D&D on BBC radio - listen online

[Zander]

BBC Radio 4 had an amusing and fairly lengthy feature yesterday on D&D and RPGs in general. The feature was titled Dicing with Dragons.

If you have speakers, you can hear it online at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/rams/sat1530.ram

It starts with some of the programming that aired just before Dicing
with Dragons. But don't worry: it's the right link.

Enjoy!

 

[DragonLancer]

It was a bad little program, but they still managed to speak with a couple of people who sounded like real geeks. A fairly neutral feel overall.

 

[Cithindril]

I really liked the report...thanks for pointing it out.

 

[johnsemlak]

Cool scoop. Thanks

 

[Berandor]

That article rocks! It's really funny (and I will buy a book by China Mieville now simply because of his commentary).

 

[Zander]

It was a bad little program, but they still managed to speak with a couple of people who sounded like real geeks. A fairly neutral feel overall.

Sorry that you didn't like it, DragonLancer. :\

I don't think that they did a particularly good job of explaining to laymen what D&D/RPGs are, but apart from that I thought it was entertaining. I doubt the free publicity will have done the hobby any harm and may even have attracted a few (confused) people.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

It's interesting to hear how D&D got its start in the U.K.

The bad mouthing guy can eat my d***.

 

[johnsemlak]

Is there a way to download & save the program?

 

[Kroax]

Umm, how do I listen to it?

 

[Berandor]

It's a streaming broadcast. YOu need Real Player (it's free from real.com) and then it downloads the data from the net to play it. And it's a lengthy piece, about 30 minutes.