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Sidekicks & SidequestsEpisode 143 - Parleys at the Platter #3: Game Design, Play, and D&DHappy New Year! My apologies for the delay on this episode. For our third Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Paul Gestwicki, Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, and Mark Thompson back onto the podcast to discuss something in the zeitgeist with the new 2024 Rules being published: the nature of game design, the idea of play, and how it all relates to D&D. So join this globe-spanning panel (USA, Canada, and the UK) as we discuss everything from the 3rd party developers and homebrew content, to OSR & 4th Edition, and our (at the time) speculations and hopes for...2025-01-221h 43
Sidekicks & SidequestsEpisode 093 - Shango the High PriestWe join the table of Dr. Paul Gestwicki and roll the dice to create Shango. The high priest of a Deep Scion society serving The Kraken. But he's merely a child, not fully knowing or realizing the lessons his Mentor tried to impart. Dare you delve into the Trench of Doom to retrieve the cursed Claws of the Beast?
Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy.
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Conversations with Jackie and Bobby4. Dr. Paul Gestwicki: Video Game Design & FaithDr. Paul Gestwicki is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Ball State University. His teaching and research focus on game design and development. He’s also a devout Catholic and talks with Bobby about how virtue and faith can be harmonized in video game design.
Dr. Gestwicki lives in Muncie, Indiana, with his wife and four sons. Check out his personal blog here: http://paulgestwicki.blogspot.com/
Dr. Paul’s YouTube page:
https://youtube.com/paulgestwicki
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Thank you so much for listening! Please check out our websit...2022-09-0947 min
Shine Bright Like the FirmamentIt's All Fun and GamesIn this episode, Madeline chats with Ball State computer science professor, Paul Gestwicki. During this conversation, they discuss designing games, his love of music and musical theater, moderating media consumption, moral relativism, being the creator we're called to be, and more!In the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can explore more. Some important references listeners should check out include J.R.R. Tolkien (On Fairy Stories), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment), C.S. Lewis (Till We Have Faces), Flannery O'Connor (Revelation), Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Seeking Excellence podcast (Episode 155...2022-08-031h 00
godot engine unofficial creative commons mirror(Almost) A Year of Fam Jams - Paul Gestwicki - GodotCon2021Talk by Paul Gestwicki
Description:
I am a Computer Science Professor who teaches game design and development, but more importantly, I am a husband and a father of four boys aged 13, 10, 8, and 5. When the global pandemic forced the first roun...
2021-02-0600 min
godot engine unofficial creative commons mirror(Almost) A Year of Fam Jams - Paul Gestwicki - GodotCon2021Talk by Paul Gestwicki
Description:
I am a Computer Science Professor who teaches game design and development, but more importantly, I am a husband and a father of four boys aged 13, 10, 8, and 5. When the global pandemic forced the first roun...
2021-02-0600 min
godot engine unofficial creative commons mirror(Almost) A Year of Fam Jams - Paul Gestwicki - GodotCon2021Talk by Paul Gestwicki
Description:
I am a Computer Science Professor who teaches game design and development, but more importantly, I am a husband and a father of four boys aged 13, 10, 8, and 5. When the global pandemic forced the first roun...
2021-02-0600 min