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Unplaytested
by Alex Guerrero and Lara Paige Turner
Alex and Lara have a great big list of ludicrous RPG ideas and we’re going to make all of them. Every week we roll up a random suggestion, like “What you think Naruto is probably like” or “The golden age of piracy atop water-dwelling kaiju.” Then we figure out how to make turn that into a game. Then next week we’ll live-play it on Twitch, and see what happens.
Episodes
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S1E16 - Gail Force
What, no Alex? That's right, he's been banished to the place of dust and shadow, leaving behind Lara, friend of the show Ash, and most importantly, Gail! And gosh, is Gail ever here, because in this game you will be playing an entire multiverse's worth of iterations of her. Evil Gail, clown Gail,...
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S1E15 - Cyber Castle Digital Dracula
Episode Notes In this episode we’re doing something a little different, as our very first Reverse Unplaytested! That’s right, instead of rolling off the Big List, guest designer Lucas came to Alex and Lara with an idea, so that we could help him turn it into a game. What if Dracula, but also…
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S1E14 - Kalon, Absolute, Apotheosis
Episode Notes Gosh, we hope you A) liked Animorphs and B) only kind of remember all the details about Animorphs, because Alex and Lara and special guest Legendary Vermin are going to talk a lot about Animorphs and then make an Animorphs game that's actually a, uh, god's eye view competetive...
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S1E13 - JAGS
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by Mariam, and the three of us have been presented with a prompt inspired by a fairly recent System Mastery episode about a game that needed more jacked shirtless animal gods in it. And so we have provided, along with just a radical number of...
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S1E12 - Max Bandwidth
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by our first Orange Groves sibling, Chris, and together we are striving to recreate the experience of REAL hacking, as revealed to us in movies of the mid-nineties. Rezz up your cyber-rig, and let’s get… hacky. The Prompt: Swordfish or Hackers style…
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S1E11 - Soul Crushers
In this episode, Lara and Alex are joined by Kira, and talk about the video games we’re playing right now, and then smash them together like children playing with action figures, except the action figures combine into an RPG about fighting the physical manifestations of your own sadness in a...
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S1E10 - Nox Apud Operarcanum
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined my Monica and tasked with approaching the complex topic of gay wizard drama, emphasis on the DRAMA. Together we shall learn everything to know about the wizard opera, where wizards go to see, be seen, and furtively engage in fashion duels to impress Very...
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S1E9 - What Happened to the Moon?
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by Jasmine, and together the three go face-to-face with time itself, with a game challenge that proves that, while you don’t need to respect the linear flow of time while designing a game, it sure as heck makes things confusing when you don’t.
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S1E8 - The Marks We Leave Behind
In this episode, Alex and Lara are once again on our lonesome, and we leaned the heck into it with this solo journaling game you play by drawing on your own physical human body. Visit the city you long ago abandoned and discover weird stuff. This one’s gonna be big and broad and, you guessed it,...
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S1E7 - Knife Swap: Slice of Life
In this episode, Lara and Alex are joined by Robert and Star, and we talk about knives. What’s the best knife for the many situations we might find ourselves in? And what if someone else had the knife that WE need?
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S1E6 - The Simple Job
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by special guest Adira Slattery, in an effort to re-live beloved holiday classic of the 90s: Home Alone. We end up lyric-gaming it up just a hair, and put the players in the roles of the bandits who are destined to see their grand designs fall utterly to...
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S1E5 - HWAET! There is a Friend-Shaped Hole at the Center of Everything
In this episode, Lara and Alex are joined once again by Ash Cheshire, but we won’t mention the fact that we played that Kaiju Karaoke game last week, and you don’t need to question our elaborate kayfabe. The other thing you don’t have to question is how we started with a two word prompt based on…
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S1E4 - Kaiju Pirate Psychopomp Karaoke
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by Sasha Reneau (of Spindlewheel fame), and given the task of making a game about pirates. On kaiju. And for some reason there’s singing, which is going to be a real challenge for the stream. And for some reason there’s ghosts and skeletons, which is just...
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S1E3 - Metal Rush: Limit Breakers
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by the dulcet tones of voice actor and fantasy child parent Aaron Catano-Saez. Together the trio tackles the most important question of them all: what if racing had cool mechs? Wouldn’t that be awesome? -The most important part of racing… is love. -There…
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S1E2 - Bring Me the Head of the Earthling, Sigourney Weaver!
In this episode, Alex and Lara attempt to be anti-colonialist while playing alien colonizers. We did our very best. A game about alien invaders has the potential to be devastatingly serious or ludicrously silly, and we picked the option which has the word “Earthling” in the title, in this game...
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S1E1 - Let The Shining Power of Your Heart Bring You Victory as Your Theme Music Plays
Welcome to Episode 1 of Unplaytested! Alex and Lara start off with the challenge to make a game based on Naruto, which neither of us actually watch. We’ve seen commercials… there’s ninjas and headbands and a cool way to run. We’ve probably got it more or less right. Important discoveries: -How to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Alex and Lara have a great big list of ludicrous RPG ideas and we’re going to make all of them. Every week we roll up a random suggestion, like “What you think Naruto is probably like” or “The golden age of piracy atop water-dwelling kaiju.” Then we figure out how to make turn that into a game. Then next week we’ll live-play it on Twitch, and see what happens.
HOSTED BY
Alex Guerrero and Lara Paige Turner
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Alex and Lara have a great big list of ludicrous RPG ideas and we’re going to make all of them. Every week we roll up a random suggestion, like “What you think Naruto is probably like” or “The golden age of piracy atop water-dwelling kaiju.” Then we figure out how to make turn that into a game....
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