Brilliant Gameologists

Warm-Up:

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.

• Aww!  This dog wants to catch the squirrel of his dreams so badly!
• Do you remember the Watchmen Saturday Morning Cartoon?
• We retold our Writer’s Retreat in Las Vegas stories.  Funnier than any link we could follow.

News!:

• We went to Jiffycon
• Josh went to Unclemonsterface
• We are going to Icon
• We went to Las Vegas on a writers retreat
• Strippers are cool, some of them are from Hawaii
• Meg went to St Louis
• People from St Louis are surly
• Bearswarm Rob is cool
• Luke is awesome (and an awesome doctor)
• Adam is a wholly owned subsidiary of Melina Enterprises
• Adams Dad is cool
• Lap Children
• Meg is too much of a pussy to describe Serenity on mic.
• And is really nice in describing the Serenity adventure
• Zeke is now forbidden to drink during the podcast (that’s what that noise is).

Meg played:

• Cold War – Confusing
• Bohnanza – Incredible
• Inspectres – Really Good
• Serenity – Utter Shite

We ask for feedback

Problem Solving #1) The list of Don’ts

1 – Criticize someone while talking to them

“if you weren’t so lazy or stupid we wouldn’t have these problems.”

criticizing, blame, judgments, put downs, diagnoses

2 – Deny responsibility

Putting responsibility on some thing else (a person thing or institution)

“Daddy and I are splitting up because you cry”

take responsibility for your own actions

3 – Use words that imply evaluation not observation

“I feel raped”

I statements are shit

attacked, blamed, criticized, insulted, isolated

4 – Fail at active listening

No autobiographical statements – don’t “one up” them

“You think you have it bad…”

No inquisitive questions – don’t interrogate them

”really? How far up the ass?”

5 – Try to solve their problems

“What you need to do is grow a beard”

this is “problem solving” not “actually solving problems”

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Part 1: Pre-recording!

Join the Brilliant Gameologists on January 8th at 9:00 EST/ 6:00 PST P.M. on UStream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/brilliant-gameologists. Come in and chat with us and we’ll answer questions live on air. Plus, it’s a chance to say Happy Birthday to Meg!

The official topic is Gaming Parties- how to throw your own gaming themed party- birthdays, holidays, “because it’s Saturday” etc. Play role-playing games, tabletop games and board games for fun and profit! Well, fun at least.

Let us know if you’re coming! Comment here, RSPV on our Facebook event page, or on UStream or on our boards in THIS thread.

Part 2: Post-Recording!

Here’s the show, completely unedited and as heard by the 31 members in our chatroom!  Warning- we are all over the place and it won’t offend us if you don’t listen to it!  This is complete total bonus and has zero gaming advice.  We will do some of these periodically for those interested in our personalities, but know that if you tune in for gaming content, just skip these ones.

We listed some of our favorite podcasts in this show based on a question from the chatroom.  They are:

Comedy:

• You Look Nice Today
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/YouLookNiceToday
• Nobody Likes Onions
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/nlo
• Distorted View
  • http://www.distortedview.com/show/index.xml

Information

• Hardcore History
  • http://www.dancarlin.com/dchh.xml
• Hometown Tales
  • http://hometowntales.com/htpodcast.xml
• MuggleCast
  • http://www.mugglenet.com/mugglecast/mugglecast.rss
• Secret Identity
  • http://secretidentity.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
• Sex is Fun
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/GSGPodcasts
• Skepticality
  • http://skepticality.libsyn.com/rss/
• Skeptoid
  • http://skeptoid.com/podcast.xml
• Skeptics Guide to the Universe
  • http://www.theskepticsguide.org/rss.xml
• The Word Nerds
  • http://thewordnerds.org/?feed=podcast
    

Music

• Coverville
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/coverville
• Radio Free Hipster
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/RadioFreeHipster

Gaming:

• 2d6 in a Random Direction
  • http://www.2d6feet.com/?feed=rss2&cat=3
• Accidental Survivors
  • http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/rss
• Bear Swarm
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/BearSwarm
• Geek Girls Rule
  • Feed: http://sirriamnicast.libsyn.com/rss
• Independent Insurgency
  • http://independentinsurgency.libsyn.com/rss
• Master Plan
  • http://masterplanpodcast.net/rss
• Ogre Cave Audio Report
  • http://www.ogrecave.com/audio/podcast.php
• Pulp Gamer
• Sons of Kryos
  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sonsofkryos
• Stabbing Contest
  • http://stabbingcontest.libsyn.com/rss
• The Podge Cast
  • http://podgecast.com/feed
• This Modern Death
  • http://thismoderndeath.libsyn.com/rss
• TrapCast
  • http://trapcast.trapdom.com/xml/trapcast.xml
• Theory from the Closet
  • http://theoryfromthecloset.com/feed/
• Virtual Play
  • http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?feed=rss2

Reminders-

• We put show updates and random goodies on Meg’s Twitter, Josh’s Twitter and Zeke’s Twitter.
• Join our Facebook Group!
• Check out Meg’s Facebook Page!
  
• Email us at GM@BrilliantGameologists.com

Discuss this episode on our Message Boards in THIS thread!

Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences.

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Warm-Up:

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.

• Funny or Die’s Mystique is Pregnant
• Funny or Die’s 40 Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes
• A montage of the Best Viral Videos of 2008. Must be seen to be appreciated:

News:

It’s Meg’s birthday this coming Saturday, January 10th!  To celebrate, we are having our first special LIVE episode this Thursday, January 8th!  Come on in and chat with us in real time!  See this blog post for more information.

Icebreaker:

Podcast resolutions!

• Meg wants more charts and graphs and wants to say “douche” and “fantastic” less
• Josh wants to do more reviews
• Zeke wants to party like it’s 1999.

7 Gaming Resolutions

Get your own bingo card and play along! Get Bingo (or “GAMER” as we eventually decided) and get your very own Official GAMER card! We’re playing too! Track our progress on our message boards.

1. Play New Games- a new story game, new action-adventure game and a new tabletop game.
2. Pay it forward- convince someone new to play a game.
3. Put together a character you wouldn’t normally consider
4. Learn how to play a game differently- use a mechanic you normally avoid, find a new way to solve an old problem or find new problems to solve.
5. Play with strangers 3 different times (in order to get all 3 checks- playing once with 3 new people doesn’t count!)
6. Go to a convention- a regional con (under 500 people), a state con (500 or more people), and a national con (2,000 or more).
7. Why so serious??
   1. Play a crazy game
   2. Convince others to play a game crazy
   3. Put together a fun/silly character in a real game
   4. Do something fun and unexpected in a game
   5. Play with someone crazy or a stranger in a strange spot
   6. Let yourself out of the box- play a character in real life at a con

Reminders-

• The answer to last episode’s trivia question is contained! Think you know the answer to this week’s? Post on the thread about this episode here.
• We put show updates and random goodies on Meg’s Twitter, Josh’s Twitter and Zeke’s Twitter.
• Lots of good stuff on our Facebook Page!
• Join our Facebook Group!
• Email us at GM@BrilliantGameologists.com

Discuss this episode on our Message Boards in THIS thread!

Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences.

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News:

Nominations for 2008 Zeekies are still being accepted! Share your favorite holiday commercials, please! The field is looking grim.

Warm-Up:

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.

• We watched (and rewatched) The Lazy Town/ Lil John Mashup. Very NSFW! A lot of the show is in reference to this, so you’ll need to watch it!
  

Icebreaker:

What we want for Christmas

• Meg wants a new sound board and Brilliant Gameologists fanfic.
• Josh wants either Bacon of the Month or Stripper of the Month.
• Zeke wants Ham of the Month and will take Josh’s bacon.
• Meg wants fanfic! Board game fanfic and Brilliant Gameologists fanfic. Make this a very special Christmas and email her!

Gift Ideas:

Cheap:

• Dice
• Dicebag
• Personal Care Supplies
• Office Supplies
• Initiative Tracker “Kit”
  • White Board, Magnetic Trackers, Folder Tabs
• Make your own Dog game
  • Board image
• Savage Worlds Explorer’s Edition ($10)
• Coupon Books
• Make a CD of Podcasts
  • You Look Nice Today, Coverville, Hipster, Please!
• Cheap books- cookbooks, atlas, baby names
• Cheap DVD’s to use for inspiration
• Misspent Youth- paypal $12 directly to author Robert Bohl
• Story Games Name Project (we were wrong about price) $10.97

$20-$30

• Caper $21
• Burning Wheel
• Zombie Cinema
• Dread
• Primetime Adventures (pdf is $12)
  
• Spirit of the Century

Games People Should Have

Gateway Games- games to play with your non-gamer family/friends

• Bohnanza ($20)
• Modern Art ($25)
• Vegas Showdown ($45)
  
• Hollywood Blockbuster ($39.99)
• Poison ($15)
• Aquädukt ($27.99)
• Citadels ($25)
• Blokus ($35)

Party Games

• Apples to Apples ($20-$40)
• Word Blur ($20)
• Wits and Wagers ($30)

The Real-Nerd’s Essentials:

• Race for the Galaxy ($35)
  
  • Expansion ($25)
• Dominion ($45 and worth every penny)
• Pillars of the Earth ($49)
• Stone Age ($45)

High Price/ High Profile

• WiFi Printer
• Sultan Gaming Table
• Sex Ramps

Gaming Girl

• Apparel- Teeshirt Hell
• Pink Dice

Gaming Baby/ Pet

• Plushy Cthulhu
• Germs

Kits

Brilliant Gameologists Kit: CD of our shows, boob card, ShamWow, Crown Royale, Con shirt worn in protest, Hatorade, Burning Wheel with pages stuck together, Vampire Toilet paper, cake

Gifts to you!

• Hug Coupon from Josh and Smearless Hug Coupon from Zeke
• Boob Curve Cards

Miscellaney

1. The answer to last episode’s trivia question is contained! Think you know the answer to this week’s? Post on the thread about this episode here.
2. A challenge to next to V3 event. Many will enter. One will win.
3. Submit your board game fanfic to GM@BrilliantGameologists.com!

Shout-Outs

1. Podgecast and V3 event
2. Phil, friend of Podgecast and of The Gaming Grid
3. Myriad Games, our Friendly Local Professional Game Store. Support the show by buying game supplies online and say we sent you- more prizes to give away!

Reminders-

• We put show updates and random goodies on Meg’s Twitter, Josh’s Twitter and Zeke’s Twitter.
• Lots of good stuff on our Facebook Page!
• Join our Facebook Group!
• Email us at GM@BrilliantGameologists.com

Discuss this episode on our Message Boards in THIS thread!

Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences.

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NEWS: Reminder that the Secret Code Contest entries are due by October 17th!

Warm-Up:

This episode is our response to Radio Free Hipster’s “September is Drunken Podcasting Month”.  Therefore, our warm-up included:

• 4 22-oz beers
• Lots of Rumplemintz
• Several Meghan-tini’s
• Jagermeister
• Eagle Reserve Whiskey

We attempted to have this be Drunken Podcasting, not wasted Podcasting, but one of us utterly failed.  (Hint- it was Meg)

As a result, before listening, read the following warning:

This episode is NOT a normal episode.  There is actually VERY LITTLE gaming discussion and an overabundance of hanky-panky talk.  The subtitle of this episode should be “Jesus Likes Anal”.  If that turns you off, you may not want to listen.  Fair warning.

Also, this show has little editing.  We left in some of the mistakes and re-records on purpose.  A LOT was cut though.  Mostly because it was just TOO off topic but also a lot more that was far too sexual and personal.  We may put those clips together or the full thing for some secret bonus prize at some point.  If you’d like to hear the entire thing, let us know!

Icebreaker:

Our favorite fake holidays:

• Festivus
• Steak and BJ Day
• Feb 14th (Reimagined)
• Indian Fighting Day
• World Wide Wing Night

Before recording we had planned to talk about Talk Like a Pirate Day as it too was in September but … well… drunk, remember?

Main Topic:

Drinking while Gaming.  This is the first 1/10th  of the conversation.  We started to talk about drinking at conventions but didn’t really get anywhere with it.

Random Plugs:

• The Accidental Survivors. Sorry guys!
  
• The drunk thread Meghan was posting to while recording
  

Reminder- we put show updates and random goodies on Meg’s Twitter. Don’t miss out!  She twittered while recording as well so go back and check them out!

Email us at GM@BrilliantGameologists.com

Discuss this episode on our Message Boards in THIS thread!

Warning: This episode is explicit! It is NOT work safe.

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What do Atomic Array, Brilliant Gameologists, Ogre Cave Audio Report, The Podgecast and The Tome Show have in common besides all being gaming podcasts? They are all offering fabulous prizes from Noble Knight Games!

Listen to the Secret Code Episode of each episode (releasing on or around September 26th) and get the code disclosed in the episode. When you have all 5, send your entry to secretcodes@moonstew.com by 17 October 2008 along with your full name and contact information. 10 correct entries will be randomly drawn and will win a $25 gift certificate to Noble Knight Games.

Participating Shows:
Atomic Array episode 006: New Gods of Mankind

Brilliant Gameologists episode 23: 7 Things We Hate About the Gameosphere

Ogre Cave Audio Report episode on September 12: Ogre’s Choice 2008

The Podgecast episode 11: Professional Min/Maxer (Check out the special guesthost for this episode- hint- it’s Meg!)

The Tome Show episode 85: Wyatt at GenCon

Spread the word and enjoy!

Warm-Up:

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.

• Gaybar by Electric 6 for 2 reasons. 1) We love Electric 6 and are stocked about going to see them (again) on Fri 11/21in Cambridge MA at the Middle East. 2) Hotpants. It reminds us of one of the Brilliant Fanologists at Gencon who wore hotpants for Meg. Thanks Woodrow.

Icebreaker:

• DragonCon recap. Meg represented the Brilliant Gameologists at DragonCon and the Parsec Awards. Big thanks to Adam from the Podgecast for offering up hotel space and to Cam Banks from Margaret Weis Productions for a great conversation and Jamie Chambers, also of MWP, for socializing even though we trashed your game.
  • Listen to Meg talk about DragonCon during the con on the Podgecast DragonCon Recap!

Douchebag of the Week:

• +1 Guy

Main Topic:

Don’t be the 7 Dwarfs

1. Sleepy
2. Sneezy
3. Bashful
4. Dopey
5. Grumpy
6. Happy
7. Doc

Plugs

• Misspent Youth by Robert Bohl
  
• DragonCon TV
• New England Browncoat Yahoo Group

Reminder- we put show updates and random goodies on Meg’s Twitter. Don’t miss out!

Discuss this episode on our Message Boards in THIS thread!

Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit and is Not Work Safe. It is intended for adult audiences.

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