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Great episode! Would you mind posting your alternate starter decks you scavenged from your second core box?

I think the whole labeling thing is way too subjective for there to be any type of a consensus as to what constitutes as mature content. For some people blood, gore, excessive cleavage and bad innuendo fit the bill, while others may draw the line at cursing, and while somebody else may think that virtually engaging in criminal acts constitutes as being mature. This is where I think the ESRB fails, in that anyone who is concerned about mature content should investigate for themselves what they are getting into and/or allowing others to access. Resorting to all-encompassing labels is basically accepting failure. For what it's worth though, "violence porn" is where I make a mature distinction, and I can't think of many instances in gaming where violence doesn't have a defensible context and where any subsequent gore is overly gratuitous. Movies, on the hand...

Iron Grip: Warlord By: ISOTX Available: $10 from official site, Steam Synopsis: Game merges RTS, FPS, and Tower Defense elements together. Single-player or co-op up to 8 players. Steampunk setting. More: http://igwarlord.isotx.com/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/31700/

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I don't work in the industry, but I write about games for fun. The reality is, very few of us are lucky enough to get paid to do something we love, especially in a crappy economy. That said, I'd go with something like this: If you really want to be involved in games production, volunteer to help out on a mod project or start one of your own. That way you get to work on your own terms and get a good feel for what kind of effort goes into producing content for games. If you're lucky enough you might discover some talent, or you can illustrate that hard work you do isn't squandered and actually results in a finished product. If you make it this far, you've got a portfolio to show off, teamwork experience, and can prove that you're a motivated self-starter, while attaining a more mundane education to serve as a Plan B.

Hello. Recent listener to the podcast and I'm glad I found it. Flotilla was a great recommendation