We here at Brilliant Gameologists are working away like beavers to get the third season up and running. And that involves the sexiest of all things- infrastructure upgrades. So things will be changing around here over the next few weeks.
So keep your eves on this space.
Join us on February 27th at Middlesex Community College, Lowell, MA for a day of games- try something new or reconnect with a favorite with new people, this is a day of fun and games.
Email us at gameologists@gmail.com and let us know you are coming! If you have any questions, need a place to crash the night before, or want to run a game, email away!
Post here!
This episode was recorded live on November 22, 2009 on ustream. It is completely unedited except for calling out our intermission and had over 50 people viewing. There were people in the chatroom contributing ideas as well.
BG_Baby aka Valentine was born on Dec 6th and already loves her D&D Board Books
We’ve been busy- just not putting out shows. Going to cons (see our “appearance schedule”!)
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This episode was recorded live on November 18, 2009. It is completely unedited except for calling out our intermission and had over 90 people viewing. There were people in the chatroom contributing ideas as well.
Our favorite fat, bearded men
Vote on when Meg is going to pop out the 4th Gameologists!
We didn’t get to this. We will have another live episode on Sunday, November 22nd at 8EST to have part 2 of this sode! Join us to discuss why gamers are inherently lazy and time saving techniques! We are going to try to have this as a call in episode, so stay tuned for details
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/brilliant-gameologists
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But we’re coming back!
I got a clock mothafucka!
Tune in for our LIVE show November 18, 2009- Wednesday- at 9:00 EST on our ustream channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/brilliant-gameologists and chime in on the topics of Fatbeards, Time-wasters and procrastination, and where we’ve been these past months. Ask us where we’ve been! Let us explain what we’ve been doing with our time off! And then express your views on how Fatbeards and Laziness are ruining the Gaming Hobbistry.
Controversy and hilarity WILL ensue!
You may have noticed a few facts recently…
1) We have not put out a show in a while.
2) Our site and boards have been down quite a bit
3) The increase in number of vampire shows on TV seems to be directly related to outbursts in Congress?
These are actually all related. Well, #3 isn’t, but that’s besides the point.
We have 4 episodes recorded and have been prevented from releasing mostly due to some fairly severe technology issues. First, our sound quality for some reason plummeted and the files keep getting corrupted, and we couldn’t bring ourselves to put out such a subpar product. They aren’t completely lost, but we have a few computer reinstalls to do to get everything back on track.
Our web issues were also a big pain in the butt. The site was hacked and I couldn’t log in to WP to post anything new at all until about 20 minutes ago. Things look to be pretty stable now thanks, not in part, but in 99% entirety to Adam from Spooky Outhouse Productions to whom we owe a great bit of gratitude. Beer is on us next time we get together, dude.
So it’s looking like for the most part, #2 on the list is taken care of. We’re going to concentrate in earnest on fixing #1 now. #3, we’re sorry, but you’re just going to have to deal with.
Brilliant Gameologists was nominated for an ENnie. Voting ends on August 1st, so vote now!
http://www.ennie-awards.com/voting/ballot.asp
Best Podcast is category #17. But if you need some suggestions for other great products (and there are a bunch!) check out our Suggested Ballot.
Please vote, tell your friends, tell your neighbors, and help us spread the word! Help us and win prizes and help us plan our acceptance speech!
Vote today!
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Once again, the BG’s have applied to lead panels at Gencon and we are officially on the books!
Each workshop will feature an assortment of podcasters including those from:
And hopefully many others! When there are confirmations, we will repost.
Join the hosts of the podcast Brilliant Gameologists and learn what words will bring out the worst emotions in people and will counter the real message you are trying to convey- either names you could call players (Munchkin, Powergamer, Drama Queen, Rules Lawyer, Meta-gamer) or whining to your GM (It’s not fair! It’s not realistic! You are railroading us!). Learn alternatives to name calling that are just as fun and send the message you mean.
Salon: An 18th Century term meaning “A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction.” Gameology: The study of games and the people who play them. The Brilliant Gameologists Podcast: Educated type folks who talk about the science of games, gamers, and gaming. Interested? Join the hosts of the in a facilitated “roundtable” discussion about gameology, the industry, and nerd-a-rific, jargon-tastic fun.
This novel panel is intended to give people who have potential podcast content a chance to meet the podcasters who are interested in that content. An opportunity to meet them as a group rather than singly. If you have a product, service or event that you would like a podcaster to talk about, on their show, plan on attending one of these sessions. Also if you have an idea of something for podcasters to do, we would like to hear it.
Whether you are a seasoned professional, a new podcaster or needed to google “what is podcasting” just now, if you are interested in podcasts, this seminar is for you. Come see this panel of podcasting veterans to learn a few of their tips, tricks, and secrets of the trade. The seminar will cover the basic How’s, What’s and Why’s of podcasting. Bring lots of questions because these guys can answer them.
The mics are off, the show is published, but now what? What else can you do to build your community and listenership? What else should you do? Join podcasting veterans to learn some ways of keeping your audience and building new listenership. Between online communities, partnerships, social marketing and going to conventions your listeners are out there, let us help you find them!
The most important thing about any podcast is what you say while the mics are on. And the best thing a podcaster can do is to increase the quality of that content. Join us if you want to learn how to make your podcast better or see what goes into a high quality podcast. We’ll cover interviews, product discussion and original material creation.
Gaming Podcasting: A hobby about a hobby. Join panelists from each side of the table- those within the gaming industry and the podcasting “media.” who can make or break a product within their own circles. Watch true synergy in action as the two groups hash out ideas about how they can help each other, and maybe you’ll see history being made.
Can RPG’s be rated? Can they be classified as “good” or “bad”? How subjective/ objective can a review be? Is a RPG review a summary, or is critical analysis possible? Join the hosts of the podcast Brilliant Gameologists who are driven to answer these questions and help sway the argument one side or the other.
This novel panel is intended to give people who have potential podcast content a chance to meet the podcasters who are interested in that content. An opportunity to meet them as a group rather than singly. If you have a product, service or event that you would like a podcaster to talk about, on their show, plan on attending one of these sessions. Also if you have an idea of something for podcasters to do, we would like to hear it.
Celebrate Festivus in summer! Need to get something off your chest about the game-o-sphere? This will serve to be a safe haven to do so (though laughing may be encouraged. Any games tick you off? Mad about video games taking over the “Gaming” tag? Have a beef with the Brilliant Gameologists podcast? Welcome home my friend. Welcome home.
We submitted on a whim and it paid off! We join 4 others in the category of Best Gaming Podcast. The nominees are:
Voting will begin on July 24th and close August 1 by visiting http://www.ennie-awards.com.
We need your vote! Get your friends to vote, your family, your co-workers, strangers, whatever!
We’re going to work on Campaign Slogans to show how worthy we are of this prize. Check this thread for updates!
And while you’re at it, consider voting for Mouse Guard for Product of the Year. It was the underdog that won the Origin’s Award and totally deserves this one too!
This episode is “Not Safe For Work.” Of course none of these episodes are safe for work. If this is your first time listening, congratulations. Anyway, use headphones or at least look around a bit to see if your co workers can hear.
We explain what this podcast is about. We also offer our two major warnings:
This is not a regular episode. However is a good place to start listening. Listen to this episode first and then one of our regular episodes.
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We’ve been running a poll on our boards to guess Meg’s baby daddy with interesting results.
Instead of just posting the answer, we decided to release the answer in .mp3 format.
So last night, after recording a normal episode, we pushed record and just let the mics catch what we came up with. Warning- this is completely off the cuff and at times very innappropriate. It was past midnight and we got loopy.
At one point we have a Survivor: Podcaster Edition and made up characters based on voices we felt like doing at the time- this is NOT commentary on any of the following people! It is meant to just be completely silly and ridiculous.
I kept editing light in this- I cut out our laughter and moved some things around to make it more interesting to listen to, but what you’ll hear is basically what we came up with on the spot.
Podcasters mentioned:
But the real reason for this bonus clip is NOT to accidentally offend other podcasters, but to make a big announcement about the real Gameologists behind the mics.
Talk about the new addition to our crew here and the episode here.
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If we convince you to buy some of the excellent choices below, why not order from Myriad Games- our partner Friendly Local Game Store. You’ll get a great game and we’ll get some product to give away as prizes!
Agricola
Z-Man Games, Inc.
Uwe Rosenberg
Ninja vs. Ninja
Out of the Box Publishing
Tushar Gheewala
Pandemic
Z-Man Games, Inc.
Matt Leacock
TOMB
Alderac Entertainment Group
John Zinser
Wealth of Nations
TableStar Games
Nico Carroll
Backseat Drawing
Out of the Box Publishing
Peggy Brown
duck! duck! Go!
APE Games
Kevin G. Nunn
Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The
Mongoose Publishing
James Wallis
Living Labyrinth
Bucephalus Games
Julie Haehn
Rorschach: The Inkbot Party Game
Bucephalus Games
Dan Tibbles, Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, and Stephen McLaughlin
Say Anything
North Star Games
Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri
Dominion
Rio Grande Games
Donald X Vaccarino
Monty Python Fluxx
Looney Labs
Andrew Looney
Red Dragon Inn 2
Slugfest Games
Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl, and Cliff Bohm
Ticket to Ride Card Game
Days of Wonder
Alan R. Moon
Trailer Park Wars
Gut Bustin’ Games
Lisa Steenson
KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1
by Wolfgang Baur, Nicolas Logue
Open Design
Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home
by Margaret Weis
Margaret Weis Productions
No Quarter Magazine
editor-in-chief Nathan Letsinger
Privateer Press
Things We Think About Games
by Will Hindmarch & Jeff Tidball
Gameplaywright Press
Tour de Lovecraft: the Tale
by Ken Hite
Atomic Overmind Press
Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game
Privateer Press, Inc.
Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark
CthulhuTech
Catalyst Game Labs
Matthew Grau, Fraser McKay, and Mike Vaillancourt
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook
Wizards of the Coast
Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt
Mouseguard Role-Playing Game
Archaia Studios Press
Luke Crane and David Petersen
Star Wars Saga Edition Core Rulebook
Wizards of the Coast
Chris Perkins, Owen K.C. Stephens, and Rodney Thompson
Trail of Cthulhu
Pelgrane Press Ltd
Kenneth Hite, Robin D Laws, Jerome Huegenin, and Simon Rogers
Full list of nominees can be found HERE.
We have some of these games to give away as prizes!
Contest #1: Post about your experience with any of the games we talk about or help review a game we didn’t see (200 words or more) and you’ll be entered into a drawing!
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We decided to release a little teaser as to whats in store for season 3. Just to whet your appetite.
Some additional teasers
The Pig has been kicked and the 4th Gameologists is announced.
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Meg and Josh joined the hosts Chris and Jonathan from the newish podcast, Kicked in the Dicebags to talk about:
This is simply a repost of Kicked in the Dicebag’s show- if you like the freeform, explicit nature, check them out.
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Each time we record, we watch a video or find a picture to get us in the mood for the episode. It doesn’t always have anything to do with the episode, but frames our minds, so we’re going to share so you can be appropriately framed as well.
Favorite Season 2 moment:
Big changes for season 3, Zeke will be nude.
Two primary situations:
1) You have a group
You need:
2) You have a bunch of people to draw a group from
low player count,
high player count
Zeke likes Songs and fried eggs hanging on a nail
Holly Dolly is a Donkey From the country who dreamed of being a big star
The only form of pure art remaining, Zeke makes up some names “Rivers Cuomo” “Barak Obama”
The GM tips
People don’t like low magic
There is a persistent idea that adventures should hold to a “realistic” or “balanced” framework.
Adventures ideally should give everyone in the group what they are looking for.
Anything more is a waste of effort and anything less could be done better.
You know the adage “if you don’t know, make it up” gets tossed around?
Don’t listen to them. Here’s why.
The people who say that, say it, because that’s what they do and it works.
Because a)they know the game or b)they don’t care about the rules anyway.
The first guys are just not expending effort and doing it right anyway
The second guys suck.
Last week’s answer is revealed!
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Once again, the BG’s have applied to lead panels at Gencon and we are officially on the books! Tickets are already going, so go in and reserve one now. They are all free of course, but just make sure you’ll get your chance to come see us and share in our lively discussions!
Join the hosts of the podcast Brilliant Gameologists and learn what words will bring out the worst emotions in people and will counter the real message you are trying to convey- either names you could call players (Munchkin, Powergamer, Drama Queen, Rules Lawyer, Meta-gamer) or whining to your GM (It’s not fair! It’s not realistic! You are railroading us!). Learn alternatives to name calling that are just as fun and send the message you mean.
Salon: An 18th Century term meaning “A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction.” Gameology: The study of games and the people who play them. The Brilliant Gameologists Podcast: Educated type folks who talk about the science of games, gamers, and gaming. Interested? Join the hosts of the in a facilitated “roundtable” discussion about gameology, the industry, and nerd-a-rific, jargon-tastic fun.
Can RPG’s be rated? Can they be classified as “good” or “bad”? How subjective/ objective can a review be? Is a RPG review a summary, or is critical analysis possible? Join the hosts of the podcast Brilliant Gameologists who are driven to answer these questions and help sway the argument one side or the other.
Celebrate Festivus in summer! Need to get something off your chest about the game-o-sphere? This will serve to be a safe haven to do so (though laughing may be encouraged. Any games tick you off? Mad about video games taking over the “Gaming” tag? Have a beef with the Brilliant Gameologists podcast? Welcome home my friend. Welcome home.
Each time we record, we watch a video or find a picture to get us in the mood for the episode. It doesn’t always have anything to do with the episode, but frames our minds, so we’re going to share so you can be appropriately framed as well.
Last week’s answer is revealed! Which one of us had rats as pets?
This week’s question: Which one of us was once accused of buying a suit for a gorilla?
Discuss this episode on our Message Boards in THIS thread!
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This is a multi-podcast effort to try and gather some actual data about listeners! Please take a minute and fill out this survey today!
http://spookyouthouse.com/survey
Dear Listener,
Due to recent negative backlash, that my behavior has caused, I need to offer an apology. My behavior was irrational and inexcusable and for it, I apologize.
I am working with my cohosts to “rebirth” Brilliant Gameologists. Same humor, less hate-er-aid. It is my hope that this podcast will continue to entertain and inform its listeners for many years to come.
Josh
4/10/2009
