GP on MN Public Radio Today... Globe & Mail Has Live Chat with Grand Theft Childhood Authors

Yeah, Good Luck. :D

Hey, can any GPer's who live in that area make an mp3 of it?

- Warren Lewis

Oh, and the Current stream is our public alternative radio station. I rarely listen to it since I have a Zune in my car, but as far as radio goes, they'll play everything from Indian music to Rap to Nine Inch Nails. Pretty good for variety, which is something radio usually lacks.
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I would if I could, but they neutered our Windows Media Player here at work, and about all we can do is listen....and I don't think they know I can do that yet. :D

On the main site there's an MP3 stream as well as a WMP stream, so I'm sure someone around here should be able to record it.

Also, for those listening, you can submit questions to the show that they might consider for use on air. Once 10:06CST rolls around maybe some of you could submit some intelligent questions to the debate?

I can listen, if I can figure out how to record I might upload the file.

Also, I predict that HE will call in at some point.

heh, I like Ms. Miller because she usually asks pertinent questions, but this first guy doesn't seem to be able to respond well to "what new virtual grounds does it achieve"? He mentions some generic stuff along with "larger arena", which we know isn't right.

Well, I guess I was wrong.

Thankfully.

I just trumped your little side show: I\'m on National Public Radio, nationally today, at 2:40 pm, and on the Glenn Beck Show tonight at 7 and 9. Jack Thompson

I'm a MN resident and listen to MPR almost exclusively in my car to and from work. While generally they have a (very) slight liberal slant to their news and reporting, they are easily one of the most unbiased news outlets I've been able to find.

Unfortunatly, I was unable to listen to the show as I arrive at work at 10:00 and am unable to listen on the job, but I'll be listening when I get home tonight.

For anyone who needs it, MPR has a great web presence and you can find their website at www.mpr.org. You should be able to download or stream any of the recent programs and a lot of their stuff is archived as well.

For what it's worth, I think Keri Miller does a pretty decent job and dosen't usually try to dig deeper than the guests are willing to go.

I'd like to hear from GP about how the experience went, how the show came about, and what contact you've had from MPR prior to the experience.

I'll take my question off the air ;-)

I am surprised that no one mentioned the edutainment genre in regards to the question about the possible future of games.

I will have to admit, that since I am working on an edutainment game, that I see it as a huge part of what is to come. So much potential is there that has not even come close to being tapped.

As it stands now, no one has been able to guess at what subject I am tackling based on the genre of game it is: sandbox MMO RPG god-game with a little bit of planetary sim thrown in. Servers would be an entire galaxy, and everyone would start out having there own "M class" planet. Oh ya, and tests would be boss battles: the bigger the test, the bigger the boss (finals would require a 'raid' group consisting of the entire class).

Most people I have spoken to have said that it would be impossible to present any subject in that manner and keep it a valid edutainment game. If only they knew . . . he he he.