RPG Talk Show Community Live Broadcast 20180609
Join us for the monthly RPG Talk Show community broadcast today at 11:00 am Pacific time every 2nd Saturday of the month.
We cover the latest community news related to use and research on the educational, professional, or therapeutic considerations of role-playing games in all formats.
This doesn't cover much about us (RPG Research the organization, for that, watch our monthly RPG Research status update broadcasts through Patreon, or catch our podcasts).
The RPG Talk Show's Monthly Community Live Broadcast has more of a focus on the greater international communnity as a whole.
We hope you will join the live stream with your questions and comments: http://twitch.tv/rpgresearch
Here is a list of some typical topics we cover:
- Latest research news on the effects of all 4 RPG formats: tabletop (RPG/TRPG), live-action (LARP), computer-based (CRPG), and solo adventure books/modules (SABM).
- Latest news and/or reviews on RPG products appropriate to educational or therapeutic uses/research.
- Latest on adaptive / accessible considerations for role-playing games.
- Latest news articles of note related to educational to therapeutic uses/research on RPGs.
- Latests news about professional game mastering industry.
- Latest from various key community members' efforts (Professor Sarah Lynne Bowman, Game to Grow, the Bodhana Group, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Dr. Megan Connell, and others).
- Latest letters, comments, discussion requests from the communnity and viewers.
- Special guests.
If you miss the live broadcast on our Twitch stream, we will make the recorded version available at a later date on your Youtube Channel: http://youtube.com/rpgreseaerch.
We hope you will join us and engage in the conversation.
Happy Gaming!
Notes from today's broadcast.
Here are the links referenced in the June 9th, 2018 live broadcast:
RPG Research Community Monthly Broadcast 20180609
If you missed the live broadcast, you can catch the recorded version here (video or audio-only):
Show Discussion Topics
What this show is about: Latest news and research information the educational or therapeutic uses or effects of role-playing games. What this show is about: More about the community, only a smidge about RPG Research the organization itself.
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- D&D Corporate Team Billing in Tech Companies - https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/08/dungeons-and-dragons-corporate-team-building-timm-woods/ ... news from the PGMS Desk
- LARP - The way live action role-play is revolutionising education - https://www.dramaworks.net.au/role-play/
- How tabletop RPG Can be Therapeutic for Players - http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/how-tabletop-games-like-dungeons-dragons-can-be-therapeutic-for-players
- Microsoft Xbox Disability Friendly Adaptive Controller - https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/may/17/microsoft-xbox-disability-friendly-adaptive-controller
- No Thank You Evil Second Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montecookgames/no-thank-you-evil-a-game-so-nice-were-making-it-tw
- Game Chef 2006 Anthology of RPGs - https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/56054/game-chef-2006-first-course
- D&D Psychology Workshop Applied Theory Tabletop Role-playing Games for Mental Health - https://www.antioch.edu/seattle/event/dungeons-dragons-psychology-applied-theory-tabletop-role-playing-games-mental-health/
- Tabletop RPGs are Good Because they Exercise Creativity and Problem Solving Skills - Pro / Con - https://www.kialo.com/tabletop-rpgs-are-good-because-they-exercise-creativity-and-problem-solving-skills-14104
- Book: Role-Playing Game Studies Transmedia - https://www.routledge.com/Role-Playing-Game-Studies-Transmedia-Foundations/Deterding-Zagal/p/book/9781138638907
- Darrin Coe on the Facebook Role-play Theory Study Group: https://www.phdnd.org/the-scholar-adventurer