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		<title>This Week&#8217;s Episode: TURDUCKEN!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So remember how in the AP I said that we&#8217;d have a new cast this week? The Turducken monster got in the way. Oops. We will, however, have some AW AP this week and definitely get you a new episode next week. So in lieu of an episdoe, I give you THIS! That&#8217;s kind of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1770</link>
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		<title>Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd We return with another AW AP. The sound is a little worse on this one for some reason (seriously- I didn&#8217;t do anything different), so sorry about that. Enjoy!]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1768</link>
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		<title>Female Fronted, Nerd-Oriented, Power Metal! Strap In.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So now for something completely different, I&#8217;m doing yet another round-up of nerdy metal. This time it&#8217;s nerdy power metal bands with ladies rocking the vox. Places that aren&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1758</link>
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		<title>Episode 121: Character Arcs (Narrative Techniques)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Character arcs are the overall flow of how a character develops during a story.  These can be applied to gaming, but in the cast we find that the application can be problematic.  We talk a lot about our AP of Apocalypse World, which can be found on our website or on our RSS feed.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1749</link>
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		<title>Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd The continuing saga of the crew of the Leviathan as they do very bad things to each other.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1747</link>
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		<title>Episode 120: The 3 act structure (Narrative Techniques)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott, Timo What did we play (06:50) Jank on demand: Misspent Youth, Apocalypse World, Kagematsu, Murderous Ghosts Apocalypse World: Timo, Megan, Todd Ninjato: Megan, Scott Red Dragon Inn, Legend of Drizz&#8217;t: Todd Magic the Gathering: Megan Gnomes of Zavandor: Scott Main topic: The 3 Act Structure (Narrative Techniques) (37:00) The 3 act [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1736</link>
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		<title>Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd This is the next session of our AW game as another bonus AP. Enjoy! Or don&#8217;t. A few notes: 1) My buddy Joseph sat in on the game. Sometimes he talks. That&#8217;s the extra voice you hear. 2) Last session we named Gams&#8217; watcher &#8220;Doghead.&#8221; We forgot we did that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1733</link>
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		<title>Episode 119: Perspective (Narrative Techniques)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1725</link>
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		<title>Bonus AP: Next AW Session</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd We got some good feedback on the last AP, so we&#8217;re going to keep posting more of them. Exciting! If you&#8217;re just here for regular, old Janky-content, just hit delete on this and we&#8217;ll have a regular episode for you on schedule. Otherwise, enjoy this bonus episode and we&#8217;ll keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1722</link>
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		<title>Episode 118: Chekov&#8217;s Gun (Narrative Techniques)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chekov's gun is a concept of design that applies very well to theatre, but less well to gaming.  Nevertheless, it provides a framework that can be applied to gaming in an interesting way.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1712</link>
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		<title>Episode 117: Flashbacks (Narrative Techniques)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're starting a new series exploring how narrative techniques used in different forms of media apply to gaming:  The good, the bad, the ugly, and the stir-fried. We set it off by talking about a thing that we used during our Apocalypse World actual play: flashbacks.  We talk about how they have worked for our games, and what we like and dislike about it.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1704</link>
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		<title>Actual Play: Apocalypse World &#8211; The Leviathan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're currently playing a game of Apocalypse world set on a zeppelin called "The Leviathan," travelling between locations in an Empire recently risen to power by exploiting the psychic powers of brainers, all under an endless cloud-cover sky.  This is the third session of that game, showing the rescue of a crew member from the clutches of the Empire and the aftermath.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1694</link>
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		<title>Episode 116: Year in review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Less serious topic:  We just talk a little about the things that happened in gaming and with games this year including Kickstarter, the rise of our gaming advocacy, and the way convention games and gaming is changing.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1685</link>
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		<title>Jank on Demand &#8211; Trollbabe Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday is Jank on Demand, starting at 2pm over at the Dice Dojo (5550 N. Broadway &#8211; Chicago, IL). We&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1683</link>
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		<title>Episode 115: Respecting stories.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We believe that gaming is, at it's heart, communal story telling.  Part of that is learning to be able to tell stories with others:  To play nice, to listen and make other people's stories count, and be willing to let the game go where the game will go.  We talk a little about our own techniques and experiences with trying to do this well with others, when it's succeeded or failed, and what we've learned about how it works for us.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1674</link>
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		<title>Episode 114:  Janksgivinger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a departure from our usual stuffy material, we take the holiday to talk about things we're thankful for:  mostly gaming related, but also just generally geekish.  If you're looking for serious analysis and conversation, come back later, we're busy being happy.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1671</link>
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		<title>Episode 113:  Pass the Paper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a trend in games to have a core mechanic that creates a real thing:  A map, a story, a written set of relationships.  There's this interesting thing about having a real record, some object that comes out of the game that you can refer back to you.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1662</link>
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		<title>Episode 112: Gaming as Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes gaming can be a great therapeutic resource.  The cast goes in to a conversation about how that looks and what drives that kind of play.
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		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1652</link>
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		<title>Jank on Demand II &#8211; The Jankening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all! We&#8217;re doing another Jank on Demand on November 19th, 2:00, at the Dice Dojo. Click here for more info. Please come join us!]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1649</link>
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		<title>Episode 111: Gaming as Social Commentary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1642</link>
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		<title>Episode 110: Gaming as Socialising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the fun of gaming is not actually the game itself, but the hanging out with friends that it causes.  Whether you are friends outside of the game, or get together just to do this particular thing, or barely know each other, there is a whole realm of interactions that the game is part of, but is not necessarily all about the game.  As part of our "Why we game" series we talk about the socializing that goes on around and about the game.
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		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1623</link>
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		<title>Episode 109: Playing for Exploration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Timo, Rob, Megan What did we play: (10:14) Dogs in the Vineyard: Todd, Rob, Megan, Timo Megan: D&#038;D Encounters, 1st ed Todd: Apocalypse World Shadowrun hack, Elder Sign Jank on Demand: We play a lot of random games, and we&#8217;d like to encourage you guys to do the same. As part of that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1617</link>
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		<title>Episode 108: Playing for Escapism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Timo, Megan, Scott What did we play: (9:55) Mansions of Madness: Todd, Timo, Megan, Scott Don&#8217;t Rest Your Head: Todd, Megan, Scott Dresden Files RPG: Todd D&#038;D Encounters: Megan Jank on Demand: We play a lot of random games, and we&#8217;d like to encourage you guys to do the same. As part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1609</link>
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		<title>Players as audience, and why we shouldn&#8217;t forgive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1606</link>
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		<title>Ep 107: Long form and short form games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of the way we've structured out gaming, we play a lot of short campaigns or single scenarios.  This lends our gaming  a certain feel and has some positives and negatives.  How does that compare to playing long, ongoing games?  What do you gain, what do you lose?]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1600</link>
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		<title>Episode 106: Getting Into Gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: John, M-Riv, Paul, Tim, Todd, Tom So this week we did something a little different: Todd did a cast with his group which started via school, several of whom weren&#8217;t gamers until recently and the rest of whom hadn&#8217;t gamed since high school. Most gaming podcasts, understandably, feature people who have been into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1597</link>
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		<title>Episode 105: The Relationship Between GMs and Players/Players and Players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Rob, Scott, Todd What is the relationship between player and player or player and GM? In this episode, we beat that horse to death with a bat and then kick it a few times. Take that, dead horse! Banter, aka &#8220;Foreplay&#8221;: Let us stand next to your fire(s). How to know if you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1595</link>
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		<title>Episode 104: We&#8217;re So Excited and We Just Can&#8217;t Hide It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Dave, Rob, Scott, Todd First off, if you are a gamer in Germany or know any gamers in Germany, let us know because Rob is moving to the Frankfurt area and wants to get his German game on! Second, we&#8217;re trying to get some good crosstalk going on the episodes. We&#8217;d like to push [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1587</link>
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		<title>Episode 103: RP in a non-RP Land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Timo, Todd, Scott, Megan What did we play: (09:15) Scott: Eminent Domain, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Warmachine. Megan: D&#038;D (1st ed, encounters), Magic, Kagematsu Timo: Kagematsu, Ascension App, Dungeon Raid Todd: Apocalypse World, Forbidden Island, Ticket To Ride App Main topic: RP in a non-RP Land (23:30) After a brief interlude in which we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1579</link>
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		<title>On screwdrivers and nails</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think of it this way: We have a screwdriver. it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1574</link>
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		<title>Episode 102:  Gaming advice and the Conversation on Gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Megan, Timo, Peter What did we play: (09:15) Timo: Kagematsu, Eminent Domain, Smallworld, Dixit, Defenders of the Realm, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Blood Bowl Team Manager Megan: Kagematsu, Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Glory to Rome, D&#038;D Encounters, 1st Edition D&#038;D, Carcassonne, Vegas Showdown Todd: Ascension, Honeymoon in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1567</link>
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		<title>Episode 101: Character Flaws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Timo, Rob, Megan, Scott What did we play: (3:17) Scott: Blood Bowl Team Manager, Eminent Domain, Belfort, Ninja Megan: Blood Bowl Team Manager, Belfort, Ninja, Ticket to Ride, Seven Wonders, Pandemic, Drunken Magic: Holier than Meow Rob: No games this week, but spent some time reading The Mountain Witch. Timo: Escape from the Aliens [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1558</link>
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		<title>Thank God for our stupid F-ing games.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Thank God for this Stupid F-ing Game&#8221; by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1554</link>
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		<title>Jank100!!!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Reek, Scott, Timo, Todd, and a billion guests First off, congrats to our new friends Jacob and Katie who leveled up in both nerdiness and love by getting engaged at Gencon, then playing some awesome games with us. Congrats you crazy gamer kids! So we&#8217;ve made it to episode 100. Exciting! For our 100th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1551</link>
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		<title>Little delay for episode 100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi guys. Just letting you know, with Gencon messing everything up and Todd&#8217;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.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1545</link>
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		<title>Episode 99: Stranger danger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Todd, Scott, Timo Two quick things: 1) Buy tickets for Megan&#8217;s shows at Gencon if you like boobs and/or comedy and/or magic! 2) If you would like to play test the game that Megan and Todd have designed that we talk about in the cast while you&#8217;re at Gencon, e-mail us at feedback@jankcast.com [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1536</link>
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		<title>Game Chef 2011!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1534</link>
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		<title>This is not the Jank you&#8217;re looking for.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What? We release a weekly podcast? Lies! No we don&#8217;t! Well yeah we do. We dropped the ball this week though. No podcast for you! See you next week! -JOHNKELLY]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1530</link>
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		<title>Todd on Self-Critical Hits and a Nerds For Reel Shout Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey. I&#8217;m in the new episode of Self-Critical Hits. You should be listening to them anyway, but if you&#8217;ve never heard them before, head over and listen to me chat with them about GMless games and other random stuff, as well as them do some reviews including one of the really cool seeming The Quiet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1524</link>
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		<title>Episode 98: Breaking/Broken games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Timo, Todd, Megan Star Trek: Expeditions Yggdrasil Gurps Games By James Hero Quest Walden Books HMV White Wolf What did we play: (9:45) Megan &#038; Timo: Badass Todd: Fiasco, Apocalypse World Self Critical Hits Magic: The Gathering (New Set pre-release) Double Dragon Bad Dudes Foxy Brown Shaft Black Dynamite Avenging Disco Godfather Fiasco: The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1518</link>
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		<title>Actual Play 2: Misspent Youth, Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Charles, Megan, Reek, Rob, Timo, Todd And, finally, we discuss our game/review Misspent Youth. We had a blast playing it, hope you enjoyed listening to it.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1516</link>
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		<title>Actual Play 2: Misspent Youth, AP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Players: Charles, Megan, Reek, Rob, Timo, Todd Here is the actual actual play portion of the actual play. If you didn&#8217;t listen the the character/world creation posted yesterday, you might be a little confused (hell, you might be confused even if you did!) so here&#8217;s a quick rundown: -Todd is GMing, which means in Misspent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1512</link>
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		<title>Actual Play 2: Misspent Youth, Character Creation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Players: Charles, Megan, Reek, Rob, Timo, Todd This week we&#8217;re doing something a little different: an Actual Play of Rob Bohl&#8217;s game Misspent Youth! Misspent Youth is a game where you play &#8220;Y.O.&#8217;s,&#8221; or &#8220;young offenders,&#8221; 13-17 year old delinquent kids, taking down some kind of evil authority figure. During character creation you create both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 97: Gaming Aesthetics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Timo Banter: Doing something for Gencon, Self Critical Hits, Kevin Weiser. What did we play: (05:00) Turns out, we both only played Dread. it was a great session, and we talk a bit about the session. References to Heavy Rain (and the video about it). Dread creates visceral tension through it&#8217;s mechanic in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1493</link>
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		<title>Episode 96: Gamers in Transition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Charles, Timo, Reek Banter: We do Todd&#8217;s shtick without Todd, Pinot!, Lexx was a little Chewie, It&#8217;s Megan&#8217;s birthday, nihilists aren&#8217;t dark enough (in another world the escargot is eating you), $10 will still get you a magic pack, that damnable song, is it a life-drain jackal?. Charles is leaving (7:40). This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 95:  Three men and a baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Lexx, Scott, JohnKelly Banter: Tom Selleck was in my stable, Reek was birthed, gilgamesh is an early story about the human condition What did we play: (7:15) Todd: Descent, Star Trek Expeditions, Lord of the Rings Card Game, Dresden RPG Scott: Yggdrasil, Battletech JohnKelly: Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlethotep, Main topic: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Break a Leg &#8211; June Playset of the Month!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Jank fans! The theater themed Fiasco playset that John Kelly and I wrote is the official playset of the month for June over at the Bully Pulpit website! It&#8217;s a free download, so go grab yourself a copy today &#8211; http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/2011/06/17/june-playset-of-the-month-break-a-leg/]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1471</link>
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		<title>Apocalypse World/Gaming and The Social Sciences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So after our usin&#8217; yr learnin&#8217; episode, Rob Bohl suggested I write up a thing on how, exactly, I&#8217;m using social science to formulate my Apocalypse World countdown clocks, along with in gaming in general. Here is part one of that. Parts two and three to follow. Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 94: Gamer Frustration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone runs in to things while playing RPG's that frustrate the heck out of them.  For this cast we identify some of the things that annoy us and how we deal with them.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1455</link>
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		<title>Episode 93: What is a GM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott We talk a little about that weird thing that one person has to do in most games: Gm. It&#8217;s fraught with a lot of responsibilities and is treated differently in a bunch of different games. What do we see as the characteristics of the GM (or whatever his name might be), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1446</link>
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		<title>Episode 92: Escalation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Scott, Dave, Timo, Megan Escalation is a technique used in lots of RPGs. Whether it&#8217;s written in to the rules or used on the fly, it provides the ratcheting up of tension that makes games fun to play. We spend an hour discussing how this technique is used and what role it plays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 91: Using your learnin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: JohnKelly, Scott, Rob, Todd, Megan The problem with playing people who you aren&#8217;t is that you still keep being who you are. Slapbadger the thief likely doesn&#8217;t know much about carpentry, but you probably took that class in high school as an excuse to get out of real work, and here you are having [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1427</link>
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		<title>Episode 90: Replayability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: JohnKelly, Timo, Megan, Scott Replayability is a thing that affects games of many different genres: boardgames, cardgames, rpg&#8217;s. We talk about what makes a game, module, or scenario fun to replay. Banter: Timos hands are clean, Lady Blackbird actual play and the problems with smokers, Watto, the Plinkett reviews and the Podge Cast dudes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freemarket Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This? This is apropros of nothing really. I just was thinking about Freemarket which made me think of new character ideas, which reminded me of another email I had sent out to people with these ideas. So, here are some ideas for characters and MRCZ&#8217;s from Freemarket. Yes, I know, you&#8217;re not supposed to create [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1408</link>
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		<title>Episode 89: Dethkast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Megan, Scott Banter: Home decor in the style of Jank. Todd&#8217;s gettin&#8217; married by Elvis and Julius Ceaser. The best parts of weddings. Playboy is/was an awesome place to work. Dissection of episode 68 and turning things in to things. What did we play: (14:18) Scott: Hansa Teutonica, Mines of Zavandor Megan: 1st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 88: Lexx and Todd&#8217;s Excellent Adventure!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Lexx and Todd For this episode, we were SUPPOSED to talk about character death with a full cast, but some people cancelled (coughMajdicough) and other people didn&#8217;t show up (coughJohnKellycough). At first, Lexx and Todd said &#8220;maybe we should just call it.&#8221; Then they looked deep into each others eyes in the most manly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 87: Designering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Majdi, Timo, Lexx, Joe, Jordan Capitalizing on the relentless earth-shattering fame of game designer Majdi we talk with him and Joe and Jordan of Level Zero about the games they are working on, as well as some of the processes of developer. Banter: Rainforest Cafe, designing for suicide, the bottom of the foon change, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 86: The Loooooooooooooooooooove Cast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Love Cast is a little old place where we can get together. Love Cast, baby. Hosts: Cass, Courtney, Famous Game Designer Majdi Badri, JOHNKELLY, Todd Bumper: Chair in your pocket/giant bird Banter: Chair in your pocket, cont.  JohnKelly doesn&#8217;t get a free donut.  Todd is a liar and JohnKelly is a drunk.  Majdi bought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I love Fiasco.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After thinking about it for a long time I decided why that is. And that has spurred me to write my first real blog post. I love simple reasons for the same reason that my favorite campaigns (for DnD, Cthulhu, ect.) are my favorite. I get to see the full arch of my character. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 85: The Fast and the Furious: Rules Drift!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: JohnKelly, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd Today, in response to the Walking Eye&#8217;s recent episode on rules drifting, we tackle the subject. I won&#8217;t say we did it better, but our cast definitely had 100% more of Scott&#8217;s mustache. Bumper: Timo. What a maroon. Banter: Timo is late. Megan&#8217;s show. Todd gets internet yelled at. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ridiculous Fantasy-Metal Video-Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay. So here are two recent fantasy-themed metal videos by two very different metal bands, both of whom I really like. Exhibit A: Polish purveyors of power metal Pathfinder: Comments: Whoa, budget. Nice almost lesbian kiss for the fan-service portion of the video. Nice windmill headbanging. How much does this band shred? This band actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 84: Anthropomorphic Gaming (aka The Janksters Get Furry!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We talk about anthropomorphic gaming, i.e. playing non-humans. Lexx and Scott say I&#8217;m going to link a bunch of stuff in the show notes, but there&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m doing a google search for &#8220;squid chair&#8221; to link it. My gmail adds would be CRAZY after that. Hosts: Ben, Lexx, Megan, Rob, Scott Show notes: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1345</link>
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		<title>Episode 83: Comics and Gaming, in honor of C2E2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Charles, JOHNKELLY, Scott, Todd Notes: (I&#8217;m super busy getting ready for a conference, so I don&#8217;t have time to add links to all the fun stuff in the show notes. If something sounds cool, you&#8217;re going to have to google it!) Bumper: Fuck Timo, and Fuck That Game Too. Banter: Todd&#8217;s neighbors bring the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1339</link>
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		<title>Episode 82: We&#8217;re Not Here For the Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Reek, Rob, Timo, Todd We start out talking about when you&#8217;re playing a game where the &#8220;party&#8221; isn&#8217;t a &#8220;party,&#8221; so to speak. This shifts to a discussion about how system fits into this along with how a balance of character goals vs. group goals shape this. Also: Canada. Shhhhhhhhnotes: Bumper: OH CANADA! Banter: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1333</link>
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		<title>Episode 81: The Work-Game Balance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Todd, Reek, JohnKelly In this episode, we discuss how to manage your work/gaming balance. And Megan is tired. Very, very tired. Show Notes: Banter: The worst show ever. LOOK AT MY TEXT!!! OH MY GOD!!!! We&#8217;re tired. Todd&#8217;s ladyfriend&#8217;s parents are in town and he&#8217;s too embarrassed to introduce them to the people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1316</link>
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		<title>Episode 80: Theme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Todd, Reek, Rob, Charles, Timo Gaming and theme are an interesting thing: It may or may not be a thing that is strongly expressed, desired or even present. But what role it takes in game play and how it affects the game and the players is an interesting topic, and one that we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1302</link>
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		<title>Sight for Sore Eyes Benefit Game Bundle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Jank fans - The folks over at Two Scooters Press are offering up a benefit bundle of donated games to raise money for a single mother recently diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa. RP is a genetic disorder in which excess pigment builds up in the eyes, eventually blinding the person. The PDF bundle is $10 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1312</link>
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		<title>Vote for Chicagoland Games!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to work and life we didn&#8217;t have an episode this week. We&#8217;ve got one in the pipeline though: a spirited discussion on theme. It&#8217;ll arrive on Monday. In the meantime, vote for our patrons and friends at Chicagoland Games right here in the &#8220;best local game store&#8221; poll.]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1309</link>
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		<title>Why do we care?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So something has been striking me lately with regard to gaming: we care a lot. I&#8217;m saying this because in both of the games I&#8217;m currently GMing, there has been much discussion of system, setting, gaming philosophy, character, plot, and other things (including a contract which was drafted for the fictional members of a fictional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1300</link>
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		<title>Episode 79: Jank Who, or Doctor Jank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Scott, Megan, Reek, Todd In which we discuss Doctor Who and how it may relate to gaming. We&#8217;ll do this sort of thing from now on. Spoiler alert: there are spoilers! You&#8217;ve been warned. 1:06- Oh yeah? Why don&#8217;t you go blog about it? 2:30- Facebook v. Boobs. 4:23- Welcome to the Jank Cast! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 78: World building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Scott, Majdi, Timo We sit down to mock each other over the topic of world creation, pregenerated versus emergent worlds, and a host of topics. Banter: Starro&#8216;s eye. Lexx cheats at Foursquare and made his brothers southern, Majdi is flakeish (and quiet), Oscar the Grouch and Winger, Gwar created 40K, Scenes from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frakkin&#8217; Toasters &#8211; A BSG Fiasco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Fiasco fans &#8211; I&#8217;ve taken advantage of the recent Snowpocalypse here in Chicago to finish up not one, but two new Fiasco playsets. Here&#8217;s the first one, for all the BSG fans: Frakkin&#8217; Toasters &#8211; A BSG Fiasco. I know you&#8217;re all Cylons, but that&#8217;s cool. I like toasters.]]></description>
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		<title>Gaming Via Skype?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone else done this? Tonight, a buddy of ours couldn&#8217;t make our Serenity game (snowpocalypse has him pinned down on the other side of the city!) so we skyped him in. I was a bit worried, but it totally worked. Like, 100%. In fact, it was kind of cool because the way the story shook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An entrepreneurial opportunity&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you like games? Do you like noodles? Do you have a couple of hundred thousand dollars to kick around? Well we&#8217;re looking to open a restaurant/gaming house called &#8220;House of Games and Noodles,&#8221; and this is your opportunity to get in on the ground floor. You give us a bunch of money, hire a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 77: Born Again Gamers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Joe, Todd, Scott, JOHNKELLY This cast we talk about the returners, the prodigals, the once-and-now-again: Born again gamers. There&#8217;s a whole subsection of gamers who gamed once upon a when, disappeared, and returned back to the hobby. We talk about being a born again gamer and what brings people back to the game. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 76: Gamers vs Sports Nerds with Scott and Lexx</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Scott, Lexx Scott and Lexx take a few minutes of time to talk about sports fans and gamers. They have fiery opinions that are loudly vocalized. LOUDLY. The Cast as a whole is sorting out some scheduling things, so this is a short bit to keep you occupied until we get back to your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 75:  Religion and gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Timo, Scott, Lexx, Todd, Reek Religion is a serious part of peoples lives. A system of belief and faith is one of the pillars of strength that we rely on to be at peace with our world. So what better than to have some atheists, non-believers, and non-practicers talk about it for an hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 74: Jankest Stories Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Timo, Scott, John Kelly, Chris Biddle With a guest appearance by Chris Biddle of Sickest Fucking Stories Ever we decided to tell nasty stories about gaming, or really about everything and anything that amused us. We tell funny stories for the amusement of all, but mostly for the amusement of ourselves. Obviously, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the Content?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, Timmy, I&#8217;m glad you asked. We&#8217;ve all been busy with the holidays, and all, but we&#8217;re back on track.  New episode (Jankest stories!) in the pipeline for this week, and then we&#8217;re back on our regular schedule.  In the meantime, please to enjoy for approval of you this: Darth Wiseau]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1229</link>
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		<title>Review Episode 6: Apocalypse World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Megan, Timo, Charles, Rob In this review episode we discuss the latest game from Vincent Baker. Using our own gaming experience as example we talk about what it&#8217;s like to play this game and some of the intricacies of this immersion-centered game. Holiday Note I&#8217;ve mentioned Epimas, and I&#8217;ll mention it again: Spearheaded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1208</link>
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		<title>In the Future, There Will be a Coldest of Wars&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of our future gaming cast, here&#8217;s an article from io9 on the future in the 80s.  Enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>Gaming Music, Redux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m currently gearing up to GM two games in early 2011. One is a Serenity campaign with some of my school buddies, most of whom are new to gaming, and the other is a Godlike campaign with some of the Jank Casters and our friends. I decided to do something I had never done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 73: Futuristic Gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Megan, Mike, Lexx, Scott, Timo We meander on and about the topic of games and gaming set in the future. It takes us a hell of a long time, but we eventually get to the topic. We then lose that topic in time and space, but we get it back eventually. The conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1215</link>
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		<title>Interview Episode 9: Bully Pulpit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosted by Timo Steve Segedy and Jason Morningstar are the twin uber-brains behind Bully Pulpit Games, the makers of Fiasco, The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach and Grey Ranks. We talk about these games in particular as well as what it&#8217;s like to publish your own games and the trials and tribulations of getting it done. About Bully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 72:  Janksgiving for all.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd, JohnKelly Hello all you mad listening fools. This weeks podcast is filled with irreverent humour and madness, plus some occasionally begrudging thanks and good cheer. As such, no show notes, just enjoy the chaos. You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2010 under the creative commons license. You can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1193</link>
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		<title>Episode 71: Character Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd, Scott Banter: The Clone Wars were the best part of 1-3, how religions start, Plinkett reviews, Natalie Portman or George Lucas: whos fault is it?, Bambi and biscuits, Timo&#8217;s S&#38;M fish relationship, Brilliant Gameologists are truth-knowing, Janksgiving and puns (1:10) Main topic: Characters (14:48) Fuck you darth wannabees! (15:20) How the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1187</link>
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		<title>Home for the Holidays &#8211; A Very Merry Fiasco Playset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi folks - I&#8217;ve written up a new holiday themed Fiasco just in time for your Thanksgiving dinners, Xmas office parties and anywhere else you might want to get a little indie RPG action going. -Megan Home for the Holidays: A Very Merry Fiasco Playset Written by Megan Pedersen “As God is my witness, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Janksgiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah. That&#8217;s right. We went there. So the episode we record on the 28th will be a Turkey-day feast for the ears called Janksgiving (okay, I&#8217;ll stop now). We&#8217;re going to talk about why we&#8217;re thankful (get it? Wink, wink!) that we&#8217;re gamers. To make this the kind of life-affirming, tear-jerking schlock that awards committees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Jank Cast for 2010 Podcast Awards!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Jank fans &#8211; please take a minute and go vote for The Jank Cast in the Gaming and People&#8217;s Choice categories over at the Podcast Awards website. You have until November 21st to vote. If we get nominated, we&#8217;ll make John Kelly do something ridiculous for you.]]></description>
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		<title>Feel the love.  FEEL IT!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh look. We just got some props from the Brilliant Gameologists. They appreciate our diversity, John Kelly&#8217;s adorableness, and Megan&#8217;s smoky, Dr. Girlfriend voice. Thanks for spreading the love BG! Right back at&#8217;cha. You have gained Karma.]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 70: International Gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, JohnKelly, Todd, Rob, Scott Banter: Playing our fiasco, Remember Tommorrow and GMful play, respecting and welcoming other players, hive mind gaming (01:15) Main topic: International Gaming (11:15) Welcome back Scott John Kelly is no longer a gamer. True story. (11:50) Todd&#8217;s ladyfriend is shocked (shocked!) by the Illinois southerners (14:10) There&#8217;s nothing on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1154</link>
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		<title>D&amp;D Soda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s real. That is all.]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Multiple Characters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So in our Apocalypse World game last night, Charles officially started playing two characters. This is part of the game&#8217;s mechanics- after you improve your character enough you have the option of creating a second character to play. Vincent Baker, in the book, suggests that it&#8217;s kind of strange we don&#8217;t do this sort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 69: Gaming Obsession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Timo, Megan, Lexx Ok, an apology is neccessary. We&#8217;ve been late a couple weeks in a row now, and it&#8217;s totally my (being Timo&#8217;s) fault. But we&#8217;ll be better from hereon in, we promise! But this does mean that some of our things are time shifted by a week. For now, enjoy our latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 68: Technology and gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, James, Timo yeah, so we lost everything. Computers are awesome. So awesome we&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear not the change, for it brings only gooooooooooood&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t be frightened, delicious friends. We&#8217;re changing our look and feel, playing around with something that seems a little more&#8230; janky. So if things seem different and terrifying, just take comfort in the fact that everything is the same behind the scenes. So quick notes: We&#8217;ve changed the tags so that the cloud shows the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZOMBIES&#8230; The PARP!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The zombies&#8230;.. are coming&#8230;.. The signs were all there &#8211; the nasty new flu bug they&#8217;ve been talking about on the news, the graveyard vandalism, the sudden increase in missing person reports. As you and your friends step out into the crisp night air, you find yourself in the midst of a hellish nightmare of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 67: What is a hero?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Megan, Lexx, Timo, Todd How better to address the topic of what a hero is than by me (Timo) being a douchebag? Oh, the humanity! We get together to discuss the nature of heroism, and how it applies to characters in gaming. We don&#8217;t banter about hero&#8217;s. We also call out the Brilliant Gameologists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jankcast.com/archives/1030</link>
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		<title>Episode 66: Sexuality in Gaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hosts: Todd, Reek, Megan, Majdi, Timo We finally, FINALLY manage to get this episode out. Sheesh. We go long, but it&#8217;s a good conversation. Note: Reek&#8217;s mic is a bit wonky at the beginning, but we fix it after a few minutes. Banter: Break a leg playset, Remember the Wheaton, Recording from the Bowels, House-sitting [...]]]></description>
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