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Providence College Podcast

Providence College

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The Providence College Podcast features interviews with interesting members of the Friar Family. These in-depth conversations with PC students, Dominicans, faculty, staff, and alumni provide a rich look into the lives of noteworthy Friars. Occasionally we will also bring you on-campus lectures and presentations. Go Friars!
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene is a husband and wife team that love Hobby Gaming. We play RPGs and Boardgaming and wish to share our love of this hobby with everyone we know.
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The Art of LiveOps

James Gwertzman and Crystin Cox

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The Art of LiveOps podcast provides an in-depth perspective on modern game development and shares stories behind some of the most successful LiveOps strategies. Join our hosts, James Gwertzman and Crystin Cox, as they interview a variety of game development professionals in the industry. Presented by Azure PlayFab, if you are interested in learning more about LiveOps visit PlayFab.com. Download the latest episode transcript at aka.ms/LiveOpsPodcast.
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What was it like living and working in the largest mental deficiency hospital in Britain? And what changes led to its relatively recent closure? In it's heyday in the 1970s, Lennox Castle Hospital in Scotland housed over 1600 patients in purpose built multi-occupancy villas, and most staff lived on site or in nearby Lennoxtown. Oral historian Howard Mitchell started his working life there, as a member of the hospital's nursing staff. In the tracks on this album, he looks back at the history ...
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A handheld Xbox that's really an ROG Ally with a new Ryzen processor?? An LCD that actually NEEDS bright sunlight like a Game Boy Color?? (Oh, and Josh's legendary food segment.) There's some EVGA sad news mixed in there with a cool new GOG feature and too many security stories. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Patreon 01:20 Food with Josh 03:30 ASUS …
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Jolene was looking online at RPG topics and came across a confession by a new GM. This novice GM was running their first campaign which they had been running with new players for nine months. There was a point in the game were a character would have been killed but the GM pulled their punch. The character did not suffer a death. Even though there h…
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A question was asked about what are some things that you found in one RPG that as a GM would Steal to use in all other RPGs that you run. Saul and Jolene each thought abou the topic and they each found something that they really liked that they believed could be "easily" used in a variety of RPGs. Saul made a short list of mechanics and ideas that …
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The wait is over - we have the only JoshTEKK review of the new AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT on YouTube. You're welcome. We also have a serious discussion of Molex. And Nvidia GPU availability rumors. And Fosi audio. And of course, Zero-Day Chrome exploits. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:49 Patreon 03:05 Food with Josh 04:44 AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT - the JoshTEK…
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Another quarter is behind us, and NVIDIA just made more money than ever before. Thankfully this "ai" bubble will NEVER burst...right?? ASRock says they have fixed their AM5 issues, 10Gbe is going get inexpensive, and what can Brown do for your AIO? Also, there is only one rage quit incident. All that and so much more! 00:00 Intro 00:23 Patreon plea…
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A listener was thinking about some games he played with a particular GM, who took a few minutes after the game asking how the session went. So this listener asked what would be the best way or some hints as to asking for feedback right after the session ends. Saul and Jolene discussed how this immediate feedback would be good or bad. As a GM that r…
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No more misinformation - AMD finally announced their Radeon RX 9060 XT, and it turns out that reports of a $449 MSRP were greatly exaggerated. And what the heck is going on with Ryzen and EPYC right now? We have EPYC branded Ryzen desktop chips, and Ryzen branded EPYC chips for workstations (gross oversimplification)?! Developers! (get fired), Silv…
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In this podcast, relive the celebrations of Commencement Weekend for the Providence College Class of 2025. This episode features recordings of remarks from speakers including Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. '78, '82G, the college’s president (29:22); commencement speakers Judge Frank Caprio '58, '08Hon. (42:17); and Michael A. Cox '97SCE, '25Hon., Bos…
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A listener asked what we thought were some good Non D&D published campaigns? Saul questioned what makes a good, quality and fun campaign. Saul's criteria was the same if it was you home campaign but in a published one it is essential that the criteria that Saul sets out is met. There are many campaigns out that that would meet these elements so Sau…
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A listener asked about a good RPG to run a Monster of the Week game. Saul came up what criteria would make a good Monster of the Week game. From ease of rules, types of character and other factors. Then Saul and Jolene talked about what games would make it easy to run a Monster of the Week game. Saul's list comes from game created in the 1990's, 20…
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We were off last week, and somehow we STILL haven't reached Computex. So, another pre-show show, full of speculation (and speculative exploits). With no time to spare, we talk about Epyc, RX 9060 and RX 9070's, ceramic storage and Windows 3.1 - but not in that order. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Patreon 01:55 Food with Josh 03:58 Radeon RX 9060 XT…
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A listener asks about getting a RPG off the Shelf of Shame and on the the table to play. This is a problem that inflicts both RPG gamer and board gamer as both groups have this problem. Both have games that have not hit the game table and for many a gamer this is a terrible source of frustration. Saul has a lot of shelves that contain RPG games. It…
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The latest episode of the podcast features the musings of J. Hellstrom, background art by J. Hellstrom, and several segments written - in large part - by J. Hellstrom. In a way, we are all Jeremy now. Also within, find us talking about gyroscopes, no more Hyte, Copilot popularity and even 12VHPWR! As if. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:03 Food with Josh…
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Another outstanding example of what can be accomplished by sitting in front of a PC with a microphone and a camera, and chatting with other people who are also sitting in front of PCs with microphones and cameras. Riveting as expected. Tidbits dropped on Intel BOOSTing, Microsoft and Windows 10, Synology drives and so much more! Timestamps: 00:00 I…
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Saul was at Kubla Autumn a new game con taking place over Veteran's Day which is celebrated here in the U.S. on November 11th. Right when he got there he sat in a seminar the dealt with the future of boardgames. In that seminar they talked about Cozy games. Saul immediately thought of Cozy RPGs. Saul noticed a lot of RPGs that would fit under this …
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In the long time that Saul has been playing RPGs, there has been some instances where players did some weird things. At least unexpected things that he saw as both a GM and a Player. Saul remembers a couple instances where players acting strange may have caused problems in the session. Jolene relates a story she read online about a player who indee…
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The wait is over: the podcast about the performance of a card you probably can't buy is finally here! And the best part: our MSRP is always enforced. But also in this show we've got high PC shipments, low expectations for Windows 11 and some historical chimes. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:17 Food with Josh 04:39 RTX 5060 Ti review 05:17 Josh begins a…
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Brett is back, so everyone can stop calling in and writing letters. He will try to stay out of that Turkish prison, just for you. Also in this episode, some actual technical news items like a new satellite internet, USB-C splitting and we even sneak in a review of the Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 XT. One again we are very pleased to welcome back Incogni …
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In this Episode Saul and Jolene discuss why some GMs do not like running Intellectual Property games. Those are games based on books, Tv shows, or movies. Whether its Conan, Star Wars, Star Trek of hundreds of other RPGs that are based on others creative works some GMs shy away from running these games for specific reasons. Saul as usual goes to th…
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This episode is brought to you by “start ms-cxh:localonly”, available at your local Windows 11 installer Shift+F10 command prompt and also by USB-C the choice of a new generation. Check out the topics below for more! 00:00 Intro 01:17 Food with Josh 02:20 Reported Ryzen 9800X3D failures addressed by ASRock and AMD 04:54 Josh upgrades his gaming PC …
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