Tonight we test our new podcast over Google Hangouts, talk early access, pre-order bonuses, Rise of the Triad, Risk of Rain, You Don’t Know Jack, and much more!! What is Extra Lives? Extra Lives is an all new video game podcast brought to you by Kyle McCauley and Kyle Penrod (formally of The Backwards Compatible […]
Again… I’ll start with the links: TsunamiCon Kickstarter TsunamiCon Website TsunamiCon Facebook Page Tsunami GameDay Summer 2014 Prismatic Tsunami YouTube Page (TsunamiCon VLOGs) Prismatic Tsunami Community Website (Metagamers Anonymous RPG podcast) For TsunamiCon 2014 to happen, the first thing we needed (other than a potential revenue stream) was a venue. After discussing our general needs, Shaun […]
During a recent appearance on Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, Stork suggested I somehow record the details of the convention planning experience for posterity. I’ve actually always been a fan of trying to include the outside world in my more unusual endeavors… When I went into the studio a few years ago to record a blues […]
In the latest episode of our interview series, Erik sits down once again with veteran game designer and friend to the Tsunami community Jim Pinto of Post World Games to discuss his latest invention Toolcards 2, now funding on Kickstarter. We talk gaming, geek culture, andhow to get Jim out to TsunamiCon in November (hint: scroll down to the stretch goals!). Metagamers Anonymous is a […]
In our sixty-sixth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, Erik records an interview conducted by Wichita-based board gamer website Cardboard Carnageabout TsunamiCon. Gregg interviews Erik about the origins of the Prismatic Tsunami community, the strategy behind raising money for a convention, and what you can expect at TsunamiCon 2014 this fall. Metagamers Anonymous is a weekly podcast dedicated to tabletop […]
In our sixty-fifth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous and another installment of “things Erik apparently doesn’t understand about good gaming”, the cast holistically climbs aboard the plot train to discuss the view. The topic is railroading, with all that implies. They also offer a bit of rapid-fire City Project content, mull over some of the […]
In our sixty-fourth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast explores the process of diversifying characters organically during development. They also talk about the end of their latest adventure, read some listener email, and talk about how characters are defined by their abilities. Metagamers Anonymous is a weekly podcast dedicated to tabletop roleplaying games and (mostly) […]
In our sixty-third regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast takes a critical look at the immersive potential of the dungeon crawl. The hosts discuss their personal experience with dungeoneering, how narrative affects the experience, and RPG history is responsibility for many contemporary assumptions regarding the genre. Metagamers Anonymous is a weekly podcast dedicated to tabletop roleplaying […]
In our sixty-second regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the show has an official send-off for the amazing B-Team co-hosts who are moving away in the next week or two. They also make the official TsuanmiCon announcement, talk about the pending release of D&D5, and address a listener-submitted question regarding NPC management in campaigns. Naturally, hi-jinks […]
n our sixty-first regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast barely scratches the surface of the application of philosophical constructs as character rewards and motivations. They also talk a little personal philosophy, ruminate on some recent game-related challenges, wax rhapsodic regarding some movie choices, and touch on Erik’s struggle to compress cosmic horror into heroic […]