Episode 4: Gaming in popular media Pt 1
In our first official collab, in this episode of Pod Culture Oz we are joined by Tom (aka Robots) from the Fallout Lorecast as we discuss how gaming is depicted in popular media.
In this episode we look at the history of roleplaying in pop culture, and discuss what inspired each of us to try gaming, and invent the “NICHOLAS” Cage!
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Guest Host
Tom / Robots: The Fallout Lorecast and Robots Radio Network – our guest host on this episode. Check out his stuff, it is awesome!
Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
1:12 – The meta of gaming
3:26 – Alternis, or MMOs for World Peace
22:58 – The early days of gaming
24:49 – Gamers as an audience
36:04 – Why Rolemaster is the BEST RPG
47:05 – Outro
Books we discuss
Gascoigne, Marc and Pete Tamlyn. Blacksand! (Advanced Fighting Fantasy #2)
Jackson, Steve and Ian Livinstone. The Warlock of Fire Top Mountain, (Fighting Fantasy #1)
Kawahara, Reki. Sword Art Online (light novels)
Phillips, Andrea, Maurice Broaddus, Jacqueline Koyanagi, and E.C. Myers. Alternis. (NOTE: This has now been re-titled Ctrl-Alt-Destroy) Narrated by Summer Glau. A Serial Box Production. Serial Box has now been re-branded Realm.
Tolkien, JRR. The Hobbit.
Tolkien, JRR. The Lord of the Rings.
Movies & TV shows we discuss
Games we discuss
Rolemaster (the BEST roleplaying system – try 2nd Edition aka Rolemaster Classic! You won’t regret it.)
Shadow World (the BEST fantasy rpg setting, don’t argue with me)
Other links:
Meuller, Gavin. The Automation Fallacy, on Futures of Work UK.
Clayton, Natalie. EVE’s Scavengers are making bank by cracking abandoned Citadels on Rock Paper Shotgun.
