Category Archives: Podcasts
Episode 036 – Podcasting Makes You Weird
Oh wow. This episode is like 80% ramble and some other percent game talk…but it’s pretty darn entertaining nonetheless. Show producer Tori Brewster joins us, fresh from pitching her TV show to many hotshot bigdeal showbiz types in LA, to … Continue reading
Episode 035 – In Which We Attempt to Discuss Play Culture
We dive right into talking about different flavors of play-culture at the various gaming tables we frequent (spurred by Miles having had what he recognizes now as his first true traditional gaming experience at kids D&D club with his daughter). This … Continue reading
Episode 034 – Problematic Media at Unpredictable Intervals
One of the central survival strategies of the wild Self-Critical Hits is it’s unfathomable and irregular schedule. We get right at it this week, joining our intrepid hosts in mid-conversation about the not-so-recent-yet-depressingly-ongoing fake geek girls crap. After Tanya drops … Continue reading
Episode 033 – Making Things Up (or not so much)
In this episode we jump right into the topic of improvisation and creating fiction in games. We talk about why some players may be more disposed to proactively make story, how some games may scare players away from being creative … Continue reading
Episode 032 – The PAX 2012 Affair
We talk through our varied, yet universally lovely, experiences at PAX – the magic we made and the games we played. Included is an update on the annual Utilikilt count (Utilikount) and it’s near destruction(!), a couple of videogames, and … Continue reading
Episode 028 – Dog Eat Dog Actual Play + Tobin’s Instant Indian Food Review
WARNING: There is potentially triggering stuff in this episode – specifically, the aftermath of a rape and murder. If this bugs you, we’re totally sorry – we didn’t really know it was going to happen until it happened. A special … Continue reading
Episode 027 – Mass Effect for Panthers and Mister Lil-Pat-on-the-Back
James got a Satan tattoo! Also, we recorded an episode – both things are news! Aaaaaand SPOILERS! This time we talk an awful lot about Mass Effect, Skyrim, and Fallout 3/New Vegas, and how those games in their various ways … Continue reading
Episode 026 – Control Issues
A rambling, silly episode to ring in ‘Season 2′ of Self-Critical Hits! We talk a little about the movie Chronicle and the new Conan comic, but mostly just say terrible things. Among these things: Whitney Houston’s funeral, the podcasters union, … Continue reading
Episode 007 – Campaign Prep (or not)
In this episode we talk about campaign prep – how each of us approaches it, and how that’s changed/is changing still. We touch on how to work specific themes into games, where and how we draw inspiration from media, and … Continue reading
Episode 006 – Mojave Wateland Blues
Here’s the much anticipated (by us…) Fallout: New Vegas wank-cast. Fond reminiscences of our wasteland days (and nights! Ha-cha-cha!) abound, mixed up with the usual stimulating discussion on a broad range of topics. We speculate on the origins of furrydom, … Continue reading