Funky and Aria discuss Pathos. Why does it not belong on Funky's table? Is Pathos a cat?

They get into equity in the spotlight, Trotskyists, and cool warrior-poets.

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Funky and Aria discuss Noodle Incidents. What they are, how to use them for fun and profit, and being in silly moods.

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Funky and Aria discuss Heroism. What it really means, sleep-deprived writing, and Funky's awesome grandmother are all brought up.

Funky's audio was pretty messed up for this episode as he tried to figure out a new system. Many apologies are given for this.

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Stuff Referenced in this Episode:

Behind the Bastards

Funky and Aria discuss Aria's Unified Theory of Cohesive Game Designtm. They get into hackable systems, generic systems, and the hopeful first sponsor of the podcast.

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Systems Referenced in this Episode:

Cortex Prime

Hack! The RPG

Apocalypse World

GURPS

Forged in the Dark

FATE

Draw Steel!

Battle Systems

Funky and Aria discuss exploiting game writing for fun, not-fun, and profit. We explore the world of why numbers are stupid, the Greater Seattle Polycule™, and carrying hundreds of ceramic plates around.

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Clickbait title aside... Funky and Aria discuss what plagiarism really is, and why you should maybe do it actually. All kinds of niche media abound.

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• Gurren Lagann - Cuz we mentioned it... sorta... Mostly I just wanted an excuse to say the line...
• Leverage - You REALLY should know more about Leverage
• Burn Notice - If you feel you want to know more about Burn Notice
• Yokohama Shopping List - You should know more about Yokohama Shopping List
• Future Boy Conan - In case you want to know more about Future Boy Conan
• The Elder Scrolls | Morrowind - In case you don't know what Morrowind is
• Bad Medicine for Dr. Drugs - DriveThruRPG link for Bad Medicine for Dr. Drugs
• Blades in the Dark - DriveThruRPG link for Blades in the Dark
• Shadowrun - DriveThruRPG link for all Shadowrun products
• Ryuutama - DriveThruRPG link for Ryuutama
• Detail Diatribe: The Anime that Inspired Wind Waker - Video by Overly Sarcastic Productions about Wind Waker and Future Boy Conan
• Apocalypse Keys - A Doomsday TTRPG by Evil Hat - Link for Apocalypse Key on Evil Hat's website
• DM of the Rings I:The Copious Backstory - Twenty Sided - DM of the Rings
• Pale | Beyond a Doubt - Link for Pale, by Wildbow Y'all should read Worm too.
• Monster of the Week - DrivethruRPG link for Monster of the Week

Funky and Aria discuss bad games they know with good lessons to learn from them. This delves into pandas in World of Warcraft, 17th century england, and the eponymous classic movie Equilibrium

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Systems Referenced in this Episode:

Clockwork & Chivalry 2nd Edition

Tails of Equestria

Hackmaster

Shadowrun

MAKE YOUR ALIENS WEIRDER!! JUST DO IT!

Funky and Aria discuss weird alien people and why they should be weirder. This includes Tolkien, The Doctor, elves, and planets miniaturized into people.

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