Episode 16 - Oli's First Time (59 minutes)
Games and Systems mentioned:
(Have a list. Links will come when I have more time.)
GOD - Games on Demand
Dirty Secrets
White Wolf
InSpectres
Mythic
My Life with Master
Best Friends
In A Wicked Age
Burning Empires
Burning Wheel
Fudge
BloodBowl
Sites:
Neatorama
RPG Meetup
Music this episode is from Ghosts I (Track 7), which was released by NIN on a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution Share Alike license. Available from ghosts.nin.com
Feedback, comments, love, etc., as always, welcome at natural20podcast@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Episode 15 - Moral Relativism and Alignment
Episode 15 - Moral Relativism and Alignment
In this Episode, I wax lyrical about 'Slumdog Millionaire', a movie which has impacted upon my preparation for the monthly Burning Wheel game.
WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Slumdog Millionaire. If you haven't seen this movie, go and see it. Then listen to this episode. In that order. No, really: it's a good movie. You will like it. Probably.
Liz and I go on to chat about tropes in movies and books and comics which let you know the alignment of the protagonist and antagonist. We then discuss the impact of movies and said tropes on the style of games we choose to play. I realise I'm getting old when I confess that I sometimes like games where the bad guys are clearly bad, and there is no difficult decisions about delivering their comeuppance...
Honestly, after making this podcast I thought of a million other things I should have said on the way to work. Stuff about choices and humanity and evil and good. Hopefully you will be inspired to drop us a comment, or an email, or leave some feedback at iTunes.
In this Episode, I wax lyrical about 'Slumdog Millionaire', a movie which has impacted upon my preparation for the monthly Burning Wheel game.
WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Slumdog Millionaire. If you haven't seen this movie, go and see it. Then listen to this episode. In that order. No, really: it's a good movie. You will like it. Probably.
Liz and I go on to chat about tropes in movies and books and comics which let you know the alignment of the protagonist and antagonist. We then discuss the impact of movies and said tropes on the style of games we choose to play. I realise I'm getting old when I confess that I sometimes like games where the bad guys are clearly bad, and there is no difficult decisions about delivering their comeuppance...
Honestly, after making this podcast I thought of a million other things I should have said on the way to work. Stuff about choices and humanity and evil and good. Hopefully you will be inspired to drop us a comment, or an email, or leave some feedback at iTunes.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Episode 14 - Con Review
Episode 14 - Con Review
(To download: Right mouse-click and choose 'Save Linked File As')
Show notes will be up anon.
(To download: Right mouse-click and choose 'Save Linked File As')
Show notes will be up anon.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Episode 13 - Interviews and Prep. (Luckiest. Episode. Ever.)
Dear Listeners,
Please find linked Episode 13 - Interviews and Prep (39MB, 42:24min) for your listening pleasure.
In this episode, I interrogate Liz about the workshop - "Improv for Gamers" - that she will be running at 9.30am and 1.30pm on Saturday 22 November as part of Blue Moon Con. Liz and I chat about what we (as gamers and GMs) do when we are preparing to get back into a game after an extended absence (or just in between monthly games). Finally, ArmyDan tells us everything we need to know to register and participate in Blue Moon Con.
I hope you enjoy this episode, which is, as you will see, the luckiest episode ever.
love and hugs,
emmajeans
Links:
Info/Registration for BlueMoonCon
About Improv
Book: Play Unsafe
Improv Olympic
Book: Truth in Comedy
Who grabbed Liz's butt?
Kiwi English Pronunciation = doubleplus schwa
The Copland Building
The Copland Building (googlemap)
Contact Dan!:
email ArmyDan
ArmyDan's RPG Meetup profile
The Con Website
Music credits:
Terence Janssen
Never Alone by Michael Mellender
Yellow Lasers by MC Frontalot
Please find linked Episode 13 - Interviews and Prep (39MB, 42:24min) for your listening pleasure.
In this episode, I interrogate Liz about the workshop - "Improv for Gamers" - that she will be running at 9.30am and 1.30pm on Saturday 22 November as part of Blue Moon Con. Liz and I chat about what we (as gamers and GMs) do when we are preparing to get back into a game after an extended absence (or just in between monthly games). Finally, ArmyDan tells us everything we need to know to register and participate in Blue Moon Con.
I hope you enjoy this episode, which is, as you will see, the luckiest episode ever.
love and hugs,
emmajeans
Links:
Info/Registration for BlueMoonCon
About Improv
Book: Play Unsafe
Improv Olympic
Book: Truth in Comedy
Who grabbed Liz's butt?
Kiwi English Pronunciation = doubleplus schwa
The Copland Building
The Copland Building (googlemap)
Contact Dan!:
email ArmyDan
ArmyDan's RPG Meetup profile
The Con Website
Music credits:
Terence Janssen
Never Alone by Michael Mellender
Yellow Lasers by MC Frontalot
Friday, November 14, 2008
Episode 13 on its way...
For all you who thought we'd never return, we're back. Or at least we will be soon.
Episode 13 has been recorded, edited, and I have passed it on to Emma's capable hands.
It's a good 'un, I promise. Chock full of useful information (for those in the Canberra area) and new, exciting features like fresh, new music, TWO interviews (albeit, one is with myself) and slightly less rambling than usual!
Listen for the special super bonus commercial break in which we trick our friends into becoming corporate shills for...OURSELVES! Muahahahaha!!
Stay tuned!
Episode 13 has been recorded, edited, and I have passed it on to Emma's capable hands.
It's a good 'un, I promise. Chock full of useful information (for those in the Canberra area) and new, exciting features like fresh, new music, TWO interviews (albeit, one is with myself) and slightly less rambling than usual!
Listen for the special super bonus commercial break in which we trick our friends into becoming corporate shills for...OURSELVES! Muahahahaha!!
Stay tuned!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Word Cloud
I made this wordcloud using wordle.
The size of the words indicates the frequency with which it appears on this blog page.
Click on the image to see clearly what we're about!
The size of the words indicates the frequency with which it appears on this blog page.
Click on the image to see clearly what we're about!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Episode 12 - Survey Results and Geek Gifts
Episode 12 - Survey Results and Geek Gifts (60 min 19 sec, 55.3MB)
(This episode is Take 2 of Ep12. We like you too much to ever let you hear Take 1.)
Liz and Emma (finally) return to the webs after an extended absence (in which they endured the joys of retail).
In this episode, the results of the Gamer Group Survey are discussed, and we find out what qualities geeks of both genders look for (and try to avoid) in their gaming group and their GMs.
Inspired by their workplaces taking on a distinctively Yuletide character, Liz and Emma chat about the different types of gifts they like to give and receive on different festive occasions.
Some Links
Unanalysed Survey Results - More people have taken the survey since we analysed the data, so we thought we'd let you check it out. If you would like access to the most current raw data for non-commercial reasons, please email us at natural20podcast@blogspot.com
Jinx
Klear Gear
Think Geek
Military Simulations
Pound o Dice
Blue Moon Con
RPG Meetup
Thanks to Terence for the music...
(This episode is Take 2 of Ep12. We like you too much to ever let you hear Take 1.)
Liz and Emma (finally) return to the webs after an extended absence (in which they endured the joys of retail).
In this episode, the results of the Gamer Group Survey are discussed, and we find out what qualities geeks of both genders look for (and try to avoid) in their gaming group and their GMs.
Inspired by their workplaces taking on a distinctively Yuletide character, Liz and Emma chat about the different types of gifts they like to give and receive on different festive occasions.
Some Links
Unanalysed Survey Results - More people have taken the survey since we analysed the data, so we thought we'd let you check it out. If you would like access to the most current raw data for non-commercial reasons, please email us at natural20podcast@blogspot.com
Jinx
Klear Gear
Think Geek
Military Simulations
Pound o Dice
Blue Moon Con
RPG Meetup
Thanks to Terence for the music...
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Episode 11 - Gender, Cons and Aromas
Episode 11 - Gender, Cons, and Aromas (36 mins)
Liz and Emma catch up on the games they have been playing, the armour favoured by female characters in the D&D 4th Ed books, marriage proposals - you're doing it wrong*, and geek convention aromas. (Not the good kind. Not the smell of freshly opened miniatures and brand new source books... no. The other kind. You know the one we mean.)
Liz started a forum discussion about gender and gaming which stems from this episode. If you want to weigh in with your opinion, please go to http://www.rpgmeetup.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1243. You will need to join the forums, if you're not already a member. If there are some relevant discussions elsewhere on the webs, please leave us a comment with the URL!
Fun Fact! This episode was recorded before Liz went to work and Emma went to a job interview.
Links
Marriage proposal: Critical Fail
Survey: Gaming Group Preferences
Shmames Smurkshmop: the less fragrant alternative to RL shopping
Phase Two Comics - hooray for hosting!
RPGMeetup - Nerds in Canberra
Blue Moon Con Official Site
Thanks to Terence for the Music!
Liz and Emma catch up on the games they have been playing, the armour favoured by female characters in the D&D 4th Ed books, marriage proposals - you're doing it wrong*, and geek convention aromas. (Not the good kind. Not the smell of freshly opened miniatures and brand new source books... no. The other kind. You know the one we mean.)
Liz started a forum discussion about gender and gaming which stems from this episode. If you want to weigh in with your opinion, please go to http://www.rpgmeetup.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1243. You will need to join the forums, if you're not already a member. If there are some relevant discussions elsewhere on the webs, please leave us a comment with the URL!
Fun Fact! This episode was recorded before Liz went to work and Emma went to a job interview.
Links
Marriage proposal: Critical Fail
Survey: Gaming Group Preferences
Shmames Smurkshmop: the less fragrant alternative to RL shopping
Phase Two Comics - hooray for hosting!
RPGMeetup - Nerds in Canberra
Blue Moon Con Official Site
Thanks to Terence for the Music!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Episode 10 - Better Living through RolePlaying
Episode 10 - Better Living through Role Playing
There was recently an article on Wired.com that compared Weight Watchers with RPGs. I think it is an entirely valid comparison, and is probably one type of role playing that appeals to more women than men. Liz and I chatted about other ways in which Role Playing can make other boring but necessary parts of life more appealing to other demographics.
Also, I managed to render Liz speechless with derision and disbelief at the revelation that some people sometimes cheat in RPGs...
After the show we had a bit of a chat about how it's great that people can use Role Playing to improve their lives... but we figure it's probably equally as important that we improve our Role Playing experience by actually *having* a life.
What do you think?
LINKS
Hypertext D20 SRD
Chore Wars
Weight Watchers as RPG Article
There was recently an article on Wired.com that compared Weight Watchers with RPGs. I think it is an entirely valid comparison, and is probably one type of role playing that appeals to more women than men. Liz and I chatted about other ways in which Role Playing can make other boring but necessary parts of life more appealing to other demographics.
Also, I managed to render Liz speechless with derision and disbelief at the revelation that some people sometimes cheat in RPGs...
After the show we had a bit of a chat about how it's great that people can use Role Playing to improve their lives... but we figure it's probably equally as important that we improve our Role Playing experience by actually *having* a life.
What do you think?
LINKS
Hypertext D20 SRD
Chore Wars
Weight Watchers as RPG Article
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