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RPPR Episode 144: The Vulture was Right

On: July 25, 2017

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Synopsis: After seeing Spiderman: Homecoming, we had to discuss the morality behind the movie’s antagonist, the Vulture. After all, he’s essentially a base raider, so I felt obligated to discuss some of the themes with Aaron, Caleb, and Tom. We also discussed the morality of the superhero genre in general. Plus, anecdotes and shout outs!

Shout Outs

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: a beautiful puzzle game with Lovecraftian themes. Short but worth playing.
Kamen Rider Amazons: It’s Kamen Rider but with sneaky spy stuff apparently.
Ichi-F: A manga about working the cleanup at Fukushima Nuclear Plant.
A Dark Song: A truly fucked up horror movie about sorcery.
Oats Studio – Zygote: A sci-fi horror short by Neil Blomkamp. Incredible monster design and very tense.
Banished: A medieval town simulator game. It turns out life was hard in the middle ages.
Scarecrow Video: A world class video rental store with an unmatched collection. If you live in Seattle, check it out!
Chicano Batman: A cool soul band with a great name
Deadly Tower of Monsters: A fun video game about a 1950s sci-fi B-movie.
Super Hot VR: It’s Super Hot and it’s in VR!
Awful Fantasy the Card Game: It’s like that Twitter but in card game form!
Seventh Curse: Basically a pulp Cthulhu movie in 1980s HK cinematic style.

Song: Interstellar Capitalism by Anonymous420

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RPPR Episode 137: JoJo’s Compelled Aspect

On: December 28, 2016

In: Podcast Episode

With: 11 Comments

My Stand is a sharp edged d20. News: The Mixed Six Patreon is up! Please check it out. The Mixed Six is now on iTunes as well.

Synopsis: Many gamers have a tough time grasping the power of Fate rule systems and player disadvantages in general. Aaron, Shaun, and I discuss how Fate aspects work by using anime and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure as a lens to examine how it works best. Character flaws make for better storytelling, as they create drama and conflict. We also have shout outs and anecdotes.

Shout Outs

Observer Effect: A new Delta Green scenario is available in PDF. When things go wrong in a physics lab, they go WRONG.
Invisible Cities: A unique novel of fantastic and impossible cities.
Humans: A sci-fi drama about androids and their feelings.
Baltimore: A horror comic series featuring an alternate history WW1 and a plague of vampires. Written by Mike Mignola.
Ice Fantasy: A Chinese wuxia drama TV series now on Netflix.
Rain Temple: One of the best vaporwave albums to come out this year.
Being There: a comedic movie about a man’s unlikely rise to power.
Spectral: A team of commandos fight ghosts in a war torn country. Great fodder for Night’s Black Agents.
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Kamen Rider doing Kamen Rider things. I don’t know. Ask Aaron.

Song: Bloody Stream (JoJo’s Bizare Adventure Remix) by CLIVE™ | #TheGreat

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RPPR Panel at Gen Con 2016

On: October 5, 2016

In: Panel discussion

With: 4 Comments

For the first time, we actually scheduled an official meetup and panel for RPPR fans at Gen Con. Most of the RPPR crew showed up and a TON of fans did as well. We played a few games, answered questions, talked about the podcast, game design, and of course had a Ross Payton Horrible Monster impersonation contest. Enjoy!

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