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

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.

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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”

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