Gamersperience: Recent Episodes
Noel Simmons
Gamersperience is a podcast about the gaming and gamer experience, digital and physical, as well as larger gaming culture.
Shaguto joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to talk about one of the most prevalent recurring cratures in gaming: dragons. ChoasAssassin goes fairly in-depth with their history, their likely inspirations, and hydras which are not strictly draconic but close enough before notmuch_23 reads off dragons he and other listeners have come up with, while Shaguto delivers plenty of his own brand of commentary along the way.
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ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 start talking about electronic dice, a carryover from last episode, then Skyrim, a bit about Bethesda, old cartoons and where to watch them, steaming services, what old shows they would remake, then into Pokémon abilities, attributes, and Pokédex entries.
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Shaguto joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to talk about the pivot of every TTRPG that uses them: dice. Of course ChoasAssassin veers off into nice dice he likes with Shaguto after a quick history lesson, but the discussion finally gets to how randomness affects the games and the experience.
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ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 start talking again, starting with DIY culinary pursuits, then Fre RPG Day, and ends with talking aobut some Pathfinder lore and a bit about D&D.
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ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 start talking about dead games, which goes into dying games, games that need to die, and games that have been running so long they will never die, along with some of ChoasAssassin's tangents.
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ChoasAssassin starts talking about the new games he's been playing with notmuch_23, which goes into how bad Ubisoft is doing, how indie games are doing much better than mainstream, then into the controversial mistake by Wizards of the Coast on a recent One Ring card's art.
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ChoasAssassin delivers a basic onverview of what Warframe is, how it's played, and some of the mechanics, economics, and community behind it as notmuch_23 asks quesitons about it in this new format.
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ChoasAssassin starts talking to notmuch_23 about Magic the Gathering, the actual lore it has, some of the Universes Beyond sets, and ends with ChoasAssassin wanting to stream more.
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ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 talk about how tabletop roleplaying game campaigns end, using some of their own as examples, and of course ChoasAssassin sometimes trails off, as usual.
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MisterNobody returns with ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to start talking about their usernames, end talking about simplifying the Mutant Epoch character creation for events like conventions where time is much tighter, and talk about types of dragons somewhere in the middle.
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Finally MisterNobody, ChoasAssassin's dad, joine Choasassassin and notmuch_23 to talk about how running games has changed over time, experiences, and general advice that is applicable to any game, any system, made in any time period.
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ChoasAssassin and Shaguto start talking about the first season of One Piece that has over a thousand episodes, then talk about other long-running shows, and veer into voice actors, then just actors; typical See Where This Goes chaos.
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Les of Lawful Goodwill joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 in this episode about their nostalgic gaming memories in this laid back episode that's about halfway between See Where This Goes and a more "normal" recent episode.
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In the first See Where This Goes of season 5, Elfness joins Choasassassin and notmuch_23 again, finally, to talk about food to eat while gaming, ab it about weather in video games, a certain diner chain with notoriety, cooking, and just a lot about food.
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ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 start season 5 with another Character Stories episode, with a story from ChoasAssassin's campaign, two stories from the Elven Maid Inn Discord (with permission from the users that submitted them), and one from the Gamersperience Discord.
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As is Gamersperience tradition, the last episode of the season is one for Choasassassin, Shaguto in this case, and notmuch_23 to reflect on how the season went, what we would like for the next season, dreams for the future, and some other things.
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Shaguto and ChoasAssassin start talking about their pets, then somehow pivot to anime, and how good Shaguto is at identifying animes from very little. At a few points, notmuch_23 speaks as well.
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Sunseeker 44 and Preston join ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to talk about the luck they tend to have with their dice, with a heavy emphasis on tabletop roleplaying games, but going into other games for a bit, and how that affects their experience.
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WARNING: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE WHILE HUNGRY
ChoasAssassin and guest SunSeeker44 start the episode by talking about what kinds of food looks good in video games, but then just dive head first into a culinary discussion, with notmuch_23 interjecting occasionally.
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T. Y. Lee joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 for some more character stories, including a rather crappy one from Lord Greyhawk, and one from notmuch_23's First Edition Starfinder campaign.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 welcomeT.Y. Lee, author and producer of recent indie graphic novel Return of the Rooftop Koreans to see where this goes. It starts with T.Y. Lee's gaming history, then into the history of the original rooftop Koreans, and ends with Pokemon.
Shaguto joins notmuch_23 again without ChoasAssassin to talk about how it's never too late to start gaming, and now more than ever, there's a game out there for just about everybody.
Shaguto without ChoasAssasin joins notmuch_23 to jsut start talking and see where it goes. This time, it went from Gaslands and painting minis into people running doom on damn near everything (and a wacky Super Mario Odyssey speedrun category).
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring Backseat Gorilla back on to discuss rhythm games, including what makes a rhythm game, some re remember, rhythm portions of other games, and some twists on the regular formula.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring Backseat Gorilla back on to see where another discussion goes. It starts with games they play to relax, and ends with discussion about killing games, and what it would take to keep games sustainably alive.
ChoasAssassin and Shaguto talk about free games and demos since notmuch_23 participated in Free RPG Day 2025, especially about Warframe, but some other games make the discussion too, and about how dmos can bring in new players or hype up an upcoming release.
Shaguto joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 again for the series that's pretty much recording couch-type conversations. This one starts with music, going over video game music (again), has some historical tidbits, and ends with systems and development of writing.
ChoasAssassin records his first, last, and not really solo episode about artificial intelligence in games, where Shaguto actually helps some, and notmuch_23 still needs to nudge him.
Choasassassin and notmuch_23 spend almost half the episode ranting about the current state of the videogaming segment of the entertainment industry, and ended with Pokemon.
In one of the shortest episodes of Gamerspereince, notmuch_23 goes solo to talk about his experience in building his current PC, how he fell short, and some about his previous PC. Marked explicit for more cursing than usual.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring Shaguto back on to see where this goes. It starts with Baldur's Gate 3, and ends with how the Purge would not work in reality, and a bunch of places in between.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 have Sunseeker44 on to discuss one huge part of the gaming experience: finding time to play, and why we find time to play, including the intricacies of gathering multiple people to play tabletop role playing games.
In this little experiment for the second episode each month, we start talking about gaming, and see where it goes. This time, SunSeeker44 was along for the ride in a discussion that starts with Pokémon and ends with old-school arcade ticket scams. Wait, how did we get there?
Not having anything to start an episode with, notmuch_23 takes another leap of faith and trusts ChoasAssassin to deliver enough content for an episode, and in typical fashion, he does. The discussion fairly quickly goes into criticisms of the modern gaming segment of the industry.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 start the Genres and Settings series with Shagudo and Norm to talk about First Person Shooters. they eventually get to what makes a First Person Shooter, expectations, and parts of the experience betwen all the FPS-related tangents.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 start season 4 with more character stories (finally), and some plans for games that will likely yield more.
It's the end of the season, and like always, ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 review what they've done during this season, what they want to do next season, dreams fur the further future, and of course, tangents from ChoasAssassin.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 introduce yet another series about game settings, genres, how they affect the experience, interact with each other, and talk about what can be done with the series.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring Preston and Lord Greyhawk back to talk about arguably one of the two most essential parts of any tabletop roleplaying game, the Game Master/Storyteller/person running the game, and how that person affects the tabletop roleplaying experience.
Preston joins notmuch_23 as a substitute co-host to talk about game-based movies and TV shows, the quality of certain ones, out experiences with them, and how they're part of the gaming experience.
ChoasAssassin finally makes time to record this episode, with a guest of convenience. This is supposed to be about what players look for in games, but we stick to that topic as well as a magnet to a greased-up pig. At least the episode released on time.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 talk about how the different ways players interact with games affect the experience, or at least TRY to, but ChoasAssassin takes a fairly long tangent about dice fortune, and at least there's some discussion about it...
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring the Amethyst Dragon back on and tell stories about characters, direct and indirect, including some from the campaign the Amethyst Dragon has been running for about four years, and of course, trail off some tangents.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring lord Greyhawk and Preston back on to recount their gaming experiences of the past, including old editions of Dugngeons and Dragons, arcade games, and old consoles, to see how far we've come.
The Amethyst Dragon joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to talk about more gaming pet peeves, gripes, complaints, and things that piss them off, mainly about tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) this time.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 discuss an integral part of the videogaming experience: the music. Each co-host breaks down their favorite games for music, talk about some aspects of gaming music, including icon status, then talk about how music affects the videogaming experience.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring Shaguto on with his brief but intense gaming time to discuss what glitches, bugs, and exploits of different kinds are, how they affect the gaming experience, along with exploits in some tabletop games.
Choasassassin and notmuch_23 start season 3 by talking about a negative part of the gaming experience with thier gaming pet peeves, gripes, complaints, criticisms, and things that piss them off about gaming in a new recurring series. Of course ChoasAssassin trails off tangents that fortunately lead to more peeves.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 talk about the differences between Paizo Organized Play and home games (of Pathfinder and Starfinder), speak about a few of their experiences, and surprisingly don't stray far from the topic.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 close the second season by talking about what they've done this season, and what they want for the future of Gamersperience, both more immediate, and long term, including starting another recurring series alongside Character Stories.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 have Nyx on to tell some of his tabletop RPG gaming stories, with ChoasAssassin telling some as well, including an interesting one about sledding, with ONE from notmuch_23.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 once again start an episode with no initial topic, which quickly goes into music hot takes, which naturally leads into gaming hot takes. So yes, portions of this episode may very well offend your gaming sensibilities. We don't care.
Lord Greyhawk actually joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to talk about his trip to Gen Con 2023, including some good parts, some bad parts, some ugly parts, and his role in this year's True Dungeon. Then notmuch_23 talks some about what he wants to do at Gen con with Gamersperience, with Lord Greyhawk offering some of his insight to the situation.
ChoasAssassin an notmuch_23 bring Les back on to talk about his process for making items for Lawful Goodwill, Gnoll Foods Market, Troll Brothers, Centaury 21, Legendarynque, Thac0 Bell, TJ Minn Maxx, the Salvation Armory, and the rest of his RPG strip mall, to give you ideas for your own homebrew items.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 talk about the opposite of "Awesome in Real Life": applying real-world physics to vedeo games, talking aout things like double-jumping, stealth mechanics, shooting/getting shot, and of course, trail off tangents.
Choasassassin and notmuch_23 read more character stories, including some from listener Lord Greyhawk, including a highly charismatic knife fighter causing a riot, and notmuch_23 tells some backstory on a couple of his Pathfinder Society (first edition) characters.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 talk about things from videogames that would be awesome in real life, from ragdoll physics, sleeping to heal, and fast travel. It only took twelve episodes to get around to it...
Ryan from The Encounter Table Podcast joins ChoasAssassin, and talks about why he started the podcast, some of his gaming background, then goes into pulling things from video games for tabletop roleplaying games, then trails of with ChoasAssassin into how the nature of the more popular systems affects encounters.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 welcome Preston, a Venture Captain in Paizo Organized Play, to share more character stories, including one from the man behind Lawful Goodwill.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring Backseat Gorilla back for a discussion on Pay-to-Win and the effect it has on the gaming experience, which very quickly shifts to downloadable content, and of course, related tangents.
Special Guest Les, the man behind Lawful Goodwill, joins ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 to describe what Lawful Goodwill is, where the idea came from, and trail off tangents from there, including discussion and application of an item out of the campaign that spawned Lawful Goodwill.
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 bring in Moogle to start the new season with more character stories, including a listener-submitted one, and one hell of a story from Moogle!
In the last episode for the first season, notmuch_23 and ChoasAssassin talk about changes for season 2, dreams for the further future, and of course, trail off tangents.
Notmuch_23 and Choasassassin have a REAL guest this episode (as opposed to Elfness 187 filling in when ChoasAssassin had a tooth pulled): Backseat Gorilla Productions! The three discuss the difference between consoles and PC for gaming according to their experiences. Of course, they stray into some ranty segments...
This is the first episode of the recurring Character Stories series, where notmuch_23 introduces the series, invites listeners to submit theirs (that means you), then ChoasAssassin tells stories of some of his, trails off on a FISHING tangent, and finally notmuch_23 tells one of his short stories.
Choasassassin and notmuch_23 record this episode without an initial topic! This can either go really well, or really badly Which is it? Well, listen to find out...
ChoasAssassin and notmuch_23 talk about the differences between Paizo Organized Play and home games (of Pathfinder and Starfinder), speak about a few of their experiences, and surprisingly don't stray far from the topic.
Yes, we had to miss a June episode, but we are back with a new episode, where Choasassasin discusses things about his new job, why notmuch_23 has been unable to play home games lately, some things about streaming, and of course, PLENTY of tangents, that lead to tangents, that lead to more tangents, which characterizes this podcast.
Choasassassin is back after his tooth extraction last month to discuss how to possibly achieve world peace through gaming. Unfortunately, since Choasassassin wasn't able to record until late this month, this episode has very little editing to get it up this month (May 2022), and you may learn how much editing goes into the other episodes. Yes, we go off with tangents, and get a bit political.
Choasassassin had some dental work, and thus wasn't in any shape to record an episode this month. Elfness187 fills in for him, and introduces herself, and we talk about some of our gaming experiences (duh). Not many tangents this episode, sorry.
In this episode, ChoasAssasin says why he misspells "chaos" in his username/gamertag, talks about his recent experiences with magic the Gathering, and building coasters along with Nothmuch_23, and of course, go off on tangents.