So, Microsoft, through their XBox division, will be buying out Activision Blizzard (The home of titles like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush) for a reported cash price of $68.7 Billion. This makes the buyout of Zenimax (and with it, Bethesda Studios) for $10 Billion seem quite meager, when that was a […]
Month: January 2022
The Power of No – Loot Mechanics #255
Players and artists stand up for themselves, on today’s podcast! Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. Video Game News (8:19) – SSG announces, then backs down from, controversial P2W changes for LOTRO TTRPG News (35:26) – TSR 3.5 gets another kick in the balls. Wrap (59:04) – Final thoughts. “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) […]
The Black Cat, Part 2 (Ep. 63)
D13 RPG – Blackie and his new friend get to work. TW: Violence against male genitalia, cats eating things they ought not. Music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/scormey.com/rr/RR063.mp3Podcast (kott): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | […]
Baby Steps
So I’m trying to get back into designing tabletop roleplaying games, which I was really into back in the 1990’s (yes, I’m old). Unfortunately, this has proven to be a bit more… difficult… than I had originally anticipated. I have plenty of ideas to work with, from some of my old games I’d like to […]
Most Anticipated 2022 – Loot Mechanics #254
Let’s talk about some of the games we are most looking forward to in 2022! Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. Video Games (9:34) – Here are some of our most-anticipated video games for 2022! Tabletop Games (32:19) – Same as above, but for TTRPGs coming in 2022! Wrap (51:12) – Final thoughts. “Alchemists […]
The Black Cat, Part 1 (Ep. 62)
D13 RPG – Starting off our next adventure, this time in “D13 RPG”! TW: Violence against animals. Music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/scormey.com/rr/RR062.mp3Podcast (kott): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podchaser | Email | RSS […]