On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, I emerge from my winter hibernation to talk about the video games and role-playing games I’m playing (or plan on playing). I talk about the ongoing Ready Player One Replay and my plans to attend GenCon in August 2023.
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Heading to GenCon in 2023!Haven’t been there since 2014.No idea what I’m going to play.Ready Player One Replay continuesRecent games include:Space InvadersStar RaidersThe Empire Strikes BackYars’ RevengeRaaka-tuComing soon-ish: Bedlam, Pyramid, and Madness and the MinotaurGame-o-Rama: Video & role-playing games I’m playing
Video GamesTiny Tina’s Wonderlands on PS4 and PS5Borderlands … but with a Dungeons & Dragons skin (sorry, Bunkers and Badasses). Tiny Tina’s the game master, and you’re one of her players. But will she ever let you leave the table?Finished the main story; it was a happy distraction.Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5Started playing 0n Steam via Nvidia’s streaming desktop service, GeForce Now.Turns out, I’m pretty bad at FPS on a desktop computer.Picked it up cheap on PS5 … and still struggled to get into it.Requires a significant time investment to get emotionally connected to the game, but once you do … whoa.The Nomad storyline was great and the game gives you a lot of opportunities to make small (and maybe large?) differences in the world.Fire Emblem: Engage on SwitchMore of the same Fire Emblem, though this time around we get an “engage” mechanic which lets you merge characters with spirit warriors bound to magic rings.On the back burner right now as I play other games. Fire Emblem’s something I need to be in the mood for; but once I’m in the mood, I’ll likely lose a lot of sleep.Pinball FX3 on SwitchIndiana Jones PinballAliens PinballCreature from the Black Lagoon PinballGoldenEye on SwitchFinally … now if only I could map my brain to the controlBreath of the Wild on SwitchI started playing and never got off the plateau. The kids just got Tears of the Kingdom, so I figured I’d pick it up again.Role-Playing GamesIronsworn: StarforgedMy Lair of Secrets friends got into this game and pulled me in along with them. A Powered by the Apocalypse game with a ton of moves (far more than a traditional PbtA game) set in the future where you decide why your civilization fled its home galaxy.Playable in solo, co-op, or guided mode.Got it in part to learn about oracles. Also, the solo aspect is appealing.Cyberpunk REDGearing up for the next season of role-playing at Lair of Secrets.I’ll be running a 6-8 episode Cyberpunk RED campaign set in Night City.It’s an old-school, crunchy game, but ran pretty well in our playtests.Taking a while to get off the ground because of myriad family commitments, but we’re getting there.And it inspired me to go back and read William Gibson’s The Sprawl trilogy.CY_BORGMork Borg … but with cyberware.Just as over-the-top artwork as its predecessor.Doubt I’ll ever run it, but it provides inspiration for Cyberpunk RED. Lots of great charts.Elemental ApocalypseMy first new D&D campaign in years.The Temple of Elemental Evil rose … and Greyhawk fell.20 years later, our heroes are some of the last free people on the planet … and they’re ready to take the fight to their elemental overlords.Contact Us
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