Vlog Ep. 186: Eating Japanese

This episode of #BaduyPride was all about Japanese food! We've been starting to dedicate our Tuesdays to food-related topics for one reason or another, but it does make for fun episodes. And Japanese food has certainly been something Tobie and I have always enjoyed together as part of our food adventures.

It was nice to not just talk about particular dishes we like, but also some of the stories around them. I hadn't thought of my first few forrays into enjoying Japanese food in years and I was happy to share those stories. And Tobie always has a unique perspective on things and the earlier years when Japanese restaurants were a lot more exclusive. 

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Vlog Ep. 185: Unfair But Not Un-Fun

Today's #BaduyPride episode is about a game that totally delivers on its title - UNFAIR, created by Joel Finch for CMON Limited/Good Games Publishing. This 2-5 player card game allows players to build the theme park of their dreams, provided they manage to survive the Unfair events combined with other players trying to mess you up.

As much as there's a lot about this game that frustrates me (Rocky) a lot, I still play it and hope that things go another way. Given its modular deck approach, beautiful card art, and rich theming, there's a lot to love about this game. You just have to get over the harsh PVP element and the punishing second half of the game, unless you call for World Peace and play a much friendlier game.

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Vlog Ep. 184: Tobie's 2nd Quarantine Birthday

We decided to use tonight's #BaduyPride episode as a venue to celebrate Tobie's birthday, albeit virtually. And as is the way of such episodes, we didn't have a concrete plan or flow - we just wanted to see where the conversation with friends viewing the show would take us.

And while Tobie's actual birthday is still on Sunday, it was nice to celebrate with friends regardless. And I want to extend my thanks to everyone who made time to drop by the stream today, especially those folks who don't always have the time to watch the show regularly. It means a lot to both of us.

Until the time we can celebrate such festivities together in-person but safely...

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Vlog Ep. 183: Horror Tabletop Games We Love

This was definitely one of the most Tobie topics we could tackle for #BaduyPride as we celebrated an aspect of gaming that will always be close to his heart. His love for the horror genre goes well beyond movies and TV and is really best seen in how he embraces the genre as it is depicted in games, particularly tabletop role-playing games. We already explained in the video why board games don't quite do as well with this genre, but at the very we still recommend Nyctophobia. 

And despite the large stack of books that we accumulated on the table during the show, this is but a taste of the extent of Tobie's passion for the genre and our shared love for the tabletop gaming hobby as a whole. The number of systems he's familiarized himself with still surprises me and I'm glad that we dedicated this episode to let him really geek out about these types of games. 

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Vlog Ep. 182: We Scream for Ice Cream

We're been half-experimenting with more food topics for #BaduyPride on Tuesdays, thus today's Tobie-centric episode was all about ICE CREAM. Tobie's love for this particular dessert has always been a  prominent part of our relationship and I always love the joy he experiences when he discovers a particularly interesting ice cream flavor combination that really delights his palate.

I'd like to think we did a pretty decent job of covering the length and breadth of ice cream as a topic. We started with definitions and then dived into flavors we liked. We talked about toppings and we talked about favorite ice cream creations at different restaurants. We talked about our favorite "frozen delights" and shared opinions on fast food ice cream options along with the best soft serve options. So yes, we totally managed to spend an hour just talking about ice cream. 

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