D6G Episode 14: Gen Con 08 in Detail, In depth interview with Matt Wilson

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4.8 • 613 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2008

⏱️ 223 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 14 the D6G team gets into the details of Gen Con Indy 2008. We delve into the nature of the con with questions like "Which vendors had the strongest presence?" and "Were certain types of games on the rise or decline?" But the best part of this super long episode, we think, is the extensive (over an hour) interview with Matt Wilson, the man behind Privateer Press. We feel this is a must listen for all gamers, regardless of game system, as Matt goes through his history in the game industry, and how he went from game idea to game production, and all the bumps in the middle. All that and our usual 'not too horrible' humor, with features such as: - When Wives Attack - Rapid Fire - The Hollywood Minute - New Contests - & More It's the final weeks to enter the PaintedFigs.com contest. to see photos of the models.If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: . Advertisers this episode:

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0:00.0	Theorizing that if they surround themselves with enough gamers, they could absorb all the gaming knowledge on the planet, the D6G team built a transport device to take them to what has become
0:23.2	known as the best four days in gaming.
0:30.7	They now leap from game to game, mesmerized by all the possibilities, and hoping their
0:36.3	next leap will be the leap to the perfect game.
0:44.0	This is episode 14 of the D6th generation with your hosts Russ Wakeland, Craig DeLont, and Rath, uh, Hollywood Granger.
0:57.4	Up first is Rapid Fire.
0:59.7	It's a little bit crazy, but at least it's short.
1:04.2	Welcome to another edition of Rapid Fire, the roundtable discussion of all things gaming,
1:08.4	coming at you at the speed of a nimble Asian girl wearing fake elf ears that stick out six inches on either side of her head at a right angle. Today's edition is brought to you by Lord Blackfang, who promises not to use sentry stones and wolf riders in his next game against Raithboard. Happy birthday, buddy. I'm Geekly McNair to get your host. Today, as always, our panelists are Russ, who's a chick, Wakeland, and Ray.
1:30.4	What?
1:30.6	What?
1:30.6	What?
1:32.3	Granger, let's begin.
1:34.3	Issue number one.
1:36.0	In the 1990s, Japanese studio exec, Nov Takashi, first coined the term cosplay,
1:42.2	referring to fans of anime, sci-fi, etc., who dress up as their
1:45.7	favorite characters, often going so far as to emulate their behavior and personalities.
1:50.2	In the 1970s, the first gaming groups in America began to experiment with live-action role-playing,
1:55.3	or LARPING, where they dress up as their characters and act out their adventures,
1:59.8	rather than describing them verbally as in classic role-playing games.
2:03.3	Lately, cosplay and larping, especially in large venues such as conventions,
2:07.3	have blended and become almost indistinguishable by the common layman.
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