{"id":309,"date":"2012-12-18T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2012\/12\/18\/snoutcast-148-newbie-game-rfp\/"},"modified":"2012-12-18T01:17:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T09:17:00","slug":"snoutcast-148-newbie-game-rfp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2012\/12\/18\/snoutcast-148-newbie-game-rfp\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #148: Newbie Game RFP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we talk to <a href=\"http:\/\/lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us\/\"><b>Larry Hosken<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzalot.com\/\"><b>Scott Royer III<\/b><\/a> about a &#8220;Newbie Game&#8221; concept which Scott helped originate and which Larry has since developed into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octothorpean.org\/\">The Octothorpean Order<\/a>&mdash;and would like to finish next year, with <i>your<\/i> help!<\/p>\n<p><small>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/20121218.mp3\">Download mp3<\/a> &#8211; 26 MB ]<\/small><\/p>\n<p>00:59 &#8211; <i>&#8220;modern&#8221;<\/i><br \/>01:51 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us\/new\/tag\/octothorpean\/\">acronym expansion<\/a> (and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HppzUgOejh46NypLQ-SUjuoWZA0xfTgjhEo8jfczm3U\/edit\">the actual RFP doc<\/a>)<br \/>02:21 &#8211; like a phoenix, rising from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playdash.org\/\">DASH<\/a>es<br \/>04:05 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2tonegame.org\/\">Larry&#8217;s online puzzle hunt thing<\/a> (as seen <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2010\/07\/snoutcast-23-live-from-san-francisco.html\">on SnoutCast in 2010<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/game\/summit2011.shtml#02\">at GC Summit 2011<\/a>)<br \/>05:15 &#8211; how does one teach people to solve puzzles?<br \/>08:44 &#8211; DeeAnn enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/hotsheet.snout.org\/2009\/11\/how-to-solve-any-puzzle-in-less-than-47.html\">the MegaHard stamps<\/a><br \/>09:14 &#8211; how Scott prepared for his first event, <a href=\"http:\/\/bayareanightgame.org\/index.php\/Bang_16\">BANG 16<\/a><br \/>12:16 &#8211; who is the audience for the Newbie Game?<br \/>15:51 &#8211; in other words, RUN MORE GAMES \ud83d\ude42<br \/>18:01 &#8211; how would newbies transition from the online hunt to live events?<br \/>22:36 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HppzUgOejh46NypLQ-SUjuoWZA0xfTgjhEo8jfczm3U\/edit\">help wanted!<\/a><br \/>25:11 &#8211; <i>plug-o-rama:<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/spaceteam\/id570510529?mt=8\">Spaceteam<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humblebundle.com\/double-fine\">Amnesia Fortnight Game Jam<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/puzzlehuntcalendar.org\/\">Puzzle Hunt Calendar<\/a><br \/>28:20 &#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;Re: Your Brains&#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\/lahosken.jpg\" alt=\"Larry\" title=\"Larry\" border=\"0\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/gotskott.jpg\" alt=\"Scott\" title=\"Scott\" border=\"0\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/Jasper.jpg\" alt=\"Jasper\" title=\"Jasper\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we talk to Larry Hosken and Scott Royer III about a &#8220;Newbie Game&#8221; concept which Scott helped originate and which Larry has since developed into The Octothorpean Order&mdash;and would like to finish next year, with your help! 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