The Walking Eye Podcast
By Kevin Weiser & Jen J Dixon
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Podcast Description
Welcome to the home of The Walking Eye! We are a group of gamers passionate about exploring the myriad new horizons of the gaming industry, whilst engaging in animated discussions about the ins and outs of this glorious hobby. Lately we’ve discovered the paradigm-shattering power of the indie game and it’s reawakened the fire of collaborative creation within us. Each month we’ll release Actual Play sessions of the cutting edge of story gaming. Many of these games have to be seen or played to really grasp, but we all know finding the right mix of players can be a daunting task. Allow us to show you if a game’s right for you and your players. Our intended format is to run 3-5 sessions of actual play followed by a review of the game and when possible an interview of the designer or other involved parties. On weeks that we cant game we’ll try to do a discussion show with topics on RPG Theory and gaming advice.
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ExplicitMarvel Heroic RPG Session 3 | A mind-control mishap leads to an epic throw down between Black Widow and Wolverine. Relevant Links Marvel Heroic RPG Hessen Haus Count Vertigo Mutants and Masterminds Christmas Special Apollo (The Authority) Yelena Belova The Nozzle Emma Frost Tiberius Cologne "Flip out and chop off all their heads" Dropping a moon on Chewbacca The One "Spark Factory Fight" Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Marvel Heroic RPG Session 3: 2 Hours Intro Song "Fight As One" by Bad City from The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes Outro Song "Hollywood Raptor" by The Doubleclicks | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMarvel Heroic RPG Session 2 | Black Widow, The Sentry, and Wolverine travel to the Savage Land to track down Sauron. Crazy Dinosaur fights ensue! Relevant Links Marvel Heroic RPG Maker's Mark Wolverine Black Widow The Sentry Girl One Top Ten The Red Room Sauron/Karl Lykos Skrulls Vibranium Wakanda QuinJet Blackbird Terraria Prince of Persia (2008) The Atom Ant Man Luke Cage T-Rex Bite Pressure Megaladon Triceratops Controversy Deadlands Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Marvel Heroic RPG Session 2: 2 Hours Intro Song "Fight As One" by Bad City from The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes Outro Song D is for Dinosaurs by Buddy Davis. | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #28: February 2012 | In this month's Comics Cast, some of our books take bold new directions while others flounder under the weight of expectations. The Court of Owls earns respect at Batman's expense, but can Darkseid make the fledgling Justice League look tough by comparison? And who is that guy in the Invincible costume? Comics discussed: Batman #6 Red Hood and the Outlaws #6 Teen Titans #6 Wolverine and the X-Men #6 Invincible #88 and 89 Secret Avengers #22 and 23 Justice League #6 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #28: February 2012: 1 hour 25 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMarvel Heroic RPG Actual Play Session 1 | Kevin, CJ, Troll, and special guest Dan take a stab at the new Marvel Heroic RPG by Margaret Weis Productions. In this session, Iron Man, The Human Torch, and Daredevil attempt to stop a massive prison breakout! Relevant Links Marvel Heroic RPG Armor Luke Cage Daredevil Emma Frost Spider-Man Colossus Strong Guy The Hulk Hulkbuster Squads The Sentry Dr. Doom The Human Torch The Fantastic Four The Original Human Torch Booster Gold Spider Woman Iron Man Avengers Storm S.H.I.E.L.D Maria Hill Thor The Negative Zone Captain America Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes X-Men Cartoon The Authority Play Example on RPG.net She-Hulk Typhoid Mary The View New York Unstable Molecules Baron Underbeit Carnage Grammatron Clerics Air Bender Fighting Doctor Who RPG Count Nefaria Doctor Doom Owes Luke Cage 200 bucks Hancock Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast Marvel Heroic RPG Actual Play Session 1 Intro Song "Fight As One" by Bad City from The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes Outro Song from the Iron Man Cartoon (1966) | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #27: January 2012 | After missing a month due to real-life problems and technical disasters, the Comics Cast returns! We salvaged the two most mind-melting bits of what would have been our December episode, and added a batch of cool January comics. This may be the closest we ever come to emulating the scheduling triumphs of such classics as Flash: Rebirth, Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, or even Planetary, so... uh, that's good... right? Comics discussed: Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! Avengers: The Children's Crusade #8 Justice League #5 Action Comics #5 Aquaman #5 Amazing Spider-Man #677 Daredevil #8 Secret Avengers #21 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #27: January 2012: 1 hour 29 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDungeon World Interview with Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel | Kevin and Jen sit down with Adam Koebel and Sage LaTorra, creator of Dungeon World. We discuss collaborating, hacks, and what's next for Dungeon World. We had a blast chatting with these guys, take a listen! Relevant Links Dungeon World Adam Koebel Sage LaTorra Old Misilla Sage's Twitter Tony Dowler Jason Morningstar John Harper Jonathan Walton Dungeon World Hack Horse Armor The Adventurer's Guild Prime Time Adventures Mechaton (The LEGO RPG) Murderous Ghosts Water World The Water Dungeon The D&D Board Games Lord of the Rings Card Game Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast Interview 23: Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel about Dungeon World Intro Song from this awesome D&D commercial. Outtro Song "Tonight" by Allie Goertz | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDungeon World Review | We sit down and nit-pick about Dungeon World, since it's pretty obvious from the AP's and our evangelism at Cons that we are very big fans of the game. Relevant Links Dungeon World Keep on the Borderlands Tomb of Horrors Burning Wheel Midnight Campaign Setting The Black Company The Regiment Battlestar Galactica Yahtzee The Temple Of Elemental Evil Dungeon World App AR: Augmented Reality Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast Discussion 35: Dungeon World Review Intro Song from this awesome D&D commercial. Outtro Song "Best Game Ever" by Mikey Mason | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDungeon World Actual Play Session 4 | The adventuring party comes face to face with Grundloch, Master of the Arcane Clay! We had some minor technical difficulties with this recording, so the intro and the very first part of the recording are missing, but I put in a quick recap, so you shouldn't be missing much. Enjoy! Relevant Links Dungeon World Gentle Repose Morrowind Alchemy Gear (Retort, Alembic, Calcinator, Mortar and Pestle) The Oscar Prestidigitation Manos: The Hands of Fate Zombie in a Well Long John Black-Beard Peg-Leg Patch-Eye Hook Gentle Repose Acid Arrow The Tick Medusa Bodak Trollticore Orc and Pie "You punch your DM in the face!" Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast Dungeon World Actual Play Session 4: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes Intro Song from this awesome D&D commercial. Outro Song "Over The Misty Mountains Cold" from The Hobbit | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #26: November 2011 | This month CJ and Dan (well, mostly Dan) focus on Marvel comics with Fear Itself, Avengers, and FF action! Find out who lives, who dies, and who's kicking butt in the Negative Zone! Comics discussed: Fear Itself #7.3, 7.2, and 7.1 Invincible #85 New Avengers #18 Avengers #19 Legion of Super-Heroes #3 Daredevil #6 Captain America and Bucky #624 Fantastic Four #600 FF #12 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #26: November 2011: 1 hour 41 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRandom Kindness Encounter Interview with Elizabeth Sampat and Ryan Macklin | This week gave us another example of why gamers are awesome. Elizabeth Sampat and Ryan Macklin put together a charity for Elizabeth's friend Kelly, who is facing a mountain of medical bills due to her recent diagnosis of cervical cancer. The community came together in a big way and raised over 13,000$ in just two days! We sit down and talk with Ryan and Elizabeth about the charity, what challenges they faced, and what this might mean for the future. Relevant Links Random Kindness Encounter Charity Elizabeth Sampat Ryan Macklin Minecraft Child's Play Drivethrough RPG Finis: A Book of Endings Choose Your Own Adventure Lulu Dragonlance Sight for Sore Eyes Charity Ben Lehman / Polaris Nathan Paoletta/ Annalise Social Darwinism Ryan's Reaction/Thank You Video Chris Hanrahan Mechaton Loot Drop Tom Hall John Romero Brenda Brathwaite They Became Flesh The Ronnies Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Interview 22: Elizabeth Sampat and Ryan Macklin Intro and Outro Music Provided by Oh Possum | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDungeon World Actual Play Session 3 | The adventure continues as the fearsome Guaraax makes it's appearance! Relevant Links Dungeon World The Secret "We will kill until no Harkonnen breathes Arrakeen air!" Monocopter Supernatural Demons Water Go Down The Hole... "I am the Guaraax, I Speak For the Seaweed" > "I am the Lorax, I speak for the Trees" Nethack True Name One plus two plus two plus one! The Konami Code Ready Player One Contra Lara Croft Drowning Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Actual Play: Dungeon World Session 3 Intro Song from this awesome D&D commercial. Outro Music "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fish-Men" by The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #25: October 2011 | In this month's Comics Cast, CJ discovers that there can be too much of a good thing as a ton of Legion of Super-Heroes toys and comics come out all at once. Meanwhile, Dan finds three separate events ending at the same time, so find out what he has to say about Fear Itself, Schism, and Spider Island! Comics discussed: Legion Secret Origin #1 Fear Itself #7 Star Trek / Legion of Super-Heroes #1 X-Men: Schism #5 Amazing Spider-Man #672 Justice League #2 Spider Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #3 Secret Avengers #18 Wonder Woman #2 SHIELD #3 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #25: October 2011: 1 hour 31 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitInterview 20: Luke Crane and Vincent Baker | Kevin and Troll sat down with Luke Crane and Vincent Baker while at Burning Apocalypse con on 11-11-11. Well, actually, we sat down with them on 11-12-11, but who's counting? We talk with the two about their differences in community building, playtesting, and what they love/hate about each other's games. Enjoy! Relevant Links Luke Crane Vincent Baker Dogs in the Vineyard Lamentations of the Flame Princess Kill Puppies for Satan Jared Sorensen Ron Edwards The Forge Burning Wheel Forums Lumpley Games Forums Clyde's Interview with Vincent Jared's Three Questions Paul Czege Luke's Twitter Vincent's Twitter The Watchmen Bits & Mortar Darren Watts Steve Long Hero Games Inspectres FreeMarket Murderous Ghosts Matt Wilson Primetime Adventures Burning Empires Mouse Guard Check the Trunk John Harper Mace Con Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Interview 20: Luke Crane and Vincent Baker Intro and Outro Music Provided by Oh Possum | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDungeon World Actual Play Session 2 | Our dungeon delving continues with session to of Dungeon World! In this episode the PC's find themselves in quite a bind, trapped between certain doom and unspeakable madness! Tune in to see how they fair. Hint: Poorly. They fair poorly. Relevant Links Dungeon World KHAAAAN! Shadowy Illumination Sleestaks Formian Antie from Honey I Shrunk The Kids Ladders in FPS The Bunny Goes Around the Tree Nethack Modron Bodak The Dwarven Painter and the Bodak Gibbering Mouther "Holy Jesus, what are these goddamn animals?!" Singing Bowls Imp (Devil) The Abyss The Nine Hells HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob on the End Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast Dungeon World Actual Play Episode 2: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Intro Song from this awesome D&D commercial. Outro Song "The Wizard's Staff has a Knob on the End" by Terry Pratchet. | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #24: September 2011 | Longer than a 48-page special! Later than the next issue of All-Star Batman and Robin! More powerful than a... really powerful comic book thing... This month's comics cast features big events on the Marvel side, and a first batch of new #1 issues from DC. We've got it all - Action! Controversy! Dinosaurs! Fear! Itself! Comics discussed: Action Comics #1 Captain America #3 Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 Fear Itself #6 Demon Knights #1 Avengers: The Children's Crusade #7 Flash #1 Green Lantern #1 New Avengers #16.1 New Avengers Annual #1 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #24: September 2011: 1 hour 55 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDungeon World Actual Play Session 1 | Jen, Kevin, CJ, and Troll sit down with Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel's Dungeon World, one of the first published hacks of Apocalypse World. Dungeon World tries to evoke the old school feel of early editions of Dungeons and Dragons. This version was released at GenCon 2011, and is much like a "beginner's rules" set, limited to a few core classes and the early levels. This first session is character creation and the very beginnings of their trek into The Hall Under the Hill. Enjoy! Relevant Links Dungeon World Sage LaTorra Adam Koebel Apocalypse World Dungeon World Forums Pikey Buccaneers Ice Arena Mash Potato Flake Lawn Treatment Doctor Demento D&D Skit Monty Python Knock Tenser's Floating Disk Mul Dark Sun Spine of the World Balrog Hedge Wizard Rincewind Schmendrick / The Last Unicorn Weregild Whip Dagger Judd Karlman's post about his DW game. No True Scotsman Girallon Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep mini bong Kif's Haunted Stare Mephits David Hasselhoff Knight Rider KARR Carrion Crawler Gelatinous Cube Ptolus CJ's LED Die Roller Mackenzie Labs Sparkfun Turtles All the Way Down Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast Dungeon World Actual Play Session 1: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Intro Song from this awesome D&D commercial. Outro Song "Daffy Duck the Wizard" from The Loony Toons Show. | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitInterview 19: Steve Kenson, ICONS | Kevin and CJ sit down with ICONS designer Steve Kenson to talk comics, RPG's, and some of the design decisions he went with in his newest supers RPG. Relevant Links Steve Kenson ICONS Mutants and Masterminds ENies The Shogun Warriors Marvel Comics DC Comics Superfriends Aquaman Cartoon Smallville City of Heroes Golden, Silver, and Iron Ages Justice League Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Villains and Vigilantes Marvel Superheroes FUDGE / FATE Spirit of the Century Adamant Entertainment Robin Batman Batman: Brave and the Bold Batman: Year One Marvel SAGA Apocalypse World TORG Deadlands Burning Wheel Gwen Stacy Ivo's Android A.M.A.Z.O Justice League Unlimited Flash vs. Brianiac/Lex Luthor Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Interview 19: Steve Kenson on ICONS: 1 Hour 13 Minutes Intro Song “Song of India” by Tommy Dorsey Outro Song "Superman Song" by The Crash Test Dummies | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #23: August 2011 | Put away your red trunks and dig out your Kryptonian battle armor! After picking out a couple highlights from Marvel's August books, we delve into the end of the DC Universe, the end of Flashpoint, and the start of a brand new… continuity. Comics discussed: SHIELD #2 Secret Avengers #16 Teen Titans #100 Justice League of America #60 Superboy #11 Action Comics #904 Legion of Super-Heroes #16 Detective Comics #881 Batman Inc. #8 A brief discussion of many Flashpoint miniseries, including Batman: Knight of Vengeance and Kid Flash Lost. Flashpoint #4, #5 Justice League #1 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #23: August 2011: 1 hour 24 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitICONS Review | Kevin, Troll, Kat, and CJ sit down to discuss their experiences with Steve Kenson's ICONS. The end result was a bit of a mixed bag, check it out for details! Relevant Links ICONS Golden Age Superman Elongated Man Levelator The Question Saguaro Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition FATE / FUDGE Shadowrun / Karma Deadlands Dresden Files Burning Wheel Mouse Guard Lady Blackbird Weapons of the Gods Marvel Superheroes Roy Chapman Andrews Burning Wheel Gold Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Discussion Episode 34: ICONS Review Intro Song "Song of India" by Tommy Dorsey Outro Song "The Worst Superpower Ever" by The Double Clicks | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitICONS Actual Play Session 4 | ICONS draws to a close with a massive fight at a temple and our heroes inadvertently get the U.S. involved in World War II! Relevant Links ICONS Apocalypse Now Weapons of the Gods FATE Ninja Log Naruto Straw Man Fallacy Matt Murdock Mandelbrot Tommy Gun Shock and Awe American Isolationism George Takei Tales of the Gold Monkey Veritas: The Quest Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Podcast: ICONS Actual Play Episode 4: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Intro Song "Song of India" by Tommy Dorsey Outtro Song: Theme from The Last Ninja covered by Tamás Pető. | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitICONS Actual Play Session 3 | Session three of ICONS brings us deep into the jungles where we fight giant pirates and creepy magicians! Relevant Links ICONS The Missionary Position Isthmus Gondwanaland Frozen stuff shattering Buddhist Symbols Predator Vision Humum-Shebai! Inverse Ninja Law Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dwarf Fortress Bionic Commando The Last Dragon Bullet Catch Dualism/Monism The Infinity Gauntlet The Wheel of Dharma The Eightfold Path The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas Kamakura Chang Kai-Shek Japanese Zero Hanafuda Pachinko Lazer Clay Shooting System Wakizashi Kanji Bamboo Forest Fight Crunchy Bits! ICONS Actual Play Session 3: 1 Hour 30 Minutes Intro Song "Song of India" by Tommy Dorsey Outro Song "For The Daimyo!" from Total War: Shogun 2 | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #22: July 2011 | This month, Captain America forces Dan to try his hand at movie reviewing. Meanwhile, the FF are AWOL in their own book and Spider-Man battles the preludes to Spider Island! CJ deals with the highs and lows of Flashpoint and a pivotal moment for Green Lantern! And Kid Flash's changing fashion sense knocks us into another back-and-forth about the DC relaunch that's lurking over the horizon! Comics discussed: Captain America: The First Avenger review Captain America #1 Flashpoint #3 Project Superman #2 Batman: Knight of Vengeance #2 Abin Sur: The Green Lantern #2 Wonder Woman and the Furies #2 Kid Flash Lost #2 (timeout for a DC relaunch rant) FF #6, #7 Green Lantern #67 Teen Titans #98 Amazing Spider-Man #665, #666 Superman #713 Action Comics #903 Secret Warriors #28 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #22: July 2011: 1 hour 42 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitICONS Actual Play Session 2 | We dive right into the action of Steve Kenson's supers RPG with a fight against dastardly South Pacific Pirates. Come! See the drastic daring do of the Cabal of the White Glove as they take on all comers! We had some Golden Age fun with this one, folks. Relevant Links ICONS New Caledonia Ranma 1/2 Tibetan Monk British Occupation of India Junk Hindi Hmong Wilhelm Scream Gamescience Dice Attercop! Ettercap Sneaky sneaky! Ninja Gaiden Planetary The Authority Intergalactic Planetary I ain't got time to bleed! Mythbusters TV Tropes.com Dim Mak Silence! I concur! Sax Roamer Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye ICONS Actual Play Episode 2: 2 Hours Intro Song Song of India by Tommy Dorsey Outro Song "Gay Pirates" by Cosmo Jarvis | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 Recap | Kevin, Jen, CJ, Troll, and Nora sit down and talk about their wild and crazy experiences at GenCon. Ok... maybe this year wasn't as wild and crazy as last year, but there was a LOT more gaming going on. Check it out! Relevant Links GenCon Nora Last Games on Demand Crowne Plaza Pullman's Restaurant & Bar Omni Severin Scott Dunphy New Style Fiasco Jason Morningstar In A Wicked Age Becoming Heroes Story Cards GuestBook PAX Prime henna tattoos QR codes Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple Daniel Solis Happy Birthday Robot The Dresden Files RPG The Ennie Awards Yog-Sothoth Radio Fred Hicks Ryan Macklin Death of the Vele Bill Burdick Universalis Fate RPG Blood, Wits, and Steel Rory's Dead, Must Be Saturday Apocalypse World Graham Walmsley Dragonslayers Playset Fiasco Companion The Regiment Leverage Hit A Dude Hobocon/Atrophy the Movie Sagefight Sage Latorra Danger Patrol Purity Point Test Jet Age Redbreast Templeton Rye The Hair Sniffing Incident Rod of Power (we meant Staff of Power) Improved Snatch Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter Book of Erotic Fantasy Book of Vile Darkness Jail & Bail The Ballad of Jayne Cobb TransNeputune Games Becoming Heroes Cover Art Dungeon World Adam Koebel Sage Latorra Old School D&D Apocalypse World AP's Poison'd Dominion Hell 4 Leather The Jank Cast Burning Wheel Gold The Sword Monte Cook Moldvey D&D DC Heroes World in the Balance #GenconHangover Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Discussion Episode 33: GenCon 2011 Recap: 1 Hour Intro and Outro music by Oh Possum | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitICONS Actual Play Session 1 | Kevin, CJ, Troll, and special guest Kat sit down to give Steve Kenson's ICONS a whirl. This first session is us using the random character generation rules to create our super team. The results are, well, as expected, surprising and unpredictable. Relevant Links ICONS FATE Four Color Iron Age Steading of the Hill Giant Chief Mutants and Masterminds The Justice League The Fantastic Four The Authority The X-Men The Challengers of the Unknown The Mystery Men Spider-Man City of Heroes Dresden Files RPG Smallpox Green Lantern Age of Consent in Germany Archer Seguaro Blue Beetle Batman Tibetan Monk Luke Cage Good News, Everyone! The Aristocrats The Aristocats Daredevil Oracle Balefire The Avengers The Meji Era Samurai Champloo Shogun Ghandi Golden Age The Shadow Tales of the Gold Monkey Shambhala Shangrila Tanelorn Michael Moorecock Philip K. Dick Cyborg Superman Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye ICONS Actual Play Session 1: 1 Hour 20 Minutes Intro Song Song of India by Tommy Dorsey Outro Song "Heroes" by David Bowie | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #21: June 2011 | A Giant-Size Comics Cast! Everything may change in a Flash(point), but it takes CJ a little longer than that to pick out the winners and losers among the Flashpoint tie-ins. Meanwhile Dan's taking the minimalist approach to Fear Itself. Of course, neither of us can resist at least a little speculation about the new DC… Comics discussed: Flashpoint #2 FP: Project Superman #1 FP: Legion of Doom #1 FP: Citizen Cold #1 FP: Batman, Knight of Vengeance #1 FP: Hal Jordan #1 FP: Abin Sur, the Green Lantern #1 FP: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1 FP: Emperor Aquaman #1 FP: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 FP: Kid Flash Lost #1 Booster Gold #45 Detective Comics #878 Superboy #8 Invincible #80 Captain America #619 Fear Itself #3 DC Comics Presents: Impulse #1 Action Comics #902 The Mighty Thor #3 Avengers: The Children's Crusade #6 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #21: June 2011: 1 hour 46 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDiscussion 32: Tone | CJ, Troll, and Kevin attempt (with some difficulty) to define tone, how it affects play at the table, and different systems that use a variety of tricks to reinforce their tone. Relevant Links Paul of the Podgecast Weapons of the Gods Joss Don't Rest Your Head Dogs in the Vineyard Vincent Baker In A Wicked Age Our Interview with Vincent about DitV and IAWA Apocalypse World Dungeon World Dread Lady Blackbird Planescape Dresden Files Fiasco HOL Shock: Human Contact Luke Crane Burning Wheel RPG.net Thread about Author's Tone John Wick Houses of the Blooded Paranoia Rolemaster Grey Ranks FATAL Kill Puppies for Satan Ars Magica Dudes of Legend Hackmaster Baldur's Gate SSI Shadow Run China Mielville Arcanum Call of Cthulhu RPGA World of Darkness GURPS GNS Arcana Evolved Burning Empires Mouse Guard Millennium's End Rifts Captain Indigo Crunchy Bits! Discussion Episode 32: Tone 50 minutes Intro and Outro music by Oh Possum | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFiasco Actual Play | The crew returns to their roots with the Dragon Slayers Fiasco Playset. We had an absolute blast with this session. Enjoy! Relevant Links (All my links were eaten in a database crash. I might go back and re-do it eventually) Fiasco Bully Pulpit Games Jason Morningstar Playset of the Month Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Actual Play: Fiasco: 2 Hours Intro song from Baldur's Gate II composed by Michael Hoenig Outro Song "This Fantasy World" by The Double Clicks | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRound Table 5: Cthulhu Through the Ages | Kevin sits down with Kenneth Hite, Monte Cook, and Graham Walmsley to discuss the implementation of the Cthulhu Mythos in the RPG world throughout the years. Relevant Links Kenneth Hite Weird Tales Tour De Lovecraft Trail of Cthulhu Cthulhu 101 Where the Deep Ones Are The Antarctic Express Monte Cook D20 Call of Cthulhu Graham Walmsley Cthulhu Dark Pelgrane Press Stealing Cthulhu Deities and Demigods Call of Cthulhu Erol Otus Groff Conklin Astounding Magazine Galaxy Magazine John W. Campbell The Colour Out of Space The Dunwich Horror C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy Out of the Silent Planet Arthur Machen Robert Chambers Algernon Blackwood Steve Jackson GURPS Illuminati Dagon Ramsey Campbell Paranoia Pendragon Hero Quest Realms of Cthulhu Sandy Petersen Robert E. Howard Brian Lumley Dark Corners of the Earth Fishmen Chase Scene The Horror at Red Hook Fu Manchu Shadow over Innsmouth The Haunter of the Dark The Turner Diaries Steal Away Jordan Dark Heresy Warhammer RPG Deadwood The Great Exhibition At the Mountains of Madness The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Delta Green Pickman’s Model The Music of Erich Zann Nyarlathotep The Shunned House Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Discussion 31: Cthulhu Through the Ages round Table: 1 Hour Intro and Outro music by Oh Possum | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #20: May 2011 | May comes in with a Free Comic Book Day, and goes out with a... massive revamp of the DC Universe? After talking about the month's books, Dan and CJ work through their first reactions to DC's new plan. This was recorded before the full September solicitations information was released - though I don't know whether that would have made us more or less confused! Comics discussed: FCBD: Captain America and Thor: The Mighty Fighting Avengers FCBD: Young Justice / Batman: The Brave and the Bold Super Sampler FCBD: Green Lantern Special Edition FCBD: The Amazing Spider-Man Fear Itself #2 Green Lantern #66 Action Comics #901 FF #3, #4 Legion of Super-Heroes #13 DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (Legion of the Damned), 2nd printing correct-order variant Teen Titans #95 Batman, Inc #6 Flashpoint #1 Booster Gold #44 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #20: May 2011: 1 hour 31 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGMing Discussion with Clyde | Kevin and Clyde talk over skype about their recent gaming experiences at Forge Midwest. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Lady Blackbird, and Clyde offers Kevin some constructive criticism about his GMing style. What follows is a pretty good discussion about how to use Bangs and how to identify when you are blocking another player's desires. Relevant Links Theory From The Closet Lady Blackbird Lady Blackbird AP on The Walking Eye Earthdawn Lady Blackbird Companion The Shadow of Yesterday Eero Tuovinen Judd Karlman "You Kick We Bang" RPG.net Thread In a Wicked Age Dogs in the Vineyard The Mountain Witch Sorcerer Prime Time Adventures 3:16 Gregor Hutton Clyde's (most recent) Vincent Baker Interview Willow's Rules for The Mountain Witch The Adventure Burner Play Sorcerer Crunchy bits! Discussion Episode 30: Kevin and Clyde: GMing and Lady Blackbird: 53 Minutes Intro and Outro music by Oh Possum | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #19: April 2011 | Truth, Justice, and... maybe just Truth and Justice. This month, one event ends just in time for another to begin, Dan dips his toe bravely into the "X" side of the Marvel universe, and the Legion of Super-Heroes takes nonlinear storytelling to a new level! Comics discussed: Action Comics #900 Superman #710 Uncanny X-Force #7, 8 Brightest Day #23, 24 Flash #10, 11 The Mighty Thor #1 FF #2 Secret Warriors #26 Booster Gold #43 DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (Legion of the Damned) Green Lantern #65 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #19: April 2011: 1 hour 42 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLady Blackbird All-Stars | The 2011 Forge Midwest con in Madison Wisconsin was a huge success. While there, Kevin managed to round up several other podcasters to do an All-Star Actual Play of John Harper's Lady Blackbird. It was a lot of fun to game with Luke and David from The PodgeCast, Timo Newton from The Jankcast, Jen from our own The Walking Eye, and Clyde from Theory From the Closet. This is a fairly large group, and it was on saturday night, so this AP is a bit more chaotic than most of ours, but it's still an excellent demonstration of Lady Blackbird, and we all had an absolute blast! Hope you enjoy it. Relevant Links The Podge Cast The Jank Cast Theory from the Closet Lady Blackbird John Harper Y Tu Mama Tambien Chocolat Gosford Park Sarlacc Pit Jaws Watto Shadow of Yesterday Alladin The Gift Steampunk Han Solo Speed Suit Hasidic Jew Mass Effect 2 Half-Life Warp Sequence "All hot and covered in black stuff!" Storm, X-men Air Bending Dear Liza "Right in the mean bean machine!" Tribes 2 You've Got the Touch Unicron voicing Community D&D Episode Zap Brannigan and Kif It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia 3.0 Iconic Monk The White Washing of Akira Council of Wyrms Shank BDSM Boss Fight Conkers Bad Fur Day Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye: Lady Blackbird All Stars: 2 Hours 30 Minutes Intro and Outro music from "Midnight Sonata" by E.S. Posthumous | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRound Table 4: Sexuality, Identity, and Ladygamers | Kevin sits down with a few of his ladyfriends to discuss Feminism, Sexuality, and Identity politics at the gaming table. Feminist blogger Nora Last, podcaster Tori Brewster, and game designer Elizabeth Sampat talk with Kevin about all the different ways these topics effect them as gamers, along with a few tangents into some general feminism topics. Relevant Links Nora's Blog Self-Critical Hits Two Scooters Press Apocalypse World Burning Empires Leverage System Dora the Explorer Ni Hao, Kai-Lan Star Wars: Dark Empire (the force power was "Force Storm") Storygames thread about gender pronouns in game design Shock: Social Science Fiction Gender-Neutral Pronouns: Ze / Hir Misspent Youth (the MY game I'm referring to was actually TWO GenCons ago, 2009) Rob Bohl Non Binary / Gender Queer S**t Shaming Steal Away Jordan Kagematsu Dogs in the Vineyard Fiasco Dreamnation Penny Arcade Dickwolves Scandal Dragon Age 2 rigmarole Duke Nukem Forever kerfuffle / PA Strip about it Privilage CIS Transsexual Asexuality Mike Krahulik Jerry Holkins PAX Geek Girl Con Feminazi Rush Limbaugh Patriarchy Baserape Rape Culture Heteronormative Self-Critical Hits: Smash the Patriarchy episode "More Than Just a Joke" Study Vincent Baker Blowback RPG Girl Emily Care Boss Pirate Jenny Crunchy Bits! Discussion Episode 29: Sexuality and Identity Round Table: 55 Minutes Intro and Outro music provided by Oh Possum. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #18: March 2011 | Who wins the Superboy/Kid Flash race? Who declares herself a "story vampire"? Who dances the Tango of Death? These questions and more will be answered in this exciting episode of the TWE Comics Cast! Comics discussed: Brightest Day #21, 22 Green Lantern #63, 64 Batman, Inc. #3, 4 Detective Comics #875 Legion of Super-Villains Special #1 Legion of Super-Heroes #11 Adventure Comics #524 FF #1 Secret Warriors #25 Captain America #615.1 Superboy #5 Action Comics #899 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #18: March 2011: 1 hour 35 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDiscussion 28: The Same Page Tool | A while ago Kevin stumbled across Chris Chinn's "Deeper in the Game" blog and quickly became a fan. Chris discusses a lot of interesting topics and puts a lot of thought into each post. One entry in particular caught his attention: The Same Page Tool. This was a tool RPG gamers can use before playing a game to make sure everyone is on the same page for what they expect out of this game, with these people. Kevin, Jen, and Troll had just been in a Mutants and Masterminds game with a new GM, and it became very obvious after just one session that we were not all on the same page. We go through the Same Page Tool question by question and discuss the implications of each question, using the aborted M&M game as an example of how it could help. Relevant Links Deeper in the Game/Same Page Tool Mutants and Masterminds Tom Moldvay Competitive D&D Our Apocalypse World Coverage White Wolf Paranoia Weapons of the Gods Neverwinter Nights Gary Gygax Burning Wheel Deadlands Progress Quest "Stay A While, and Listen!" Zombie Cinema Traveller 3:16 3:16 Con Scenario Arcana Evolved Mouse Guard GURPS Rifts Burning Empires Jen's Pecha Kucha Crunchy Bits Discussion 28: The Same Page Tool 1 hour 30 Minutes Intro and Outro music by Oh Possum | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitVincent Baker Interview: Apocalypse World | Kevin and Troll sit down with D. Vincent Baker to discuss some of the nitty gritty of Apocalypse World. We talk a fair bit about the philosophy behind Moves, and the inspirations for Apocalypse World. A small note on the audio quality: Vincent's microphone seems a bit unreliable, so some parts of the interview were very quiet. Kevin tried to amplify and salvage it as best he could, but the result might be a bit annoying in some parts. Apologies for that. It might be best to listen to this interview w/ headphones. Relevant Links Apocalypse World Vincent's Blog Ars Magica Forgotten Realms Shieldmeet Otherkind Emily Care Boss Meguey Baker Shadowrun Prime Time Adventures Dogs in the Vineyard Paranoia Kill Puppies for Satan Cormac McCarthey Elmore Leonard Mongol John Harper's Blog Post about Seize By Force Shreyas Sampat John Harper's Blog Post about Authority in Custom Moves Battle Babe Example 1 (Doomsday) Battle Babe Example 2 (Steel Dawn) Battle Babe Example 3 (The Road Warrior) Firefly Original Apocalypse World Cover PAX GenCon Vincent's Panel at PAX Luke's Panel at PAX Christian Kelly Sight for Sore Eyes Charity Human Contact The Book of Eli Monster Hearts Sage Latorra Tony Dowler Dungeon World Clyde's Interview with Vincent (GenCon 2010) Storming the Wizards Tower The Dragon Killer Round-table with Joshua, Vincent, and Rob Mars Colony Graham Walmsley Crunchy Bits Interview 18: Vincent Baker on Apocalypse World: 1 Hour 8 Minutes Intro "The Day the World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails Outro "Livin' on the Edge" by Aerosmith | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitApocalypse World Review | Kevin, Jen, CJ, and Troll gather around to discuss the ins and outs of D. Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World. There were a wide variety of opinions about Apocalypse World, and we spend some time discussing the particulars of the GM style of AW and how the tone of the text affects some people's enjoyment of the game. Overall, we really enjoyed Apocalypse World. Relevant Links Apocalypse World Vincent Baker's Blog Mad Max Waterworld Fallout Gamma World Mutants and Masterminds Campaign Cartographer The Caller "I hate everything except vests" Chaos Rising Mark Singer The Beastmaster A Boy and His Dog D&D Hack for AW Parkour Hack for AW Human Contact Elizabeth Sampat Sight for Sore Eyes Charity DLC Dragon Age Mass Effect 2 Planescape Crunchy Bits! Discussion 27: Apocalypse World Review: 1 Hour Intro "The Day The World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails Outro "The Earth Died Screaming" by Tom Waits | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitComics Cast #17: February 2011 | This month, Dan delves into Hickman-ia even as Marvel develops a publishing schedule that can no longer be described by mere integers. Meanwhile, CJ thinks he has the Reverse Flash's timeline all figured out - just in time for everything to change in a... aw, you know... Comics discussed: Green Lantern #62 Flash #9 Detective Comics #874 Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #1 SHIELD #6 Secret Warriors #24 Fantastic Four #588 Time Masters: Vanishing Point #6 Amazing Spider-Man #655 and #654.1 Invincible Iron Man #500.1 Superboy #4 REBELS #25 Crunchy Bits! The Walking Eye Comics Cast #17: February 2011: 1 hour 31 minutes Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue. | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRound-table 3: Drifting the Rules | Kevin sits down with Ryan Macklin, John Wick, and Eddy Webb to discuss the pros and cons of drifting the rules in RPG's. It's a good discussion, and fair warning, the last 10 minutes or so are actually a tangent on the realities of being an internet microcelebrity, and how people act vastly differently to said celebrities when they meet them in person rather than how they talk about them on internet forums. Still a pretty interesting conversation, but if you're here just to hear about drifting, you might wanna skip the last 10 minutes. Relevant Links Ryan Macklin John Wick Eddy Webb AEG White Wolf "Dick Fingers" Game Design is Mind Control Hoyle Star Wars Live Action Adventures Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Mods Race for the Galaxy Gloom Apocalypse World Mage Camarilla Fan Club FATE Houses of the Blooded GURPS Wilderness of Mirrors The Farm Champions The Wheel of Time Chuck Wendig Dudes of Legend Pendragon Spirit of the Century Mage Noir Russel Bailey D&D Encounters Thirty Joseph Campbell GDC Montsegur 1244 Burning Wheel (what, you thought we'd get through an entire episode without mentioning it?) Eddy's Camarilla LARP Theory Will Hindmarch 7th Sea RPG.net Thread about writers tone getting in the way Crunchy Bits! Round-table 3: Drifting the Rules 1 Hour Intro and Outro music by Oh Possum | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitApocalypse World AP 4 | The crew gets together for our final session of Apocalypse World. We sit down and generate a new character for Jen and integrate her into the game world. It works out pretty well, and we have a nice setup for further stories. Also, Errol's efforts to seduce Midnight finally come to a... head? Relevant Links Apocalypse World Vincent's Blog Atomic Monstrosity (actually the Atomic Beast by Judd Karlman) Saffron The Red Rocket Dreamcatcher Three Wolf Shirt Mischievous (Troll was right) "What would turn a man to neutrality?" I said Abrams APC but I meant Bradley. "Mostly Dead" Tom Clancy I-80 Truck Stop The Fountain of 1000 Chemicals Kevin's Bed Full Throttle Yiffing "The Errol King" Crunchy Bits! Apocalypse World Actual Play Session 4: 1 Hour 55 minutes Intro Song "The Day The World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails Outro Song "Bad Things" by Jace Everett | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Actual play group that makes you feel a part of them.
The members of The Walking Eye are typical gamers who let you in on their actual play and discussions of roleplaying games. They have a chemistry that makes you feel a part of the group and instead of just hitting highlights of their game sessions they give you the whole event as it happened, broken down into a set of episodes. Each game they play is then followed by a discussion of how they think it went. Their format is great for getting a feel of the game they are playing, seeing both the pros and cons of each system. The Walking Eye is well worth listening to if you like actual play and new indie games.
Very Informative
I like this show, a lot. The people on it our fun and interesting. The games they cover are ones I'm very interested in. If you're interested in one of the games they cover, go listen to the episodes on that game and you won't be disappointed.
One of my Favorite RPG Podcasts
I recently discovered this podcast after listening to the PodgeCast and I have to say I am glad they mentioned it. The cast is highly entertaining, their reviews are great, and the comic section is a nice addition as well. I have really enjoyed their Dresden Files Actual play episodes as well. They are both insightful into the game and on how the cast thinks about gaming. I have to give them a five star raiting and highly recommend you give them a listen.
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