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We take a look at gameplay features — NPC schedules, day/night cycles, and other systems — and their impact on one's enjoyment of a game. Full show notes at spamspamspamhumbug.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

In which we examine -- and sass -- IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time list. Full show notes at spamspamspamhumbug.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

This episode was nearly given the title “Chekov's Pixels”, for reasons that will become apparent. Also, Ultima 7: The Black Gate is 25 years old now. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug

Another season of Byte-Sized Virtue draws to a close. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic Stack Dragon wrote in to comment on the last Byte-Sized Virtue episode: I enjoyed your late --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

Is it enough to simply reject shame, and being shamed, to follow the path of Honor? Or is there more we should be mindful of? Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic There's a couple passages that struck me, while I was reading G. K. Che --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

A mish-mash of topics, with a lot of talk about emulators for old gaming consoles. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon backers; thank you to ever --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

What can we come to know about Honor, as a virtue, by looking at its negation? Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic(s) There's something I forgot to look at last week!

Because one episode wasn't enough to cover everything that was awesome about the Ultima Dragons Anniversary Bash. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon

In which Klingons are referenced. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic This week's reflection is probably the most “off the cuff” of the season (at least to date), and it continues to poke around the ideas that were explored last --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

A lengthy debrief session for those who planned, helped organize, and/or attended the Ultima Dragons 25th Anniversary Bash last month. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our

How Ultima presents the Virtue of Honor (e.g. in the Gypsy questions) often fails to align with how Honor is defined in Ultima lore. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic This week's reflection was inspired, most directly, by a comment from

Have we been doing this for two years already? Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon backers; thank you to everyone who supports Spam Spam Spam --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

On the importance of forgiveness...and of admitting fault. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic Spurred on by this touching, very reflective art --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

In which we discuss The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and how it hearkens back, in its own way, to Ultima 6. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon

Paradoxically, it's often easier to be virtuous when it comes to the big things, and much more difficult to be virtuous in the little, private details. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic(s) This is partly a follow-up to last week's episode, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

Let's talk about game music - the great, and the forgettable. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon backers; thank you to everyone who supports

Virtue is an interior disposition to do the good...but what if you don't always perceive that interior call? Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Podcast Topic(s) The liturgical season of Lent began last week with Ash Wednesday

For lack of any decided-upon topic, we instead talk about random bits of gaming news...notably, the Nintendo Switch and Mass Effect: Andromeda. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to y --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

A long-overdue interview with Zedex Dragon, the creator of U3.5: Pax Britannia. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to you by our Patreon backers; thank you to everyon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message

The community and the judges have cast their votes; let's now reveal which Ultima fan project has been voted Fan Project of the Year for 2016! Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on TuneIn | Subscribe on Stitcher | Subscribe on Podbean | Subscribe on Android Co-Producers This episode of Spam Spam Spam Humbug is brought to yo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ssshpodcast/message