{"id":73,"date":"2008-06-17T00:23:40","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T05:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=73"},"modified":"2016-05-30T23:36:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T04:36:31","slug":"interview-with-the-alpha-omega-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2008\/06\/interview\/interview-with-the-alpha-omega-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with the Alpha Omega Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan Haas was right, at least according to David Carter, Earl Fischl and Tom McLaughlin, the team behind <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphaomegathegame.com\">Alpha Omega<\/a><\/strong> the new post apocalyptic science fantasy RPG from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindstormlabs.com\/\">Mind Storm Labs<\/a><\/strong>. In the future, the world is ravaged by war and disasters while alien races wage war. Of course, dumb old humanity mistook these aliens for angels and demons thousands of years ago. Plus, there are robots. What more could you want in a game? Magic? There&#8217;s that. Mutants? But of course. Ninjas? The ninjas are so sneaky in this game, they aren&#8217;t even mentioned. But they&#8217;re there. And they will kill you in the night if you doubt their existence. <em>That&#8217;s how bad ass they are.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the interview, we discuss how Alpha Omega was created, the Ethan Haas Alternate Reality Game viral marketing campaign and its connection to Cloverfield, upcoming products for the game, the art of Alpha Omega, game design and more. Be sure to check out the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwsecom.com\/\">New World Science and Engineering Commission<\/a><\/strong> site, mentioned in the interview.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Interview with the Alpha Omega Team\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2008-06-17T00:23:40-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H01M05S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Ethan Haas was right, at least according to David Carter, Earl Fischl and Tom McLaughlin, the team behind Alpha Omega the new post apocalyptic science fantasy RPG from Mind Storm Labs. 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