Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:27:08 +0000
<p><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">In this bonus episode, guest Louis Zocchi discusses his background in the gaming industry, specifically, how he became a manufacturer of dice designed to produce statistically uniform outcomes. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">During the show Louis mentioned a two part video listeners might enjoy: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKhpYJzCcSw" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">part 1</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvLjFBhoFMs" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">part 2</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> can both be found on youtube. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Kyle mentioned a robot capable of unnoticably cheating at Rock Paper Scissors / Ro Sham Bo. More details can be found </span><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24803751" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">here</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Louis mentioned dice collector Kevin Cook whose website is </span><a href="http://www.dicecollector.com/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">DiceCollector.com</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">While we're on the subject of table top role playing games, Kyle recommends these two related podcasts listeners might enjoy: </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The Conspiracy Skeptic podcast (on which host Kyle was recently a guest) had a great episode </span><a href="http://www.yrad.com/cs/index2013.htm" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">"Dungeons and Dragons - The Devil's Game?"</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> which explores claims of D&Ds alleged ties to skepticism. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Also, Kyle swears there's a great<a href="http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/"> </a></span><a href="http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/">Monster Talk</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/monstertalk/"> </a>episode discussing claims of a satanic connection to Dungeons and Dragons, but despite mild efforts to locate it, he came up empty. Regardless, listeners of the Data Skeptic Podcast are encouraged to explore the back catalog to try and find the aforementioned episode of this great podcast. </span><br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <br style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" /> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Last but not least, as mentioned in the outro, </span><a href="http://www.awesomedice.com/blog/353/d20-dice-randomness-test-chessex-vs-gamescience/" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">awesomedice.com</a><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> did some great independent empirical testing that confirms Game Science dice are much closer to the desired uniform distribution over possible outcomes when compared to one leading manufacturer.</span></p>
