Gwen Frey, animator for The Molases Flood, sits down to talk about their latest game, The Flame in the Flood - or at least we assumed she was sitting. It was a long conversation so we hope she sat down.

Gwen recalls her work and experiences she had on The Flame in the Flood and BioShock Infiinite. She speaks favorably of Chuck Ragan and the unique nature of his musical contribution into the end experience of The Flame in the Flood.

You can catch her on Twitter @DireGoldFish, where you can also find @MolassesFlood. Gwen also has an awesome podcast called The Dialouge Box.

Emma Larkins, Literate Gamer contributor, talks about her experiences at GDC and PAX East and the indie the ins and outs of the indie landscape at industry events. After recapping her recent convention experiences Emma talks about her experiences with table top game design and digs into her various on-going projects.

Amir Rajan - developer of A Dark Room on iOS/Android, joins us again to talk about Mobile Gaming, and the topic is addressed from both a development and an end user perspective. Amir provides a comprehensive list of his favorite games, which will be available in the show notes on LiterateGamer.com

The guys from Gaming and BS slum it for an episode and talk about Table Top games with Literate Gamer. They breakdown how, and why, to get started in table top role playing games, how to approach the hobby, and even which games to play.

Enjoy as The Gaming and BS podcast lends it's topical expertise on Roll Playing Games and the hobby as a whole.

http://gamingandbs.com/

OSRIC (AD&D ruleset): http://www.lulu.com/shop/stewart-marshall/osric-a5-pdf/ebook/product-20697767.html

What is D&D? http://dnd.wizards.com/dungeons-and-dragons/what-is-dd

Author Michael G. Munz returns for the promised follow up episode covering Deus Ex. Follow us on an epic journey of cybernetically enhanced discovery.

We don't have much else to say on the subject. It's Literate Gamer, the episode covers Deus Ex, you know what's happening.

http://michaelgmunz.com

Twitter: @TheWriteMunz

Team Ninja's recent sously release, Nioh, is dissected and examined by Literate Gamer along with special guest Fightin Cowboy. They discuss the specifics of game play- with Nioh's emphasis on combos, the Sengoku period of Japanese history, and even the real world identifies of the game's principal figures.

The name Nioh is derived from Nio, a Buddhist wrath deity common in Japanese Buddhism.

www.youtube.com/user/fightincowboy713

Engraved on this podcast is a masterfully designed conversation by Tarn Adams, creator of Dwarf Fortress. Tarn Adams describes the founding of Dwarf Fortress, the Myth and Magic updates coming, and the seemingly inescapable creative gravity that Dwarf Fortress exerts on his other endeavors.

Tarn Adams is holding a Capybara-man skull totem aloft. The podcast relates to the great Were-lizard purge of the peaceful, ale infused, dwarf commune of The Homely Urist.

Additional links and resources are available at www.LiterateGamer.com.

David Rogers, SFWA member and author of the Apocalypse series, sits down with Literate Gamer to discuss Grand Theft Auto, Dan Houser's ever evolving Magnum Opus.

Find David at http://davesworld.info or on Reddit under davesworldinfo.

Trevor Zaple, author of Prospero's Half-Life, joins Literate Gamer to discuss all the best ways to assassinate your family members for fun, profit, and empire expansion. In this week's episode Paradox's strategic narrative engine Crusader Kings 2 gets the GAMER treatment.

R. L. King, contributing writer for the Shadowrun discusses Shadowrun, writing as a freelance author, working in existing intellectual properties, and self publishing for fun and profit!

R. L. King is also the writer for the Alastair Stone series, the latest being Flesh and Stone (Alastair Stone Chronicles Book 8). Links available in the shownotes as www.LiterateGamer.com