The past 20 years have been a roller-coaster ride for RPGs. The release of Magic: The Gathering in 1993 changed the fundamental nature of the hobby gaming industry and forever altered the business of...
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Luke Crane (Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard, Torchbearer), Thor Olavsrud (Torchbearer) and Adam Koebel (Dungeon World) talk trash about boring (and offensive) ideas in fantasy RPGs while waxing poetic...
Luke Crane (Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard, Torchbearer), Sage LaTorra (Dungeon World) and Adam Koebel (Dungeon World) talk trash about boring ideas fantasy RPGs while waxing poetic about OSR and indie...
ConnectiCon 2012 – Video Games as Literature: Towards a New Criticism
Dave and Ajay presented a great discussion at ConnectiCon 2012 on video games, literary criticism, use of violence, player interface (e.g., down the barrel of a gun), and so forth. In Dave's own...
Presented at the first PAX South in 2015, Rym and Scott lecture on the nature of what it means to be a "bad" game. We’ve all played “bad” games, but what truly makes a game “bad?” Is...
Ever wonder what it's like to walk through a PAX Expo Hall with Rym and Scott? In a lofty experiment, Geeknights live streams from the Penny Arcade Expo Prime 2014. But, since they're no bandwidth in...