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Our long awaited return (Even if it was just by us) we talk about some of the games we have been playing and our views on Shadowrun Anarchy.   The show is coming back but it will be expanding to all things gaming no longer just Shadowrun. We additionally talk about the following games as we ramble all over the place. Urban Shadows Monsterhearts Fantasy Age Apocalypse World Engine

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 048 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper We talk about gamer burn out along with a contest What we look for in an RPG Ideas for character creation How long a campaign should run for Some of the new products released The status of Critcon 2015/2016 Backstory Cards Wolf & Buffalo Boundless Mercy Hard Target Cards Against Metahumanity FantasyAGE Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 047 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper We talk a little about Gencon and our take on Bloody Buisness

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 046 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper In this episode we take a deeper look into Chrome Flesh the “Core Augmentation Hanbook” Bob found this book light on the rules and heavy on the fluff, I have to agree the fluff that was included was about a specific meta plot CFD, we already have several books dedicated to that. My biggest issue with the lack of continuity once again the authors have proven they have not read the prior materials or could not be bothered to fact check. We have duplicate rules, and contradictory stats, and finally every one involved in this book should be ashamed for such simple copy and paste errors. There are at least 5 levels that should have been able to catch these types of rooky mistakes. The author, the line developer, the editor, the layout, and the proofer any of these could have improved the quality of the book with just a little due diligence. We both found the book to be better then Run & Gun, Street Grimoire and even Data Trails but not as polished as Run Faster. The lack of an index and usable table of contents combined with non-intuitive chapter names still plagues the line for these reasons we both placed the book at around a B- grade. Definitely worth getting in PDF, and you won’t feel like you wasted your money if you buy the hardback.   Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon    

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Nerps 13 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer Special Guest, The Elfiest man in Shadowrun – Russell Zimmerman Russell Zimmerman takes time from his schedule to talk to us about his exploits as a Shadowrun Novelist. We get to learn what it was like to write Shaken No Job Too Small, his inspiration, and what not to do. This gives us what we feel to be a solid platform to do remote recording at conventions and also to try our hand at some actual plays in the future. We still have a ways to go and things we can do to improve as the funds permit but we wanted to show you where some of your support has gone. If you’re interested in supporting us check out our Patreon page or just make sure to use one of the links we provide to DrivethruRPG when you go to make your next online purchase.

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 045 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper In this episode we take a deeper look into Data Trails the “Core Matrix Hanbook” Both Bob and myself found the book to be light on rules, and some of the rules that where included should have been moved to a dedicated e-pub to make room for more core concepts.  For a Matrix Core Handbook there was little to nothing for Technomancers absolutely nothing on their sprites. We both found the book to be better then Run & Gun and Street Grimoire but not as polished as Run Faster. The lack of an index and intuitive chapter names still plagues the line for these reasons we both placed the book at around a C+ grade. Definitely worth getting in PDF, and you won’t feel like you wasted your money if you buy the hardback. God Speaks – Intro fiction by CZ Wright of the Arcology podcast The World in your Pocket – some setting info and examples of Grids True Hackers, Lusers & Dirtballs – Hacker Groups & Technomancer Tribes On the Bleeding edge – Positive & Negative Qualities Born to Hack – Lifepaths Killer Apps & Razor forms – Programs, Complex Forms, Echoes The Guts of the Matrix – Upgrades for Commlinks & Cyberdecks The All-Seeing Eye of God – Corp hosts, IC, sample Spiders, and Demi God Corporate Sponsorship – Fiction by Jason Andrew The Perfect Host – Host info & examples, Host cyber combat example p. 87 (Flawed), more Spiders Deeper and Deeper – Foundation (You got your WoD in our SR) Body Hunt – fiction by Scott Scheltz Principles of Insanity – AI, Resonance Realms, Dissonants Mastering the Matrix – GM overview of the Matrix, Matrix examples, Matrix Actions Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon  

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Nerps 12 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer Special Guest: “Good” Ray Rigel the Teutonic Overlord Ray joins us to share the changes to the Shadowrun Missions line as he assumes the role of Shadowrun Missions Developer. Ray is now also the Event Coordinator for the Catalyst Demo Teams and he shares with us how to contact him to see about getting agents at your convention. We talk about the scope of Missions how long we will stay in Chicago, when Data Trails will be missions legal, the FAQ processes and changes and where Missions will go after Chicago. Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 044 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer Special Guest: The Ever so Talented Echo Chernik   In this episode Echo shares with us where she got started in gaming and how she got into doing art of gaming. She has done the cover of Run Faster, Attitude, War, The 6th World Almanac, Storm Front, Hazard Pay to name a few and countless other interior works. She shares with us some of her inspiration as well as her preferred medium to work with. We also get a firsthand account of her current Shadowrun project the Tarot deck. You can find more of Echo’s work at her web page http://www.echo-x.com/ or from her facebook https://www.facebook.com/echoxartist   Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 043 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer We recap some of the memorable moments for us from the Origins game fair, we also talk about the list of upcoming titles for Shadowrun. Finally we share some insight on the direction of our cast.

The gang at Critical Glitch have a semi round table to talk about the days adventures, as well as the changes in store for the Convention Mission Pack (CMP) line under Ray Rigel. A new voice joins the cast to talk about his experiences being the first author under Ray and give us a first hand account of the experience. These changes promise to offer many more CMP and Prime Runner opportunities in the future.

This special Origins 2015 all start recap coming to you near live from Columbus OH Opti from the Neo-Anarchist podcast broke the limits of time and space… Mr. Johnson, Vox, and, Tiny escaped the Arcology podcast Beth Patrick, Mike Messsmer, Bob Loper, and Tim Patrick avoided the glitch from Critical Glitch All to bring you this first hand report of Origins 2015 Day 2  

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Origins 2015 Day 1 Recap Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host: Beth “Evil GM” Patrick We talk about our experiences on the first day of the show, and share what we learned about up coming Shadowrun products as well as other CGL products. Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon  

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 042 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Special Guest: Shadowrun Freelancer R. L. King R.L. King also known as Rat joins us to talk about her Shadowrun Novel Borrowed Time Robyn was kind enough to spend a little time with us at Critical Glitch to share some amazing stories. Robyn shared with us stories of her early gamer days as well as her early author days you can find those on Magespace.net. We got to talk about inspiration and the background of Winterhawk. Borrowed Time Stone and a Hard Place Never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon  

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 041 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper In this episode we look at some of the complexity and use for Spirits. We talk about some of there often over looked abilites and try and cover some of there more complex mechanics. We talk about our favorite types of spirits and there powers such as fear, confusion, influence, and materialization. We hope this episode answers some questions for you and we are certain it will bring new questions. As such never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 040 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Magic in the Shadowrun world is vast and can be complicated as such we had to split this episode into two parts. We start by covering the types of awakened characters you can portray such as the Hermetic Mage, the Shaman, the Adept, the Aspected Mage (and why you should not), and finally the cracked out Mystic Adept. We talk a bit about the different paths available to Shamans, and why everyone can use a Mentor Spirit. We cover casting spells, countering spells, how to resist them, and how to calculate your drain. We also spend a bit of time talking about the Spirits and the difference between a bound and unbound spirit and what they can do for you. We resume our conversation about Alchemy, Adepts, Initiation, Astral space, and fun ways to keep your players on their toes. We hope this episode answers some questions for you and we are certain it will bring new questions. As such never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon

This is a very special Nerps edition of Critical Glitch in fact it is so special it is a joint podcast between The Arcology and Critical Glitch. Serving as Hosts or cat wranglers as the case may be tonight was Mr. Johnson of The Arcology “Dr. Meatgrinder” Bob Loper “The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming” Tim Patrick Our special guest is Thomas Gofton of Lynnvander you may also know him as Harper the most feared game master in all of Canada from The Gamers Natural 1 Thomas has joined us to talk about his current project on Kickstarter Gamers Natural 20, and also share with us some back stage information about the creation of The Gamers Natural 1. Thomas shares with us his inspiration as well as some of the trials and tribulations of creating a movie. He also lets us in on a few secrets like his contribution in an upcoming Shadowrun anthology that should be out some time this summer.  Thomas also lets us know about top secret negotiations that may change the course of “Cyberun” to a setting a little closer to home. You can watch The Gamers Natrual 1 here Kickstarter for Natural 20 Dead Gentlemen Productions Zombie Orpheus Entertainment

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 039 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer Magic in the Shadowrun world is vast and can be complicated as such we had to split this episode into two parts. We start by covering the types of awakened characters you can portray such as the Hermetic Mage, the Shaman, the Adept, the Aspected Mage (and why you should not), and finally the cracked out Mystic Adept. We talk a bit about the different paths available to Shamans, and why everyone can use a Mentor Spirit. We cover casting spells, countering spells, how to resist them, and how to calculate your drain. We also spend a bit of time talking about the Spirits and the difference between a bound and unbound spirit and what they can do for you. We hope this episode answers some questions for you and we are certain it will bring new questions. As such never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon  

I want to send my deepest thanks to every one who was able to participate in this project. Many of you got to know Tinner through the show so I thought this would be a great way to honor him, by talking about something he truly enjoyed gaming. If you want to check out the single released by MR. Johnson from the Arcology Podcast go to their Sound Cloud page Prism Shard’s  

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 038 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host: Bob “Dr. Meatgrinder” Loper Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer Special Guest, Tony Gambino In this episode we talk about the red headed step child of the Shadowrun RPG Universe Riggers. We discuss what makes a rigger beyond just a fancy ride you need a Rigger Command Console, a Control Rig, and a vehicle with a Rigger Interface. We talk about what a Decker can and can’t do to make a Riggers life hell, as well as the dangers of a Technomancer. We cover how to make the most effective Drone Rigger and why you should always let the Rigger drive. We cover the must have skills and some nasty tricks you can do. We also spend some time talking about the chase combat system and what it means to crash. We hope this episode answers some questions for you and we are certain it will bring new questions. As such never hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments: E-mail us at: criticalglitchpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @CriticalGlitch1 Like us on Facebook Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon

This is Critical Glitch, a Shadowrun Podcast Episode 037 Your host, The Most Dangerous Man in Gaming – Tim Patrick Co-Host, Mike “Cadre Elite” Messmer Join us as we discuss the basic concepts that make up the Shadowrun RPG combat system. We aim to clarify some of the more complicated issues that arise such as Movement. We also go over imitative and how we track it. We talk about the types of your actions and how to use them. We talk about the healing system and how it works. We cover some advanced concepts from Run & Gun, Street Grimoire, and even Run Faster. Make sure to submit your gamer stories to us via Email to CriticalGlitchPodcast@gmail.com Make sure to follow us on Twitter @CriticalGlitch1 and tweet a picture of dice, or gaming, or a positive message on March 29th the hash tag #Tinner to have a chance to win a DriveThruRPG gift certificate. Help support us by making a pledge to our Patreon