Extra Credits

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PAX 2010: Backstage with Anamanaguchi
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James goes backstage to interview Anamanaguchi at PAX 2010.
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PAX 2010: Game Design 101 Panel
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PAX 2010 Panel discussion with James Portnow, James Ernest, Nicole Lazzaro and Steve Jackson.
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PAX 2010: Jeff Pobst Interview
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James interviews Jeff Pobst from Hidden Path Entertainment at PAX 2010.
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PAX 2010: Becoming a Game Writer Panel
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PAX 2010 Panel discussion on becoming a game writer.
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PAX 2010: Richard Garfield & James Ernest Interview
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James interviews Richard Garfield & James Ernest at PAX 2010.
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PAX 2010: Rusel DeMaria Interview
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James interviews author Rusel DeMaria at PAX 2010.
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Stand Together: The Gaming Community vs SOPA and PIPA
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Sign a petition to have the ESA remove their support from SOPA/PIPA. Ask your favorite gaming websites and youtube channel to join the cause by not attending and covering E3 this year .. show full overview
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PAX 2015 - Scott Explains How Extra Credits is Made
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Since artist Scott DeWitt couldn't join the rest of the Extra Credits crew for PAX 2015, he animated a short, educational video about how the show gets made and what it's like being an artist for EC.
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Extra Politics #1: Points, Actions, and Marginal Votes - The Game of Elections
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Extra Politics is an 8-episode mini-series exploring the United States political system from a game design perspective. Today we're discussing why candidates spend their action points during the election cycle in bizarre but interesting ways.
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Extra Politics #2: Polls vs Win Charts - Positional Heuristics
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Today we discuss what a win chart is, and how win charts explain why election polls aren't always accurate--or in some cases, completely inaccurate.
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Extra Politics #3: Catch-up Mechanics - The Role of the Press, Third Parties, and Money
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Today we're learning about the structural powerups built into US elections that give advantages to whoever is currently losing the race.
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Extra Politics #4: The Rules of Society - Rules, Part 1
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Today we talk about why we need stable social rules in order for our political system to work.
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Extra Politics #5: Cheating - Rules, Part 2
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Today we talk about what cheating in a political system looks like, and how we can counter cheating!
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Extra Politics #6: Who Writes the Rules? - Rules, Part 3
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Today we talk about how checks and balances in our government should work, and why they aren't right now.
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Extra Politics #7: Is the Game Broken? - Designer's Intent and the Triple Power Rule
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Today we discover why, if a rule is missing, any of our political "mini-games" (such as electing someone to office) can break the designer's intent.
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Extra Politics #8: Fixing the Game - How to Patch Gerrymandering
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Today we talk about how to fix gerrymandering, which is probably the biggest exploit we have in US politics.
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Announcement: All-Day Pride Stream on the Extra Credits Twitch channel!
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The Extra Credits team is going to be celebrating LGBTQIA+ Pride Month by playing games and hanging out with all of you on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/extracredits all day today! .. show full overview
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Extra Credits Game Jam 2020 Announcement
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D&D One-Shot Announcement
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The D&D one shot is nearly here! Thank you all so much for your generosity during our charity livestream. Now we get to show you our appreciation by having Matt, Ali, Jac, Will, and .. show full overview
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Extra Politics - Fixing Broken Politics - Social Media
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Welcome to the return of Extra Politics! We'll be examining different problems in our political systems for the next 4 weeks, right up until the election. We're using the lens of game .. show full overview