SnoutCast #213: Team Snout is Dead. Long Live Team Snout!

This is the end: after more than four years of lackadaisical podcasting, DeeAnn and I are hanging up our... microphones? headsets? I dunno. Anyway, we're stopping now. It's been fun, but it's time to move on. (This also coincides with the dissolution of our California non-profit association, which we talk about in the show.)

Thank you to everyone who listened, commented, or supported us in other ways for the duration of this endeavor. We got to talk to some really cool people, and managed to spark some great conversations. We learned a lot, and we hope we gave you something to think about along the way.

Don't worry, we are going to continue running puzzle events—honestly, it's pathological at this point—and you'll definitely hear about them (figuratively) on the Internet. But we'll do it under other names which are more suited to the specific event. Those names may or may not include the word "Snout." Always in motion is the future and shit.

Here's one last overshare: our podcast planning spreadsheet! Note that the proposed "topic notes" don't always match what we actually ended up talking about...


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key= 0Aj84p6-RxYgWdHRYVVlyT3pmM3EwYkxEOFhkRkV5Y1E& usp=sharing

Finally: we forgot to mention in the podcast that as part of closing down "Team Snout," we donated our remaining funds to Elevate Tutoring, another California non-profit which regularly runs puzzle hunts. Go check out their latest event, ETPH3 - Zara's Big Adventure, happening on January 31st and February 8th!

Thanks again, everyone. Run More Games.

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Show length: 35:21
File size: 33MB

Stuff and things:

• Andrea Phillips' weekly podcast The Cultures
• Cully Long's book How to Puzzle Cache
• Puzzled Pint, of course

Follow @TeamSnout on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Chris Dickson's Exit Games UK
• Dan Egnor's Puzzle Hunt Calendar (and Escape Room Directory)
• Rich Bragg's ClueKeeper

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #212: Lindsay Morse & Nate Martin

This month, we talk to Lindsay Morse and Nate Martin, co-founders of the Puzzle Break room escape games in Seattle and San Francisco!

Fun fact: we actually recorded this interview last month, and astute listeners will be able to determine from clues in the conversation exactly what the date was. :)

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Show length: 44:27
File size: 42.7MB

Stuff and things:

• the Puzzle Break web site
• Coffee Talk!
• Nate's Reddit post
• grimdark

Follow @PuzzleBreak on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Dan Egnor's Escape Room Directory (and Puzzle Hunt Calendar)
• Chris Dickson's Exit Games UK
• Rich Bragg's ClueKeeper

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #211: Anna McCleary

Continuing our conversations with some of the women behind Puzzled Pint, this month we talk to Anna McCleary in Chicago! (Sorry about the audio weirdness toward the end of the show. I blame Skype and/or Microsoft.)

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Show length: 41:53
File size: 38.3MB

Stuff and things:

• DASH
• Shinteki Field Trip: Disneyland 2014
• Takenoko
• Flash Point: Fire Rescue
• Cards Against Humanity (and their "Holiday Bullshit")
• Bohnanza

What Else?

• Dan Egnor's Puzzle Hunt Calendar
• Rich Bragg and company's ClueKeeper
• You can still get in on JoCo Cruise Crazy 5!

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "I Crush Everything" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #210: Laura E. Hall and Mink Ette

This month, we talk to Laura E. Hall and Mink Ette, two of the six creators behind Spark of Resistance, Portland's first live, interactive room escape game! (No spoilers herein. You can see some mildly revealing photos of the room in the recent Oregonian write-up.)

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Show length: 53:50
File size: 49.2MB

Stuff and things:

• 60 Minutes to Escape: Spark of Resistance
• Cuppa Quest at IndieCade
• "Mutant Giant Spider Dog"

Follow @lauraehall and @mink_ette on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Exit Games UK
• Escape Room Directory
• ClueKeeper
• Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "A Talk with George" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #209: Yuan Niu

This month, we talk to Yuan Niu, who's been running DASH in the Bay Area for several years and Puzzled Pint there since July!

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Show length: 39:52
File size: 36.4MB

Follow @hungrynerd on Twitter for more!

What Else?

Team lowkey's spoiler-filled Shinteki Decathlon 9 (SD9) recap video. LOOK AT IT!


http://youtu.be/kwDB5NKACfg

• Larry Hosken's SD9 write-up
• Hey look it's ClueKeeper
• As you know Bob Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #208: Annie Percik

This month, we talk to Annie Percik, who ran a pirate-themed puzzle hunt at Manorcon in July!

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Show length: 32:04
File size: 30.8MB

Stuff and things:

• Pirate-themed puzzles from Puzzled Pint, September 2010
• Tales of the Arabian Nights on BoardGameGeek
• Galaxy Trucker on BGG
• Kickstarter for a new board game café in London: Draughts

What Else?

• Read Brian Enigma's debrief of this year's ARGFest FestQuest
• Play one of several ClueKeeper public hunts in cities across the USA (requires Google Account login)
• There's some other stuff on Puzzle Hunt Calendar I guess

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Shop Vac" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #207: The Last Six Months

It's been half a year since we changed up our podcast format. How do we think it's going so far? (And what do you think, listeners? Contact us!)

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Show length: 34:17
File size: 32.9MB

The women of SnoutCast 2014 (so far):

• Ana Roeszler
• Erin Rhode
• Stacy Costa
• Andrea Phillips
• Catherine Hagan
• Andrea Blumberg

Follow @teamsnout on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Review SnoutCast on iTunes or Stitcher
• You too can write a hunt for ClueKeeper
• Talk to Dan about Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "A Talk with George" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #206: Andrea Blumberg

Did you enjoy Puzzled Pint, May 2014: The Princess Bride? Well, you have Portland's own Andrea Blumberg to thank for those fine puzzles!

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Show length: 30:42
File size: 29.5MB

Andrea's favorite room escape games online:

• Escape Men
• Tesshi-e
• TomaTea
• Robamimi
• Hottategoya
• Kotorinosu
• Cute and easy find-the-chicks

What Else?

• The New York Times: "In Escape Rooms, Video Games Meet Real Life"
• Look for ClueKeeper public hunts in your area
• Find more event listings on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #205: Catherine Hagan

This month, we talk to Dr. Catherine Hagan, who recently ran a puzzle hunt for her colleagues in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at the University of Missouri!

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Show length: 42:15
File size: 38.7MB

Stuff and things:

• Ian Tullis' GC Summit talks: "Reflections on Puzzling" and "Advice from (and for) a Puzzle Snob"
• Who is Dr. Hagan?
• All about the Hagan Lab at Discovery Ridge
• "comparative and integrative approaches to understanding neuro-immune interactions"

What Else?

• Blah blah blah ClueKeeper
• Yada yada yada Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Shop Vac" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #204: Andrea Phillips

This month, we talk to @andrhia—the creator of Captain Lucy Smokeheart—about ARGs, the state of transmedia, some guy named Satoshi, spiders, and more!

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Show length: 45:39
File size: 41.8MB

Stuff and things:

• Andrea's web site
• The Daring Adventures of Captain Lucy Smokeheart
• A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling
• Andrea's Wikipedia page
• People are still trying to Find Satoshi

Follow @andrhia on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• DASH 6 is coming (if you're not playing, consider volunteering!)
• Have you heard about ClueKeeper?
• What about Puzzle Hunt Calendar?

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #203: Stacy Costa

This month, we talked to the world's only female enigmatologist, Stacy Costa at the University of Toronto, who helped create the recent "Research Matters" Virtual Scavenger Hunt!

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Show length: 49:49
File size: 47.8MB

Our conversation topics included (but were not limited to):

• The Puzzle Instinct, a book by her mentor, Marcel Danesi
• The variety of Clues in the "Research Matters" Virtual Scavenger Hunt
• How this may or may not be the company which hired Stacy to write puzzles for their cereal boxes
• That guy who cheated at a sudoku competition (and was eventually disqualified)
• "Memory & Imagination: The Role of Enigma," a University of Toronto Continuing Studies class Stacy will teach this fall
• The Toronto Star's That's Puzzling! magazine, compiled weekly by Danesi & Costa

Follow @Stacy_A_Costa on Twitter for more!

What Else?

• Sign up to play DASH 6 on April 26th in a city near you
• Check out Puzzled Pint on April 8th in Portland, Seattle, London, Missoula, or Chicago
• Find more events on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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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

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #201: Ana Roeszler

Kicking off our year of interviews with women who make puzzle games is Ana Roeszler, one of the co-founders of Puzzled Pint and a core GC member for WarTron PDX!

Show length: 26:39
File size: 25.6MB   [Download mp3]

What Else?

• Game Control Summit 2014: get ideas on how to run your own puzzle game!
• Learn about more events from Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #200: What's Next

In which we reveal our podcasting plans for 2014, and look back on some great interviews from our first four years.

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01:10 - "bicentennial"
01:34 - Listener Mail: it's pronounced LEHD-beet-ur
02:56 - you, too, should listen to Patrick Stewart's one-man-show of A Christmas Carol
03:53 - SnoutCast Future
10:23 - SnoutCast Present
16:33 - SnoutCast Past (see below for links)
22:37 - go watch some GC Summit videos, kid
25:36 - The End

What Else?

• SnoutCast 47 "Before Midnight" - Don Luskin (~40min)
• SnoutCast 64 "Homicide: Life on the Farm - 10 Years Later" - Sean Gugler (~1hr)
• SnoutCast 168, 169, 170 "The Coin Heist Report with Glenn Willen" - Glenn Willen (~30min each)
• SnoutCast 86, 87, 88 "Alternate Reality Games" - Matthew Schuler & Sean Stacey (~30min each)
• SnoutCast 53 "GC Summit 2011 Panel: MY FIRST GAME" - Dan Egnor, Justin Graham, Jan Chong, Dann Webster, and Trisha Lantznester (~50min)
• Keep watching the skies; also, Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #199: Breakout Things

In which we recount our excellent "room escape" experience at Puzzle Break Seattle, and respond to some more listener mail.

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00:59 - "escapist"
01:20 - Team Goats Under Snout escaped the room in 40 minutes!
18:09 - Listener Mail re: should we continue this podcast?
28:39 - The End

What Else?

• Interested in presenting at Game Control Summit 2014? E-mail Linda!
• The Room 2 released for iPad this Thursday (and the original is still just $2)
• We'll always have Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #198: Listener Mail - Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Thanks to Jeff, Chris, Greg, and Steve for responding to last week's call for feedback! Now how about some ladies speak up? We know you're out there. ;)

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00:59 - "decisive"
31:15 - The End

What Else?

• Portlanders: come say hello to the Puzzled Pint crew tomorrow night at OMSI After Dark
• Add your event to Puzzle Hunt Calendar

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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SnoutCast #197: Think, Think, Think

In which we do not tell knock-knock jokes. Not a single one. Nope. Zero.

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00:59 - "cerebral"
23:17 - The End

Linkage

• Curtis' Ignite Portland 12 talk: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
• 2010 Stanford study: "Decoding Temporal Structure in Music and Speech Relies on Shared Brain Resources but Elicits Different Fine-Scale Spatial Patterns"
• 2009 UCLA study: "The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief"
• 2012 University of Iowa study: "A neuropsychological test of belief and doubt: damage to ventromedial prefrontal cortex increases credulity for misleading advertising"
• Puzzled Pint has debuted in London and is coming to OMSI After Dark!
• It's the off-season on Puzzle Hunt Calendar

It's been four years! Should we continue podcasting? E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast to tell us what you think!

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "I Feel Fantastic" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #196: Mastermind Hunts - Nikolai Lokteff

This week, we chat with Nikolai Lokteff, one of the masterminds behind Mastermind Treasure Hunts!

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00:58 - "mindful"
02:17 - Why Tuesdays for Mastermind Pub Hunts?
13:45 - biggest event so far: "Rogue Agent"
26:18 - making puzzles for "experts"
31:24 - The End

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

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