Fiction/Writing
- James Patrick Kelly has uploaded part 27 of his 1989 novel Look into the Sun. (From SF Signal)
- Louie De Bernieres is interviewed for the Guardian Book Club. Ian Rankin gets a short interview too.
- The Agony Column talks with Michael DeSarno of Legends Books and authors Fan Wu and Ruthanne Lum McClunn. Also listen to a chat with J. Storrs Hall at the Singularity Summit and futurist Paul Saffo. Rick also reviews A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers.
- Over at Podictionary Weekly, we tackle the words labor, secular, agnostic, holy, and catapult.
- Tor Podcasts has several shorties lined up: Geoffrey Landis, Worldcon closing ceremonies part 1 and part 2, and the wrap-up.
- Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes is available, for free in podcast form. (From SF Signal)
- Brian Hodge of Storytellers Unplugged in The Other Final Frontier.
- The Bat Segundo strikes with interviews with Marianne Wiggins, Gabe Kaplan, Antoine Wilson, and Rupert Thomson II (part 1 and part 2).
- Writers Talking discuss Flash Fiction.
- Universe Today drops by Dragon Con and gives a talk on Astronomy in Science Fiction. (From SF Signal)
- Talking spec fic with authors Kim Wilkins and Marianne de Pierres from ABC 612. (From SF Signal )
- It's Dana Thomas over at the Penguin Podcast.
- Digital Dungeoncast has an interview with Lisa Stevens of Paizo Publishing and another interview with Matt Forebeck.
- It's the 4E Q&A over at D&D Podcasts.
- Part 2 of All Games Considered's Gen Con coverage.
- Bonus episode from Fear the Boot. Byebye DM of the Rings, hello Chainmail Bikini. Also check out their latest episode.
- The Groovecast Podcast tackles the World of Darkness.
- Have Games Will Travel has an interview with Kenneth Hite and A Few More Games #5.
- New Out of Character episode from Pulp Gamer as well as a recording from the Gama Trade Show on how to market your convention. They also just uploaded their interview with Jeremy Stomberg of Fantasy Flight Games.
- The Durnham 3 speaks in Gatherings of the Tribe.
- The House of the Harping Monkey covers The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach.
- Still not tired from all the post-Gen Con coverage? Theory from the Closet uploads The Gen Con Open Mic Experiment where various podcasters join in.
- Accidental Survivors brings out the Game Design podcast.
- Listen to the September Blend of Grimm Studios. Their editorial episode is also up.
- Part 2 of Sons of Kryos's adventures in Gen Con. An interview with Monte Cook! And Mechwarrior!
- New episode from Fell Calls.
- Gamer's Haven has their long-anticipated post-Gen Con coverage up. At least the first part of it.
- The Digital Front's third episode interviews Gareth-Michael Skarka of Adamant Entertainment.
- Listen to a demo of Steal Away Jordan from The Game Master Show.
- It's Origins from Fnordcast of Steve Jackson Games.
- Friday Night Live at the Wandering Geek.
4 comments:
And if you could only listen to one of those podcasts, you should listen to the Gamemaster Show's Steal Away Jordan recording. The recording of the game is interesting as Erin mirrored my playing of the demo. I didn't engage very much either. The discussion afterwards was really cool though. I think I may like their oneshots more than their recorded game sessions.
Will do. Spent several hours listening to podcasts during the funeral. BTW the Open Mic was great, it was really interesting to listen to what people had to say.
Just finished listening to The Gamemaster Show.
The thing is I'm more of a hack-and-slash gamer rather than the storytelling immersive type. I really enjoy RPG sessions when there's at least one combat scene in there, although Steal Away Jordan seems to have some interesting "social combat" mechanics. While I don't mind playing the occasional storytelling-oriented RPG game, I can't imagine playing it with my gaming group every single week (at the very least my gaming group isn't open to it) although I do know people who might be interested in such a game.
The other thing is the niche of the subject matter. I'm game to playing a slave but unlike Penny For Your Thoughts which is more flee-flowing and has endless possibilities, here you're trapped in playing a slave (whether it might be alien slaves, feudal slaves, dictatorship slaves, etc.) and I think that kind of thing is better as a one-shot rather than a full campaign (or at the most, one short campaign rather than a game you'll play for the next ten years).
I found the discussion at the end interesting too. I think it's not the kids who'll really be complaining but the parents--they're the type that's more likely to overreact when dealing with such subject matter.
As for introspection, I usually do that when I'm reading or writing or just taking a walk (which is often) rather than playing games (although obviously there'll be some form of introspection whenever you play games).
I think you are right the game wouldn't be good for a campaign. I don't think that is the games intention. I think the intention is to open a dialog about the issues the game brings up today.
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