http://jankcast.com A round table discussion podcast about gaming of all kinds. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:48:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 A round table discussion podcast about gaming of all kinds. The Jank Cast yes The Jank Cast feedback@jankcast.com feedback@jankcast.com (The Jank Cast) The Jank Cast Gaming, Roleplaying Games, Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, http://jankcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Jank.jpg http://jankcast.com Chicago, Illinois Weekly http://jankcast.com/archives/1136 http://jankcast.com/archives/1136#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:24:06 +0000 Timo http://jankcast.com/?p=1136 http://jankcast.com/archives/1136/feed 9 James,Megan,Timo Hosts: Megan, James, Timo - yeah, so we lost everything. Computers are awesome. So awesome we're going to talk about them for just over an hour! And you, you poor fools, are going to listen to us do so. - Hosts: Megan, James, Timo yeah, so we lost everything. Computers are awesome. So awesome we're going to talk about them for just over an hour! And you, you poor fools, are going to listen to us do so. Other than the fact that Lexx and his computer are douches. We go on to talk about Microsoft vs Apple. Turns out we're all money-grubbing whore. Flash is a piece of crap. Main topic: Technology in gaming (5:00) Cardflopping and the metagame (aka another game of Smallworld) (5:10) Using the internet to build your fun deck (8:15) Character builder and getting your game information from a unified source (8:50) Oh the hard world of the Mac user gamer (that thing megan mentioned) (10:20) Build your own application to help you game (12:00) Building a digital library (iPad or other handhelds/PC's) (13:50) Wiki's (talking about, yes, our wiki) (14:40) The negative argument: codifying the fiction (20:00) Answering questions away from the table can help frame out the world (28:15) Finding your personal balance of too much and too little (29:15) Sharing what you imagine so that people are on the same page (30:10) Megan and the 20 person first edition game: leveraging a yahoo group (32:10) WE ARE CYBORGS!!! (34:00) MMO's and investing emotionally (35:25) finding unusual satisfaction from MMO's (41:20) augmenting a non-virtual game vs playing virtually (43:30) Bringing technology to the table (Critical Hit) (45:00) Exillis and allowed complexity (47:00) Computers are stupidly smart (50:00) Playing MMO's with your friends and family (51:30) Rants (55:20) James: Pricks. Timo: Vak's mohawk is gone, and so is my will to live. Megan: Dumb bitches in the front row. REMINDER: October 29th Zombie PARP! Remember! (1:00:25) You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback to feedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice. The Jank Cast yes 1:02:43 http://jankcast.com/archives/362 http://jankcast.com/archives/362#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:22:27 +0000 The Jank Cast http://jankcast.com/?p=362 http://jankcast.com/archives/362/feed 0 James,JOHNKELLY,Justin,Lexx,Scott Episode Twenty Eight: New Groups Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Justin, Scott, James - Hero Lab Contest: Send in a backstory for either a Fantasy, Sci-Fi and/or Anthropomorphic to win a copy of Hero Lab. 1000 word maximum. Contest ends: 11/22 - Shard - Episode Twenty Eight: New Groups Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Justin, Scott, James Hero Lab Contest: Send in a backstory for either a Fantasy, Sci-Fi and/or Anthropomorphic to win a copy of Hero Lab. 1000 word maximum. Contest ends: 11/22 Shard V3 on November 21, 10 am to midnight: JOHNKELLY is running Black Cadillics, Dogs in the Vineyard and maybe Call of Cthulhu. Scott is running Dread, Battletech, and DAWG! Main Topic: Starting a new Group Wraith the Oblivion Rants Scott: Puberty Justin: GW/Dunkin Doughnuts Lexx: Find You're Own Damn Friends JOHNKELLY: Fanboys James: Dunkin Doughnuts The Jank Cast is copyright 2009. Feel Free to use our content in any non-commercial way. All our music is by Streetlight Manifesto, Visit their website at Streetlightmanifesto.com. We are a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions, find more awesome shows for them at spookyouthouse.com. Send Feedback to feedback@jankcast.com Now go out and roll some dice. The Jank Cast yes