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Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #13

This episode: Mystery solvin’ like Scooby Doo and the gang, a merchant with good “herbs”, a peg leg, and a haughty elf lends his aid. Plus a secret basement.

This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.

Set in the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms, Sword Coast Legends offers an all-new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience. With a deep narrative developed by a team of long-time industry veterans and a partnership with Wizards of the Coast, the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends brings the world of Faerûn home like never before.

https://swordcoast.com/

Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #22

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This episode: Archers rock in SitS, a tough native guard captain, and more puzzles and clues in the Hallowed Grove.

Join Shane as he plays through a hardcore computer RPG that has the mechanics and style of a 90s CRPG, and that’s just dripping with beautiful atmosphere!

Thanks for watching!

About Serpent in the Staglands:

A true role-playing adventure.

A campaign within the world of Vol, a fully realized setting inspired by the late bronze age in a Transylvanian landscape, with unique politics, races and gods steeped in history. Featuring a chosen party of five, you role-play Necholai, a minor god of a celestial body who descends to the Staglands for a moonlit festival only to find the way home blocked and immortality slipping away. Seeking answers and aid, you take on a mortal body and the guise of a traveling Spicer. This isn’t a story of good and evil, saving the world or being a hero, it’s about intrigue and your adventure of survival in a harsh land.

Buy on GOG:
https://www.gog.com/game/serpent_in_the_staglands?pp=6a3236f5f213960de5c415fd15c6d1cb5a46d04e

Buy on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/335120/

Good & Bad Computer RPGs! – Radio Show / Podcast Episode 27

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 11/28/2015:
Good & Bad Computer RPGs!

Highlights: Roundtable discussion of “what makes a good computer RPG?” with Matt Barton, Johnny Wood & Felipe Pepe; geek news.

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!

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Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays

Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

Podcast Episode Direct Download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/Shane_Plays_11-28-15_podcast.mp3

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SHOW NOTES

NEWS ITEMS

Arvan Eleron (AKA fantasy author and Twitch streamer Gregory A. Wilson) streams a special D&D event with author friends and living legend Ed Greenwood!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG8SKANyTPA

Two part Matt Chat interview with my friend Johnny Wood re: his classic, multiplayer Ultima project
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRpepiz_Lvc
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBIkVMqAYk

Centipede creator Dona Bailey teaches at UALR in Little Rock
She was the only woman in the arcade division at Atari in 1980.
http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/centipede-creator-teaches-at-ualr/Content?oid=4175309

Weird Al Yankovic Gets Animated on Teen Titans Go!
http://www.tvinsider.com/article/55369/weird-al-yankovic-gets-animated-on-teen-titans-go-video/

Arcade champion Billy Mitchell loses case against cartoon portrayal
Judge declares Mitchell is not a ‘giant floating head,’ contrary to belief
http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/24/9792472/billy-mitchell-regular-show-court-case

Legends Of Tomorrow Premiere Date Announced, New Trailer Released
Premieres January 21st on The CW
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/11/25/legends-of-tomorrow-premiere-date-announced-new-trailer-released/

Captain America: Civil War trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVdV-lxRPFo
-Most interesting thing for Shane was a glimpse of the Black Panther

Star Wars The Force Awakens Countdown: 19 days

GUEST: WHAT MAKES A GOOD COMPUTER RPG?

Roundtable discussion of “what makes a good computer RPG?” with Matt Barton, Johnny Wood & Felipe Pepe.

Matt Barton’s Matt Chat YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE98xefVUXmbvQfe-wNS8oA

Johnny Wood’s Classic Multiplayer Ultima Project:
http://www.shatteredmoon.com/?page_id=9

Felipe Pepe’s CRPG Book Project:
https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/

TWEET OF THE WEEK:

@roleplayingtips: Something one of my players said: “The most important thing I’ve learned from D&D is that the best AC is somebody else’s AC”

NEXT WEEK:

Frontline Gaming and Warhammer 40K.

Frontline Gaming: http://www.frontlinegaming.org/

Frontline Gaming on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/frontlinegaming_tv

Games Workshop Warhammer 40K: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Warhammer-40-000

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #12

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This episode: Gongs, spiritual booze, chants and rolling pins. No, really.

This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.

https://swordcoast.com/

Post-Apocalyptic Authors! – Radio Show / Podcast Episode 26

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 11/21/2015:
Post-Apocalyptic Authors!

Highlights: Authors P.R. Principe (Omega Plague: Collapse) and Thomas Kroepfl (ZWD: King of an Empty City); geek news.

Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays

Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

Podcast Episode Direct Download:
http://shaneplays.libsyn.com/post-apocalyptic-authors-nov-21-2015

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SHOW NOTES

Sword Coast Legends giveaway: Shane is giving away a copy of the D&D computer game Sword Coast Legends! Make tweet mentioning “Sword Coast Legends” to Twitter at @ShanePlays or a comment on the Sword Cost Legends giveaway post pinned to the top of the Shane Plays Facebook page. Winner randomly chosen Monday, November 30th.

NEWS ITEMS

New Patreon supporters – the Shane Plays news staff gets a $.03 an hour raise!

Shane finally watched Terminator Genisys – what did he think?

Speaking of The Terminator, Arny himself was at a Wal-Mart in NW Arkansas and had some photos taken with the Terminator Genisys display and buying camo and pajamas
https://www.facebook.com/ArkToday/photos/a.298392666898924.70079.292166570854867/929538447117673/?type=3

Yep, You Can Play Dungeons & Dragons in VR Now
http://gizmodo.com/yep-you-can-play-dungeons-dragons-in-vr-now-1742710641

Shane’s friend Keith’s Fallout 4 character is rocking the Wasteland in his skivvies:

Chris Avellone talks Fallout 3 that never was, including pen & paper origins http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/16/9746264/fallout-3-van-buren-chris-avellone-nyu-practice-2015

Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival introduces a new host
http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/17/9749524/mystery-science-theater-3000-revival-introduces-a-new-host
-Also hit $2M kickstarter goal in 6 days
-Does not include former cast members Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett or Mike Nelson

Star Wars:
Star Wars Battlefront: review aggregate
Xbox One: 75, PS4 & PC: 72
http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/star%20wars%20battlefront/results
How many people did Luke Skywalker kill? Let us count them all.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/17/9749204/luke-skywalker-kills-supercut-video-vader
Star Wars: The Force Awakens countdown: 26 days!

GUEST: LITTLE ROCK AUTHORS P.R. PRINCIPE & THOMAS KROEPFL

Omega Plague: Collapse by P.R. Principe on Amazon.

ZWD: King of an Empty City by Thomas Kroepfl on Amazon.

NEXT WEEK:

What makes a good computer RPG?

Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #21

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This episode: Cave clearing and puzzles in the Hallowed Grove.

Join Shane as he plays through a hardcore computer RPG that has the mechanics and style of a 90s CRPG, and that’s just dripping with beautiful atmosphere!

Thanks for watching!

About Serpent in the Staglands:

A true role-playing adventure.

Buy on GOG:
https://www.gog.com/game/serpent_in_the_staglands?pp=6a3236f5f213960de5c415fd15c6d1cb5a46d04e

Buy on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/335120/

Sword Coast Legends & D&D’s Chris Perkins! – Radio Show / Podcast Episode 25

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 11/14/2015:
Sword Coast Legends & D&D’s Chris Perkins!

Highlights: Sword Coast Legends with Ash Sevilla (Community Manager, n-Space) & Chris Perkins (Principal Designer, D&D); geek news.

Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays

Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

Podcast Episode Direct Download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/Shane_Plays_11-14-15__podcast.mp3

Listen Here via Embed:

SHOW NOTES

NEWS ITEMS

4th Annual Comic Con-Way
13th, 14th & 15th. Friday was at Faulkner County Library, Saturday & Sunday at Conway Expo Center
http://www.comicon-way.com/

Fallout 4 released Tuesday, 11/10
Bethesda announces staggering Fallout 4 sales
https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/gaming/2015/11/13/87428/bethesda-announces-staggering-fallout-4-sales/

This World of Warcraft BlizzCon Cosplayer Is None Other Than Jamie Lee Curtis
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/this-world-of-warcraft-blizzcon-cosplayer-is-none-/1100-6432120/

MST3K Kickstarter: something for them to… crow about
1.6M out of 2M goal with 27 days to go
Joel Hodgson doing KS… my favorite (but I like Mike, too)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k

Spectre sets record for Largest film stunt explosion ever
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/11/daniel-craig-accepts-certificate-for-largest-film-stunt-explosion-in-latest-bond-405307
Guinness: The explosion yielded a total “68.47 tonnes of TNT equivalent” and was created by, “detonating 8,418 litres of kerosene with 33 kg of powder explosives.” The blast lasted for more than seven seconds.

Sony says goodbye to Betamax tapes
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/sony-says-goodbye-to-betamax-tapes/ar-CCbCXy

Two previous show corrections
-Solaris book was by Polish author Stanisław Lem, not a Russian. The 1972 Solaris movie was Russian (from Numenera! – 9/19/2015) – YouTube user Tytus de Zoo
-Godzilla vs King Kong 1962 movie “alternate” ending was more implied than outright (from Troll Lord Games / Castles & Crusades – 10/17/2015) – YouTube user NegatsuSan

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Countdown: 33 days!

GUEST: SWORD COAST LEGENDS

Sword Coast Legends
https://swordcoast.com/

Video: Sword Coast Legends – Play with Chris Perkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiqCXuS8n8g

Sword Coast Legends on Twitter: @SwordCoast

Chris Perkins on Twitter: @ChrisPerkinsDnD

NEXT WEEK: LITTLE ROCK AUTHORS P.R. PRINCIPE & THOMAS KROEPFL

Omega Plague: Collapse by P.R. Principe on Amazon

ZWD: King of an Empty City by Thomas Kroepfl on Amazon

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #11

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This episode: Ability respecs, Larethar goes on a kleptomaniac journey through the Luskan market district, and grisly exploring at our Guildhall.

This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.

https://swordcoast.com/

Fallout 4 Opening Cinematic & Character Appearance Customization

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This video shows the opening cinematic / movie and character appearance customization options for Fallout 4.

Thanks for watching!
Shane

From Wikipedia:

Fallout 4 is an open world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the fifth major installment in the Fallout series, and was released worldwide on November 10, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

200 years after a nuclear war, Fallout 4 is set in a post-apocalyptic Boston, in which the player character emerges from an underground bunker known as a Vault. Gameplay is similar to Fallout 3. Completing quests and acquiring experience levels up the character, allowing for new abilities. With an optional first- or third-person view, players can explore Fallout 4‍ ’s open world setting at will, allowing nonlinear gameplay. Additional party members can accompany the player, who are able to assist them in battles. Players have the ability to construct and deconstruct buildings and items, and use them to build a settlement, which can attract and be inhabited by non-playable characters.

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #10

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This episode: Dirty dealing with Burkins (like we expected any less), chats with the Dead Rats and our first foray into Luskan proper. Even though Luskan is never quite proper.