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Post by stormberg on May 26, 2024 12:13:14 GMT -6
Howdy All, Well it's about time! We finally found enough coins in the couch to finish the When We Were Wizards podcast! A new FREE episode has been uploaded and there are more to come in the next few weeks--10 of them in fact! Check it out: youtu.be/-UuZlWOfoD4Futures Bright, Paul
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Post by mouser on May 27, 2024 8:16:20 GMT -6
It looks good! Nice hooks to pull people in!
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Post by Zenopus on May 27, 2024 8:59:33 GMT -6
Huzzah!
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Post by Starbeard on May 27, 2024 13:58:45 GMT -6
Fantastic!
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Post by thegreyelf on May 28, 2024 7:35:46 GMT -6
Excellent! Congrats! Nice viewer figures, too!
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Post by stormberg on Jun 2, 2024 11:47:59 GMT -6
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Post by stormberg on Jun 9, 2024 9:05:15 GMT -6
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Post by stormberg on Jun 16, 2024 10:45:43 GMT -6
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Post by Finarvyn on Jun 17, 2024 4:27:53 GMT -6
I need to get more hip with technology. Oher than youtube, I'm not sure I know how to watch any of the formats. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png)
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Post by thecube on Jun 17, 2024 7:57:43 GMT -6
Most of the podcast apps and websites confuse me too, so I do the easy thing and just download the mp3's or m4a's of each episode from a site that lets you do that, like Podbean: www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/e8dzg-2732b7/When-We-Were-Wizards-PodcastThen I can listen to the show however I want, without subscribing anywhere or logging in or dealing with an app or web player. Nice and simple.
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Post by rsdean on Jun 17, 2024 8:00:29 GMT -6
I’m up to date on this right now, having listened to The Snake Pit yesterday. I feel like the moral of the story isx “Never mix creatives with businessmen”…
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Post by Malchor on Jun 20, 2024 6:38:31 GMT -6
I just caught up, too. From earlier episodes, plus Snake Pit: - We learned even within creative, competing camps. There were game designer, developer, and editor camps. I want to know more about how TSR split these roles in the 1976-1980 era and how they evolved.
- Around the time the DMG was created, Gary dropped out of both the creative and operations business sides. It sounds like he was trying to make a name for himself as a wheeler and dealer.
- Nepotism was not only for the Blumes and Gygaxs. Everyone could bring on a spouse or significant other. This seemed to be seen as a feature, not a bug. Something that was both used to help attract people to the company, and it sounds like a value Brain particularly subscribed to.
- Brian comes off as not the evil bad guy but mostly the guy stuck making many business decisions, which would never please everyone. That is until Kevin comes on board and it sounds like Kevin took on operations, with all the associated flack.
- Brian was a gamer, perhaps one of those gamers who took winning a little too serious.
- Everyone loved Doug.
- Gary almost certainly voted to put Kevin on the board. It sounds like this was a turning point, but will have to wait for the next episode.
- It's not that no one knew how to run a business; it is that no one knew how to run a business that depended on creatives and sold gaming content. If you think about it, this industry was so new that you would be hard-pressed to find someone who knew how to run such a company.
- What I'm not hearing is any Blume and Gygax fighting just yet, in fact it is stressed they are partners in running the company, at least up to this point.
Definitely recommend everyone give it a listen. This is covering old ground, but there are a lot of newer perspectives we have not heard, with a lot of important details on how people preceived eachother at that time. As far as history of D&D and TSR works, this is on the must read/listen to/watch list. It is a super well balanced view on events IMO.
It is wonderful as a podcat, hats off to stormberg. It also really shows what we lost from this not making it as a film documentary.
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Post by stormberg on Jun 23, 2024 21:00:28 GMT -6
Thanks for the replies and kind words! Yes, Gary putting Kevin on the board was a moment of weakness by Gary in my opinion. I am sad that Doug passed away recently. After making this and having talked to him little bit makes me wish I had more time to get to know him. Well The Great Kingdom is going to happen! It has been a labor of love at this point (same as this podcast) but I am determined to complete it. Thanks for listening and the feedback! It is wonderful to get all these messages about how much everyone is enjoying the series! Even Gary's first wife Mary commented on When We Were Wizards saying she thought she wouldn't be interested (it was her life after all!) but she said she found it fascinating as she didn't know all of the intrigue happening at the company and it was no wonder Gary suffered a nervous breakdown. She told us, "very good job on this project"! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Our latest episode is out now: Tomb of Horrors! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tomb-of-horrors/id1631699827?i=1000659929843
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Post by stormberg on Jun 30, 2024 11:07:40 GMT -6
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Post by stormberg on Jul 7, 2024 21:40:52 GMT -6
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 8, 2024 5:14:49 GMT -6
For anyone interested in Paul's stuff, go to one of the earlier posts in the thread for links. The last couple of posts somehow got messed up (the ... stuff is actual text in the last few, but represents hidden parts of a link if you go back a ways) and go nowhere. Also, when I try to reach Google Podcast it says that software doesn't exist any more. The youtube link goes to a preview only. I had hoped that this material was on youtube so I could watch it on my computer. I don't get apple or spotify at the moment, but may have to sign up to one of those platforms if that's the only way to get Paul's content. - - - - - EDIT: You don't need to sign up to Apple. Once can just click and listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-we-were-wizards/id1631699827
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