Big fan this podcast, so I'll be throwing something down for this! I have a fond regard for Looper: Neo-Noir Western with Time Travel & psionics set in Kansas! The hole!! For me!!

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2d ago

The final Happy Death Day episode is out 🔪 We talk about the intersections of the divergent games we designed with our guests, then go in depth on two incredible mechanical mailbag submissions. Lots & lots to in this series to work with for the inaugural #TSBGJam, which is open now!!

i love you mechanical mailbag 😭 we got such great submissions!!! i'm super excited that this is the series launching our first game jam, because we cover like seven different great game ideas in these three episodes hahaha

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2d ago

The final Happy Death Day episode is out 🔪 We talk about the intersections of the divergent games we designed with our guests, then go in depth on two incredible mechanical mailbag submissions. Lots & lots to in this series to work with for the inaugural #TSBGJam, which is open now!!

this starts when the mechanical mailbag for happy death day drops TOMORROW! >:)

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2w ago

The first-ever This Should Be a Game! Jam begins in two weeks and runs for a month-- make a TTRPG or supplement inspired by any of the movies we've covered so far, or by the conversations we've had about them on the pod!! #TSBGJam

i really REALLY enjoyed how far into left field we wandered with this one. what if a TTRPG had a constantly expanding set of players & GMs who essentially had to have council meetings to reconcile the stories of various alternate timelines & also resolution mechanics involved texting your cousin.

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last wk.

Our series turning Happy Death Day into a TTRPG continues with @corpserevivers.bsky.social talking about the weight of consequences, time loop subgenre tropes, & the specific roles that a GM brings to a game 🔪

YOOO THIS IS OUT!!! i had such a great time talking about one of my favorite horror movies and also obviously genres/genrefication come up in a big way because i am who i am

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last wk.

Our series turning Happy Death Day into a TTRPG continues with @corpserevivers.bsky.social talking about the weight of consequences, time loop subgenre tropes, & the specific roles that a GM brings to a game 🔪

Got to look at the first printed proofs for All's Fair last night and it's so sexy it's just simply so sexyyyyy 😭 I think you should preorder it so you and someone you find really hot and cool can play a roleplaying game about saving the world while you touch each other under the table

Rise, Wizards! & All's Fair

Rise, Wizards by Robin Ekberg is a dice-stacking, map-making, worldbuilding game of wizard hubris. All's Fair by Dillin Apelyan is an 18+ duet game about wanting to f*ck each other so bad you save th...

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the frequency with which i notice myself bringing this energy to game design discussions is... really something. in this episode, it specifically comes up when i basicallyyy decide to sell that actually a really thematically resonant resolution mechanic could involve texting your cousin

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last wk.

Our series turning Happy Death Day into a TTRPG continues with @corpserevivers.bsky.social talking about the weight of consequences, time loop subgenre tropes, & the specific roles that a GM brings to a game 🔪

seeing all the gencon attendance & anti-attendance posting suddenly made me remember: happy belated birthday to the post that ultimately lead to the creation of @thisshouldbeaga.me

satah 🛸@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · last yr.

everyone's invited to satah con the ttrpg convention where we borrow genre films from the 40s-70s on the library's streaming services & watch them then talk abt how we'd make a game out of them & then we play the game

I <3 time loops

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2w ago

Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪

Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪

Happy Death Day (2017) - 01 - with Caleb Zane Huett | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Talking with Caleb Zane Huett (calebzanehuett.com, @calebzane on Bluesky) about how to turn 2017's Happy Death Day into a TTRPG.Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge...

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This podcast remains my favorite new podcast currently in the TTRPG world, taking the place of *checks notes* @foliopod.bsky.social, the OTHER amazing TTRPG podcast @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online produces

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2w ago

Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪

The first-ever This Should Be a Game! Jam begins in two weeks and runs for a month-- make a TTRPG or supplement inspired by any of the movies we've covered so far, or by the conversations we've had about them on the pod!! #TSBGJam

This Should Be A Game Jam 01: Problems In Space + Loopin' Time

A game jam from 2026-08-03 to 2026-09-04 hosted by wicked glitch games & Jess Levine | Jumpgate Games. This Should Be a Game! is a podcast about adaptive media and filtering 90% of your life experienc...

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i love talking about games with caleb & jess soo much!!!!! tune in to hear us get a lil judgey & a lot excited while we work through gamifying what i quickly admit is my favourite movie that we've covered on the show lmfao. at one point conversation halts entirely because i was making Such A Face

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2w ago

Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪

i had so much fun recording this. sometimes you realize during a recording that you're in the middle of a test you accidentally trained your whole life for. that's me with time loop stories

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2w ago

Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪

Our series turning Happy Death Day (2017) into a TTRPG begins by talking with @calebzane.bsky.social about the psychological purpose of time loops, making exploration & investigation feel good in a defined structure, & the different table values when gaming-to-socialise vs gaming-to-game 🔪

Happy Death Day (2017) - 01 - with Caleb Zane Huett | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Talking with Caleb Zane Huett (calebzanehuett.com, @calebzane on Bluesky) about how to turn 2017's Happy Death Day into a TTRPG.Join the Haunted Table Patreon at $3 or above to playtest The House Edge...

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I cannot express the POWER and GLEE that coursed through my egotistical veins as I listened to geniuses talk about my game design ideas for twenty minutes

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

Our final episode turning Looper into a TTRPG is the mechanical mailbag, where we chat about listener submissions-- thank you @ahcoffeebeans.bsky.social, @roleplayretcon.bsky.social, & @queenregnant.bsky.social for giving us such cool & diverse ideas!!

And here's the extremely disturbing Invader Zim episode where Zim changes Dib's identity with time travel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOG8...

Invader Zim - Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy Part 1

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This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

Our final episode turning Looper into a TTRPG is the mechanical mailbag, where we chat about listener submissions-- thank you @ahcoffeebeans.bsky.social, @roleplayretcon.bsky.social, & @queenregnant.bsky.social for giving us such cool & diverse ideas!!

Our opinions on how to make movies into TTRPGs and vice-versa cannot be contained by one podcast also, "You can't convince young people that time exists" is my new favorite thing anyone has ever said

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

Our final episode turning Looper into a TTRPG is the mechanical mailbag, where we chat about listener submissions-- thank you @ahcoffeebeans.bsky.social, @roleplayretcon.bsky.social, & @queenregnant.bsky.social for giving us such cool & diverse ideas!!

the debut of the mechanical mailbag episodes!! i'm really in love with this concept & excited for it to be a regular feature. these submissions were collected before the episodes started airing & i'm sooo charmed by the showcase of the many different directions you can go from the same inspiration

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

Our final episode turning Looper into a TTRPG is the mechanical mailbag, where we chat about listener submissions-- thank you @ahcoffeebeans.bsky.social, @roleplayretcon.bsky.social, & @queenregnant.bsky.social for giving us such cool & diverse ideas!!

Want to decide our next-double feature? Back the "This Should Be a Game!" Patreon at $6/month or up by 7/13 & tell us what *you* think should be a game by voting in the poll for the theme of the next 2 episodes! Which of these do you think should be TTRPGs? 🎲 🔗: www.patreon.com/c/thisshould...

finally a podcast episode that references both internal family systems therapy & constructing a single use space elevator in the middle of town purely to run an adaptive media megagame

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

In the third episode of our series turning Looper into a TTRPG, @seanireland.bsky.social joins us to BUILD THE SPIRE.

Have you ever wanted to lose yourself in a game? Like, literally, spatially, physically lose yourself? Then chip in a couple million to help us BUILD THE SPIRE 🗼

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

In the third episode of our series turning Looper into a TTRPG, @seanireland.bsky.social joins us to BUILD THE SPIRE.

i cannot overstate how much sean took the "This Should Be a Game!" prompt 'you can dream as big as you want, don't worry about feasibility' & took it places satah & i never even considered. gotta host a game jam based on this episode where you build the spire. & the timecube. & the space elevator.

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

In the third episode of our series turning Looper into a TTRPG, @seanireland.bsky.social joins us to BUILD THE SPIRE.

“…also have to confess something, which is that I forgot games can have GMs.” @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online speaking my language on @thisshouldbeaga.me

Looper (2012) - 01 - with Aaron Voigt

Podcast Episode · This Should Be A Game! · June 16 · 1h 30m

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Immensely grateful to @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online and @jessfrom.online for having me on to chat about turning Looper into a game! This conversation made my brain go brrr and was so much fun! Check it out!

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

Our series TTRPG-ifying Looper continues with @sebastianyue.bsky.social talking about intimacy, receiving care, & tImE cUbEs ⏰🔫

some personal highlights from this episode: - a detailed prompt system about where you put your weapon during vulnerable moments - talking about time changing the feelings you remember, both accurately & inaccurately - ponderously holding a d12 in my hand for an hour

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · last mo.

Our series TTRPG-ifying Looper continues with @sebastianyue.bsky.social talking about intimacy, receiving care, & tImE cUbEs ⏰🔫

Avery's work is referenced in probably 80% of episodes of this show, & including work directly influenced by or descending from her work pushes that up to 95%-- please do grab a couple things from her!

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony@lackingceremony.bsky.social · last mo.

The process of moving into a new place this month and rebuilding my life as a person living solo for the first time in over a decade has been expensive and hard. If you've been thinking about picking up any of my games, this would be a great time to go for it. store.buriedwithoutceremony.com

i think i've referenced a point early in this ep abt 45 times in the past couple weeks where during a discussion of what different forms of storytelling particularly excel at, austin names something like "intention" for TTRPGs & it was a big HOOHOOO OH YEAH THAT'S A THING I LOVE HERE moment for me

Sam D@diceexploder.com · 4mo ago

This week on Dice Exploder I've got @austinwalker.bsky.social on to talk Dream Askew / Dream Apart's weak, strong, and regular moves and how they influenced Realis. Diceless games are good! Randomness is overrated! Precise word choice is good game design!

the media club plus livestream here is a MUCH more loadbearing pillar in the concept of the game we discuss than you might expect & i'm so thrilled about it

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2mo ago

Our series on why Looper (2012) should be a TTRPG begins with @aavoigt.bsky.social almost immediately asking... what if your kid turned out to be Mewtwo? The answer involves movie stills as scene prompts, inevitability in games, why you shouldn't start play undercover, & more ⏰🔫

finally, you can listen to the episode that makes this post at all comprehensible

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2mo ago

Our series on why Looper (2012) should be a TTRPG begins with @aavoigt.bsky.social almost immediately asking... what if your kid turned out to be Mewtwo? The answer involves movie stills as scene prompts, inevitability in games, why you shouldn't start play undercover, & more ⏰🔫