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Episode 205 – international round table, part 2 |
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* (0:24) Game titles that are popular in Ireland, Israel, and Sweden. The consumption of local games versus those produced in America. * (5:46) The ubiquity of English in entertainment and how that affects RPGs. Whether language can serve as a barrier to getting into the hobby. Titles published in other languages that English speakers may be missing out on. * (14:02) How national culture impacts the types of games that people consume. The ways various nations are represented in roleplaying games that provide a speculative world based on the real one. * (22:39) The nature of social and religious prejudice regarding tabletop roleplaying games. The presence or absence of gamer shame. * (33:28) America as the default setting for roleplaying games. How other countries are portrayed in games and whether portraying them in better detail would help them gain traction abroad. * (47:15) Drawing together our similarities as gamers, regardless of where we live. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Itamar, Jenny, Shane Itamar is a regular host of the Hamishakia podcast, which has a feed dedicated to their English language episodes. Jenny is an artist with an online gallery of her work. Shane is a host of The Adventuring Party podcast. |
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