as an example of a cosmetic change, and we debate whether it should affect her statistics as a role-playing character. And for our main topic, inspired by the trailer for The Maze Runner, we discuss games within games, or blood sports, or the gladiatorial dungeon. And as always, we debate dungeons, traps, dungeon mastery, and elf ears!

References and Recommendations:
The Maze Runner http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/
Cube http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/
Big Hero Six http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/

Iteration 089 - Arcane Trains and Divinely Morphic Planes

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In this iteration of the Simulationist Podcast:

Free RPG Day

What would Minecraft be like with smellovision?

8-minute empire
Smallworld

A small debate about blank turns.

Josh's and Ryan's adventures in Minecraft

Josh invites Simulationist fan fiction in which the characters hunt him down and kill him.

Schismo-tech: Ryan asks the question: what if arcane magic was the core driver of a technological revolution?

Iteration 079 - Alphabet-Handed Aliens

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References and Recommendations:

Lovecraft + Flatland: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/1zwhxf/what_makes_eldritch_abominations_like_the_old/cfxmqcz

Level Up Meetup Victoria BC: http://www.meetup.com/levelup/

Kre-O: http://www.hasbro.com/kre-o/

X-Com: http://www.xcom.com/


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