Retronauts Pocket Episode 20: RPGs with Modern-Day Settings

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Kickstarter backer Juan Soto brings you Retronauts Pocket episode 20, which explores the very small world of RPGs with modern-day settings. Why do we find them so captivating, and why do the majority of RPG developers rely on Tolkienesque fantasy? Listen in for answers to these questions and more with the help of Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, Jeremy Parish, and Kat Bailey.

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0:00.0	This week on RetroNots,
0:01.3	every day is great and you're tuned to X.
0:05.1	Hey everybody, welcome to RetroNots Pocket episode 20 and this week's topic is RPGs
0:34.5	with modern day settings and before I talk about who brought us this topic, let's let's see who's here today, who is right over there?
0:41.5	Rainy Barnhole?
0:42.5	That's right, who else do we have?
0:43.5	Cat Bailey.
0:44.5	All right, who else is on Skype?
0:46.5	Oh, that's me, Jerry Parish.
0:49.5	That's you, yeah.
0:50.5	I forgot what Skype is.
0:51.5	Somebody else on Skype?
0:52.5	Yeah, yeah.
0:53.5	It is a program you're using and it's terrible.
0:55.5	Got it.
0:56.5	It's a solution.
0:57.5	Yes.
0:58.5	So, this is another backer episode and it comes to us from one Soto who writes into say,
1:04.5	many gamers have their favorite RPGs, usually a Final Fantasy or a Dragon Quest title.
1:08.5	Me, I like my RPGs of the modern day realm, Earthbound, Contact, Persona.
1:13.5	Unfortunately, these are rare breed.
1:15.5	Why do gamers prefer their RPGs set in a fantasy world than a more contemporary slash urban setting?
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