Loot Mechanics

Loot Mechanics

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Loot Mechanics episodes

  • Pixels & Dice #28 – What can save VR?
    Virtual Reality is a Thing that keeps coming up every few years, but never quite takes off. What is it going to take to make VR a mainstream part of life (and Gaming)? Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    33 min
  • Pixels & Dice #27 – Rose-Colored Glasses
    Today, Beoulus and Scormus talk about the inclination of Gamers to romanticize old games, be they pen-&-paper RPG, video games, or whatever. Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    33 min
  • Pixels & Dice #26 – Celluloid Dichotomy
    Will there every be a ‘great’ motion picture based upon a game (video game, RPG, boardgame… whatever), and if so, what current games would make the best films? Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    31 min
  • Pixels & Dice #25 – Not for the Kiddies
    Today we talk about the trend of Mature video games, whether any of them are any good, and if this is a trend that should continue. Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    31 min
  • Pixels & Dice #24 – From Pixels into Paper
    Many tabletop roleplaying games have been translated into video games, but few go the other way. Why is that, and what video games would make the best pen-&-paper RPGs? Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    30 min
  • Pixels & Dice #23 – Holiday
    Today Beoulus and Scormus chat about in-game Holidays, their overall merits and detriments, and which ones are the best. Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    32 min
  • Pixels & Dice #22 – The Best Retro Games We’ve Played
    Today, Scormus and Beoulus chat about Retro Games (Playstation 1 and older), which we feel were the best games on many systems, including some more obscure titles you might want to check out yourselves. Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    32 min
  • Pixels & Dice #21 – The Homogenization of Roleplaying
    With the advent of generic, multi-genre roleplaying systems over the last couple of decades, is the end in sight for unique, individualized Pen-&-Paper RPG systems? And is this necessarily a bad thing? Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    28 min
  • Pixels & Dice #20 – A fresh perspective on ESO
    Today, Beoulus reviews “The Elder Scrolls Online”, compares and contrasts it to “Skyrim”, as well as other MMORPGs. Meanwhile, Scormey will undoubtedly complain about ESO’s beta at some point… Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    31 min
  • Pixels & Dice #19 – All’s Faire in Love and Roleplaying
    Scormus dips back into the LARPing well today, to talk a bit about his obsession with Renaissance Faires, and Beoulus contributes what his ‘opinion’ on the subject, being a dirty Normal… Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license.
    29 min