Side Story

32: The Gnome Is Going Into the Shredder

It's music week on Side Story! Keith, Jack, and Sylvi kick off a conversation around music creation game Offbeat, a game about using a toy keyboard and a bunch of input cables as a sequencer to create little jingles as a freelance musician. But of course, this is Side Story, so their conversation quickly ranges to the act of music-making writ large. Show Notes  Yamaha MU80 - Performance Demo The Gen Alpha Melody Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Every Company Only Makes One Good Thing 09:51 What is 'Offbeat' 17:44 Wait, what is a "Sequencer" 31:27 Permission to Make Busted Work 40:46 How Tools Shape Music 01:08:02 Keith Reccomendation 01:14:09 Secret Bonus Track (Deluxe Edition) Go check out the Special Edition 10th Anniverary Marielda Vinyl Album!  Featuring Jack de Quidt, Keith Carberry, and Sylvi Bullet Produced by Ali Acampora Cover Art by A Liang Chan  Music by Jack de Quidt

31: Putting the Player in the Kiln

We talk about friction a lot here on Side Story. Friction as difficulty. Friction as texture. Friction as erotics. But today, as the gem slides onto the lathe, as the clay spins around the wheel, as the brush strokes across the long arm, we talk about friction-as-friction, literally. But I mean, yes, we also talk about it as all that other stuff. Of course. Who do you think we are?  Show Notes Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:17 Lapidary 31:43 Master of Pottery 58:29 Meccha Chameleon

30: A Game About Shitheads

Gather up your ore nuggets, bind quicksave to an easy to reach button, and prepare to be killed in one hit by a level 1 mole creature because this week, Jack and Austin descend into the Khorinis mines and the magically-sealed penal colony within, delving for the first time into the renowned Gothic series via the newly released Gothic 1 Remake.  Support us on Patreon! Show Notes The Lost Art of Collectivist RPGs by Crocodile Gambit Sin Vega's Gothic 1 Remake Review https://xetoxyc.github.io/gothic-remake-lockpicker/ Go check out the Special Edition 10th Anniverary Marielda Vinyl Album!  Featuring Jack de Quidt and Austin Walker Produced by Ali Acampora Cover Art by A Liang Chan  Music by Jack de Quidt

29: The Ship Is Like a Piano to Me

Go check out the Special Edition 10th Anniverary Marielda Vinyl Album!  Begin. Motion. D4. Nav 3 R4; gather all. D4. D3. Nav 1 R3; Motion. D5. Nav 3 R5. Interface. Scan. Defense. D6. Nav 3 R6; Gather All. Fuck. Defense. Nav 1 D6; Tow. Nav all R1. Exit. Chapters 00:00 Marielda Vinyl Announcemnet 01:33 Intro 05:09 Today's Topic: Duskers 18:43 Introversion's Uplink 22:35 Duskers: When Things Go Bad 43:18 For All Mankind 46:28 Space Horror 51:10 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator 53:01 Duskers Final Thoughts Support us on Patreon! Featuring Sylvi Bullet and Jack de Quidt Produced by Austin Walker Cover Art by A Liang Chan  Music by Jack de Quidt

28: The Abstraction Gap

We've all been there. You sit down and break the seal on a new pack of cards, you smell the new card smell, you deal out a starter hand of Solitaire -- and then it dawns on you: you accidentally bought evil cards again! This keeps happening!  Today, Jack and Austin sit down to talk about evil card games and discuss Forbidden Solitaire and Black Jacket. Support us on Patreon! Featuring Jack de Quidt and Austin Walker Produced by Ali Acampora Cover Art by A Liang Chan  Music by Jack de Quidt Chapters 00:00 Introduction 05:06 An Introduction to Evil Games 15:00 Forbidden Solitaire 38:20 Black Jacket