Iteration 029 - Labyrinths and Goblins - 26 Mar 2013

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Discussion Topic: The 1986 Film Labyrinth

Second Discussion Topic: Your own goblins.

References and Recommendations: The original muppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhPKgXeFuk

Iteration 028 - Gnomes of the World - 19 Mar 2013

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Intro Topic: What do dwarves eat?
Intro Topic: Gnomes of the world
Intro Topic: Sim City and its problems at release
Topic: Our thoughts on paladins and druids and their sub-classes


References and Recommendations:

Weird Things Podcast http://weirdthings.com
Goblins in Zimbabwe http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2013/02/goblin-attack-closes-zimbabwe-medical-clinic-nurses-refuse-to-return-to-work-2440746.html
Elves in Iceland http://news.softpedia.com/news/Icelandic-Roads-Rerouted-Due-To-Elves-Tradition-5001.shtml
Gremlins http://www.gremlintrouble.com/html/gremlore.html
Sanity's Requiem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Darkness:_Sanity%27s_Requiem
The Trenches http://trenchescomic.com/
Planescape: Torment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planescape:_Torment
Numenara http://www.numenera.com/

Iteration 027 - Voices, Funny and Pretentious - 12 Mar 2013

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Josh's Twitter: @Bootbuckle

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-simulationist-podcast/id589774076

YouTube: http://youtube.com/thesimulationist

Facebook: http://facebook.com/thesimulationist

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RPGPodcasts http://RPGPodcasts.com


Discussion Topic: Viking sun stones, are they magic?
Discussion Topic: On Voices; funny, serious, or just weird. Then we get a little English-majory on the topic of "Voice".

A quote we quoted: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C Clark

"Randomness is clumpy." - Carl Sagan

References and Recommendations:

Among others, we reference Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, Seinfeld, Dr. Who, and The Simpsons

Iteration 026 - Hated Heroes and Loveable Villains - 5 Mar 2013

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Discussion Topic: Hated Heroes and Loveable Villains
Hated hero: Gregory House, Scott "Cyclops" Summers
Beloved Villain: Darth Vader?

References and Recommendations:

Is Wrestling Fake? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ

Absorbascon: http://absorbascon.blogspot.ca/

XKCD http://xkcd.com/
Virus Comics http://viruscomix.com/

Iteration 025 - Trinkets, Mementos, and Hoarding

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Discussion Topic: Collections and Collecting, both in universe and out of universe.

References and Recommendations:

Cabin in the Woods http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/
What is Weregild? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weregild
The Mona Lisa in High Detail: http://musee.louvre.fr/zoom/index.html
Fermat's Last Theorem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem
WereGeek http://www.weregeek.com/

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting." - Ernest Rutherford

Iteration 024 - Astral Duplication - 19 Feb 2013

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A meteor falls in Siberia. Ryan waxes conspiratorial, as always.
Discussion Topic: Which is better: Sci Fi or Fantasy?

References and Recommendations (and botched quotations):

Dyatlov Pass Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

Legion www.imdb.com/title/tt1038686/
The Flight of Dragons http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083951/
Clone High http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305011/

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." - Douglas Adams

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark Twain

Creature Collection II
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/3319/Creature-Collection-II%3A-Dark-Menagerie

Iteration 023 - Nonhumans and Space Marines - 12 Feb 2013

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Discussion Topic: Space Marine Space Marine Space Marine
Ryan's Moment of Illumination: Pope Benedict XVI retires.
Discussion Topic: What if humans weren't the dominant people in your fictional fantasy world?


References and Recommendations:

Scott McCloud Understanding Comics http://scottmccloud.com/
Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland

Iteration 022 - Positivity Overload - 5 Feb 2013

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Ryan's Moment of Illumination: Fracking with human blood.
Discussion Topic: Some thoughts on Gottacon 2013. Josh suffers from positivity overload at GottaCon.


References and Recommendations:

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

Jules Sherred Geeky Pleasures http://geekypleasures.com/
Rob Hunt and Joanna Gaskell Standard Action: http://standardaction.zombieorpheus.com/

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Double Dragon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/
The Big Bang Theory http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898266/

Coming Soon: Josh and Ryan, the Simulationist will broadcast its own actual play old school Dungeons & Dragons session! (date to be announced)