intro
Theme includes sample of Run for You by Buke & Gass. Check them out!Intro background music is a song by Múm.
behind world of warcraft
A talk with Vlad Cole, who works for Blizzard Entertainment, the company that makes World of Warcraft.*
lord british
Dan talks with the father of online role-playing games, Richard Garriott. Check out his new company, Portalarium.
the explorer
The Exploration aspect of gaming. Dan talks to Vlad about virtual places and asks Richard if going into space is anything like a game.
the socializer
The social aspect of online gaming with Richard Garriott and…
costaki
Dan talks Fantasy Football with comedian Costaki Economopoulos.
ryan time!
Ryan Ridley (of the GVP) talks about his time in Oblivion.
games vs. books and movies
Which medium is the most passive? Dan talks to Richard and Vlad and Walt Whitman…
tabitha
The great David Cale performs a story by Dan Kaufman.
plane crash follies!
Episode 3 – Dan finally rides one down himself.
porn
Dan considers the most popular form of role-playing.
i play video games
(abridged) By Hannibal. Get his album on iTunes. It’s great!
the killer
Dan considers all the pretend killing (and dying) we do. Thanks to philosopher/keyboardist Raymond Smullyan for the piano music.
the achiever
The most important thing games do. Vlad Cole explains to Dan what games do for him and how games are good for the world…
stamp collecting
It’s not as different from slaying dragons as you might think. By Lawrence Block. Performed by David Razowsky.
discuss!
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* Vlad Cole speaks only for himself here and does not appear as a representative of Blizzard Entertainment.
