Eli & Eric talk about Wuxia and where it intersects with gaming. They watch movies, break down how it applies to Wuxia, game design, gaming, game mastering, and playing table top role playing games. They also talk about their design goals and design philosophies for a new wuxia game they're working…
Eric and Eli revisit their old friend, Ip Man, in the third installment of the film franchise. What new things can they learn- wait, Mike Tyson is in this? Please […]
Eric and Eli emerge from a long period of secret training to discuss a long period of secret training in Zhang Yimou’s 2018 film, Shadow. The Show: @JianghuHustle Eric Farmer: […]
Eric and Eli welcome a whopping SIX special guests, all of whom were involved with the Asian Martial Arts by Asian Creators Jam on Itch.io. Over the course of two […]
Eric and Eli are dropping back in with Donnie Yen in Ip Man 2, challenging themselves with the dual nature of the Ip Man series. Please support our Patreon campaign!https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle […]
Eric and Eli are joined by special guest James Mendez Hodes, who introduces the show to the chanbara genre with the 1978 film Yagyū Clan Conspiracy. Please support our Patreon […]
Eric and Eli get drenched in the heroic bloodshed genre with the 1986 classic, A Better Tomorrow. Please support our Patreon campaign!https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle The Show: @JianghuHustleEric Farmer: @ericmfarmer | dogpoweredvehicle.comEli Kurtz: […]
Normally, we’re chatting about the game design goals we’ve developed in the course of our research on the main show, Jianghu Hustle. This time we’re talking about some changes to […]
We’re chatting about the game design goals we’ve developed in the course of our research on the main show, Jianghu Hustle. This time we’re talking about one of our favorite […]
Eric and Eli re-examine the horror genre through the 1993 wuxia classic, The Bride with White Hair. Please support our Patreon campaign!https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle The Show: @JianghuHustleEric Farmer: @ericmfarmer | dogpoweredvehicle.comEli Kurtz: […]
Eric and Eli are joined by special guest Yilin Wang to watch The Brave Archer and talk about adapting wuxia novels to film. The Show: @JianghuHustle Eric Farmer: @ericmfarmer | […]
Eric and Eli watched Death Duel, a film adapted from the same Gu Long novel as our previous film, Sword Master! They discuss the nature of retellings. Please support our […]
We’re chatting about the game design goals we’ve developed in the course of our research on the main show, Jianghu Hustle. This time we’re talking about our project for Hearts […]
We’re chatting about the game design goals we’ve developed in the course of our research on the main show, Jianghu Hustle. This time we’re talking about how to draw on […]
Eric and Eli watched Sword Master, a 2016 film, on the recommendation of patron Chromatic Chameleon. They chat about class struggle and violence in the jianghu! Please support our Patreon […]
We’re chatting about the game design goals we’ve developed in the course of our research on the main show, Jianghu Hustle. This time we’re summarizing our design work so far! […]
Eric and Eli are joined by special guests Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to talk about relationship entanglements as seen in House of Flying Daggers and in their game, Hearts […]
We’re chatting about the game design goals we’ve developed in the course of our research on the main show, Jianghu Hustle. This time we’re talking about collaboration! Please support our […]
Eric and Eli talk about superhero stories and how they intersect with wuxia in The Heroic Trio! Exactly how much melodrama is too much melodrama? Tune in to find out! […]
Eric and Eli uncover what is concealed while discussing the 2011 Donnie Yen masterpiece, Dragon. They look at what makes secrets so interesting and how to make them open, inevitable, […]
Eric and Eli chat with author Fonda Lee about her book, Jade City. She’s got a great handle on writing action scenes and the relationship dynamics of life in the […]
Hello listeners of Misdirected Mark Productions. I’m here with this short message to let you know about The Streets of Avalon Kickstarter by Encoded Designs. Some of you may be […]
Eric and Eli record their silliest episode ever. They talk about the gonzo kung fu lazer-fest that is The Battle Wizard and why and how it actually works. Snakes, magic […]
In this episode of Side Hustle, Eli and Eric discuss what type of core mechanic they’d like to see in the as-yet-unnamed wuxia game. How does a game be both […]
Eric and Eli continue their look at Human Lanterns and human horror. They talk about how to mix horror with the high powered world of wuxia, as well as what […]
Eric and Eli continue their look at Laughing in the Wind, this time examining the political factions. They look at what kind of stories they drive, how to represent them […]
Eric talks with scenario authors Louise Floor Frellsen and Louis Martinus Kehlet about relationships in wuxia. We watched The Sentimental Swordsman and we’ve folded what we’ve learned from tabletop and […]
We’re bringing Side Hustle back, and this time, Eli and Eric talk characters. What do they do? Who controls them? What does play look like? Please support our Patreon campaign! […]
This time, Eric and Eli get an intro to serial wuxia stories thanks to a recommendation from one of our Patreon backers, Lowell Francis. After watching the first three episodes […]
This time, Eric and Eli watch a favorite that’s old to one of them and new to the other: Kung Fu Panda. It’s not all black and white in this […]
This time, Eric and Eli welcome special guest Tobie Abad to discuss The Legend of Zu as an example of an epic-level subgenre, xianxia. Please support our Patreon campaign! https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle […]
This time, Eli joins special guest Victor Allen Bayona to analyze fighting styles and character traits in the Michelle Yeoh film, Wing Chun. Please support our Patreon campaign! https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle The […]
In this episode, we look at comedy in wuxia using Stephen Chow’s seminal work, Kung Fu Hustle. We talk about the fraught nature of comedy RPGs, slapstick as communication, and […]
Episode 11 of Jianghu Hustle is ready for the fight! We examine problematic elements of wuxia’s film representations, especially as seen in the 1976 film Master of the Flying Guillotine. […]
For our 10th episode, Eric and Eli take a moment to reflect on everything we’ve learned so far. We redefine terms, talk about what separates wuxia from other genres, and […]
Wuxia is often combined with other genres. Some work out better than others. This time, Eli and Eric look at procedural mystery within the wuxia genre with the help of […]
In Side Hustle, Eric and Eli go into detail about the creation of their upcoming wuxia game, starting from the very beginning. The guys talk about voice and tone in […]
The jianghu, the martial world that intersects with the regular world, contains both power and responsibility. What costs come with being a part of the jianghu? Eric and Eli look […]
Eric and Eli return to the 36th Chamber to complete their training, in the second half of this epic two-parter.
This time, Eric and Eli discuss one of the seminal films of wuxia cinema, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and its sequel, Return to the 36th Chamber. Between these two […]
It’s all longing looks and love-fueled quests in this episode on romance! Eli is still out of town, so Eric has brought in Senda (She’s A Super Geek, Panda’s Talking […]
Eric and Eli branch out in this new series, showing the nuts and bolts of game design. Follow along as they take what they learn from Jianghu Hustle and apply […]
We jack back into our double-header format for some serious deja vu. No goon is safe and all coppertops are complicit as we explore wuxia motifs in western settings with […]
This time, we meditate at the peak of Mount Wudan in the hopes that we can learn to hold the Green Destiny in stillness. We’re talking about setting the stakes […]
Eric and Eli unpack the the concept of violence as communication in wuxia stories. Hero, though an atypical wuxia film, is rife with violent communication, miscommunication, and melodrama. Hero Show […]
Eric and Eli enter the rivers and lakes of the mysterious world of the Jianghu! They look at Iron Monkey and The Magic Blade for clues on how to enter […]
Eric and Eli look at the most common type of protagonist in wuxia stories: the xia, or knight errant. They examine the codes and conduct of the knight errant by […]
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