Monday, June 2, 2014

Iteration 091 - Statless, Unquantified, and Narrative Curses




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In this episode, Ryan expounds on the idea of the statless curse, that ineffable essence of something just being wrong, whether it's the dwarven gold, or the too-easy dungeon maze. There just has to be a curse here somewhere, doesn't there?

Monday, May 19, 2014

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?

Monday, May 12, 2014

Iteration 088 - Unfinished Worlds



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In this iteration, as always, Josh and Ryan relate their adventures in simulations, from their favourite video game, Minecraft, to the horror movies of the week, and then it's on to a D&D topic: using Ravenloft as an example, what should be done about all those underdeveloped areas of the campaign world?

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Iteration 087 - A Game of Lofts and a Feast for Ravens



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Discussion Topic: Are human opponents necessary?

References and Recommendations:

We discuss: Sponge Bob, Ren and Stimpy, Free Comic Book Day, Minecraft, Gothic Fiction, and Ravenloft

It Came from Outer Space http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045920/

Monday, April 28, 2014

Iteration 086 - The Trappings of Mad Science




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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, April 21, 2014

Iteration 085 - We Are the Wishers of Wishes



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Discussion Topic: Wishes and Genies

Argument of the Week: Can a Beholder disintegrate a hole to the centre of the earth?

References and Recommendations:

Evil Overlord List: http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html

Hot Fuzz: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/

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