Welcome to the Saving Throes podcast! This is my Tabletop role-playing game podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a topic or theme along with my take on current happenings in the world of tabletop role-playing games and semi regular updates on the games I am currently involved with, or new games or products I have come across.

This week, I have been thinking a lot more on the recent Wizards of the Coast Gary Con showing. They made some waves in the community by bringing Luke Gygax in and announcing a new Greyhawk book to be released. The buzz was that they were looking to court the old guard again who had largely abandoned them over the years. If this is true, it got me thinking, what could they do to really make a run at this? In this episode I try to think of what they would have to do in order to find success. Tune in to hear my thoughts, and the 7 instincts they have that would likely get in the way.

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Welcome to the Pining For Pixels podcast! This is my video game variety show podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a subject or theme that interests me, and I will speak about what is on my mind in the world of video games!

This week I wanted to give my impressions on 3 games that I have been waiting for some time to release - all coming out in the same week! Replaced was announced so long ago I had started to think it would never be released, but here it is! It was announced so long ago that it is a rare modern day Xbox exclusive (for now). Mouse: P.I. For Hire was likewise announced a long time ago, and after seeing umpteen trailers for it, I began to think that this was going to end up being a disaster! Lastly, Pragmata, like the others, got an announcement many years ago but was shortly thereafter seemingly forgotten about by Capcom. However after all this time, it finally got re-revealed to the world and eventually released as of last week. Tune in to find out how these 3 anticipated games fared as I give my first impressions on what I have played so far for each of them.

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Welcome to the Saving Throes podcast! This is my Tabletop role-playing game podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a topic or theme along with my take on current happenings in the world of tabletop role-playing games and semi regular updates on the games I am currently involved with, or new games or products I have come across.

I miss the old days of Dragon and Dungeon Magazine - I didn't realize how good we had it back then until the magazines were no longer there anymore. There have been a few attempts to bring TTRPG magazines back, such as with Gygax Magazine, but many failed to gain enough traction to be sustainable. However, there continue to be other publications that are trying to keep this format alive, and I want to spotlight 2 of them today: KNOCK! and Mad Scribe Magazine. Both are unconventional magazines, but both have kept themselves relevant and very good content wise. I was unaware of their existence for some time and always wished I knew about them sooner - but luckily for you, I can tell you more about these publications and why they are worth your time and money. Tune in to hear about both and how you can get your hands on their back issues and be there for the newest publications.

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Welcome to the Pining For Pixels podcast! This is my video game variety show podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a subject or theme that interests me, and I will speak about what is on my mind in the world of video games!

There are very few times in video game history where you can remember everything about where you were in your life and what you were doing when you first played a particular game. Halo is one of those game for me. This game looked pretty fun from afar, but once I got my hands on the Xbox controller and got to try it for myself, I had one of those moments. Whenever I hear the chanting monk-like vocals of the title screen or the thumping suspenseful music in combat, I am brought right back to my College days, playing Halo with my friends for hours on end thinking that it doesn't get much better than this. Tune in to hear my thought on the original Halo, and why I think it belongs here in the top 100 games of all time.

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Welcome to the Saving Throes podcast! This is my Tabletop role-playing game podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a topic or theme along with my take on current happenings in the world of tabletop role-playing games and semi regular updates on the games I am currently involved with, or new games or products I have come across.

With all the attention Greyhawk is getting lately, I wanted to take some time to express my love for this campaign setting. It was one of the first settings published for D&D, released to the world by a reluctant Gary Gygax, who believed no one would want to play in someone else's sandbox in lieu of a setting of their own creation. Thankfully he opted to release this to the public anyway, as it is not only a flavourful gritty and lived in feeling world, it was also the inspiration to many DMs and creators alike to springboard into their own creations, much like Gary had thought they would prefer. Tune to hear what 5 elements I chose to talk about for this episode.

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Welcome to the Pining For Pixels podcast! This is my video game variety show podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a subject or theme that interests me, and I will speak about what is on my mind in the world of video games!

I am back with a new Evercade Expeditions episode. This time I am looking at the Neo Geo Arcade 2 collection. Much like the first one, there is a good variety of games that cover a lot of ground for the types of games SNK was known for. This particular collection contains one fairly significant and beloved title in a popular fighting franchise, but also some unsung titles that didn't get the recognition I think they deserved, and a couple that I had never even heard of before. Tune in to hear what is included in this collection and my thoughts on each one.

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Welcome to the Saving Throes podcast! This is my Tabletop role-playing game podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a topic or theme along with my take on current happenings in the world of tabletop role-playing games and semi regular updates on the games I am currently involved with, or new games or products I have come across.

This week I am tackling a fresh new round of DM advice questions. I scoured the internet and found a number of requests for advice. This time it is themed around first time DMs taking up the DM mantle whether through curiosity or necessity, and looking for advice to be successful. I noted many questions are around how to tell a great story, and I of course have lots of opinions on the very nature of that question! Tune in to hear my answers to these fledgling DM questions as well as a sensitive question about gamer hygiene habits!

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Welcome to the Pining For Pixels podcast! This is my video game variety show podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a subject or theme that interests me, and I will speak about what is on my mind in the world of video games!

Xbox suddenly announced that they will be doing a games showcase presentation, this time a partner preview of upcoming 3rd party titles coming to Xbox platforms. The announcement however, seems to have gone fairly unnoticed as many people didn't even realize this happened until it was already done. This presentation certainly had a couple of interesting announcements and some surprises as well. As expected, there was a big focus on titles that are coming to Game Pass day one, are Xbox Play Anywhere titles, or better yet, are a combination of both! The Xbox Play Anywhere designation certainly has a draw for me since I have the ROG Xbox Ally X! Tune in to hear what I thought was done well during this presentation, and what I felt were the opportunities to improve upon for future.

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