Nicholas Orvis

Dramaturg, Director, Literary Manager. “Detritivorous mediocrity.” “Credentialized ART COP!” He/Him
Co-creator @DnDramaNerds

[percival hornak @techxni]

no context spoilers for our first recording session of the next @DNDramaNerds campaign

[Dungeons + Drama Nerds @DNDramaNerds]

today on the podcast @NSOrvis and @techxni sit down with @mike_sell -- their conversation focuses on the affordances of making shared references to media and pop culture in TTRPG play and TTRPGs as engines for participatory dramaturgy.

listen now: https://t.co/Va9hUH73uo

[Dungeons + Drama Nerds @DNDramaNerds]

This week on the pod @NSOrvis and @TBBackus are joined by @rmbryer to talk about how memories are made on the scale of individuals and communities, both in life and in art.

Listen now: https://t.co/Va9hUH7BjW

[Dungeons + Drama Nerds @DNDramaNerds]

NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨👻

This week, @NSOrvis and @techxni chat with Heather Kelley and Kaylee Rowena about ghosts, haunting, and what those things can mean in culture and media.

Listen now: https://t.co/Va9hUH73uo

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Conspiracy Theory Wastes No Time Getting Racist https://t.co/saRceb2JOY

[Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي @MariamBarghouti]

I was in Jenin and I cannot explain how ruthless the Israeli military is being.

The city is like a ghost town and the refugee camp is a collective torture chamber.

Israeli practices in Jenin include:

Mass arrests including minors,
Blowing up homes of civilians
Denying entry of food, water, medics

The children that managed to escape are traumatized, they’re nothing but tears and shock.

Everyone is unable to fully recognize this unprecedented violence and at such an intensity.

Jenin is another Gaza in terms of violence being inflicted.

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

@techxni Glitch Feminism is great.

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

This with the addition of "produced or created" (who is fueling the periodic large downloads of one very specific @DNDramaNerds episode????)!

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

So great to get to talk to @jdragsky for this episode - super knowledgeable and approachable about all things BOB/NDNM, which is becoming one of my favorite TTRPG forms!

[Dungeons + Drama Nerds @DNDramaNerds]

NEW EPISODE!

Join @NSOrvis and @techxni in conversation with @jdragsky as they talk all things Belonging Outside Belonging, including No Dice No Masters as a guiding design principle and the evolution of the system over time.

listen here: https://t.co/Va9hUH73uo

[katie spalding @supermathskid]

Thinking about how it would be reported if the ex-president of a non-Western country was ruled immune from prosecution by a panel of judges he himself appointed

[Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman]

I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

This is one of the great things about Party of One—we’ve also been thinking similar things over at @DNDramaNerds

[Jeff Stormer @PartyOfOnePod]

Party of One is not a show about acting, it is a show about conversation.

And that is a very subtle distinction, but I'm realizing a very differentiating and empowering one to understand, that really helps me to understand what makes the show WORK and how to help it GROW.

[Ned Donovan (No longer on this app) @neddonovan]

Actual Play is not necessarily an actor’s medium. It *can* be but too often recently I’ve seen the form limiting itself and shows like Party of One really do wonders for reminding me how wide the artform is and can be.

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

Hey hey hey - we're releasing an episode of SKITBASH!, our patrons-exclusive show, from its chains to wreak havoc on the world at large.

Check it out, and if you want more of the same silliness (or just to help us keep the lights on), consider joining our Patreon!

[Dungeons + Drama Nerds @DNDramaNerds]

This month we're bringing an episode of Skitbash, our monthly patrons-only show, out from behind the paywall!

@NSOrvis, @techxni, @BenFerber, and @tessatrixx kitbash Cyberpunk RED and Pygmalion/My Fair Lady together to ... moderate success!

listen now: https://t.co/Va9hUH7BjW

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

I'm going to be presenting a short paper in a panel at this conference - check it out! Incredible lineup I'm honored to be a part of.

[Analog Game Studies @AnalogGameJrnl]

Generation Analog 2024 Preliminary Program is LIVE!

July 24 & 25, 2024 online!

2 days, 9 sessions, 32 presentations, 2 keynotes featuring @jdragsky & @friede !

https://t.co/yl01KpPhWD

Registration link forthcoming! Co-presented with @GameInLab

[Nathalie Vincent @awlilnatty]

The only perspective on AI that matters

[Nicholas Orvis @NSOrvis]

This one is important to me. Actual Plays are art!!

[Dungeons + Drama Nerds @DNDramaNerds]

Episode drop!

Join @techxni, @NSOrvis, @BenFerber, and Chris Diercksen in a freewheeling chat about TTRPG actual plays: what draws us in, and what considerations we find ourselves taking into account when making Actual Plays.

listen now: https://t.co/DY5Ss7OC0J