{"id":250,"date":"2013-06-25T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/06\/25\/snoutcast-175-the-famine-game-reaping\/"},"modified":"2013-06-25T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T07:28:00","slug":"snoutcast-175-the-famine-game-reaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2013\/06\/25\/snoutcast-175-the-famine-game-reaping\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #175: The Famine Game Reaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we talk to <b>Todd Etter<\/b>&#8211;previously profiled in <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2012\/01\/snoutcast-101-gamer-profile-todd-etter.html\">SnoutCast #101<\/a>, now head Gamemaker of the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/thefaminegame.com\/\">Famine Game<\/a>&#8211;about that event&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFamineGame\/status\/347537588975960064\">recently-concluded<\/a> application process!<\/p>\n<p><small>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/20130625.mp3\">Download mp3<\/a> &#8211; 32 MB ]<\/small><\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; <i>teaser:<\/i> &#8220;several moments of [swearing]&#8221;<br \/>01:18 &#8211; <i>&#8220;hungry&#8221;<\/i><br \/>04:45 &#8211; a GC perspective on the application process<br \/>07:42 &#8211; were final application numbers consistent with the <a href=\"http:\/\/thefaminegame.com\/2013\/04\/11\/pre-registration-census\/\">initial survey<\/a>?<br \/>10:40 &#8211; the value of GC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thefaminegame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/application\/FamineGameSelectionCriteria.pdf\">Selection Criteria<\/a><br \/>15:41 &#8211; assigning teams to <a href=\"http:\/\/thehungergames.wikia.com\/wiki\/Panem#Districts\">Districts<\/a> (<i>cf.<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/gotohogwarts.com\/\">Hogwarts<\/a> houses)<br \/>17:31 &#8211; bribery is bad, m&#8217;kay<br \/>22:00 &#8211; application videos (including <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/x6JJEvriEZU\">Team Snout<\/a>&#8216;s alleged swear-o-rama)<br \/>26:51 &#8211; application puzzles: hidden angst<br \/>30:32 &#8211; &#8220;Dad, is this <i>another<\/i> puzzle?&#8221;<br \/>34:12 &#8211; <i>The End<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Tell us we&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/386\/\">wrong on the Internet<\/a>! E-mail <a href=\"mailto:podcast@snout.org\">podcast@snout.org<\/a> or post a comment at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snout.org\/podcast\">www.snout.org\/podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Music: instrumentals from &#8220;Code Monkey&#8221; and &#8220;Ikea&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/jonathancoulton.com\/\">Jonathan Coulton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/snoutcast\" rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\">Subscribe to SnoutCast<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=348528472\">iTunes link<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis\" title=\"Curtis\" border=\"0\" height=\"32\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/DeeAnn.jpg\" alt=\"DeeAnn\" title=\"DeeAnn\" border=\"0\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/todd32.jpg\" alt=\"Todd\" title=\"Todd\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we talk to Todd Etter&#8211;previously profiled in SnoutCast #101, now head Gamemaker of the upcoming Famine Game&#8211;about that event&#8217;s recently-concluded application process! 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