{"id":106,"date":"2008-09-30T22:34:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T03:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=106"},"modified":"2016-05-30T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T19:02:39","slug":"rppr-interview-with-matt-vancil-director-of-the-gamers-1-and-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2008\/09\/interview\/rppr-interview-with-matt-vancil-director-of-the-gamers-1-and-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Interview with Matt Vancil, director of The Gamers 1 and 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamers.deadgentlemen.com\/\">The Gamers<\/a> is a cult classic movie celebrating role playing&#8217;s inherent weirdness. Since its premiere at Gencon in 2003, it has been quoted nearly as often as Monty Python at gaming tables around the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-gamers.com\/\">The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising<\/a> premiered at Gencon 2008 and is rapidly making the rounds, raking up sales and acclaim. I spoke to him about the genesis of the movies, how they were made and some of the other projects he&#8217;s involved with, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falconrockcommand.com\/\">Falcon Rock Command. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note that a weird error messed up my side of the interview. It&#8217;s audible but there&#8217;s an odd noise. I have no idea what could cause it.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Interview with Matt Vancil, director of The Gamers 1 and 2\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2008-09-30T22:34:46-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT51M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Gamers is a cult classic movie celebrating role playing&#039;s inherent weirdness. Since its premiere at Gencon in 2003, it has been quoted nearly as often as Monty Python at gaming tables around the world. 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