Jason welcomes Luke Plunkett, formerly of Kotaku and Keith Law of Paste Magazine and elsewhere to critically assess the current state of board game media from the perspective of journalistic ethics. For many reasons, board game media struggles to meet standards of journalism achieved in other fields of entertainment. In this in-depth conversation, we discuss how it falls short, what is "media", the grey areas inhabited by enthusiasts, and a whole lot more.
0:00 Intro
3:01 Current State of Pubs and Media - 'cozy'
10:40 Are Board Game Content Creators 'Media'?
14:28 An Immature Medium
19:00 Barriers to Board Game Journalism
30:44 (some) Pubs Resist Board Game Journalism
41:18 "The Paid Review" - Black and White, or Grey Spaces?
45:47 Motivations of Board Game Reviewers
50:13 Critics Need to Be Critical
55:43 The Many Forms of Publisher Compensation
1:03:19 Publisher Support of Diversity Initiatives
1:14:24 Continuing Need to Self-Evaluate
1:17:45 Hopes for Board Game Journalism
1:21:34 Outro
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Packed show today! Jason starts off with a review of Genshin Tarot, a card battler in the mold of Sentinels of the Multiverse, Aeon's End, etc. Love when we can highlight great games from small publishers. Then, at around 13 minutes, Jason is joined by Eric from the Board Game Dojo podcast. We chat a bit about Japanese cooperative games to start. At 24 minutes, we talk about the alpha gamer - the dude (usually a dude) who bosses people around and tells people all the right moves during a coop game. We get into psychology, motivations, and what can be done to mitigate at your table.
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Following up on our previous panel with Jason and Jamey Stegamier of Stonemaier Games, we have returned to the discussion with even more participants. This time were were joined by Helaina Cappel from KTBG/ Burnt Island Games, Anne-Marie DeWitt from Fireside Games, Isaac Vega from Rose Gauntlet Games, and Danni Loe from Hachette Games. We discuss content creator-publisher relationships, focusing this time on the importance of influencers in their business and the incentive publishers have to 'control the narrative' about their games.
Jason recently hosted a Zoom panel on the relationships between content creators and publishers. Attending were Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games, Josh Weilgus from Chip Theory Games, and Jennifer Graham-Macht from Keymaster Games. They discuss review copies, paid content, blurred lines between creators and reviewers, and recent controversies. Transparency is key, so this represents a community effort to provide such.
First of all, thanks to everyone who voted for us in the latest round of BGG's Golden Geek awards. Second runner up in the Best Podcast category!
Because we want to spread the word about all of our favorite podcasts, we have been given permission to run a full episode from the new Right Brain Rollers podcast. Brandt Sanderson and Eric Summerer review Earth, the new engine building card game taking the BGG Hotness by storm. Give them a listen and a subscribe!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/right-brain-rollers/id1678023646
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