Jun 28, 2020
Emma and Gil welcome Banana Chan: game writer, larp/RPG designer, board game publisher, horror movie buff, and pop-up museum aficionado. We talk about writing for all kinds of games, how game mechanisms support intense experiences in larp and RPG, the effects of emancipatory bleed, and the effect of moving roleplay...
Jun 21, 2020
Scott takes us through the twisted history of the classic game Twister. How did it overcome its risqué premise to become a perennial favorite?
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Jun 14, 2020
Emma and Gil moderate a roundtable on safety tools in games, with guests Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk (creators of the TTRPG Safety Toolkit) and John Stavropoulos (creator of the X-Card).
We discuss consent and safety in games, starting with tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs), but expanding to all sorts of...
Jun 7, 2020
Geoff discusses the phenomenon of counterfeiting in game production. How prevalent it it, and how badly does it affect game publishers?