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Let’s Plays Serpent in the Staglands #4

This episode: Learning the ropes of combat and the magic system. Beat downs aplenty from foxes, wolves and lizards. In the midst of it all, a cursed child. Hey, it’s the Staglands.

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/

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Let’s Plays Serpent in the Staglands #3

This episode: more exploration and party recruitment, plus receiving our first beat down from charging crap — er, crop — goblins. Venturing into the big wide world of Vol is imminent.

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/

Podcast Episode 8: Arvan my Eleron!

Podcast for Episode 8 of the Shane Plays radio show from 7/18/2015:
Arvan my Eleron!

Highlights: San Diego Comic-Con news; interview with professor, fantasy author, podcaster and Twitch personality Gregory A. Wilson AKA “Arvan Eleron”.

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 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.

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

Shane Plays Radio is on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shane-plays/id1000406569

Podcast Episode Direct Download
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/SHANE_PLAYS_7-18-15_podcast.mp3

Listen Here:

SHOW NOTES

Shane Plays Gregory Wilson Arvan Eleron

INTERVIEW: Gregory A. Wilson AKA “Arvan Eleron”, professor, fantasy author, podcaster and Twitch personality

Website: http://www.gregoryawilson.com/

Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron

Twitter: @gregoryawilson

NEWS

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away July 11, 2015
4000 attend a 2 day funeral service
Fans Remember Nintendo President Iwata at Funeral
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/07/17/fans-remember-nintendo-president-iwata-at-funeral/

“On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.”
-Satoru Iwata in his keynote speech at GDC 2005

Berkeley Breathed returning to “Bloom County” for the first time in 25 years
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/berkeley-breathed-returning-to-bloom-county-for-first-time-in-25-years

Ant-Man is out! Reviews?
Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 65%

PlayStation CPU Powering Probe Travelling Towards Pluto
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-cpu-powering-probe-travelling-towards-/1100-6428896/
More info on CPU itself:
MIPS goes to Pluto
http://blog.imgtec.com/mips-processors/mips-goes-to-pluto

The Master Miyazaki Will Direct a CG Animated Film
http://ow.ly/PxYPW

Report: Batman PC fix won’t hit until September at the earliest
http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/16/8976373/report-batman-pc-fix-wont-hit-until-september-at-the-earliest

Beamdog announce Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, with Chris Avellone onboard
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/beamdog-announce-baldurs-gate-siege-of-dragonspear-with-chris-avellone-onboard.101204/
http://www.siegeofdragonspear.com/

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON NEWS

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Comic-Con 2015 Reel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNJ51ghzdY

Batman vs. Superman SDCC Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WWzgGyAH6Y

Deadpool Trailer

X-Men Apocolypse Trailer

SDCC: Batman The Killing Joke coming as DCU animated movie
http://hushcomics.com/2015/07/11/sdcc-2015-batmans-the-killing-joke-to-get-dcu-animated-treatment/
Also:
-“Batman: Bad Blood” — An original Batman story that features the introduction of Batwoman to the new line of animated films.
-“Justice League vs. Titans” — Another original story and the first of the DC Universe Original Movies to feature the Teen Titans.

Comic-Con reacts to Supergirl pilot: ‘I’m absolutely speechless’
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/09/supergirl-comic-con

Fear The Walking Dead SDDC Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDxew5SguVw

The Walking Dead Season 6 Trailer
https://youtu.be/Va1UPrFXHKA

NEXT WEEK

Game designer Chris Avellone of Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Star Warks Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Fallout: New Vegas, Wasteland 2 and more!

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Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #2

This episode: Initial environment exploration, UI familiarization and the kind a sorta accidental beatdown of an innocent acolyte.

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/

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Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #1

This episode: intro and character creation.

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/

Podcast Episode 7: Perkins & Dragons!

Here’s the podcast for Episode 7 of the Shane Plays radio show from 7/11/2015:
Perkins & Dragons!

Highlights: Chris Perkins, Dungeons & Dragons Story Manager & Dungeon Master Extraordinaire.

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 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.

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

Shane Plays Radio is on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shane-plays/id1000406569

Podcast Episode Direct Download
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/SHANE_PLAYS_7-11-15_podcast.mp3

Listen Here:

SHOW NOTES

INTERVIEW: CHRIS PERKINS

The Dungeon Mastah!

The Dungeon Mastah!

New York Times bestselling writer, D&D storyteller, Dungeon Master, and proud owner of a Chiweenie named Milo.

-How Chris got into D&D as a profession
-The cool things he does for D&D other than being the coolest and highest profile Dungeon Master around
-His favorite moment as a DM
-Chris’s responses to questions submitted by redditors
-His favorite D&D setting
-His favorite D&D edition
-And more…

Twitter: @ChrisPerkinsDnD
https://twitter.com/chrisperkinsdnd

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Perkins_(game_designer)

“The Dungeon Master Experience” article archive on Wizards of the Coast:
http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/Archive.aspx?category=all&subcategory=dmexperience

D&D NEWS

ENnies Voting is still going
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2728-The-ENnies-Voting-Booth-Is-Live!#.VaBRBPlViko

Video: How to check the balance of your D20 (Twenty sider)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3N4Qg-JZM

How Dungeons & Dragons Informed ‘Fast And The Furious’
http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2015/06/29/how-dungeons-dragons-informed-fast-and-the-furious/

NEXT WEEK:

Gregory Wilson AKA “Arvan Eleron”, professor, fantasy author, and Twitch personality.

Podcast Episode 6: Jurassic to the Future!

Here’s the podcast for Episode 6 of the Shane Plays radio show from 7/4/2015:
Jurassic to the Future!

Highlights: Back to the Future 30th anniversary and actor Matty Cardarople of Jurassic World, Selfie and Dumb and Dumber To!

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 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.

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

Shane Plays Radio is now on iTunes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shane-plays/id1000406569

Podcast Episode Direct Download
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/SHANE_PLAYS_7-4-15.mp3

Listen Here:

SHOW NOTES

NEWS

Great Scott! 30th Anniversary of Back to the Future!
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy–showmanship/going-back-in-time-back-to-the-future-30th
As my friend Colter said on Facebook: “We are now officially as far removed from 1985 as 1955 was from the movie.” Mind blown.

Next Star Trek movie officially called “Star Trek Beyond”
http://news.yahoo.com/star-trek-beyond-director-unveils-first-image-110137298.html

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Sequel Gets Title
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sequel-gets-title-122786023477.html
-Deals with “Father Figures”

EW: Stunning New Shots Of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman Revealed
http://news.yahoo.com/new-batman-v-superman-stills-show-bruce-wayne-151945470.html

Terminator Genisys
-Not doing so well with the critics
-27% on Rotten Tomatoes
-39% on Metacritic

Jurassic World
71% Rotten Tomatoes
Inside Out
98% Rotten Tomatoes
Mad Max Fury Road
98% Rotten Tomatoes

The ENnies (Oscars of RPGs)
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2711-Congratulations-to-the-2015-ENnies-Nominees!#.VZGwc-1VhBc
-ENnies Mass Effect RPG disqualification
http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2713-Regarding-the-Mass-Effect-ENnies-Nomination#.VZKwXe1VhBe

New Marvel Covers / Series:
Is this the future of Marvel Comics? More than 40 new covers reportedly leak
http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/30/8870201/marvel-comics-secret-wars-spider-man
See all 45 covers on Imgur:
http://imgur.com/a/FOJ0Y
Marvel Announces 45 All-New All-Different Series
http://comicbook.com/2015/06/29/marvel-announces-45-all-new-all-different-series

PETER PARKER ‘Stepped Up’ As High Tech Tycoon In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
http://www.newsarama.com/24993-peter-parker-stepped-up-as-high-tech-tycoon-in-amazing-spider-man.html
-Miles Morales is young, rookie teenage Spider-Man
-Peter Parker is older, more mature globe trotting Spider-Man (Tony Stark/Iron Man)
-For better or worse, Spider-mobile making a come back

Be Cool, Scooby Doo!
New Scooby Doo cartoon coming in the Fall of this year airing on Boomerang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Cool,_Scooby-Doo!

Nintendo Won’t Discount Digital Releases, Planning to Reward You For Buying Them Instead
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-wont-discount-digital-releases-planning-t/1100-6428481/

Nintendo Prioritising Satisfying Wii U Owners, CEO Says
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-prioritising-satisfying-wii-u-owners-ceo-/1100-6428483/


BACK TO THE FUTURE 30TH ANNIVERSARY:

Great Scott! Shane and his buddy Colter McCorkindale geek out on Back to the Future, an important part of their childhoods and geek DNA!


INTERVIEW:

Matty Cardarople

Actor: Jurassic World, Selfie, and Dumb and Dumber To

@MattyCardarople

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781213/
Website: http://www.mattycardarople.com/


NEXT WEEK:

Chris Perkins, Dungeon Master to the Stars!