Descended From the Queen

469 – For the Queen with Anjali Bhimani (Actor, Critical Role, DesiQuest, Borderlands 4)

Anjali is a writer, producer, and actress in games (Borderlands 4, Overwatch), TV (Ms. Marvel), animation (Tales of the TMNT, X-Men ’97), and Actual Play (Critical Role, Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!). She’s currently a producer and guest player on the national tour of The Twenty Sided Tavernand a player in the upcoming genre-bending AP Tales From Woodcreek, as well as the DM (Doggy Master) on the 2nd annual Puppy Roll, raising money for Petco Love.

We sat down to play one of Anajli’s favorite games of all time (and mine as well), the incredibly influential For the Queen. The Queen has a difficult journey ahead. She has chosen her most loyal subjects. But can they be trusted? And at the end of the day… can the Queen?

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464 – Lights Out with Marty Schneider

Marty is one of the hosts of Breaking Mayberry, an anti-nostalgia podcast focused on watching old TV (starting with, as the title suggests, The Andy Griffith Show) and assessing what holds up and what caused permanent damage to the psyche of an entire generation.

We wanted to talk TV, and storytelling, and the weird politics of creating collaborative art, and so we sat down with Lights Out, a game about the last day on set of a long running TV show.

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383 – Love You Til You Love Yourself with Steph Beck Fey

Marthaniel “Thiccboi” Thicke and “Hustle” Chuck Ramford love each other. They also love baseball. And they also love booze and coke. Unfortunately for them, there’s only space in their lives for one of these loves, maybe two at most. They’ll need to make a choice.

(cw: Frank depictions of alcohol and drug abuse; scenes of dysfunctional relationships)

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