Comics Cast #35: November 2012

Posted in Comics Cast on December 31st, 2012 by CJ

2012 is almost over, and the Comics Cast slips under the wire with our recap of November’s releases. While CJ is left at a loss for words by Invincible, Dan has to deal with something he long considered impossible: a load of really good X-books!

Comics Discussed

  • Batman, Inc. #5
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #14
  • Uncanny X-Force #33, #34
  • Uncanny Avengers #2
  • Aquaman #14
  • Amazing Spider-Man #698
  • Invincible #97
  • All-New X-Men #1-3
  • Demon Knights #14

Crunchy Bits!


Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue.

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Tags: All-New X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Aquaman, Batman, Demon Knights, Invincible, Red Hood, Uncanny Avengers, Uncanny X-Force

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Interview 30: Joe McDaldno

Posted in Interview, RPG Only on December 26th, 2012 by Allegra

Kevin and Allegra sit down with Joe McDaldno and discuss the genesis of Monsterhearts,  including a good discussion about The Ghost.

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Trigger Warnings

  • None

Crunchy Bits

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Interview 29-B: Victor Raymond and Ron Edwards Part 2

Posted in Interview, Non-Actual Play, RPG Only on December 18th, 2012 by Kevin Weiser

Part two of our discussion with Victor and Ron about the early days of gaming, identity politics, and the similarities between the OSR and The Forge. Enjoy! Also: having trouble finding a few of the names mentioned in this episode. If any of you know where I could link to information about these people, put it in a comment!

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Trigger Warnings

  • None

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  • Intro music provided by 
  • Outro music “You’ll Grow Up to be a Bard” by Tripod from their performance

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Interview 29-A: Victor Raymond and Ron Edwards Part 1

Posted in Interview, Non-Actual Play, RPG Only on December 11th, 2012 by Kevin Weiser

Kevin brings in his old friend Victor, who’s now a active member of the Old School Renaissance to talk to Ron Edwards about the early days of tabletop gaming and the similarities between The Forge and the OSR. These two had a lot to talk about, so we split this interview up into two parts. Part 2 coming next week!

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Trigger Warnings:

  • None, I think? Be sure to let us know if there’s something in here you think might be triggering. 

Crunchy Bits

  • Intro music provided by 
  • Outro music “” by

 

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Discussion 40: Monster Hearts Review

Posted in Discussions, Monster Hearts, Review, RPG Only on December 4th, 2012 by Allegra

Kevin, Allegra, CJ, and Dan discuss Monster Hearts. Overall we had a very positive experience with the game, and spend most of our time discussing its particular take on the Apocalypse World system: Strings, Social PVP, and the like. Enjoy!

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Trigger Warnings

  • We talk about using the skins as archetypes/stereotypes of mental illnesses.

Crunchy Bits!

 

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Posted in Bonus Content, Non-Actual Play, RPG Only on December 1st, 2012 by Allegra

Kevin, Allegra, CJ, and Dan chat about the #1ReasonWhy hashtag, and why it’s important to talk about the issues keeping women from being part of game design.

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Trigger Warnings

  • We talk about some of the blatant sexism in the backlash.

Crunchy Bits!

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