Episode #11: Love D&D? In this week’s episode, we talk about the D&D Next playtest. What works, what doesn’t, and where are things headed. And we introduce our email address (which is roleinitiative [at] gmail [dot] com ). Enjoy! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More
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Episode #10: In this week’s episode, we speak with two fellow gamers, David Simmonds & James Waters, about some of their various social and computer gaming interests. Into Battlefield 3? So are these cats! We also touch upon some of the stronger and weaker gamer developers, in our opinion, and what makes some of our favourite
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Episode #5: in our fifth episode, I get the chance to speak with local practicing Psychologist Dr. Jean Craven. As the first head of the Psychological Wellness Center here on UNB campus, Dr. Craven is part of leading a team of practitioners to cost-effectively address community mental health needs. We discuss some aspects of individual
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Episode #4: in this more poised interview with professor emeritus Dr. Will Van De Hoonard, he discusses his qualitative research about slow scholarship. We hear about the follies of a rushed and projective research system, the reductive nature of the research results in use, and the strengths of more qualitative approaches. This includes increased respect
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Episode #3: in our third episode, we interview sex researcher (and dancing queen) Ashley Thompson. Her work focuses on sexual attitudes. Think you don’t come with any biases about what you do and don’t prefer? The cognitive aspects of Ashley’s work help prove in many cases that you’re wrong! We explore facial perception as well.
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Episode #2: In our second episode of “The Scientific Sandwich”, we continue our interview with Adrianna Del Palacio. We hear more able to struggles of experimental control and trying to re-interpret our data when results aren’t what we would expect. This is part 2 of a two-part interview with Ms. Del Palacio. Podcast: Play in new
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Episode #1: In our first episode of “The Scientific Sandwich”, we get a chance to speak with Adrianna Del Palacio about her psychology research. She talks about her research in Depression and Anxiety disorders and their relation to cognition. If CBT is so effective against both genres of disorders, when why do we see interaction
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Episode #9: In this week’s episode, we speak with Mike Taggart (or “Stereo Mike” as you may know him) about his varied gaming experiences. We tackle favourite old school nintendo classics, more recent tabletop RPG experiences, and Mike’s GMing experiences running a play-by-post GURPS game. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | More
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Episode #8: Do you know what Live-action roleplaying is? Well, in our eighth episode of Role Initiative, with speak with NERO NB Owner Andrew Inness about the LARP he runs and the chain of chapters it’s connected to. If you’re used to an RPG being a pre-programmed video game, a simple board game, or sheer
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Episode #7: In our seventh episode of Role Initiative, we again speak with Jebb Richard about some of our favourite board games. While we’re both fans of Risk 2210, we seem to agree that new Risk Legacy holds some great potential to long-term campaign play. As well, we discuss the potential for Runebound- for added
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Episode #6: I told Mr. Kayne Wong to get out of my studio while I was recording this sixth episode of Role Initiative, but he wouldn’t listen. So, we recorded another show… again about D&D and our take on some variant house rules. I have a great way to both diversify and balance a mana
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Episode #5: With the announcement of 5th Edition D&D at some vague point in the future, Kayne Wong and myself discuss various house rules we’ve used in some of our D&D games. With the aim of conceiving what this great next edition of D&D COULD be like, we gab about all pros and cons of
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Episode #4: In our fourth episode, we talk to Jebb. Just Jebb. He’s the only one of his kind, a type of alien from the jebbula nebula. We argue and mostly agree about comparing the strengths and weaknesses of 3rd versus 4th Edition D&D. Both him and I seem to feel 4th Ed has more
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Episode #3: In our third episode of “Role Initiative”, we talk with tiny lady gamer Lori Chick about some recent beta-testing of hers with a now famous MMO, “Star Wars: the Old Republic”. As a multiplayer game, we get into the role a character plays compared to other party members and team complements. We also
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Episode #2: In our second episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with Matt Nightengale on the topic of Zombies. Meandering through a range of topics, we touch upon some famous zombie video games, how horror themes might play out effective in a tabletop RPG, and some “do”s and “don’t”s of effective survival horror tropes. Podcast: Play in
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Episode #1: In our premiere episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with fellow gamer Joel Richard about some of his gaming interests. We focus on the Pathfinder RPG, a variant system for 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Also, we tackle the console game “Portal 2”, which offers some great two-player co-operative experience. Finally, we touch upon
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