Three Moves Ahead 30: Episode 30

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

Strategy, Games & Hobbies, War, Strategy Games, Games, War Games, Video Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2009

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder what would happen to a show where Tom Chick didn’t show up to ask annoying questions? This is the answer. PCGamer’s role playing game authority Desslock sits in with the remaining panelists to talk about how RPGs and strategy games overlap. Where is character advancement more important than story? Does Dominions 3 count as an RPG? It’s a low key and low energy discussion with only a little bit of nagging to Julian to get his turn in.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, the official podcast of Flash of Steel.com.
0:06.6	I am your host, Troy Goodfellow, and with me tonight is freelance writer Julian Murdoch.
0:12.5	Hello, hello, hello.
0:14.6	Dr. Bruce Garrick.
0:16.7	Fortunately, Tom Chick's not here, so I get to talk more.
0:20.4	Yes, this is the first ever episode without Tom Chick.
0:24.3	So now I'm the only one with a perfect record.
0:27.8	So sitting in Tom's chair tonight is a special guest.
0:31.6	We have Deslock, former columnist, RPG columnist for PC Gamer,
0:37.3	and you still do freelance writing for them, I believe.
0:40.3	Is that right?
0:40.9	I do indeed.
0:43.2	Hello, listeners.
0:45.8	It's like Last Magazine Standing.
0:48.0	It's like a reality TV show.
0:51.6	Yeah.
0:53.0	You'll see how long it has to go. That's because Julian's never written for them. I know, I know. I promise I'll see how long it has to go
0:54.4	That's because Julian's never written for them
0:56.1	I know I know I promise I'll stay away
0:58.3	I've never written for them either
1:00.3	And I don't think Troy has either
1:01.5	No
	...

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