Kevin wanted to say thanks to everyone who gave their support, both emotional and financial, in the wake of the fire that destroyed the apartment he and Jen shared. While they are slowly getting back on their feet, anything helps. If you want to contribute, the link below will be active until December 21, 2012.
http://ortiz.chipin.com/kevin-weiser-and-jen-dixon
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October in the New52 give us ghost dogs and giant gorillas, and the end of a masquerade that boldly forges its own continuity. Meanwhile, Dan delves into Marvel’s extended Now, as villains are reborn, teams are shuffled and creators ride off into the sunset. We round out the episode with Invincible – wherein CJ makes what will prove to be a wildly incorrect guess about the tone of the next month’s issue.
Minutemen #4, which we discuss from about 51 minutes to the 1 hour mark in the recording, continues to deal with sensitive topics. This issue deals with the aftermath of a hate crime and of an attempted rape.
Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue.
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Agendas clash and everything comes to a head in this final episode of Monster Hearts! Secret machinations revealed and desperate bargains are made, with final, fatal results.
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Kevin, Allegra, and CJ discuss some difficult but important topics that affect gaming culture (and beyond). The conversation covers rape culture and how TWE has changed its approach, as well as why trigger warnings matter in gaming. Heads up: While the subject matter is treated with respect, it covers some pretty rough stuff.
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Kevin talks about a situation that arose in their most recent Monster Hearts game that highlighted how his thoughts on metagaming may differ from the norm.
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Omar returns from triggering his darkest self to find Mara in his bed, but not the way he may have wanted. Crowe makes some odd and confusing discoveries. Allegra finds out she has to blanket things in darkness pretty quickly when the players keep rolling poorly. All in all, a good session, everyone brings the darkness and angst!
Unveiled descriptions of a non-violent suicide. Physical abuse between teenagers and adults. References to the previous statutory rape discussion, no details.
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Kevin rants about the horrible writing found in the animated Clone Wars show, as well as its propensity for creating “nightmare fuel”.
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