Relatable Rolls

Interview with Ross Payton on The Night Clerk

Episode Summary

"Here's your room key, check out is at ̴͓̘̳̤͈͇͉̎t̶̡̨̼̣̫̩̳̠̠̬̳̓͋h̶̙͕͌̌̋̆͋e̸̬͙̮͇̬͉̿͑̓̂̍͂͝ ̵̬̦̼̲̜̦̃͆̌͊ͅe̷̡̡̻͈͎͠n̴̛͚̙̫͗̌͋͠d̴͓̯̤̹̱̤͍̣͔͕̿͆̎͛͛̄̈́̔͂͝ ̷͍̙̙͊͛̽̈́̇͌̄̓̑̊̓o̵̠͗̇̿̂̾͊̇̓̚͜f̸̹͙̜͇͕͋̽̿̈̆̈́̒̈̆̚͘ͅ ̸͈͓͕̹͕̏̉̑̄̈́̋͊͐ě̷̡̱̻̝̟̰̮͓̪͛̅ͅͅț̷͈̣͙̣̞̳̙̺́̾̋̆͂̓̆́̿͘ę̴̧̳̝̲̤͍̥̈́̂r̶̢̛̭̼̤̥͉̺̥̜̯̈̈́̀͒̎̓̇ṇ̵̇̌̕͝i̸̝̜̓͘͠t̶̟̩̭̤͚̱̥̆̅͛͐̄͆̓̾͝͠y̵̘̾̓̐͋̄͊̉̊̚."

Episode Notes

Max and Claire are joined by Ross Payton of Role Playing Public Radio, Night Clerk Radio, and Ludonarrative Dissidents to talk about The Night Clerk, a systemless architectural horror zine scenario being crowd funded on BackerKit. Hear the origin story of the scenario, the challenges of writing a scenario not tied to a RPG system, why Zines and architectural horror are having a moment, and why capitalism is to blame for all of this, among many other thrilling topics.
 

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Intro: Kirk Osamayo - Late Night Study Session