The Grasscast Grasscast
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- Leisure
What's the first game you ever played?
What's the best/ worst experience you've had with a game?
Do you consider yourself a gamer?
Welcome to the Grasscast! (a mash-up of the words grasshopper and podcast). The grasshopper is our icon, our symbol, and our spirit animal, which represents the ultimate game-player.
Listen to hosts Shawn Daichendt and Kwab Fordjour as they informally interview friends, family, and other cool people, and try to discover what games really are, and how they inform our lives and experiences.
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Introduction
Welcome to the show!
Meet your hosts, Shawn Daichendt and Kwab Fordjour, as they discuss the inspiration for the show, future episode plans, and, of course, games! -
Aman & Ready Player One
Our first real episode!
We talk to our guest, Aman Turdaliev, a friend and avid board-gamer, about Ready Player One, Risk Legacy, and much more!
Plus, we play our first game of Paper Scissors Rock! -
Sarah & Making Podcasts
On this episode, we talk to our guest Sarah Morris, producer of Rose City Politics and wearer of many hats!
We talk about what our show is all about (we still don't know), we question the whole idea of doing the show, and we get meta about how to make podcasts -
Shawn & Kwab Talk About...
On this episode, Shawn and Kwab talk about:
- Disney's Emoji Blitz, and the addictive quality of modern-day match 3 games
- God of War, and its take on Norse mythology (Note: the book referenced in this discussion was Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman)
- The World Cup, and the reasons for the widespread popularity of football (soccer)
- Alternate/ Augmented Reality Games (ARGs) (eg. Pokemon GO, Ingress) -
Brett & Crypto
On this episode, we talk to our guest Brett Hayes, friend of the show and software developer (you may also recognize his voice on the introduction of each episode!).
We talk about OpenEmu (https://openemu.org/), first experiences with Halo, and the wild world of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and SEO. -
Jimmy & Pwning N00bs
On this episode, we talk to Jimmy Truong, software developer and entrepreneur.
We discuss startup culture and experiences, Duck Duck Goose strategies, Lets Plays, MOBAs and the joy of pwning n00bs