RPPR After Hours episode 8 - The Alpha and Omega of Conspiracy Theories
Added 2015-09-09 20:13:15 +0000 UTCAlpha Omega is a Shadowrun-esque heartbreaker that covers a lot of territory. Its Wikipedia entry notes that its major claim to fame was the ARG/fake conspiracy theory called Ethan Haas was Right, which was briefly thought to be part of the Cloverfield viral marketing campaign. It got a lot of things right and a lot of things so very wrong.
We also talk about conspiracy theorists and the Conspira-Sea Cruise, which has a lot of great guest speakers!
Music: Batman from Batman on the Synth.
Comments
You really need to put some of this art up on the Tumblr; it sounds incredible.
Peter Robson
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Ben Meiklejohn
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Ben Meiklejohn
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Ben Meiklejohn
2015-09-11 02:06:00 +0000 UTCMystersea - A of group paranoid cliques who define themselves by the truly weird things they believe in and the scorn they deliver to people who believe other, different, truly weird things all crammed together on a cruise ship. How is that not an Unknown Armies module? Imagine the panels....
Ben Meiklejohn
2015-09-11 01:20:39 +0000 UTCI am totally going to try and out crazy the next conspiracy theorist that I run into by using the plot of metal gear as what is "really going on"
Thomas Piekarski
2015-09-10 16:33:02 +0000 UTCSo guys. When are we playing this thing? It's only 36$ new on Amazon.
Fridrik Bjarnason
2015-09-10 14:14:18 +0000 UTC...I had forgotten After Hours was a thing! damn it I want to finish relistening to the Paragon fight from Arcadia, thirty minutes to go
sevrl bats
2015-09-10 05:08:41 +0000 UTCWhat's interesting about the Cruise thing, is that it's usually not the whole boat for a single event. Like a large hotel, a cruise ship will often host several special interest cruises at the same time. Which just makes me wonder: who else can you stick on ConspiraSea for the maximum yield of amusement? Also, as far as going on this trip and spewing Delta Green lore as if it's truth, hell, I don't need to be paid for that, I'd volunteer. By the end of the trip we'll have the chemtrail-huffing antivaxxers hiding in the inner cabins to get away from BLUE HADES and the skywatchers hiding in the bildge to get away from PLUTO KOBOLD.
Phil Nadeau
2015-09-09 21:39:48 +0000 UTCCaleb, please don't feel bad: this raises the profile of the product. I'd never heard of it before, and I almost bought a copy. If it cost 15 bucks instead of 30, I totally would. I did an image search for the art, and it really is pretty bitchin'. Bad mechanics? Who cares! Play it using FATE Accelerated! Or Katanas and Trenchcoats!
Ethan Cordray
2015-09-09 20:44:05 +0000 UTCAlpha omega did some riffing off of the old Wildcats comic i think
Timothy Connelly
2015-09-09 20:42:22 +0000 UTCThanks, Ross and Crew!
Jonnygadfly
2015-09-09 20:30:57 +0000 UTC
