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13/12/202113/12/2021

Make Our Own Heaven Interview

That’s right! I’m this episodes guest!
I’m appearing on my own show to talk about my new game Make Our Own Heaven. A biopunk angel RPG about Community Building, Found Family, and Meaningful Resistance.

Hosting this episode is Sam, a pervious guest and game maker. You can find Sam’s work here: https://babblegumsam.itch.io/

Make Our Own Heaven comes out on Friday the 17th of December (17/12/21.)
It’s my first fully published feature length game.
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10/06/201910/06/2019

[Live. Love. Die. Remember]: Love’s Comet

CW: Fire, Storms, Earthquakes, Riots, Police Brutality, Death.
My friend Andrew and I played our first game together, and they graciously let me record it.

We played Live. Love. Die. Remember. together and explored a world where mechs are used to hold back the extreme weather events caused by anthropogenic climate change.

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18/03/2019

[Live. Love. Die. Remember.] Gift

[Content Warning: Death]

This week Ray wanted to play LLDR again.
We fixed a few typos, and tried out playing a different number of scenes.

Thanks to Emily for giving Ray an excuse to play, we hope you enjoy this thoughtful and intimate game.

Click here to get a copy of Live. Love. Die. Remember.

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11/03/2019

[Together Here At The End]: Winter

[Content Warning: Death]

The first of our series of APs from the Emotional Mecha Game Jam, and also our first AP of a game Fin wrote! It’s short, it’s edited and processed in an interesting way, it’s very intimate. We hope you enjoy our shortest Actual Play yet.

And if you’d like a copy of Together Here At The End; you can get it by following the link.

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04/03/2019

[Live. Love. Die.] Phoenix Academy 5

[Content Warning: Nuclear War, Sinking battleships, Death, Pleas for help.]

This week is our final episode of Phoenix Academy; and Agnatha is going to war. Our students are being shipped off to take part in a battle they don’t really understand, and will face a strange enemy.

We hope you enjoyed this series, stay tuned for more Live. Love. Die. in the future.

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25/02/201925/02/2019

[Live. Love. Die. Remember.] Machine War

Content Warning: Death, Slavery, War Crimes, Knife Wounds, and Vulnerability.

Something special and intimate. Ray played through a demo of their new game. Solo. It was quite raw and emotional and some of the best podcasting we’ve done to be honest.

A great way to see how LLDR plays; Ray explains why the mechanics are what they are. Leading the listener through a guided experience of Mecha Tragedy.

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18/02/2019

[Live. Love. Die.] Phoenix Academy 4

[content warning: this episode contains fascist language and speeches, and Extreme Physical Violence.]
This week our pilots and mechs have to attend a state funded ball. What will they wear? Who will they take as their dates? What trouble will they get into? Find out!

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04/02/2019

[Live. Love. Die.] Phoenix Academy 3

[content warning: this episode involves some ableist language, it’s minor but it is in there]
This week we’re back with more Mecha Drama!
Our team finishes up their planning and takes the fight to the Le Beau’s; but can they overcome these Enhanced Pilots? Will Ramona’s feelings for Sasa compromise the mission? Let’s find out together.

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21/01/2019

[Live. Love. Die.] Phoenix Academy 2

This session our pilots get a secret mission from Garcia and do their best to learn about their enemy. And what a better way to do that than to throw a party in their house?

We also tested the Interlude Mechanics a bunch in this episode, and I think we made some good progress.

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14/01/201921/01/2019

[Live. Love. Die.] Phoenix Academy 1

On this episode our pilot try to grow closer, some try patching their wounds, and other try to gain a lasting advantage. All before a high speed battle against a teacher they’ve never faced before. How will they fair?

We tested out the new interlude mechanic this session too, which is how you play the time between missions.

(apologise for the loud fan, it was very hot. We changed up it’s position after the first hour so it was less distracting.)

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