Meeting Games Where They’re At [w/ Quinns]

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Today, we're talking to Quintin Smith aka Quinns, who has been reviewing boardgames for more than a decade with the iconic show, Shut Up and Sit Down. Then about 3 years ago, Quintin joined People Make Games to cover everything from Roblox's relationship to child labour to the battle for ownership and control of Disco Elysium, from the revival of kabaddi in India to phenomenon that is jubensha in china. Now, he's gone and started Quinns Quest, a new youtube channel to review tabletop roleplaying games that feels like a lot like that one weird show where William Riker from Star Trek looked at the camera and asked us if we believed in ghosts. Don't worry, listeners, we're going to ask the question on everyone's mind: why?

Show Notes:

[00:02:00] What makes a good review?

[00:08:02] Horror versus Tension: one of the challenges of reviewing RPGs

[00:16:12] Would you ever do a bad review?

[00:23:22] Why playing games are vital for reviews

[00:40:44] Infectious Enthusiasm: World Wide Wrestling by Nathan Paoletta

[00:43:26] Tyranny of Numbers: Youtube drop-off

[00:45:12] Replay

[00:50:31] All Advice is Advice For Myself: Use your hands?

Other references:

I mentioned an article by Quinn Murphy which talks about promises, consistency and economy, you can find that here

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