Theory From the Closet

Show039: Interview with Ralph Mazza

Here’s the second, or third interview I did at Forge Midwest. This is with the other creator of Universalis, Ralph Mazza. We talk about Universalis, Robots and Rapiers, plus Blood Red Sands. We also discuss how we believe that folks aren’t paying enough attention to covering who gets to make decisions in a lot of Indie games. All the interviews I did at Forge Midwest were without any notes or prepared questions. That will be fairly clear in this interview as there is more rambling than usual, but I still think it’s a good interview. There’s also Tea.

Show037: Interview with Mike Holmes

This is the first of the RPG recordings I made at Forge Midwest. I only made two, but I got to play some games and it was sweet. Anyway, I’ve been wanting to talk to Mike since last year but have kept dropping the ball. We discuss why you can’t reward Simulationism, the game he is working on called Other Worlds, and quite a few other things. We recorded in a room covered in tile with a loud refrigerator, I tried to take the refrigerator noise out, but didn’t want to be too aggressive to prevent robot voices. Hopefully it worked, although you folks with expensive headphones might be pissed off. Ha. Macklin.

I may have more to say later… although I never seem to follow through with that.