In this episode Cathy welcomes Maury Brown back to the show and they talk about games used to relax; Carrie tells us about Chuck’s Challenge, and I have a conversation with Laila Shabir about Girls Make Games.
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Guest Host: Maury Brown of Learn LARP and Magischola
After working as a marketing and communications executive for a Fortune 500 company, Maury Brown moved to the education sector, where she has more than 15 years experience designing curriculum, delivering and assessing instruction, and conducting research on engagement and learning with students in elementary school through graduate school. A diverse writer of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction with degrees in literature and creative writing from the University of Virginia, she is finishing her PhD in Rhetoric & Cultural Studies, researching LARPs as participatory design and interactive storytelling. She has been involved in role-playing games since the early 1990s.
- Maury Brown on Twitter
- Learn Larp, LLC
- New World Magischola
- Magischola Prep
- A Wolf By Any Other Name – LARP in a Box – On Kickstarter NOW!
The Crafting Rogue Review of the Video Game: Chuck’s Challenge 3D
Carrie Lambertson gives us a review of the video game, Chuck’s Challenge 3D. Carrie is a World of Warcraft playing, crocheting, sewing, depressed girl who is trying to improve her life. In the past few months she has been focusing her efforts on improving herself. She is allowing herself to do the things she enjoys. She crafts, she crochets, she sews, and she LOVES video games! Check out the Crafting Rogue Podcast and Blog.You can also find Carrie on Twitter and she sells her crafts on Etsy.
Cathy and Maury
Talk About Relaxing Games:
Cathy and Maury talk about the games they find relaxing after a stressful day, a brain burner of a game, or just when they want to unwind. Included is some input from audience members. Games discussed include:
- Carcassonne
- Dixit
- Fluxx
- Loonacy
- Munchkin
- Roll For It!
- Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
- Rivers, Roads, and Rails
- Settlers of Catan
- Tetris
- Tsuro
Cathy & Laila Shabir Talk About Girls Make Games
Girls Make Games is a series of international summer camps, workshops and game jams designed to inspire the next generation of designers, creators, and engineers. Laila Shabir is the founder of LearnDistrict, an educational company based in San Jose, CA. They are committed to providing students with access to knowledge through our games and programs like Girls Make Games workshops.
- Camp Information
- Jobs at Girls Make Games Camps
- Girls Make Games Site
- Girls Make Games on Twitter
- Girls Make Games on Facebook
- Laila Shabir on Twitter
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Games Mentioned in This Episode
GAME RATING SCALE:
We have started referring to and rating games by a rating scale. Here is how we are using this scale:
5 = Buy this! Buy this now!
4 = A good solid game!
3 = Decent with some bugs.
2 = Has great potential as kindling!
1 = Give me back the time I spent playing it!
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Music & Sound Effects Used in this Episode:
- Acoustic Breeze by Bensound
- Computer Lover
by The Dirty Moogs - Dance by Bensound
- Funky Suspense by Bendsound
- Happiness by Bensound
- Jazz Comedy by Bensound
- Revive by Adrianna Krikl
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