I loved your conversation on convergence. Our biggest hurdle with bringing tabletop to the site has been logistics. I've endeavored to create the thread that you linked to above (with much thanks to stupidhaiku and kingmob). I pledge to maintain it and keep it up to date with links to all current D&D 4e games going, no matter what the online engine or setting. Fire it up, get confused, figure it out later, and have some fun. Let the renaissance begin!

In the discussion of cross fertilisation between board games and computer based rpgs, Rabbit mentioned that D&D Fourth edition had taken the nomenclature and mindset of MMORPG people and applied it to their game. To be clear which of these two very similar words were you using:

1. Nomenclature - a set or system of names or terms used by an individual or community (especially those used in a particular science.)

2. Gnomenclature - a set or system of names or terms used by a very small individual or community of very small people (especially those used in the construction of weird mechanical contraptions.)

Great show as always.

The nostalgia question was mine. I wasn't suggesting that we should eschew all contemporary games in favour of 20-year-old 8-bit games, but that they have their place in history alongside the games people more often go on about, and that they are still fun on the same level as Flash browser games, for example.

How about a parallel feature to "Act Casual", "Act Forty", which each fortnight covers a game not less than 20 years old easily available legally to play through an emulator?

As wanderingtaoist says, you should add in the missing 'o' to episde. You get lots of experience for it I hear.

Bellow would be the correct term because I don't think there is any culture that would consider it a mating call.

Bioware or a reformed Troika would be my choices for an implementation of D&D 4th Edition. Both cases are about as unlikely to happen as each other, though, what with Bioware more focused on their own creations and Troika spread to the winds. On related notes, did you guys go back to The Temple of Elemental Evil with the Circle of Eight mod? Pretty much clears up every problem with the game.

And Dragon Age is getting a reveal just a few hours from now - keep tabs on the official site

As for the old games, being a Brit myself I'm firmly in the home computer camp when it comes to nostalgia, though I do often play a lot of those older games still. True, a lot of them have become far too unforgiving and clunky thanks to the march of technology, but certain types - particularly slower-paced games such as adventures and strategy titles - hold up extremely well.

The major difference between World of Warcraft and Diablo 3 is that WoW is already out, and D3 isn't. Hence my disappointment that Blizzard is coming out with yet another dress up game, instead of something new.

Also grats to Podunk for getting his music used for the new Zero Punctuation intro and outro.

Wow. He's like famous and stuff now.

He's so dreamy.

Damn, I can tell that I REALLY miss my tabletop days. The podcast seemed to only last like 15 minutes since I was so engrossed in what they were putting out there.

I was horrified listening to today's episode. I wanted to yell and cuss you out, but alas I was at work and had to keep my composure.. until now..

ffffffffffffffffffFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUuuCKKKKKK!!!111!!11

What an outrage!

I see Podunk has landed a new gig as the theme music for Zero Punctuation. Congrats!

EDIT: ARGH, skim. Serves me right for searching the page for "escapist" instead of "zero punctuation."

Yeah, I'm really curious now. What'd we say to tick you off, t0W?