SnoutCast #202: Erin Rhode

This week, we talk to Erin Rhode, leader of the writing team ("Alice Shrugged") for the 2014 MIT Mystery Hunt. See also: Erin's Q&A from the recent GC Summit!

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Show length: 51:50
File size: 49.8MB

What Else?

• Go watch all the GC Summit 2014 talk videos
• Play DASH 6 in a city near you
• Find more events on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Tom Cruise Crazy" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #170: The Coin Heist Report with Glenn Willen, Part 3 of 3

The conclusion of our conversation with Glenn Willen, one of the Manic Sages who ran the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt!

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00:58 - "metaphysical"
02:35 - here's Glenn again...
07:32 - "pure" meta-puzzles vs. "shell" meta-puzzles
11:44 - "funniest moment of the [2013] Mystery Hunt"
16:52 - how many puzzles are in a Mystery Hunt?
19:32 - closing thoughts
22:43 - apply to play in The Famine Game (September 27-29, Washington DC)!
29:20 - The End

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

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SnoutCast #169: The Coin Heist Report with Glenn Willen, Part 2 of 3

More of our conversation with Glenn Willen, one of the Manic Sages who ran the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt.

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00:04 - "enigmatic"
01:47 - more with Glenn Willen...
23:37 - sad news about our friend Matthew Schuler*
26:07 - The End

* You can hear Matthew talk about Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) in SnoutCasts #86, #87, and #88.

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Music: instrumentals from "A Talk With George" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #168: The Coin Heist Report with Glenn Willen, Part 1 of 3

The first part of our conversation with Glenn Willen, one of the Manic Sages who ran the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt!

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00:59 - "serious"
02:01 - a little bit of MIT history repeating
04:26 - Mr. Willen goes to Cambridge, Mass.
07:21 - how to win a Mystery Hunt (or not)
09:56 - tools for competitive solvers
15:03 - fun with clue construction
16:24 - experience in other puzzle hunts?
18:08 - why people run Games
21:24 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "My Monkey" by Jonathan Coulton

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