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Ben and Rett ponder whether games are, indeed, recession resistant as the U.S. economy appears headed for a double dip recession. Also, they discuss ways to cope for game manufacturers and retailers. In addition, they weigh in on yet more Battleship movie news and Gamer travel agencies.

Show Links:

www.purplepawn.com
www.geeknationtours.com
www.wargameholidays.com

Next Show: September 24th!

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This week we speak with Zev Shlasinger of ZMan Games about his recently posed question, “Am I printing too many games?”. We also have a great letter from Daniel in Sweden with lots of great questions about starting up a game company.

Links:
Purple Pawn – http://purplepawn.com
ZMan Games  – http://zmangames.com
Board Game Exchange – http://www.boardgameexchange.com/home

Next Show: September 10th (or thereabouts).

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They’re back and rested after a big week at GenCon 2010! Ben and Rett shoot through the week’s news and then dissect GenCon 2010 – without mentioning Dominion Prosperity’s sneak preview there – but hitting all the other business highlights from a very busy show. Also- check out our “wacky” intro theme this week – straight from Ben’s GenCon Mix CD.

Show Links:

Playthings Magazine – http://www/playthings.com

infrno.net – http://www.infrno.net

Next Show: August 27th.

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Ben and Rett sweat it out in the summer heat to cover this week’s news, preview important GenCon releases, discuss why brick and mortar retailers aren’t using the Internet well, and chat with Rob Boyle of Posthuman about the transition from design studio to stand alone business (and get a rundown of their upcoming releases).

Show Links:

Purple Pawn – http://www.purplepawn.com

Posthuman Studios – http://www.eclipsephase.com

Next Show: August 13th, GenCon wrapup.

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AEG Deals Dust to FFG, Warhammer released, Protospiel and micropress commentary, as well as reader mail, Ben and Rett admit being wrong and enough chatty, gaming industry goodness to fill a hatchback on the way to a summer con.

Show Links:

Purple Pawn: http://www.purplepawn.com
Blue Panther :http://www.bluepantherllc.com

Next show: July 30th. GenCon preview and some RPG talk.

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Origins Recap (show and awards), new releases AND…a long awaited discussion with Randall Bills of Catalyst Game Labs about that company’s recent problems and it’s future. And, being Randall, we get LOTS of new information about upcoming CGL products. That doesn’t sound like much, but throw in ample listener mail, Ben and Rett’s normal tendency to ramble and you get a run time of nearly 120 minutes, our longest show ever. We PROMISE we won’t do it again. Probably. :)

Show Links:
Paper Money RSS Feed: http://www.purplepawn.com/category/papermoney/feed/

Catalyst Game Labs: http://www.catalystgamelabs.com

Next Show: July 16th. Topic: Roleplaying Games.

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Lots of discussion of the news this week: Free RPG Day, Indie Press Revolution Sold, Games Workshop Financials, and Origins. Also, listener voicemail about why Ben is wrong (again)! In fact, we have everything BUT the interview we promised with Randall Bills, who was swamped with Origins preparations.

Show Links

GW Financials – http://www.purplepawn.com/2010/06/games-workshop-in-review-two-years-later/

Next Show: July 2nd. Origins Awards and show recap. Happy Gaming!

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Lots of news this week! Hasbro loses Stratego to Spin Master, TRU files IPO, Catalyst Game Labs update, and more. Also, some good listener mail and lots of Ben and Rett talking the business of games and having a good time doing it!

Show Links:
Purple Pawn –  http://www.purplepawn.com
Taharqa’s Corner: The CGL Situation – http://taharqa.org/?p=340

Next Show: June 18th. We’ll do a quick preview of Origins and maybe have an interview. Really. We hope. Honest.

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Posted late so Ben could go to watch the Space Shuttle Launch, but we have a great show! We talk about Games Workshop’s new lawsuit and interview Dave Dobson of fledgling game company about SGGC’s and the economics of launching a game company.

Next show: May 28th, we talk about Role Playing Games.

Show links:

Plankton Games – http://www.planktongames.com

Purple Pawn – http://www.purplepawn.com

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Ben and Rett discuss the closure of Reiver Games (home to It’s Alive) and Imagigrafx (home to your co-host, Ben). In between, they debut the fan-created new “lawsuit theme” and talk about the legal troubles of “Would You Rather”. Oh – and they answer a reader email and listen to their wonderful voicemail en español. What they do not do is talk to Catalyst Game Labs. Randall and Loren couldn’t make the show this week. Hopefully, we’ll get them on soon.

Show Links:
Purple Pawn – www.purplepawn.com

Next Show: May 14th. Our 1 Year Anniversary! Go Us!

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