Tinytalk

Tinytalk Episode 024: Bits and Bobs

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:58:12 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:39] Game Design Concepts, a free online course
[02:35] Connecting with the media fanbase
[04:10] Why MUSH is a good platform for RPG

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If you have mushing questions you'd like answered, or suggestions for future shows, send email (or audio files) to tinytalk at javelin.pennmush.org. You can also leave a voice message at 206-202-0107.

Tinytalk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License .

Tinytalk phone number change

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:38:19 +0000

The Tinytalk voicemail number has changed to +1 (206) 202-0107.

Tinytalk Episode 023: Books on Games

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:33:51 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:35] Mal@Serenity calls in about Tinytalk 022
[01:46] Review of Things we think about games
[05:33] Review of Play unsafe

Links to stuff mentioned in this episode:

Indie Press Revolution (IPR)
Things we think about games (also available from IPR, Amazon, and other booksellers)
Play unsafe (at lulu.com) (also available from IPR)
PMOG, the Passively Multiplayer Online Game
Elvira's improv workshop at M*U*S*H
Stidiek's Feelms album

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Tinytalk Episode 022: Tales of a Fourth Grade Something

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:04:28 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Bill MacKenty's fourth graders reflect on text-based gaming

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Special thanks to Bill MacKenty for recording this!

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Tinytalk Episode 021: Interview with Shawn McCann

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:33:55 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Interview with Shawn McCann, North America's first Immersive Learning/Gaming Librarian

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Special thanks to Siobhan for suggesting this interview!

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Tinytalk Episode 020: Is MUSHing dead?

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:30:43 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Is MUSHing dead?

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Music for this episode

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Tinytalk Episode 019: Halting State

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:20:52 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Halting State and point of view

Links to stuff mentioned in this episode:

Halting State, by Charles Stross
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, by Tom Robbins
The 2008 Hugo award nominees
PMOG, the passively multiplayer online game
Philippe Mangold's Voyage dans l'éther album

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Tinytalk Episode 018: Good to Great for MUSH

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:50:27 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Intro
[01:00] Good to Great for MUSH
[12:35] News and Notes

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Tinytalk Episode 017: WWORAA

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:02:56 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Intro
[01:10] Interview with WORA admin Rasheem
[14:25] Javelin on WORA
[16:35] News and Notes

Links to stuff mentioned in this episode:

When online RPGs Attack (WORA)
Obviously Grimy's Des mélodies à faire danser les ours album
(Read bboard 1 on M*U*S*H for information on Elvira's "Managing your MUSH" working picnic on Sunday, Feb 10)

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Tinytalk Episode 016: Happy 2008!

tinytalk@javelin.pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:07:19 +0000

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Tinytalk is a podcast about MUSHes and other text-based virtual worlds, and the players who play them. In this episode:

[00:00] Intro
[00:54] My 2008 MUSH resolutions
[03:52] Staff rotation
[06:54] One Laptop Per Child

Links to stuff mentioned in this episode:

Indie Press Revolution) (a place to find and buy indie rpgs)
Nethack wiki
The One Laptop Per Child donation site
The OLPC wiki (a good place for developers to start)
Obviously Grimy's Des mélodies à faire danser les ours album

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