*Media that’s so bad it’s good

*Finding the sweet spot in gaming philosophies

*Names

Other stuff:

Serial Homicide Unit by Kat and Michael Miller
Dirty Secrets by Seth Ben Ezra
The Drifter’s Escape by Ben Lehman
Burning Wheel Revised and by Luke Crane and the Burning Wheel Headquarters

My stuff:

Misspent Youth, my first game
The Independent Insurgency, my first podcast
Oo! Let’s Make a Game!, my other podcast

* Stuff Kevin mentions:

His Majesty’s Dragon

In A Wicked Age

Dirty Secrets

Zombie Cinema

Polaris

Drifter’s Escape

* Jake joins us from various forums and communities

* How fun is Gencon going to be? Especially since we all just got back from it

* We begin talking about vices

* Rob from Accidental Survivors joins us for the remainder of the episode

* Drinking, smoking, cell phones, racism and personal hygiene

* If you’re interested in playing Drinkokalypse at Gencon with David and Jenn, hunt for ‘em at the convention. They’re playing Thursday night and will have tickets to get into the event.

* Luke will be running Project MG games during the weekend. If you’re interested in that let him know.

* Role-playing depth preferences, how far do you take it?

* Life Events, how do you let them impact your games?

* Shark Week.

* Tony Mast records with us, but the episode still comes out the next week

* You want to win D&D minis! We want to give them to you! Enter now!

* Literary devices that can be applied to role-playing games

* Fish out of water and system bias

* Matt wants to role-play the Gilmore Girls

* The prologue

* GMs breaking their own rules

* Misdirection

* In the Hodge (live), Joe talks about Taking Chance

* TPC will soon be having a boatload more content. I’m not really sure how it will all line out yet, so stay tuned!

* Systems, when/how to change ‘em to get what you need.

*Special Guest Host: Jenn from The Trapcast.

*Our second Live episode is recording on 3/31. Come join us online! You can find the live episode here.

*Adam cites his funniest moment in podcast courtesy of Downunder Gamers

*Adam challenges us to build a setting in thirty minutes and brags how easy it is

*Listen as too many cooks prove Adam wrong.

*Joe’s true destiny

*We find out we just inadvertently played the first part of a Primetime Adventures game.

*Madonna

*Silent, but taco

* Aron screws up his introduction

* White Castles and its effects on the human condition

* Luke Appreciation Week; if you want to donate, email joe@podgecast.com

* Go to this episode’s discussion thread to vote on which subject we’ll talk about in our live episode

* Our live episode is Tuesday, March 31st at 8:00 pm EDT (GMT-5). Join us at
www.ustream.tv/channel/the-podge-cast where you can participate in the show as it is recorded!

* JeffCon charity event, Adam is attending

* Master the Met was a success except for the part where they failed

* Getting fired from artistic endeavors

* Personal Blogging vs. Professional Blogging

* Geographical realities of gaming communities

* Harneshing Passion

* Name Dropping
- Ideology of Madness (http://ideologyofmadness.com/)
- Luke’s Magnificent Beard (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/1772)
- The Bastard Blog (http://www.evilbastard.net/bastardblog/)
- Paul’s Blog (http://www.thesiblingsscarington.com/)
- The Popecast (http://markandrewpope.com/)

* Alex tells a gaming story

* Joe is employed!

* V3-2 is almost here. Come join us.

* Master the Met with Phil and Adam

* Maladjusted expectations

* Improvisation

* Why

* Go listen to This Modern Death

* Number of times we talk about Burning Wheel: 1

*New V3 locations!

*The KTNG contest winner is announced

*The skeptic psychic?

*Tales of a psychic detective

*Palmistry  = Chick Magnet

*Tales from Weird Chicago

*Visit Ken’s website here

*Book your Weird Chicago tours here

-Melina (Adam’s wife)
-Jen (Joe’s fiancee)
-Sarah (Francis’ sister (lucky her))
-Faith (Scott from the Dark Tower Fan Roundtable’s wife)
-Katie (Adam and Melina’s friend)

My show notes are going to be weird for this one since I didn’t record it with them:

* The ladies tease everyone with a sex conversation that never happens

* A gaming history of each lady

* Conventions!

* Baby tees

* The K:tNG contest actually ended two days after I posted this. Oops.

* v3 is still happening at locations. Check the forums for details.

* Dave from the Iron Agenda is here

* Matt is here in body if not mind

* V3 is this Saturday. Come play.

* Play video games with Luke not Joe

* WAR update: We’re moving to the Badlands server

* Leslie and the Badgers

* Can too many rules inhibit role playing?

* Adam revisits a topic from 17 episodes ago

* Iron Agenda is about Big Vagina Islands

* Number of times we discuss Burning Wheel: 6

* OSD participants at Gamescape North in San Rafael, CA should contact Darren at gamescape@mac.com

* OSD participants at Meta Games Unlimited in Springfield, Mo should visit here.

* Secret Password Winners are announced

* Iron Tyrants are still rocking Ulthuan. Come join the Waaaagh!

* Episode 17 will be a Live performance at www.ustream.tv/channel/the-podge-cast

* We kick Adam off the mic and have Melina sit in. The show is much improved

* Our paranormal experiences

* What does a house say?

* Matt’s co-worker is walking halfway around the world for the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, go stop by here and giver her some support.

* The Warhammer guild is still going on!  Get out and join us!

* Let’s talk about what is’t like owning a small business in the gaming industry

* One-Shotter Day Announcement!  Details below.

* Long Warmachine discussion among Walker and Luke, Adam was zoning out

* What’s new and interesting in the gaming community

One-Shotter Day!

On Saturday, December 6th, The Podge Cast will be hosting a one-shotter day at Game On, in West County St. Louis.  If you’re interested in playing, shoot an e-mail to Adam or Luke (or if you’re in Arizona, Matt), drop a comment, or post on the forums.

Hosts: Adam, Luke, Matt, Walker

* An Archon reminder

* Ghost Hunters Redux

* Min/Maxing and Powergaming

* 365 Days of Sex

* Secret Code Contest: We’ve teamed up with four other gaming podcasts to give you a crack at $250 of gaming goodness. Listen to find out how you can participate.  Participating podcasts are

Atomic Array

Brilliant Gameologists

Ogre Cave Audio Report

The Podge Cast

The Tome Show

Each winner will receive one of ten $25 gift certificates from Noble Knight Games.

Entries must be submitted to secretcodes@moonstew.com by 17 OCT 2008.

* Worst. Ending. Ever.

* PodgeCast Overtime: Matt and Joe further explore today’s topic, Charlie Rose style.  If Charlie Rose had very lax quality control standards. This conversation is not part of the podcast mp3 but is available for download at podgecast.com /episodes /TPC_011_Overtime (dot) mp3