Active Topical Banter Show

Scott Wachter
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Active Topical Banter Show

An editorial Roundtable podcast about game design and game business from the perspective of RPGamers

  1. 03/12/2021

    RPG Backtrack 228: Hedgehog Age

    BioWare was on top of the world in the late 2000s. Then it got the bright idea to make a portable game with a certain blue hedgehog, and the internet rejoiced... or did it?

    1h 14m

  2. 02/01/2019

    The Active Topical Banter Show: Episode 41 – Mature Subject Matter

    Our hiatus ends by airing the last recording we have with Michael Cunningham. The panel goes over how games confront difficult topics including, loss, mental illness, and so much murder.

    1h 37m

  3. 02/12/2018

    Episode 40: Answers and Questions

    We get back into the action with a slew of listener-submitted questions, learn about our gameplay habits, soundtrack preferences, kickstarter regrets, and some other secrets.

    1h 26m

  4. 12/04/2017

    Episode 39: Nostalgia and Cloning

    Scott is supremely suspicious of nostalgia, Mac is losing his voice, Sam and Trent had it easy as kids all come up in on retrospective on retrospection. And also clones, pirates and clone pirates in this episode.

  5. 10/16/2017

    Episode 38: Hard Mode

    Game difficulty is a lot like whiskey, in that most people are going about them wrong. Our panel examines what and how RPGs are hard where the critical value in difficulty.

  6. 09/11/2017

    Episode 37: Meaningless Dialogue and Role Play

    Dialogue in games is a bit like the Jazz music in a few ways, mostly in that Scott is way more interested in it than the kids these days, but also in that improvisation is key but also doesn't matter.

  7. 06/26/2017

    Episode 36: Retrospective on Final Fantasy

    We examine our personal experiences with the Final Fantasy franchise, how a major anniversary is half gone without publisher support and some E3 stuff.

  8. 05/29/2017

    Episode 35: Transparency in Game Critique

    The panel goes behind the curtain to explain the RPGamer review process in detail, from solicitation through to comment section. Inside baseball and anecdotes abound.

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An editorial Roundtable podcast about game design and game business from the perspective of RPGamers

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  • Creator
    Scott Wachter
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2021
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © music by Uematsu, all other rights reserved by RPGamer.com
  • Show Website
    Active Topical Banter Show

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