TL;DR: Despite an unfair advantage, my sister still wins. 🙂 Back in September, I asked people (by e-mail and social media) to fill out a quick survey describing how long we’ve known each other, where we met, and their first…
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Now Hear This
Eventually, somebody’s going to figure out that these recorded messages are going to the wrong place. Meanwhile, here’s more (in Spanish) from the Los Angeles Unified School District! Feel free to post your English translations in the comments. 🙂
Do You Speak Spanish?
You do? Great! Want to tell me what this voicemail (apparently a robo-call, almost certainly spam) says? I’m just curious. Thanks in advance! 🙂
SnoutCast #181: Story Stricture
THAT’S NOT A TYPO THAT’S A PUN OKAY GET IT. [ Download mp3 – 21 MB ] 00:59 – “narrative”03:00 – you, too, should go watch the “Thrift Shop” music video04:40 – a.k.a. the monomyth08:39 – DeeAnn still hates pilots,…
SnoutCast #178: Listener Mail Potpourri
This week, we respond to your feedback from the last few weeks. Keep those cards and letters coming in, folks! CORRECTION (ADD 16 Jul 2013): commenter Nathan Curtis is NOT Nathan Fung who helped us playtest WarTron. [ Download mp3…
SnoutCast #166 : The “I” in Team
What’s the deal with “the Game community?” A sort-of follow-up to our one hundredth podcast. [ Download mp3 – 21 MB ] 00:59 – “singular”03:46 – does solving puzzles make you smart?06:20 – yet another half-baked hypothesis09:40 – makin’ community…
Oscar Party Preparations
DeeAnn and I started hosting Academy Awards viewing parties years ago in the Bay Area. We don’t attract quite as big a crowd here in Portland, but it’s still fun. For me, there are three big content pieces that get…
SnoutCast #155: Kicking Back
In which we discuss Mike Selinker‘s Maze of Games, and toss around some ideas for Kickstarter projects we might try to crowdfund. [ Download mp3 – 32 MB ] 00:59 – “fundamental”07:52 – Hypothetical Kickstarter #1: A Day Game in…
SnoutCast #153: Kickin’ It
A thoroughly un-scientific survey of recent puzzle hunt-ish projects on Kickstarter. [ Download mp3 – 34 MB ] 00:59 – “commercial”04:08 – Unique Puzzles for a YEAR: 150% funded!17:08 – Great America Race 2012: unsuccessful, but event happened anyway20:26 –…
SnoutCast #152: Pricing Puzzled Pints
A special extended conversation, in which we estimate how much one of our monthly events would cost at retail! Also, how would you like to adopt a cat? [ Download mp3 – 36 MB ] 00:59 – “valuable”02:28 – the…