Skill, Stamina and Luck (Radio 4, 27 February 2016)

[thealmightymudworm]

For those in the UK, there's a program called SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK on Radio 4 right now.

Here's the link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071h083

[Zhu Bajie]

They've also 'rebuilt' part of Steve Jacksons audio gamebook F.I.S.T. here:

www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/skill-stamina-and-luck

Here's a walkthrough to get you to the F.I.S.T. part:

Click "Try it"
Click "Red Things"
Click *
Click "Here's a demo"

and play :-)

[thealmightymudworm]

Presumably people outside the UK won't have been able to access this program, (nor will people within the UK before long). It would be nice to post a link to a downloadable version, but that might have copyright implications for whoever posted it and possibly the forum itself. (If anyone has any thoughts on the copyright issue feel free to send me a PM.)

What did people who have listened to it so far think of the show?

 _________
Thanks for the walkthrough, Zhu.
I wasn't aware of FIST (possibly a slightly unfortunate name) until now. Quite cool, though very much of its time. It mentioned needing to roll a six a couple of times - were you supposed to play it with dice handy?

[offm]

I think someone upload it to soundcloud and share it on the facebook group I will share the link shortly

Sent from my SUNSET2 using proboards

[offm]

as promised the link follows: link

[Zhu Bajie]

Mar 5, 2016 19:21:42 GMT thealmightymudworm said:

Presumably people outside the UK won't have been able to access this program, (nor will people within the UK before long). It would be nice to post a link to a downloadable version, but that might have copyright implications for whoever posted it and possibly the forum itself. (If anyone has any thoughts on the copyright issue feel free to send me a PM.)

What did people who have listened to it so far think of the show?

 _________
Thanks for the walkthrough, Zhu.
I wasn't aware of FIST (possibly a slightly unfortunate name) until now. Quite cool, though very much of its time. It mentioned needing to roll a six a couple of times - were you supposed to play it with dice handy?

The dice is part of the conversion, and they weren't used in the original phone game. IIRC combat used a system where you pressed a number on the keypad that corresponded to aiming for different body parts - so 0 was head, 1 was right arm, etc. or something like that - it was very 'action/arcade'. When you pressed the key you'd get sound effects and the narrator telling you if you'd hit, missed or been hit back. It was probably based on a scissors-paper-stone type mechanic or perhaps Steve Jacksons "Swordmaster" that he talks about here: imgur.com/a/AcaNP

[thealmightymudworm]

Apr 4, 2016 21:59:12 GMT Zhu Bajie said:

Mar 5, 2016 19:21:42 GMT thealmightymudworm said:

Presumably people outside the UK won't have been able to access this program, (nor will people within the UK before long). It would be nice to post a link to a downloadable version, but that might have copyright implications for whoever posted it and possibly the forum itself. (If anyone has any thoughts on the copyright issue feel free to send me a PM.)

What did people who have listened to it so far think of the show?

 _________
Thanks for the walkthrough, Zhu.
I wasn't aware of FIST (possibly a slightly unfortunate name) until now. Quite cool, though very much of its time. It mentioned needing to roll a six a couple of times - were you supposed to play it with dice handy?

The dice is part of the conversion, and they weren't used in the original phone game. IIRC combat used a system where you pressed a number on the keypad that corresponded to aiming for different body parts - so 0 was head, 1 was right arm, etc. or something like that - it was very 'action/arcade'. When you pressed the key you'd get sound effects and the narrator telling you if you'd hit, missed or been hit back. It was probably based on a scissors-paper-stone type mechanic or perhaps Steve Jacksons "Swordmaster" that he talks about here: imgur.com/a/AcaNP

Thanks.
Swordmaster is/was one of many gaps in my gamebook knowledge. Interesting.

[thealmightymudworm]

This is somewhat off-topic, but there's just been a prog on BBC R4 about hypnosis. One of the people they had on it was Robin Waterfield as he wrote a book on the topic.

Anyone interested in hearing the author of Phantoms of Fear chipping in on the subject of dream-like states could listen below:


You Are Feeling Sleepy
(BBC link - may not work outside the UK. Might add another if one is available)

[vastariner]

This came a bit out of nowhere...

Link here.  Downloadable on BBC Sounds.

[sleepyscholar]

Not exactly 'out of nowhere'. Out of 2016.

I remember listening to it when it was first broadcast.

('Broadcast'? How long are we going to carry on using that word, I wonder?)