Another great episode, guys. You enhanced my enjoyment of KQ9...and what a great announcement re the the new podcast! These kinds of developments counteract my tendency towards pessimism.
Another great episode, guys. You enhanced my enjoyment of KQ9...and what a great announcement re the the new podcast! These kinds of developments counteract my tendency towards pessimism.
I really appreciate that, Mairkurion. Now whatever will cure us of our Pettism?
Thinking about Catherine McCormack? <bu-bump, bu-bump>
reposted because we jumped a page
is now officially old enough to drink!
Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur comes back on the Array to talk about what you can find inside the latest issue of We also spoke with contributing authors , Scott Gable and Matthew Hanson about their articles. All three gave us their first podcast interviews ever, and we were anything but gentle!
Visit Kobold Quarterly: Kobold Quarterly.com
Ed’s Pick: Dangerous Beauty
Rone’s Rant: “Birthdays”
Also mentioned in this episode:
Puncture the Blackened Vein
Blammo’s Atomic Episodes: Gen Con Indy 2008
Blammo’s Atomic Episodes: Interface-Zero
Blammo’s Atomic Episodes: New Gods of Mankind
We wrap up our Gestalt give away, and tell you how you can win a free copy of Kobold Ecologies. There’s still time to grab that Dungeon-a-Day discounted subscription as well!
Want to learn more about Kobold Quarterly Issue 9? Read on…
Atomic Array: Kobold Quarterly 009 (Atomic Array 021)
Game Cryer: Review by Chris Perrin
Allgeektout: Unleash Your Inner Fox: The Kyubi Epic Destiny
RPGAggression: The Rudis Review
Last but not least, check out of first . The new movie MUTANT CHRONICLES, based on the world famous RPG, premiered this week in the US, and we got a chance to talk about the film and the art of filmmaking with director Simon Hunter. We also chat with Mutant Chronicles old guard Matt Forbeck about his novelization of the film and the challenges that come with adaptations.
Thinking about Catherine McCormack? <bu-bump, bu-bump>
No. Doubt. ;)
Crap... I need to make less bright colorful stuff and go more woodcut style...
Great episode folks!!!
Crap... I need to make less bright colorful stuff and go more woodcut style...
Great episode folks!!!
I've made some woodcuts before. My vision greatly exceeds my deftness.
Woot! Thanks guys!
Thank you for your entry, Flash. M&M version of Gestalt on the way!
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Woot! Thanks guys!Thank you for your entry, Flash. M&M version of Gestalt on the way!
My voice didn't come out as husky as I thought it would. I've had a really croaky voice the past week and a half from a cold that just refuses to die the horrible death it deserves and I was afraid it would show through.
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Oh and Rone...
Man I forgot to mention from (I think) the Dungeonaday.com AA.
I sooooo remember Telengaard!!! Man that game rocked so hard on my old C64.
Every year I get the nostalgia bug and think about dragging out my C64 and setting it back up again. It has been sitting in a box collectting dust now for about 15 years now though, so I am dubious as to whether it will even fire up anymore.
I used to have the absolute sweetest C64 setup: Monitor, Printer, Fast Switch Keyboard, Two Disk Drives, Tape Player, Mouse with GUI Desktop & Word Processing, 50 bajillion games. Man I love(d) that thing. So much so that after it got stolen from my house, I convinced my parent s to buy me another one, even though it was almost as expensive as a PC!!!
Just listened. I think I'm a maenad...
I hear you, brother.
IMO, It either gets easier with more time on the planet, or harder, Shiny. For your sake, I hope easier. I think there's a value to staying committed to your anger when it comes to social criticism, bad art, and stupid people... you just want, if possible, to avoid shortening your life because of a short fuse that burns too hot. Getting an ulcer because you can't find your house keys isn't really helping anyone, is it?
I suppose I'm still the same tiger by the tail I always was... but I think for a few extra seconds before I light someone up and I believe I'm a bit more wise about the arguments I choose to engage.
Oh and Rone...
Man I forgot to mention from (I think) the Dungeonaday.com AA.
I sooooo remember Telengaard!!! Man that game rocked so hard on my old C64.
Every year I get the nostalgia bug and think about dragging out my C64 and setting it back up again. It has been sitting in a box collectting dust now for about 15 years now though, so I am dubious as to whether it will even fire up anymore.
I used to have the absolute sweetest C64 setup: Monitor, Printer, Fast Switch Keyboard, Two Disk Drives, Tape Player, Mouse with GUI Desktop & Word Processing, 50 bajillion games. Man I love(d) that thing. So much so that after it got stolen from my house, I convinced my parent s to buy me another one, even though it was almost as expensive as a PC!!!
Ed was the one who brought up Telengaard, but if the two of you are so into it (I, of course, understand the caveat "for its time"), and they made a version for windows... I'm so going to check it out. Would you mind posting that link to the game here?
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Just listened. I think I'm a maenad...I hear you, brother.
IMO, It either gets easier with more time on the planet, or harder, Shiny. For your sake, I hope easier. I think there's a value to staying committed to your anger when it comes to social criticism, bad art, and stupid people... you just want, if possible, to avoid shortening your life because of a short fuse that burns too hot. Getting an ulcer because you can't find your house keys isn't really helping anyone, is it?
IT'S HELPING THE ULCER!
IT'S HELPING THE ULCER!
LOL. Well you may be onto some radical new therapy. I can see the informercial now... Hatehealing with Mr. Shiny.
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Ed was the one who brought up Telengaard, but if the two of you are so into it (I, of course, understand the caveat "for its time"), and they made a version for windows... I'm so going to check it out. Would you mind posting that link to the game here?
Damn Ed and his making me play it so I made myself two hours late for a job...
I have no willpower at all *cries*
Ed was the one who brought up Telengaard, but if the two of you are so into it (I, of course, understand the caveat "for its time"), and they made a version for windows... I'm so going to check it out. Would you mind posting that link to the game here?Damn Ed and his making me play it so I made myself two hours late for a job...
I have no willpower at all *cries*
I loved that game.
Must...resist...downloading...
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Ed was the one who brought up Telengaard, but if the two of you are so into it (I, of course, understand the caveat "for its time"), and they made a version for windows... I'm so going to check it out. Would you mind posting that link to the game here?Damn Ed and his making me play it so I made myself two hours late for a job...
I have no willpower at all *cries*I loved that game.
Must...resist...downloading...
Join us taig... join us!!!
Join us taig... join us!!!
That was an hour well spent. Thanks!
Join us taig... join us!!!That was an hour well spent. Thanks!Only an hour... ;)
No Problem. I get nostalgic for all those old C-64 games every now and then...
*sniff*
The nostalgia bug hit me too. I broke out an old emulator I had and play a game of M.U.L.E. yesterday.
Who doesn’t love a numerically palindromic episode? <the telling sound of crickets followed by an uncomfortably long pause>
I know do! And in we feature a thrilling new city book, by Reality Deviants Publications.
RDP has started publishing products for 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, and we spoke with RDP’s president, David Jarvis, about his first release in this line, Scarrport: City of Secrets. Contributing authors Graydon Schlichter and Greg Tito also joined the conversation.
Even if 4e ain’t yo thang, I recently ran a 3.5 game through Scarrpoint, and it did not disappoint is my point.
Visit RDP: Reality Deviants.net
Ed’s Pick: The Adventures of Vlad Taltos by Steven Brust
Rone’s Rant: “Unheralded Accomplishments”
We wrap up our Dungeon A Day.com give away, and tell you how you can win a free copy of Scarrport.
Don’t forget, we launch a new podcast for Open Design on May 28th! Where will you be able to get it? iTunes and over at the Kobold Quarterly website.
Want to learn more about Scarrport? Read on…
Atomic Array: Scarrport (Atomic Array 022)
Game Cryer: Review by Chris Perrin
AllGeekTout: Call to Adventure in the City of Secrets
Dice Monkey: Scarrport: City of Secrets
The Core Mechanic: Review by Jonathan Jacobs
Kobold Quarterly: Why I Like Scarrport, City of Secrets
Critical Hits: Get Some Steampunk in your 4e
Who doesn’t love a numerically palindromic episode? <the telling sound of crickets followed by an uncomfortably long pause>*raises hand awkwardly*
This is why it's good to have friends. <:)
The next such show will be the 33rd, which is 11 away, which is itself palindromic... huh. Clearly we've deciphered something terrible here... opened up a portal to some unspeakable 4th dimensional realm. Prepare to be brainsucked! (not by godly cephalopods in the otherworldly realm... just the result of listening to me babble)
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Who doesn’t love a numerically palindromic episode? <the telling sound of crickets followed by an uncomfortably long pause>*raises hand awkwardly*This is why it's good to have friends. <:)
The next such show will be the 33rd, which is 11 away, which is itself palindromic... huh. Clearly we've deciphered something terrible here... opened up a portal to some unspeakable 4th dimensional realm. Prepare to be brainsucked! (not by godly cephalopods in the otherworldly realm... just the result of listening to me babble)
RE: your rant, specifically the bit about the advanced program in school.
Almost the same thing happened to me. More than once.
Backtrack to about 1994-95. I was in elementary school, and had the option of being moved ahead into the next grade (4th, I think). Even though I was the oldest (and probably smartest) kid in the class, my parents said no, but did consent to putting me in 4th-grade math class. Halfway through the school year, my parents decided that their idea was bad, and took me out. So far, I had gotten the first half of fourth-grade math, and the second half of third-grade math. Thus, completely lost, I began my math-bombing spree.
Fast-forward to seventh grade. I had just moved from Pennsylvania to New York, and due to the differences in state curriculums (curricula? curriculi?) had the option of skipping seventh all together, but my parents decided that I should get "more acquanted with my peers," who, as it turned out, were for the most part complete douchebags.
In short, I could have graduated from high school at the age of sixteen, gotten on the fast track to college, and been the next child prodigy. Instead, due to people trying to think for me, I'm twenty-two, living at home, and am just starting to get a handle on my life.
/rant.
Man, I'm depressed to hear that.
Parents out there... if I may. I understand that you have to do what you think is best for your kid, whether or not they like it. However, if your child has a chance to skip a grade or grades, before deciding that you'll retard their course with a rationale about how keeping them with the same age group will cause them to avoid social maladjustment, listen to the misery expressed here. Pull something like that and they might actually have less of a chance of adjusting normally now that you've basically just told them to mask their intelligence for fear of not fitting in.
Might as well give your kids a better nose through plastic surgery while you're at it. Appearances are everything, after all.
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Man, I'm depressed to hear that.
Parents out there... if I may. I understand that you have to do what you think is best for your kid, whether or not they like it. However, if your child has a chance to skip a grade or grades, before deciding that you'll retard their course with a rationale about how keeping them with the same age group will cause them to avoid social maladjustment, listen to the misery expressed here. Pull something like that and they might actually have less of a chance of adjusting normally now that you've basically just told them to mask their intelligence for fear of not fitting in.
Might as well give your kids a better nose through plastic surgery while you're at it. Appearances are everything, after all.
I got to skip one grade when I was in elementary school, but my parents did not let me skip two grades, for the "not fitting" in reason. I still gravitated to older kids in school for friends.
My wife and I faced the opposite issue with my daughter. She has an October birthday which was the cutoff month for the state. She did OK in kindergarten, then struggled in first grade (it didn't help that her teacher was there maybe 60% of the year). Of course, she was going to get promoted to second grade, but we could see that there were issues. We spent a lot of time discussing it, and we came to the conclusion that she would not enjoy school if she struggled through it. Luckily, we had decided to switch schools, so she would be starting over without the stigma of her classmates being a grade ahead of her. She's in 6th grade now, and she is excelling in all her classes. I still sometimes worry that we made the wrong choice.
Anyway, all that rambling was to say that it can be tough to make those decisions, and they don't always work out right. I hope and pray that what I decide as a parent won't affect my children like my parents' decisions affected me and my sisters.
Edit: Oh, yeah. I enjoyed the show. I'm leaning towards picking up the book, just for the setting, as the 4E stuff doesn't really do anything for me.
IMHO, your call sounds sensitive and perfectly well reasoned. I had friend who failed her first year of Spanish in 8th grade. Next year, a new Spanish teacher came to the school, and when my friend had to take her first year course over again no one knew she had taken it previously. So no stigma. That first year wasn't enough to get her to pass tests, but it was enough to give her a leg up the second time through, and she had something to prove.
Some people are early bloomers, some people are late bloomers. I just think a child's obvious aptitude for certain things would or should call it for the parents, not the other way 'round. I think you have to honor the timing and talents of the the individual child you're looking at, because we all even out in the end... just folks staring forward. :)
I'm really glad you liked the show. I hear you on the 4e. When I find good 4e fluff I tend to pillage it for 3.5, and this book is really pilligable. It had a distinct flavor and it played well at the table.
It made me want to read more city books.
::Grabby hand::
Recommendations please!
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IMHO, your call sounds sensitive and perfectly well reasoned. I had friend who failed her first year of Spanish in 8th grade. Next year, a new Spanish teacher came to the school, and when my friend had to take her first year course over again no one knew she had taken it previously. So no stigma. That first year wasn't enough to get her to pass tests, but it was enough to give her a leg up the second time through, and she had something to prove.
Some people are early bloomers, some people are late bloomers. I just think a child's obvious aptitude for certain things would or should call it for the parents, not the other way 'round. I think you have to honor the timing and talents of the the individual child you're looking at, because we all even out in the end... just folks staring forward. :)
I'm really glad you liked the show. I hear you on the 4e. When I find good 4e fluff I tend to pillage it for 3.5, and this book is really pilligable. It had a distinct flavor and it played well at the table.
It made me want to read more city books.
::Grabby hand::
Recommendations please!
Well, the obvious one is Ptolus. I'm sure you've read that one already, but it's my favorite.
Well, the obvious one is Ptolus. I'm sure you've read that one already, but it's my favorite.
I boycotted Monte Cook ever since I learned he only eats endangered species. Live. In front of hungry orphans. In chains.
I guess that's just what happens to a guy when his city book blows up like that.
So Rone & Ed:
Did I scar you for life? Huh, did I? Huh, Huh?
Scarred? Only by your absence, dear fellow.
So Rone & Ed:
Did I scar you for life? Huh, did I? Huh, Huh?
Just heard your funniest animal story entry for the KQ contest. Now I get it. ;)
You say you want to know about Clinton Boomer leading the way for Well of course you do, and we’ve got the scoop. Listen for the details!
What else… oh yeah…
Check out as we chat up workaholic publisher Steve Russel. Through his company, Rite Publishing, he’s provided us with a number of stellar game products. Last year, Steve started moving into patronage projects. The first adventure in the Rituals of Choice adventure path, A Witch’s Choice, is already for sale, but he’s got a number of others in various stages of development:
• To Kill or Not To Kill
• Heroes of the Jade Oath
• Litorians
We spoke with Steve about his current projects, and were also joined by Jade Oath developer Bill Collins.
Visit Rite: Rite Publishing.com
Ed’s Pick: What Dreams May Come
Rone’s Rant: “Not Seeing the World” -- Longtime Paizo forum-goers may get the inside joke regarding my use of the words tureen, proboscis and marzipan all in one sentence ;)
Don’t forget, we launch a new podcast for Open Design on May 28th! Where will you be able to get it? iTunes and over at the Kobold Quarterly website.
Want to learn more about Rite Publishing? Read on…
• Atomic Array: Rite Publishing (Atomic Array 023)
• Jade Oath Preview: The Demon Hunter
• Game Cryer: A Witch’s Choice Review
• Emerson’s Bookshelf: My Evolving Experience with Rite
• Stungeon Studios: Jade Oath Artwork
Drop by Rite Publishing and become a patron today!
Real fun and interesting podcast my furry fellow!
Real fun and interesting podcast my furry fellow!
Thank you, my amphibious ally!
That was a tough choice on which Project to enter for...
I figured it would be. Some projects were better covered on the show, but I'm still curious to see which patronage projects draw the most contest entries.
So Rone did you learn Australian for your failed trip to Sydney? ;)
You should try and come down here again someday. Just not now, it's cold and rainy and will only get colder...
Oh, I get around the strine a bit.
"Onya, Craigo! Thanks for fixing the idiot box. I've been too flat out like a lizard drinking to give it a burl. Now we can watch all the footy we want and I'm not permanently stuck on that horror channel with all those drongos in the nuddy smeared with dead horse."
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So Rone did you learn Australian for your failed trip to Sydney? ;)
You should try and come down here again someday. Just not now, it's cold and rainy and will only get colder...
Oh, I get around the strine a bit.
"Onya, Craigo! Thanks for fixing the idiot box. I've been too flat out like a lizard drinking to give it a burl. Now we can watch all the footy we want and I'm not permanently stuck on that horror channel with all those drongos in the nuddy smeared with dead horse."
ROFLMAO!!!
So how many times did you watch Crocodile Dundee to pick that up? ;)
ROFLMAO!!!
So how many times did you watch Crocodile Dundee to pick that up? ;)
Well I did watch the Paul Hogan show as a kid, but Crocodile Dundee? Shrimp on the barbie? Don't Aussies say prawns instead? Dundee was teaching us fake strine, wasn't he?
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Well I did watch the Paul Hogan show as a kid, but Crocodile Dundee? Shrimp on the barbie? Don't Aussies say prawns instead? Dundee was teaching us fake strine, wasn't he?ROFLMAO!!!
So how many times did you watch Crocodile Dundee to pick that up? ;)
That is correct. He was Americanising it for those of you over the pond who wouldn't know prawns from krill. ;)
LOVED ESCAPE FROM LIMBO LIMBO CITY LIMBO!
So here's the thing... I was on Facebook the other day, doing the "Five Songs I'd Come Out To If I Was An MMA Fighter" quiz, and I realized that the Atomic Array theme song isn't on there to select. So really... what gives? That's just wrong.
Anyway, it got me thinking... There is such good music in these podcasts of yours. When can we expect to see the Atomic Array OST? Not soon enough for my money.
I see it ultimately looking something like this...
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MOONSTEW MEMORIES
Songs Appearing On Or Inspired By The Greatest Gaming Podcasts Of All Time
1) "March of the Mutant Mambo Kings" (Atomic Array Opening Theme)
2) "The Goblin Getdown (Jason Buhlman Edition)"
3) "Contact" (RPG Countdown Intro)
4) Ed's Pick Theme (or "Is Free Strawberry Jam All I Really Am (To You)")
5) "The Fool On The Hill"
6) "Conan's Petulant Sandbox" (Ed's Pick Outro)
7) "Wolf's Watusi" (Kobold Quarterly Episode Music)
8) "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
9) "The Ryleh Rap", feat. Cthu-lou and Boyz II Shoggoth
10) "Dreamweaver" (Oh please... Oh please...)
11) "Wolf's Bounce" (Open Design Podcast theme)
12) "The Giveaway Groove" (Keep this under 30 secs please)
13) "Oops... I Punctured The Blackened Vein Again"
14) "Blammo's Beatdown" (Atomic Array Ending Theme)
Bonus Track - "Blammo's Beatdown" (Extended Lovely Acidic Butter Sauce Remix)
Bonus Track - "Dungeons of Doom (Demo)" feat. Yusef (and several representatives of the TSA who chose to accompany him to the Moonstew Studios at that time)
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So please? Can we?
I guess now we don't have any special announcements for the next episode anymore, do we Rone?
Corporate spies!
lol. With spies that good, why fight it?
Holy Shlitz, Madgael! As always, brilliant and comprehensive!
I've received a bunch of requests of late for the end theme, which is a song called Manic Reprise off my rock opera Sniping From Samasara. It's in someone else's hands getting a monstrously sloooooooooow mix, but if people are serious about getting it I guess I'm going to have to light a fire.
I suppose I could do some theme extraction. After all, you did all the hard work isolating where the tasty bits are.
Thanks muchly, gents. In fairness, it didn't take that much hard work... My mind wanders a lot at my job. And I have post-it notes there.
I can't speak for the widespread commercial mass market appeal, but I know if such a thing were readily available, I for one would very much be all over it like a handsy football player on his vaguely intoxicated prom date.
Now I have to go look up Samasara.
Now I have to go look up Samasara.
Ack! Misspelling! Samsara, that is.