Saturday, April 19, 2008

Episode 2 - "Troops & Troupes"

Episode 2 of The Escapistcast is now up and ready for your listening pleasure.

Featured in this episode:

  • Gaming advocacy news
  • A segment on gamers & gaming in the military.
Featured promos in this episode: All Games Considered, Orcusville, The Bear's Grove Podcast, The Gamer Traveller Podcast.

Due to length, the show notes for this episode are in comments.






1 comment:

Dr. Awkward said...

THE ESCAPISTCAST EPISODE 02 - SHOW NOTES

Air date: 04/20/08 (delayed)
Title: Troops & Troupes

Links to articles and other items mentioned in the program:

Bob Bledsaw, RIP - http://www.judgesguild.net/obituary.shtml

"Zombies Vs. Humans" Causes Campus Lockdown - http://www.eveningtribune.com/homepage/x1767335558

Look To The Future And See Orks - http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/04/look-to-the-fut.html

Living "Lord of the Rings" - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_larping

Asteroid Stackpole - http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=107

Colbert Does Philly - http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/dan_deluca/20080413_Colbert_does_Philly.html

Wired rolls celebrities as D&D characters - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/04/gallery_DandDStats

Arizona Bill Says Content Makes Liable for Violence - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080408-blame-games-bill-makes-content-makers-liable-for-violence.html

FARK headline - "Level 4 shopkeeper armed with a long pole fights off a level 3 thief armed with a crossbow" - http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3544233

World According to LARP - http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1758&Itemid=143

Real-Life Role-Players - http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/04/09/military/5a52af74521db1d18825741e007a5a1e.txt

"Wife Swap" looking for roleplayers - http://abc.go.com/primetime/wifeswap.

SECOND SEGMENT - GAMERS IN THE MILITARY

Role-Playing Relaxes Sailors - http://www.theescapist.com/sailors.htm

RAF Wargames Association - http://www.rafwa.co.uk

Dave McAllisters's projects:
Modus Operandi - http://www.modus-operandi.co.uk
UK Role Players - http://www.ukroleplayers.com

Baghdad Hobby Club - c/o MSG Brian Allen, HQ, MNC-1 (FSC) 18th Airborne Corps., APO AE 09342 - bexesbrian@yahoo.com

Zigguratcon - http://rpgs.tribe.net/thread/b7a696e3-91e2-4ae3-b7b7-e3710c590518

Military D&D Game Day - http://militarygameday.com