{"id":402,"date":"2012-06-26T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2012\/06\/26\/snoutcast-123-adventures-in-playtesting\/"},"modified":"2012-06-26T00:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T07:02:00","slug":"snoutcast-123-adventures-in-playtesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2012\/06\/26\/snoutcast-123-adventures-in-playtesting\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #123: Adventures in Playtesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>E-mail: it&#8217;s not just for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Play-by-mail_game#Postal_gaming\">playing chess<\/a> any more!<\/p>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/512\/audio\/player.swf\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/512\/audio\/player.swf\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=20120626&#038;soundFile=http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/20120626.mp3\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/object><br \/><small>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/malum-iter.com\/snoutcast\/20120626.mp3\">Download mp3<\/a> &#8211; 25 MB ]<\/small><\/p>\n<p>00:58 &#8211; <i>&#8220;critical&#8221;<\/i><br \/>02:25 &#8211; new for <a href=\"http:\/\/wartron.net\/\">WarTron<\/a>: lots of <b>remote<\/b> playtesting<br \/>04:04 &#8211; why DeeAnn answers Game e-mails now<br \/>05:55 &#8211; the entertainment value of playtesting transcripts<br \/>07:13 &#8211; Jasper is the silent partner in this podcast<br \/>10:46 &#8211; making lemonade (and e-mail-able puzzles)<br \/>13:40 &#8211; an honest self-assessment<br \/>16:54 &#8211; a worst-case <a href=\"http:\/\/puzzledpint.com\/\">Puzzled Pint<\/a> GC meeting<br \/>18:37 &#8211; a spoiler-free playtesting anecdote<br \/>20:40 &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;but <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/RR4U7K_DuME\">ironically<\/a>&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>23:59 &#8211; when NOT thinking like GC is a good thing<br \/>26:51 &#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>! 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