Monthly Archives: February 2012
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 025 – Silver & White Actual Play+Discussion
What the what!?! More Self-Critical Hits? Yes. Yes indeed. This time we play Silver & White, an intense and fun story game by Mr. Jackson Tegu that is still in playtesting. The game is about 4 teens who stumble upon … Continue reading
Episode 024 – PAX 2011 Report
Self-Critical Hits did PAX Prime this year…and we did it HARD. This episode covers what we all saw and did and loved at the biggest gaming con on the West Coast. We talk about the hottest new hotness that we … Continue reading
Episode 023 – No Gobs, No Stoppers
A short episode this week, in which we briefly discuss: the use of jargon and specific language in gaming, and the effect that naming things well has on play; Gamechurch, a Christian gamer support organization; Games on Demand (sort of) … Continue reading
Episode 022 – What’s My Motivation, Denzel?
Dear Listeners, It is a true pleasure to bring you this week’s item, a pleasantly diverting discussion on the topic of motivation at the roleplaying table: why we do the things we do in game, and what we might learn … Continue reading
Episode 020 – The Quiet Year AP
It’s actual play time this week, and we’ve got a hold of a playtest copy of The Quiet Year. It’s a post-apocalyptic map making game by Joe McDaldno, and we had a great time with it. Monstrous cave mutants (and … Continue reading
Episode 019 – Tori Likes All These Games!
In this week’s thrilling installment, Tori gushes about all of the games she played at Fabricated Realities Con last month – basically, she loved everything. Also included: some discussion of using Fiasco! to wrap up a fantasy campaign, the tragically … Continue reading
Episode 018 – Building Gamer Community
Here’s the 2nd part of our talk with Rose Cowman – founder of the recently completed, and by all accounts completely awesome Fabricated Realities story gaming con – and the mysterious yet devastating Danielle, both visitors from the frozen south. … Continue reading
Episode 017 – Fabricated Realities Con and the Spectre of Gamer Elitism
The usual suspects are joined this week by Ross and Danielle, visiting from the wilds of Olympia. Ross is the founder of the upcoming (BRAND NEW!!!) Fabricated Realities story gaming con, which is discussed at some length because it sounds … Continue reading
Episode 016 – Cthulhu Dark and Mansions of Madness
Oh hey! A review episode! This time out we respond to some of the controversy that’s been ginned up by Tori’s recent star turn on the Walking Eye podcast and talk about a couple of games we’ve been loving lately: … Continue reading