{"id":3802,"date":"2017-02-12T05:52:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T05:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2017-02-13T00:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:35:51","slug":"a-talk-with-cosmic-encounter-game-designers-peter-olokta-greg-olokta-and-bill-elirbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3802","title":{"rendered":"A talk with Cosmic Encounter Game Designers Peter Olokta, Greg Olokta, &#038; Bill Elirbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3803 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters-1024x612.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Stark and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZM4HLJJ75VhYvtRnq5dA9w\">Pilleater<\/a> talk to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Olotka\">Peter Olotka<\/a>, Greg Olokta, and Bill Elirbie. They designed the game\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosmic_Encounter\">Cosmic Encounter<\/a>. Their newest game is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/204837\/game-thrones-iron-throne\">Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<\/p>\n<p>-The history and origins of Cosmic Encounter, Nauset Beach, Science-Fiction, \u201cThe List.\u201d<br \/>\n-Diversity in Cosmic Encounter, the game existing before Dungeons &amp; Dragons,<br \/>\n-How the game breaks rules and \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0pushes imaginary limits<br \/>\n-Star Trek, The Parker Brothers prototype in 1976, Non-prediction gameplay,<br \/>\n-the extended number of aliens in Cosmic Encounter<br \/>\n-The first edition of Cosmic, the artists behind the game, Harlan Ellison, Dean Morrissey,<br \/>\n-The situational theory in Cosmic<br \/>\n-Cosmic Encounter Online, Dune the Board Game, Issac Asimov,<br \/>\n-The art in Cosmic Encounter, Felicia Cano<br \/>\n-Cosmic Dominion<br \/>\n-Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne<br \/>\n-Prototyping and technology<br \/>\n-Balance and Unbalance within games<br \/>\n-Cosmic Encounter as both a toolbox for game designers and for telling story narratives<br \/>\n-Isaac Asimov&#8217;s Robots VCR Mystery Game<br \/>\n-Hippy culture, Cosmic Encounter as an avant-garde art piece<br \/>\n-Different editions of Cosmic Encounter<br \/>\n-Board game culture, the new fad of \u201cgamer\u201d culture<br \/>\n-The problem of video games, violence in video games<br \/>\n-The game design differences between Iron Throne and Cosmic<br \/>\n-The Star Wars story and Parker Brothers<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3802-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.mp3\">https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Cosmic-Encounters.mp3\">Click Here<\/a> to download!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artrstark\/\"><span style=\"color: #1a0dab;\">Check out Robert Stark&#8217;s Paintings!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"75RF3EG8CMWVE\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Robert Stark and Pilleater talk to&nbsp;Peter Olotka, Greg Olokta, and Bill Elirbie. They designed the game&nbsp;Cosmic Encounter. Their newest game is&nbsp;Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne. Topics: -The history and origins of Cosmic Encounter, Nauset Beach, Science-Fiction, &ldquo;The List.&rdquo; -Diversity in Cosmic Encounter, the game existing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=3802\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A talk with Cosmic Encounter Game Designers Peter Olokta, Greg Olokta, &#038; Bill Elirbie<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[807,542,457,801,843,459,844,845,603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1970s","category-aesthetics","category-art","category-board-games","category-cosmic-encounter","category-culture","category-game-of-thrones","category-peter-olotka","category-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3802"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3820,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions\/3820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}