Some Derps Talk About Games

This week, Buddy & Mango gush about overwatch and then discuss the role of RNG in video games, and where it is and is not appropriate. Cynical Nerds King's Row Analysis: https://youtu.be/lkdZUay20sc ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/c...

This week, Buddy & Mango are joined by recurring guest Mark to talk about a fundamental part of settings: the twin axes: noble vs bright, and grim vs dark. 1d4chan article, for reference: https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noblebright#8chan_Anon_Explains_the_Grim.2FNoble_and_Dark.2FBright_Spectrum ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally vi...

In this special episode, Buddy & Mango are joined by special guest Alex Zhao to discuss the new movie, Captain America: Civil War. Your regularly scheduled games episode will be up later this week. Sorry for any audio issues, Zhao's microphone is very sensitive and needed some hard adjustment. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasiona...

This week, Buddy & Mango talk about Overwatch, fresh off of the open beta. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Like our facebook page t...

This week Buddy & Mango do a dual episode and take on both Ultimate Intrigue and Mid Season Magic, getting less far in both than they hoped. At least we'll never run out of content. Swap to Mid Season Magic happens at 45 minutes pretty much exactly. We are a laser precision podcast. Link to 6.9 Patch notes: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-69-notes -------------------...

This week, Buddy & Mango discuss the recently released Taric rework, and the planned upcoming mage changes slated for patch 6.9. snomaN Gaming on Dark Souls: https://youtu.be/apmr8I4xaOg snomaN Gaming on Gone Home: https://youtu.be/-07yKAbfG8o snomaN Gaming on Undertale: https://youtu.be/KkJ8C1MEKLs ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occ...

This week, Buddy & Mango yell at each other about rust monsters before looking through some more Ultimate intrigue archetypes. We are never going to finish this book, are we? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCi...

In this special Bonusode, Buddy & Mango talk about Man of Steel and Batman vs Superman, and how, while not perfect, they are not nearly as bad as some say they are. Man of Steel Tornado Clip: https://youtu.be/bSLXz8ReSe0 Zach Snyder on Batman Killing: http://www.heyuguys.com/exclusive-zack-snyder-explains-detail-dark-knight-kills-batman-v-superman/ -------------------------------------------------...

This week, Buddy & Mango continue traversing the Ultimate Intrigue book, getting through a portion of the non-vigilante archetypes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell us something? email us...

This week Buddy & Mango take out the freshly released Ultimate Intrigue Book, and the vigilante class contained therein. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell us something? email us at someder...

This week, Buddy & Mango discuss what they love about strategy games. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Join our facebook group too!...

This week, Buddy & Mango do an in depth analysis on the Magus class in the Pathfinder system. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Join...

This week, Buddy & Mango talk about boss encounters... this time in video games! Concerning Toriel: https://youtu.be/UELdGDYAHcI ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell us something? email us at...

This week, Buddy & Mango are joined by recurring guest Mark to talk about how to handle boss fights in the Pathfinder system, and what tweaks to make in order to get them to really shine. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_n...

This week, Buddy & Mango start out exploring grinding as a mechanic, and move quickly into talking about what aspect of RNG is acceptable and what is not. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Replays! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nUkst1COpd4cCiUkmPh1g Want to tell...

This week, Buddy & Mango talk about races in pathfinder. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Join our facebook group too! www.facebook.com/groups/1489311461378208/ Follow us on Twitter! Buddy: @ThatBud...

This week, Mango & Buddy set out to discuss good skill versus bad skill, and along the way get distracted by the nature of difficulty in video games and how it relates to games as art. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Want to tell us something? email us at somederps...

This week, Buddy & Mango talk a bit about who they like to read, watch, listen to and otherwise just follow in gamer culture. From Totalbiscuit to SuperBestFriends to Errant Signal, all the big names that we keep an eye on! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mentioned in the Cast: Half-A Presses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A Errant Signal on Civilizatio...

This week, Buddy & Mango are joined by the rest of the Iron Gods group to talk about the campaign now that it is concluded. Sorry for the bad editing, there were too many tracks to go over it with a fine tooth comb. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Want to tell us s...

This week, Buddy, Mango, & recurring guest Mark talk about a grab bag of different Pathfinder topics. Yeah, it's a grab bag. Not junk drawer. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Join our facebook group...

This week, Buddy & Mango discuss exactly what constitutes pay to win, and end up talking about various pricing models for video and tabletop games. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Join our facebook...

This week, Buddy & Mango start out talking about defining games, but mostly end up talking about why this debate exists in the first place and explaining that. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygames Want to tell us something? email us at somederpsplaygames@gmail.com Join...

This week, Buddy & Mango go over their top games for the year. Note: Campaign update is at the END of the cast (we forgot sorry) MGS Movie Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLae_AFHRR5HlGrWSz0sHebp8qgpRtfY6N Megalovania: https://youtu.be/B2jVbSI9H4o ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at...

This week, Buddy and Mango, along with special guest Mark, finish talking about one of Buddy's homebrew classes, the Warlord. Link to the class spec, as it was originally envisioned: docs.google.com/document/d/1vV42B…/edit?usp=sharing ---------------------------------------------------------------- Want to watch us play D&D, and occasionally video games? Check us out at twitch.tv/somederpsplaygame...

Releasing opposite Star Wars? Hell yeah, I can't see it until Monday anyway. This week, Buddy and Mango talk about one of Buddy's homebrew classes, the Warlord, and get so carried away they need another episode to finish it off. Link to the class spec, as it was originally envisioned: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vV42B-OAxyDhIgy-CFPzJnGzX9LcM8-xeg8M78SOy7M/edit?usp=sharing -----------------...