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A “not too horrible” general gaming podcast in production for more years than we care to admit.

Dice are our vice.

Nov 30, 2015

Ryan Lesser is in the third Chair!  Ryan has been helping build great rhythm games (Rockband, Dance Central) at Harmonix for years.  And he's also designed and released High Heavens, an innovative two player strategy game.

Since we've got Ryan on the show we thought we'd talk about something common to both video games and board games, the user experience.  How does his video game experience impact the user experience in board games he designs and plays.

Later we dive into High Heavens.  What inspired Ryan to build the game, how does it play, and what to Craig and Russ think of it?

 And don't miss the exciting results of our Stronghold Games "Space Cadets: Away Missions" contest.  With a special cameo from Stephen Buonocore.

 All that plus: 

 
- Total Fan Girl
- Do You Ever Notice 
- The Hollywood Minute
- App of the Ep
-  & More


If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: click here.

 

The following fine organizations help make this show possible:

 

www.Battlefoam.com

www.WolfLair.com

www.geeknationtours.com

 

 

 ==Quick Reference==

App of the Ep:  1 hr 11 min

Mulling UX Mechanics: 1 hr 16 min 

Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 0 min

Hollywood Minute: 2 hr 6 min

Contest Results: 2 hr 11 min

High Heavens:  2 hr 27 min

 

 Links Discussed in the show:

Craig's Blog: www.McNerdigansPub.com

Russ's Blog: http://www.RussRant.com

Total Fan Girl Blog: Link

Dice Tower Network: Link