Under a Withering Moon

Under a Withering Moon

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Under a Withering Moon episodes

  • AI Art is Theft – Loot Mechanics #359
    MidJourney manages to shoot themselves in the foot, during an ongoing lawsuit, and “City of Heroes” is back! Intro (0:49) – What Scormey and Beoulus have been playing lately. Other (10:38) – AI art is plagiarism. Just ask the CEO of MidJourney… Wrap (44:19) – “City of Heroes” is no longer a zombie MMORPG, and […]
    1 hr 1 min
  • Catching up, again – Loot Mechanics #358
    The holidays are over, so let’s catch up on gaming news! There’s only one story worth discussing in depth, though, and that is Hasbro eating itself alive through gross mismanagement! Intro (0:49) – How were our holidays? Tabletop Gaming (5:57) – Let’s talk about Hasbro’s huge layoffs, including 1,100 WotC employees, just two weeks before […]
    45 min
  • Holiday Throwaway Content – Loot Mechanics #357
    Hey, look… We don’t want to record during the holidays, like we did last year (shudder!), so instead you get… this. It’s a retrospective of the ‘best’ segments of our show over the last year, which is totally subjective so just shut up, okay? Intro (0:49) – Our thoughts on the year just past Tabletop […]
    2 hr
  • The Best (and Worst) Games of 2023 – Loot Mechanics #356
    Take a few minutes away from your Christmas Cheer™, and listen to Beoulus and Scormey discuss their choices for the Best and Worst Games of 2023! Intro (0:49) – Holiday Wishes from Lunatics. Other (4:23) – The Best Games of 2023 Other (24:09) – The Worst Games of 2023 Wrap (52:23) – Final thoughts. “Alchemists […]
    1 hr
  • But is it really topical? – Loot Mechanics #354
    The last kinda-topical show of 2023! Intro (0:49) – Scormey is Doing The Thing™, while Beoulus plays what he can. Main (2:54) – The Return of “GM/DM Advice”… or something like that. Wrap (48:07) – Thoughts on “Palia”, and whether it is ‘Too little, Too late’. “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: […]
    1 hr 1 min
  • … and they blame it on Fan Feedback? – Loot Mechanics #353
    An innovative TTRPG system set aside in favor of being 5e-Compatible, and other crimes against Humanity, on this week’s show. Intro (0:49) – Scormey unconsciously embraces a questline in “Starfield”, and other gaming stuff. TTRPG (9:39) – Adventure Time, or Adventure Crime? Wrap (27:55) – Matt Colville’s upcoming TTRPG hits Backerkit this week! “Alchemists Tower” […]
    46 min
  • A Token Purchase – Loot Mechanics #352
    Another money grab from Activision/Blizzard, and what happened to gaming forums? Intro (0:49) – What have we been playing? Main (4:27) – Blizzard moves the goalposts on using the WoW Token purchased with gold. Wrap (30:38) – What happened to gaming forums? “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License […]
    46 min
  • Black November – Loot Mechanics #351
    Why bother with “Black Friday” when there are better sales going on at random all through the year now? Intro (0:49) – Scormey can’t escape the “Starfield”, and Beoulus is doing… work, and more BG3. Other (8:39) – Is there a point to doing “Black Friday” any longer, especially as a gamer? Wrap (29:34) – […]
    46 min
  • Blizzconned – Loot Mechanics #350
    Today we catch up on the recent Blizzcon announcements, and discuss Scott Hartsman’s recent advice that could save WotC from itself! Intro (0:49) – Scormey is moving on from “Animal Crossing”, and Beoulus is avoiding the Horny. Other (11:13) – Catching up on Blizzcon 2023, with “Diablo” finally getting a TTRPG, and word on the […]
    1 hr 2 min

About Under a Withering Moon

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A solo TTRPG Actual-Play podcast, focused on horror games.