“They’re baaaack!”
Dana, Elle, and Blake chat before recording our new feature!
Also:
- Dreamation recap
- The worlds most musically stupid man
- Where we’ve all been
- Blake plays with dynamite
Tag Archives: Movies
IPMM 120 – Blake Spoils Everything – Pre-Show
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IPMM 104: Godzilla SMASH!
“Neither of these are left hands!”
In this episode, we discuss:
- Sleep paralysis
- BIID
- Acrotomophilia
- Visual Agnosia
- Anosognosia
- Allochiria
- Electrology
- Ancillary Justice
- Shambling Towards Hiroshima
- Connie Willis
We then pick apart the new Godzilla movie, in case you didn’t see it in theaters (and good on you if you did not).
Finally, we cover more on the new Warhammer 40K 7th Edition rules.
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IPMM 86: Bleed
“I wanna bleed as much as possible.”
In this episode, we discuss bleed – how we let our characters’ experiences in our games affect our own emotions. We talk about why we like it, how we achieve it, and what we can do to make gaming a safe experience when there is a lot of bleed.
Note: the effect Caitlin is talking about is actually the McCollough Effect. (We got close!)
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IPMM 83: Bonus Episode – Nick Cage, Impostor Syndrome
“Do you even knit, bro?”
This is another potpurri episode. Our mic cable was busted so we recorded on my laptop; the sound quality is not great but we promise you’ll still be entertained!
Stuff we cover:
- Doctor Who
- Nicholas Cage
- Polypropylene (“string”) breast implants (NSFW!)
- Durance
- Vienna Teng
- Cards Against Humanity
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
- Resident Evil 5
- Knitting
- The Tokar, a piece of ethnic fashion from Game of Thrones
- Beyond: Two Souls
- Parks and Recreation
- Continuum
- Face/Off
- The Heat
- Red, Red 2
- The Valley of Gwangi
- Seven Psychopaths
- Santa Buddies (aka “Puppy Paws”)
- Season of the Witch
- Kickass
- Star Trek: Into Darkness
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IPMM 66: Hammer Horror
“Like Lake Wobegon, but written by a better version of H.P. Lovecraft”
We discuss horror and supernatural freakiness – just in time for Halloween!
- Octo: Games of Autumn / Coffin Crashers
- Hammer Film Productions
- Welcome to Night Vale
- Neal Stephenson
- Terry Pratchett
- Chicago LongCon
- Chicagoland Games / Dice Dojo
Note: Renee Knipe’s name is pronounced with a hard “K”, Dave apologizes for getting it wrong.
Also, an announcement about our current AW campaign: because of Caitlin’s schedule, Will and she will be swapping places; Caitlin will play Man and Will will be the MC.
Finally, Yanni’s “mini” for Susan:
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IPMM 47: Problem Players
“Judgment laser eye-beams”
Blake rants about a movie that he saw recently, then we talk about dealing with players who don’t seem to get the game you’re all trying to play together.
Today, we’re joined by Blake Mutschler, owner of Fun N Games, the friendly local game store in Blacksburg, VA (facebook – website). Topics in this episode include:
Note: it is word of God (or D. Vincent Baker) that sex has to be consentual in Apocalypse World to trigger the sex moves. I can’t find the link, but I’ve seen it explicitly on one of the forums, in a post by the author. –Ed.
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IPMM 17: Bad Plot
“It’s like waking up with a raccoon clawing at your face.”
Yanni starts by plugging a couple of new games. Then we talk about bad endings, bad plots, inconsistencies, and stuff that just irks us in TV shows and movies. Stuff referenced in this episode:
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IPMM 13: Strong Female Characters
“You can play as Ophelia, but then it’s a pretty short book.”
Yanni mentions a fun kickstarter campaign. Dave goes on a feminist rant. Then we discuss good female characters in media and what makes a good character. Finally, Yanni brings up same-sex marriage and ultimately wins the evening.
Note: the cast of the cast is 100% supportive of LGBT rights and equality. Even when the context is humorous we take these issues very seriously, as they affect us and many people we care about.
Show notes – we got some stuff wrong; I’ve noted where below:
- To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure
- National Novel Writing Month
- One Reason Why
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Resident Evil
- Game of Thrones
- Hark a Vagrant
- Escher Girls
- Tiger Beatdown
- The Actual “Strong Female Characters” Post at Overthinking It
- Babylon 5
- Fringe
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Castle
- Hard Candy
- American History X
- The X-Files
- Law and Order: SVU
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the original film)
- Joss Whedon, who did actually write the original Buffy film
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