{"id":1381,"date":"2015-05-23T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2015-05-21T21:10:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T09:10:36","slug":"episode-fifty-four-is-there-a-market-for-soylent-bubba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2015\/05\/episode-fifty-four-is-there-a-market-for-soylent-bubba\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode Fifty Four &#8211; Is There A Market For Soylent Bubba?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3731\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1381-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1381-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/54%20-%20Is%20There%20A%20Market%20For%20Soylent%20Bubba.jpeg\" alt=\"Is There A Market For Soylent Bubba?\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we review <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/dresden-files-rpg-paranet-papers\/\">The Dresden Files RPG Volume 3: The Paranet Papers<\/a>, discover that there are gaming ideas that we&#8217;re not prepared to play, run, or share a room with, and come up with a possible new segment for the Big Red Couch; Dumb-Ass Gaming Ideas.<\/p>\n<p>We start the show, after some introductory yammering, with a review of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/dresden-files-rpg-paranet-papers\/\">The Dresden Files RPG Volume 3: The Paranet Papers<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/\">Evil Hat Productions<\/a>, who were kind enough to send us an electronic preview copy. The review concludes at about the 21 minute mark with a condensed\u00a0version of our thoughts, and then goes into what we laughably call the content of our\u00a0show, which contains such ideas as;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An unpleasant corporation seeks trading opportunities between Alternate Earths, and will attempt to profit from\u00a0anything.<\/li>\n<li>What sort of monstrous things are you prepared to do in order to bring down an evil mega-corp?<\/li>\n<li>The advantage of working for a cartoonishly evil multi-universal corporate entity is that idiotic &amp; cartoonish methods of resistance are really quite effective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrigley.com\/global\/brands\/hubba-bubba.aspx\">Hubba Bubba<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubba_Bubba\">Hubba Bubba on Wikipedia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soylent_Green\">Soylent Green<\/a> (movie)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Polyhedron<\/strong>, sadly, is still not a thing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/\">Evil Hat Productions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/dresden-files-rpg-paranet-papers\/\">The Dresden Files RPG Volume 3: The Paranet Papers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/dresden-files-rpg\/\">The Dresden Files RPG Product Line<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dresden_Files\">The Dresden Files Novels<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jim-butcher.com\/\">Jim Butcher<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jim-butcher.com\/books\/dresden\/changes\">&#8220;Changes&#8221;, Dresden Files book 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?page_id=643\">Kev&#8217;s Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dracula\">Dracula<\/a>, by Bram Stoker<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wizards.com\/default.asp?x=d20modern\">D20 Modern<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hellsing\">Hellsing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/LampshadeHanging\">Lampshading<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowruntabletop.com\/\">Shadowrun<\/a> (Catalyst Game Labs)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shadowrun\">Shadowrun<\/a> (wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product\/63044\/Millennium%27s-End-v2.0\">Millennium&#8217;s End<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make_Room!_Make_Room!\">Make Room! Make Room!<\/a>, by Harry Harrison<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/walksinauckland.com\/waiatarua-reserve-fun\/\">Waiatarua Reserve<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Stross#Merchant_Princes_series\">Merchant Princes Series<\/a>, by Charles Stross<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nightfall.co\/\">Nightfall Games<\/a>, creators of SLA Industries<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SLA_Industries\">SLA Industries<\/a> (wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underground_%28role-playing_game%29\">Underground RPG<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transmetropolitan\">Transmetropolitan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malthusianism\">Malthusianism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fh59oYBXn1M\">Soylent Dreams<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wumpscut:\">:wumpscut:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben referenced the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Braindead_%28film%29\"><strong>Braindead<\/strong><\/a>, directed by Peter Jackson, which was released as <strong>Dead Alive<\/strong> in North America. I <em>think<\/em> the one he meant, also directed by (and starring) Peter Jackson (twice) is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Taste\"><strong>Bad Taste<\/strong><\/a>. ~ T. Jones<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.rpg.net\/index.php\/Worst_RPGs_ever#F.A.T.A.L.\">A short description of F.A.T.A.L.<\/a>, from the &#8220;Worst RPGs Ever&#8221; section of the RPG.net wiki.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpg.net\/reviews\/archive\/14\/14567.phtml\">A <strong>very<\/strong> long RPG.net review of F.A.T.A.L.<\/a> &#8211; Contains coarse language, and is not safe for work. Or some homes.<br \/>\nMuch like the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cannibal_Apocalypse\">Cannibal Apocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/misspentyouth.robertbohl.com\/\">Misspent Youth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vampire:_The_Masquerade\">Vampire: The Masquerade<\/a> (wikipedia article)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.white-wolf.com\/\">White Wolf Publishing<\/a>, the original publishers of V:tM, and probably the best jumping-off point for looking further into their game lines<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiki_bar\">Tiki Bar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3733\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1381-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=1381-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-54-IsThereAMarketForSoylentBubba.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In this episode, we review The Dresden Files RPG Volume 3: The Paranet Papers, discover that there are gaming ideas that we&#8217;re not prepared to play, run, or share a room with, and come up with a possible new segment for the Big Red Couch; Dumb-Ass Gaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Episode Fifty Four - Is There A Market For Soylent Bubba?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}