Podcasts

Yaruki Zero Podcast #1: Opening Remarks
In this installment, I basically talk about my personal history as a gamer, from playing Robotech in the 7th grade up to the present, and a little bit about what I’ve been working on as a wannabe designer. This was an off-the-cuff thing to try out podcasting, and it turned out reasonably well, considering.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #1 (26 minutes, 34 seconds)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #2: Anime and RPGs
A discussion of the intersections between anime and role-playing games. What is anime anyway, and what about it is relevant to RPGs?
Yaruki Zero Podcast #2 (31 minutes, 24 seconds)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #3: Interview With Clay Gardner
In this episode I interview Clay Gardner about his game, OVA: Open Versatile Anime.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #3 (25 minutes, 34 seconds)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #3½: Slime Story Reading
This bonus episode is a reading of the prologue of the Slime Story novel I’ve been working on, Slime Story: The Legend of Doug.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #3½ (17 minutes, 59 seconds)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #4: Japanese TRPGs (Part 1)
For this episode, I’m be joined by Andy Kitkowski to talk a bit about Japanese tabletop RPGs in general. In this installment we talk about how RPGs came to Japan, the Japanese TRPG subculture, and Japanese RPG design trends.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #4 (43 minutes, 23 seconds)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #5: Japanese TRPGs (Part 2)
In the second half of my discussion of Japanese RPGs with Andy Kitkowski, we talk about indie/doujin TRPGs, some neat games we’ve seen, and localization issues.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #4 (40 minutes)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #6: Marketing Anime RPGs
In this episode I’m joined by my longtime friend Jon Baumgardner to discuss marketing techniques for small-press/indie RPGs, and for connecting with anime fans.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #6 (50 minutes, 37 seconds)

Yaruki Zero Podcast #7: Random Thoughts
Brief ramblings about several different topics, including PDFs, cinematic RPGs, Oban Star-Racers, a Grognardia post, and Raspberry Heaven.
Yaruki Zero Podcast #7 (32 minutes, 26 seconds)