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Cast : Rob, Mike, Matt, and Beezley
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Transition Music : “Sore Spot” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Luck-balancing mechanics in tabletop gaming

04:20 : On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, from Penny Arcade
07:35 : Comix Zone
08:20 : Age of Conan
14:05 : Fallout
15:20 : A Hunger Like Fire and Marriage of Viciousness and Virtue, by Greg Stolze
15:45 : Blood In, Blood Out by Lucien Soulban
16:25 : Games Workshop
21:45 : Munich
23:10 : The swarm is set to gain another bear.
25:55 : Battlestar Galactica
26:10 : Mike’s Mass Effect campaign portal
27:30 : Grand Theft Auto IV
27:35 : Equilibrium
28:05 : The Strangers
29:00 : 16 Blocks
29:10 : Mos Def
29:30 : Zombies!
31:15 : Resident Evil: Extinction
32:05 : Order of the Stick board game, and the associated comic
32:55 : Tannhauser
33:05 : Rock Band
33:25 : Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
36:45 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses various luck and luck-balancing mechanics in different game systems
37:30 : Eberron
38:40 : Savage Worlds
38:55 : Skies of Glass, from the guys at Fear the Boot
40:15 : Warhammer
42:20 : World of Darkness
44:45 : Legend of the Five Rings
45:25 : Star Wars SAGA
47:25 : Unhallowed Metropolis
56:10 : CyberPunk 2020
58:25 : Fireborn
01:02:00 : WarMachine and Hordes

Shoutouts
Rob : Spirit of the Century & Carl @ Meta-Games
Mike : Solomon Birch
Matt : Jacob’s wife, Megan
Beezley : Iron Man

 

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Cast : Rob, Mike, & Matt
Intro Music : “Haters” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Outro Music : “Position” by Sore found on www.podsafeaudio.com
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : First Sessions

01:30 : Roleplaying Public Radio (RPPR)
03:00 : Heineken
03:10 : Guinness
03:45 : Battlestar Galactica
03:50 : Dresden Files
04:00 : Mass Effect
05:50 : Mike’s Mass Effect campaign wiki on Obsidian Portal
09:45 : Burn Notice, Supernatural
10:05 : Assassin’s Creed
10:30 : The Dark Knight
10:50 : Iron Man
12:05 : ScreenVision
13:15 : Forbidden Kingdom
13:50 : The Avengers (Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America)
14:20 : Dexter’s Laboratory, Justice Friends
14:40 : Edward Norton
17:00 : Shia LaBeouf
17:15 : Transformers, Constantine
17:40 : Hitman
18:25 : Savage Worlds
19:45 : Dethklok
20:30 : The Mall of America
21:55 : Marvel Zombies
22:00 : The Hamiltons, After Dark Horror Festival
22:20 : Suspect Zero
22:50 : Slither
23:00 : Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
24:55 : Heroes
27:10 : Jason Bourne
27:55 : The Sum of All Fears, Tom Clancy
28:35 : Harrison Ford
28:45 : Ben Affleck
28:50 : Patriot Games, The Hunt for Red October
29:30 : John Clark
30:50 : Children of Men
31:40 : The Prestige
32:35 : A Farewell to Arms
32:50 : The Mod Squad
33:10 : Tears of the Sun
33:20 : The Score
33:40 : TiVo
34:25 : 16 Blocks
34:30 : Master and Commander
34:35 : Eisenhorn
36:10 : Mortfiles
39:15 : Street Fighter: The Movie
39:40 : Monster Rancher
40:25 : Digimon
40:35 : Something Awful
41:35 : Urban Dead
45:30 : Topic discussion begins. The Bear Swarm cast discusses common issues and ideas for first gaming sessions
46:30 : Fear the Boot, Yog Radio, Sons of Kryos, The Butcher Block, Dragon’s Landing Inn
51:10 : Aunt Jemima (no, seriously)
55:30 : We all start coughing here, and then we leave the room for like 5 minutes. Rob sped it up to cut the time down, and it sounds really freaky.
01:03:25 : Shadowrun
01:06:35 : Legend of the Five Rings
01:08:20 : Living Greyhawk
01:10:30 : Morrowind and Oblivion

Shoutouts
Mike: John Winchester
Rob: Dethklok
Matt: ZaReason

 

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