Sep 012011
 
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Since the dark, awkward days of our early adolescence, we of the Rag-NERD-rok Crew have enjoyed tabletop role-playing games. During that period of nascent nerdliness, when we first scoured the hobby shops of Long Island for polyhedral dice and White Wolf source books, our game master was Chuck Rozakis, and the campaigns he ran were the stuff of legends. Playing alongside us, testing the boundaries of the game system and of Chuck’s resolve at every possible turn, was our friend Paul Faldetta, who took min-maxing and elevated it to a practiced art form. In this week’s episode, we sit down with Chuck and Paul for a discussion about how to create exciting worlds for your players to explore and entertaining games for them to enjoy, as well as how to take those carefully laid plans and burn them to ashes in a searing, white-hot monster hug of abysmal flame.

(Show notes after the break.)

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Aug 252011
 

Last time on “Dead of Winter,” Neil Price (Bob Domingo) met his client Evan Hollister (Mike Natale), a man being charged with a double homicide. Evan explained that the two murders he was charged with are in fact connected with the year-old murder case of his high school sweetheart, Sara Winter (Alice Muterspaw). He told Neil about the night of Sara’s murder, the Mysterious Stranger (Ed Cress) he and his best friend Ralph (Tony Piccirilo) met, and how Evan was, in fact, in the parking lot of the hotel they were staying at when he heard Sara being murdered.

Cassandra Donner (Allison Malinowski), Ralph’s prom date, is Neil Price’s source of information in “Dead of Winter – Episode 2: Before and After.” She sheds some light on Sara’s relationship with her father, Rev. Mike Winter (Derek Muterspaw), and talks about what she can remember about what happened in the hotel room on the night of Sara’s murder. Listen to this promo, and get excited about “Dead of Winter – Episode 2: Before and After,” which will premiere during the legendary Episode 8 of Rag-NERD-Rok on Sept. 13.

Aug 042011
 

In Episode Two of “Dead of Winter,” country lawyer Neil Price visits Cassandra Donner in a surprising location to get her side of the story.  She sheds some light on Sarah’s relationship with her father by telling Neil what happened before the prom, and we learn just what happened in the hotel room on the night of the murder.

Jul 192011
 
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When a beloved series is laid to rest by its creators, never again to offer us the thrill and joy of new installments, its fans are often overcome with grief. Whether the series in question spanned a decade or only a few short seasons, they feel as if there wasn’t enough time to truly relish what it had to offer. Mourning these losses can be difficult and draining, for even as fans remember the good times they had watching, reading, or listening, they must acknowledge that the story has come to an end if they are truly to move on. In this very special episode of Rag-NERD-rok, Alex, Ryan, Ed, Meyer and Erik take a fond look back at some of their favorite series that have “passed beyond the veil,” so to speak, and pay them tribute in stirring eulogy. After this nerdly memorial service, Alex gives us a review of “The Rocketeer Adventures,” and Ed introduces the first episode of his new audio drama, “Dead of Winter.”

(Show notes after the break.)

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