SnoutCast #160: GC Summit 2013 Debrief

Some highlights from Game Control Summit 2013. Individual talk videos coming soon! Meanwhile, you can review the archived livestream or check out Corey Anderson's notes.

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00:59 - "educated"
02:38 - location, location, location
09:03 - thanks, Larry!
10:51 - re: Allen Cohn on Doctor When
15:43 - re: Amos Eshel on the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt
17:59 - re: Bob Schaffer on Elevate Tutoring's charity hunts
22:07 - re: Curtis on the JoCo Cruise Crazy hunts
24:00 - re: Sean Gugler on JoCo Cruise Crazy puzzles
33:24 - e-mail gcsummit@snout.org if you want to present at GCS2014!
35:14 - you can still apply for WarTron: Boston (through Sunday, March 17th)!
36:55 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Skullcrusher Mountain" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #119: "A Model Growth Connector Part III"

Yet another talk with Doctor When Game Control members--this time, it's Ellen Juhlin, sound designer, and Dan Kurtz, who played the eponymous scientist!


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00:59 - "contemporary"
01:12 - introductions
04:20 - at what point did you join GC?
05:52 - Dan on acting!
07:39 - Ellen on audio engineering
10:21 - the time machine sound effect
11:31 - "Speaking of doing things over and over again..."
14:42 - "Speaking of things that went wrong..."
21:17 - this being your first GC experience
26:53 - what's next?
27:40 - Dan's day job: Self Aware Games
30:25 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Mandelbrot Set" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #116: "A Model Growth Connector 2: Electric Boogaloo"

This week, we talk to two more characters from Doctor When* GC: Sean Gugler and Wei-Hwa Huang! (Also, ironically, this week's show runs long by almost ten minutes. You'll live.)


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00:58 - "timely"
02:16 - BEST. PODCAST. EVER.
06:09 - "This Game was full of C.R.A.P.!"
09:55 - how did you get involved with Doctor When?
17:06 - differences between first and second weekends?
21:36 - the web site shuffle, spoilers, and angry Matt
28:20 - last minute puzzles?
33:06 - Erik's mom has got it goin' on
34:19 - (Yes, he's pronouncing it wrong. No, he doesn't care.)
35:05 - What's next? Wei-Hwa's book, Sean's mobile puzzles
38:40 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton

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* Did you know that "Doctor Who" is an anagram of "Torchwood," in the same way that "Doctor When" is an anagram of "Trenchwood?" Well, you do now.

SnoutCast #114: "A Model Growth Connector"

This week, we chat with Allen Cohn and Erik Stuart, two of the ringleaders behind The Doctor When Game. As usual, bragging rights (no pun intended, RICH) to the first person who leaves a comment explaining what the title of this episode means.

(And stay tuned after our ending theme song--Samuel L. Jackson does not make an appearance, but we still think it's a pretty amusing anecdote.)


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00:59 - "chronological"
01:28 - who was on Doctor When GC? (see also: credits page)
03:17 - instigation, I mean inspiration
09:38 - did GC achieve their goals?
14:16 - FYI: Doctor When was not originally conceived as an overnight Game
17:58 - recruiting actors and others
22:06 - how was it, running two Game weekends back to back?
24:47 - what's next?
29:28 - (looking for The Game in all the wrong places)
30:16 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #112: Time!

In which we reflect upon our respective experiences as player and GC helper in Doctor When.


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00:59 - "extemporaneous"
01:37 - WARTRON up front
02:24 - participating in Doctor When
03:50 - DeeAnn advocates sleeping on the job
06:59 - Curtis's funny stories...
07:13 - ...Matt: "Where's my laptop?"
08:04 - ...Rob: "This is unsolvable!"
10:41 - ...Katie: riding in cars with bros
13:16 - sleeping on the ground? not so great
14:08 - GC monologuing
17:44 - using "time outs"
22:05 - tracking teams
24:22 - mmm... pie...
26:59 - upcoming events: DASH 4, Shinteki Decathlon 7, more at PuzzleHuntCalendar.com
28:07 - build your own Cat Feeding Robot!
29:23 - The End

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