Ludology: Ludology 228 – The Roles We Play

Jun 28, 2020

Emma and Gil welcome Banana Chan: recreation author, larp/RPG
designer, board recreation writer, horror film buff, and pop-up
museum aficionado. We discuss writing for all types of video games,
how recreation mechanisms assist intense experiences in larp and RPG,
the consequences of emancipatory bleed, and the impact of transferring
roleplay on-line.

Content material warning: we talk about video games with intense themes, like
human sacrifice.

4m29s: The
Spire RPG 

5m59s: The
Circle is a actuality present wherein contestants are remoted in
their houses and may solely talk with others by way of a text-based
app. They’re free to undertake any persona they want. You possibly can watch the
first episode of the American reboot right here.

6m27s: Pork roll vs. Taylor ham (two names for a similar type of
processed meat)
is a long-running debate within the Backyard State. 

7m01s: Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit, a legendary
play with a basic twist.

9m03s: The RPGs This
Discord Has Ghosts In It and
Lengthy Time Listener, Final Time Caller 

10m06s: For these of you simply becoming a member of Ludology, welcome, and we
simply lined security instruments in Ludology
227 – Respect the X.

11m27s: To make it clear,
bleed is a normal time period to explain a phenomenon (occurring
primarily in larp) the place a personality’s feelings and identification begin
mixing right into a participant’s feelings and identification, and vice versa. It
might be extraordinarily intense, and larps often characteristic crucial
wrap-up periods the place gamers can speak out emotions that the sport
introduced up. Right here is
an article with a few glorious examples of bleed. Jonaya
Kemper, who Banana mentions,
has written about emancipatory bleed right here. Learn extra about
Kemper and her work
right here.

11m59s: This is Albert
Kong’s tweet about emancipatory bleed.

12m21s: Extra data
concerning the Baphomet larp.

17m29s: Diplomacy
is a recreation that is long-established for difficult friendships.

18m41s: Banana’s new RPG, Jiangshi:
Blood within the Banquet Corridor, co-designed with Sen-Foong Lim

22m44s: Warp’s
Edge

24m51s:
Angelus Morningstar has a great write-up on cultural appropriation
in board video games right here. (Additionally, when Gil says “I want that is
one thing extra board video games would do,” he means “rent cultural
sensitivity readers.”)

29m07s: They’re
Onto Me. The Golden Cobra
Problem is a contest for freeform larp. 

31m06s:
Dads on Mowers, a module for the RPG Children on
Bikes.

31m57s: Cobwebs
RPG.

32m19s:
Alice is Lacking RPG.

32m37s: Banana is speaking about an episode of the TV sequence
Masters of
Horror. This explicit episode (which Gil and Emma won’t ever
watch) is known as “John Carpenter’s Cigarette
Burns.” 

33m53s:
Betrayal at Thriller Mansion is a re-implementation of Betrayal
at Home on the Hill, however with a Scooby-Doo theme.

35m58s: As
We Know It.

37m32s: Roll20 is an internet site
that facilitates on-line RPG play. Discord is a web based textual content/voice chat
program for avid gamers.

38m48s: By “corpse,” Gil is referring to the surrealist writing
train Beautiful
Corpse.

41m39s: Banana’s ceremonial dinner movies: The Invitation,
Get Out,
Coherence. She
additionally mentions Midsommar.

42m28s: This is
the article Gil mentions that describes the advantages of
experiencing a horror film completely from its Wikipedia web page.

43m02s: This is Avery Alder’s physique horror RPG,
Irregular.

44m08s: The Park Avenue
Armory, one in every of Gil’s favourite locations in NYC. Banana discusses
The Funhouse in
Toronto, which is now closed.

46m05s: The mangaka Junji Ito.

46m58s: Battle
of the Boy Bands, a recreation by Clio Yun-su Davis and Vicci Ho that Banana revealed
underneath the Recreation and a Curry label. Get pleasure from some music from Stray Children and
BTS.

50m05s: Evening
Witches, by Jason Morningstar. We had Jason on in
Ludology 161 What is the Story, Morning Glory? Banana additionally
mentions his recreation Juggernaut.

50m52s: Avery Alder’s Monsterhearts.

51m25s: This is the
second within the video Gil was mentioning. Alex Roberts, who performs
the ghost, is the designer of the
award-winning RPG Star Crossed.

52m13: Gil is referring to
Ludology 226 – Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
Buffalo Buffalo, wherein Dr. Mary Flanagan mentioned how
psychological distance helps individuals higher affiliate with a
topic.

53m39s: In the event you’re fascinated with Goat-2-Assembly, listed here are
the small print.

56m44s: The designers Banana mentions are: Jabari Weathers, Jonaya Kemper (talked about
above), and Fertessa
Allyse.