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Female Fronted, Nerd-Oriented, Power Metal! Strap In.

So now for something completely different, I’m doing yet another round-up of nerdy metal. This time it’s nerdy power metal bands with ladies rocking the vox. Places that aren’t American are producing amazing bands like this in droves, all of a sudden, and I wanted to direct the attention of folks who might be interested [...]

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Episode 119: Perspective (Narrative Techniques)

Perspective is an interesting thing that affects how we view situations and scenarios. By playing with how things are described or revealed it’s possible to highlight different aspects of the game in some pretty fascinating ways.

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Jank on Demand – Trollbabe Edition

This Saturday is Jank on Demand, starting at 2pm over at the Dice Dojo (5550 N. Broadway – Chicago, IL). We’ll have oodles of indie RPGs to try out, so stop by and play a game with us! Also, Ron Edwards (creator of Sorcerer, Trollbabe, S/l/ay with Me and many more) will be on hand [...]

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Jank on Demand II – The Jankening

Hey all! We’re doing another Jank on Demand on November 19th, 2:00, at the Dice Dojo. Click here for more info. Please come join us! Jankify the Interwebs:

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Episode 111: Gaming as Social Commentary

As part of playing an RPG strong themes of social commentary can come out: Discussions on Race, gender, social mores and conventions, all can become strong elements of a game. But how do you build towards such a thing, and what are the dangers of doing so? We talk about the role that Social commentary takes in gaming.

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Players as audience, and why we shouldn’t forgive

The act of creating the story is not removed in time from us taking it in, creation and consumption are not so divided. Games succeed better if you are willing to step up and demand from the game those things that you want from it.

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On screwdrivers and nails

Think of it this way: We have a screwdriver. it’s great at getting screws in to wood. Then we realise we also want to put nails in, and as such we use the blunt end to pound in nails whenever we need to. Over time someone comes up with a screwdriver with a larger flat [...]

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Thank God for our stupid F-ing games.

One of the few MTG websites I read is Blackborder, mostly to find out if any of my cards are worth money or not. I do happen to read the articles, even when they are mostly in Greek to me as a casual player, and ran across “Thank God for this Stupid F-ing Game” by [...]

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Little delay for episode 100

Hi guys. Just letting you know, with Gencon messing everything up and Todd’s near-Nurgle experience, episode 100 is not going out until next week. For now, you get soothing silence. Listen to it, let it overcome you, carry you away in to the depths of oblivion. Thanks for your patience. Jankify the Interwebs:

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Game Chef 2011!

This year’s Game Chef competition is off and running! For those of you not familiar with it, Game Chef challenges people to design a game incorporating specific thematic elements in 10 days. Ten whole days! Todd and I answered the call, as did over 60 other game designers. All the games are free to download [...]

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