Podcast appearances and mentions of max temkin

Cards Against Humanity Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences.   **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail**Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweet @The_GuysReviewRead emails theguysreviewpod@gmail.comTwitter Poll Cards Against Humanity: Cards Against Humanity is an adult party game in which players complete fill-in-the-blank statements using words or phrases typically deemed offensive, risqué or politically incorrect printed on playing cards. It has been compared to the 1999 card game apples to apples and originated from a Kickstarter campaign in 2011. Its title refers to the phrase "crimes against humanity", reflecting its politacally incorrect content.   Cards Against Humanity was created by a group of eight Highland park high school alumni. Heavily influenced by the popular Apples to Apples card game, it was initially named Cardenfreude (a pun on schadenfraude) and involved a group of players writing out the most abstract and, often, humorous response to the topic question. The name was later changed to Cards Against Humanity, with the answers pre-written on the white cards known today. Co-creator Ben Hantoot cited experiences with various games such as Magic:The gathering, Balderdash, and Charades as inspiration, also noting that Mad Libs was "the most direct influence" for the game.The game was financed with a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign and influenced by a previous crowd-funded campaign for a book on the design of then-President of the United States of America Barack Obama's Campaign. The campaign started on December 1, 2010; it met its goal of $4,000 in two weeks. The campaign ended on January 30, 2011, and raised over $15,000; just under 400% of its original goal. With this additional money raised towards the game, the creators added fifty more cards to the game itself.  An exerpt from BloombergsCards against humanity LLC, the maker of the eponymous and tasteless-by-design party game, is exploring a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.The Chicago-based company is working with an adviser, Moelis & Co., after it received takeover interest, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information was private.The company is seeking to be valued at around $500 million in a transaction, the people added.The company generates earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, of between $40 million to $50 million a year.Cards Against Humanity hasn't made a final decision on pursuing a sale and could decide to remain independent, the people said.Representatives for the company and Moelis declined to comment.  One of its co-founders, Max Temkin, stepped down in June 2020 after reports of a toxic work environment, according to a statement on its website. Temkin no longer participates in the business but is still one of the owners of the company, which is run and controlled by its co-founders, a person familiar with the matter said.The company said at the time it would hire a specialist to improve human resources, hiring and management practices at the company.  1. Cards Against Humanity started as a game made of construction paper.In 2009, Max Temkin, Josh Dillon, Daniel Dranove, Eli Halpern, Ben Hantoot, David Munk, David Pinsof, and Eliot Weinstein—a group of friends, most of whom had attended high school together—got together over their winter break and decided to design a game that could entertain guests during their annual New Year's Eve parties. While they thought of a variety of games, only one of them—which they called Cardenfreude, after schadenfreude, the German word for delighting in another's misfortuneThe team successfully sold bull dung to consumers.For a 2014 Black Friday promotional stunt, the Cards Against Humanity company promised to send consumers a box of “bullsh*t.” The company sold and shipped boxes containing a solid piece of real bull dung that was procured from a cattle ranch in Texas. All 30,000 pieces, which were priced at $6 each, sold out within a half-hour the day they went on sale.According to Temkin, the fecal matter was intended to be a commentary on the sensationalist nature of the hype surrounding Black Friday sales. They've made a tradition of attention-grabbing projects each holiday season. In 2015, they held a “promotion” in which people could send them $5 and get nothing in return. (They collected $71,145 and split it among their employees.) In 2016, the company dug a purposely pointless “holiday hole” in an undisclosed area using funds donated by customers. In 2018, the company held a 99-percent-off sale which featured bizarre items at a steep discount like a cheese wheel and an actual car for $97.50. The items were purportedly all real and delivered to purchasers.The company opened a pop-up store.In 2017, the team behind Cards Against Humanityopened a pop-up store in Chicago in collaboration with the Chicago Design Museum. Located in Block 37's Chicago Design Market, the storefront sold a variety of games and other Cards Against Humanity-related merchandise, as well as work from local artists. The store was temporary, but the company still sells products via retail outlets like Target and Walmart.The staff contemplated destroying an original Picasso.In December 2015, the staff of Cards Against HumanityacquiredTête de Faune, an original work by Pablo Picasso. Though it was never conclusively determined how they had come to acquire it, it was likely from a Chicago-area art dealer. The team ran an online poll to decide whether it should be donated to the Art Institute of Chicago or sliced into 150,000 pieces and distributed to consumers. Of the 50,000 people who voted, 71.3 percent opted to keep it intact.One of the Cards Against Humanity expansion packs in 2015 was science themed and the profits were intended to create a scholarship for women going into science fields. So far over $500,000 have been raised. Top Five Trivia of the movie: Top 5 Trivia  **TRIPLE LINDY AWARD** **REVIEW AND RATING** TOP 5Stephen:1 Letterkenny Live2 Breakfast club3 T24 Sandlot5 Back to the Future Chris:1. sandlots2. T23. trick r treat4. rocky horror picture show5. hubie halloween Trey:1) Boondocks Saints2) Mail Order Brides3) Tombstone4) Very bad things5) She out of my league  Tucker:1. 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Le cycle était terminé après la proposition de Philou, c'était donc le moment de recevoir un invité. C'est Knack, du podcast Knack en Vrac, qui est venu nous proposer Jumanji : Bienvenue dans la jungle, réalisé par Jake Kasdan et sorti en 2017. L’actu pop culture des chroniqueursDDSchutz : Preppers France, podcast consacré au survivalisme (3:10)Pauline : Secret Hitler, jeu de société créé par Max Temkin, Tommy Maranges et Mike Boxleiter (16:00)Knack : le retour de L'Improbable Podcast (27:48)Flavien : Kentucky Route Zero, jeu vidéo développé par Cardboard Computer (32:55)Madt : Monster Hunter World, jeu vidéo développé par Capcom (42:26) La question du mois (54:00)Vous avez un budget illimité pour proposer un remake, une adaptation, une suite, qu'en faites-vous ? Le film du mois (01:19:00)Jumanji : Bienvenue dans la jungle - Jake Kasdan La bande-annonce du mois (2:50:21)Top Gun : Maverick Retrouvez-nous sur les agrégateurs de podcasts tels que Apple Podcast, Podcast Addict et bien d'autres. Twitter | Facebook | Podcloud Tracklist : • Générique de début : Dirty Terrain - Hard Funk Beat• Générique actu pop : Anne-James Chaton - Pop Is Dead• Actus pop : Ben Babbitt - The Zero (Flavien) ; Faith No More - Crack Hitler (Pauline)• La question du mois : Dominique A - Février• Générique de fin : Fulldiegodruming - Cubanthecity

We return, ill-advisedly, to the heavily-mined waters of classification and taxonomy. Mark will put up with it because of his love of Mac Gerdts, and Walker will put up with it because he gets to troll Mark with contrived classifications. 01:10 AYURIS: Gloomhaven (Isaac Childres, Cephalofair Games, 2017)Games Played Last Week:03:24 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)07:56 -Hanamikoji (Kota Nakayama, EmperorS4, 2013)10:59 -Lords of Waterdeep (Peter Lee & Rodney Thompson, Wizards of the Coast, 2012)14:44 -Cartographers: A Roll Player Game (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2019)20:50 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)25:18 -Thunderbolt Apache Leader (Dan Verssen, Dan Verssen Games, 2012)News (and why it doesn't matter):29:48 Frostpunk Board Game 30:43 The Field of the Cloth of Goldhttps://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/105690/designer-diary-story-making-field-cloth-gold 32:08 Yura Yura Penguin33:12 Max Temkin and Cards Against Humanity’s Toxicity35:06 Paranoia: The Infinite Hole36:15 Topic: Rondels

We return, ill-advisedly, to the heavily-mined waters of classification and taxonomy. Mark will put up with it because of his love of Mac Gerdts, and Walker will put up with it because he gets to troll Mark with contrived classifications. 01:10 AYURIS: Gloomhaven (Isaac Childres, Cephalofair Games, 2017)Games Played Last Week:03:24 -Reichbusters: Project Vril (Jake Thornton, Mythic Games, 2020)07:56 -Hanamikoji (Kota Nakayama, EmperorS4, 2013)10:59 -Lords of Waterdeep (Peter Lee & Rodney Thompson, Wizards of the Coast, 2012)14:44 -Cartographers: A Roll Player Game (Jordy Adan, Thunderworks Games, 2019)20:50 -Barrage (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)25:18 -Thunderbolt Apache Leader (Dan Verssen, Dan Verssen Games, 2012)News (and why it doesn't matter):29:48 Frostpunk Board Game 30:43 The Field of the Cloth of Goldhttps://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/105690/designer-diary-story-making-field-cloth-gold 32:08 Yura Yura Penguin33:12 Max Temkin and Cards Against Humanity’s Toxicity35:06 Paranoia: The Infinite Hole36:15 Topic: Rondels

Content Warning: The first question deals with Max Temkin and Card Against Humanity. If you don't want to listen to talk about a rapist and racism, skip from around :55 to around 6:05. Everything else is light this episode. On this episode, Josh answers: ...What should I do with my old Cards Against Humanity cards? ...Why doesn't Samus get a new job? What job do you think she could do? ...Which Pokemon do you want to Main in the hot, new, announced today game Pokemon Unite? https://medium.com/@nicolas.j.carter/how-to-know-youre-not-insane-and-how-a-cards-against-humanity-staff-writer-was-fired-40fe07fbbfe4 If you have questions or topics, send them in to: RadioIAGP@gmail.com

Jocke leker kroppsarbete och bygger pooldäck. Det är jobbigt att göra saker ordentligt. Jocke ger bort sin Macbook pro, avbeställer PC. Beställer PC igen. Livet med Linux på Latitude. Klistermärkesrapporten Det är mer som händer runt Max Temkin. Jocke börjar gräva Jocke köper mus, saknar Magic mouse Korvtips! Stora disketter och Playstation 5 Apples ARM-övergång, folks tyckande, vårt tyckande. Vore det inte kul om det kom en riktigt billig instegs-Mac? Kommer det att bli nedlåst och konstigt? Six Colors har bytt till Wordpress från Movable Type Poddkungarna börjar få dåligt med annonspengar: ATP börjar med medlemsskap. Är medlemsskap det nya annonser, och vad betyder det i så fall för poddvärlden? Jocke är oroad för långtgående effekter av minskade annonspengar i poddvärlden Kul podd om gammal teknik: Flashback Hey, det finns en ny e-posttjänst med starka åsikter Fandrake släpper bok om Kult Köra bil i Paris, på klassiskt vis Ronin - bilfilmernas bilfilm Länkar Shinobi - “the open source CCTV solution” Shinobi - gammalt spel Soundrecorder Jockes Fractal-låda Låda nummer två - Fractal design node 804 Skoterdelen Inet Do by Friday diskuterade Max avhopp Jockes Google-dokument Logitech M705 Brother korvtipsar GEOS Playstation 5 bs_labs: Re-engine, Not Re-imagine [5 reasons you’ll want to upgrade to an ARM MacBook Tom’s Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/arm-macbook-reason-to-upgrade) Första Mac mini Filemaker Feta binärer Bitcode Six colors lämnar Movable type Dithering Luminary Friendly fire Omnibus Ida Peter Esse Flashback - Relay FM Hey - en ny e-postklient från Basecamp Mailspring [Döden är bara början - Fandrake släpper THE ART OF KULT!  fandrake.com](https://fandrake.com/the-art-of-kult/) Kult Samlarkortspelet Kult Sinkadus Chock - ett helt annat spel C’était un Rendez vous - bilfilmen Hur C’était un Rendez vous gjordes Ronin (1998) - IMDb Två nördar - en podcast. Fredrik Björeman, Joacim Melin diskuterar allt som gör livet värt att leva. Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-214-marco-armbook.html.

Episode 28 - You Dongle BoysKyle and Gilbert welcome Lauren and her Apple Sads — for the second time.Show NotesA good summary (Google Docs) of the allegations against Max Temkin and Cards Against Humanity, including the Do By Friday episode addressing it.Comply's foam tips for AirPods Pro. Note there's a three-week backlog as of this writing.MacRumors' hands-on.Note: Our sincere apologies for releasing this episode a day late. Blame Gilbert.

Vi ska pröva nåt nytt ikväll, med kort varsel blev avsnittet den första instansen av GNU/podcast. En seger för Jockes Linuxanvändande. Jocke beställer den svåra tredje Ryzenmaskinen Rättelse: Euroshopper blev ICA Basic, inget annat. Tack Mattias för rättelse. Korvtips: Slaktarkorv. Tack till Peter i vår chattkanal för tipset. Okänt Sim-spel från Maxis hittat C&C remastred collection Pinebook pro ser så trevlig ut. Fredrik är småsugen Fantastiskt trevligt twitterkonto: RealTimeWWII - twittrar ut händelser från andra världskriget under 1942 Ska Fredrik köpa spel-pc? Apple och ARM verkar vara spikat till WWDC Jocke får smörj på Mastodon. har han gjort rätt eller fel? Fuck Discord Film och TV Filthy Rich - dokumentärserie på Netflix om Jeffrey Epstein. Oerhört jobbig att se men också viktig och oerhört välgjord. Nej, vi har inte sett Titanic 2 ännu. Länkar Sound recorder GNOME Pulse audio Plattetyder Audacity Slaktarkorv Simtower Simearth Simant Sim refinery hittat Mark text Artikeln Fredrik läste om Maxis business simulations C&C remastered Installationsprogrammet för C&C Pinebook pro Selea skriver om Pinebook pro Jeremy Morgan om Pinebook pro Realtimewwii Hardcore history - Supernova in the east IV Half-life: Alyx NVMe, M.2 och SATA Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month, says report - The Verge A14-processorn Kalamata-oliver Max Temkin Filthy rich Jeffrey Epstein It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work Fuck Discord Två nördar - en podcast. Fredrik Björeman, Joacim Melin diskuterar allt som gör livet värt att leva. Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-213-gnu-podcast.html.

https://youtu.be/tiY3tLnVud0 In this episode, let's talk about the power of a well-timed stunt to gain attention, rise above the noise, and drive revenue. This is how we get our creative juices flowing. Do something that is maybe a little provocative, maybe a little risque. It should be designed to get a lot of attention, and maybe even drive some PR. Black Friday Sale, Not! Christopher shares about different brands and their provocative stunts. Max Temkin, founder of the Cards Against Humanity appeared on Follow Your Different Episode 60. Max and his team probably are the masters in terms of marketing stunts when they jacked up their prices, on Black Friday Sale. “As a way of sort of doing the opposite of what every B2C company and brand does — and as a way of sort of calling bs on consumerism — they increased the price of Cards Against Humanity on Black Friday, and got a ton of PR for it. People thought it was hysterical. They paid the price. They stood out.” - Christopher Lochhead Sponsoring The Golden Gate Bridge CarsDirect.Com also pulled off one legendary stunt when they sent out press releases about their proposal to sponsor the Golden Gate Bridge. This press release stirred up a lot of controversies and reaction from the media, but they still ended up getting a lot of publicity for it. “Now notice, they put forward a proposal, it wasn't actually happening. By putting that press release out, they caused a tremendous amount of controversy.” - Christopher Lochhead Aliens Will Eat Fat People First Another marketing stunt that got into a lot of controversies is the Ad of 24 Hour Fitness featuring an alien and caption that says, “when they come, they'll eat the fat ones first.”  “Their CEO is interviewed on the news. And he was talking about how they're just trying to have fun and shine a light on obesity and that people need to get fit and healthy and the like. And a lot of people were upset and there was all this kerfuffle again, but what were they talking about? 24 Hour Fitness.” - Christopher Lochhead Christopher encourages companies to be provocative, be thoughtful be potentially willing to piss some people off (depending on your brand). To hear more about doing a marketing stunt, download and listen to this episode. Bio: Christopher Lochhead is a #1 Apple podcaster and #1 Amazon bestselling co-author of books: Niche Down and Play Bigger. He has been an advisor to over 50 venture-backed startups; a former three-time Silicon Valley public company CMO and an entrepreneur. Furthermore, he has been called “one of the best minds in marketing” by The Marketing Journal, a “Human Exclamation Point” by Fast Company, a “quasar” by NBA legend Bill Walton and “off-putting to some” by The Economist. In addition, he served as a chief marketing officer of software juggernaut Mercury Interactive. Hewlett-Packard acquired the company in 2006, for $4.5 billion. He also co-founded the marketing consulting firm LOCHHEAD; was the founding CMO of Internet consulting firm Scient, and served as head of marketing at the CRM software firm Vantive. Links: Follow Your Different Episode 60 - Max Temkin Times Cards Against Humanity Pulled Amazing Publicity Stunts Our Favorite Crazy Stunts From Salesforce Leader Marc Benioff WKRP In Cincinnati - Turkey Drop Scene We hope you enjoyed this episode of Lochhead on Marketing™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on iTunes! You may also subscribe to his newsletter, The Difference, for some amazing content.

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small", a podcast about brand development, entrepreneurship, and innovation in the modern world. This episode is with Max Temkin, Co-Creator of one of the worlds leading adult party games, Cards Against Humanity. Listen, as Max shares the stories of his passion for game creation, and the overall origin story of Cards Against Humanity. 

Max Temkin co-created Cards Against Humanity, Secret Hitler, and now with Simon Coronel and Jordan Gold he is launching the Magic Puzzle Company. But we talk about way more than that. Check out their Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maxtemkin/magic-puzzles Here's the link to Jared Kopf's "Folk Magic", the free book on three tricks that Max mentions: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53047210e4b03a7f588996de/t/5e768deb64f35a2e285f94ca/1584827890288/Folk+Magic+2020+Edition.pdf

This week on Start Hear : Do By Friday : A weekly challenge show hosted by Merlin Mann, Alex Cox, and Max Temkin. Forensic Myles : An unofficial companion podcast to the cult favorite - Forensic Files. The Leading Edge Podcast : A weekly podcast that focuses on the need and interests of business leaders at every level.

Max Temkin is a game designer and incredibly busy person whose creations include Cards Against Humanity, Secret Hitler, and now the Chicago Board Game Cafe. He sits down with Michael and Pat to talk about entering the restaurant industry for the first time and all the terrible lessons he’s learned from the experience. This podcast was brought to you by the best PR team in the business, Melissa Harris and Jane Hirt. Show notes: Michael Muser on Instagram Chicago Board Game Cafe Max Temkin on Twitter

Eventually a charge becomes so tired and rote that it becomes accepted without critical thought--but so often these hackneyed claims are false. Knizia games are themeless is a good example. Canadians are polite is another. The one that rears its ugly head this week is Walker's insistence that he is bullied, which has definitely got to count as attempted gaslighting at this point. On the plus side, a New Year's resolution is made and then immediately fulfilled in the same episode! That is efficiency.AYURIS: Gaslands 5m23s (Glenn Ford & Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2017) Games Played Last Week:-Blue Moon 8m32s (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2004)-Barrage 11m08s (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)-Corporate America 14m54s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)-Papillon 16m34s (J.B. Howell, Kolossal, 2019)-Secret Hitler 20m53s (Mike Boxleiter, Tommy Maranges, & Max Temkin, Goat Wolf & Cabbage, 2016)-Reavers of Midgard 22m40s (J.B. Howell, Grey Fox Games, 2019)-Cthulhu: Death May Die 29m49s (Rob Daviau & Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Repos Productions Swallowed by Asmodee 32m43s-Smooth Rollout for CMON's Time Machine 33m06s-From the Root Team, Oath 34m04s-Foundations of Rome 34m40s-Breakout in TO: March 20-22 35m19s-Star Realms Goes Huge 35m49s-Société des Auteurs de Jeux on Bernard v. Mythic Games 36m48s Topic: 2020 New Year's Resolutions 42m11s2019's Resolutions 42m27s2020's Resolutions 48m27s

Eventually a charge becomes so tired and rote that it becomes accepted without critical thought--but so often these hackneyed claims are false. Knizia games are themeless is a good example. Canadians are polite is another. The one that rears its ugly head this week is Walker's insistence that he is bullied, which has definitely got to count as attempted gaslighting at this point. On the plus side, a New Year's resolution is made and then immediately fulfilled in the same episode! That is efficiency.AYURIS: Gaslands 5m23s (Glenn Ford & Mike Hutchinson, Osprey Publishing, 2017) Games Played Last Week:-Blue Moon 8m32s (Reiner Knizia, KOSMOS, 2004)-Barrage 11m08s (Tommaso Battista & Simone Luciani, Cranio Creations, 2019)-Corporate America 14m54s (Teale Fristoe, Nothing Sacred Games, 2013)-Papillon 16m34s (J.B. Howell, Kolossal, 2019)-Secret Hitler 20m53s (Mike Boxleiter, Tommy Maranges, & Max Temkin, Goat Wolf & Cabbage, 2016)-Reavers of Midgard 22m40s (J.B. Howell, Grey Fox Games, 2019)-Cthulhu: Death May Die 29m49s (Rob Daviau & Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2019)News (and why it doesn't matter):-Repos Productions Swallowed by Asmodee 32m43s-Smooth Rollout for CMON's Time Machine 33m06s-From the Root Team, Oath 34m04s-Foundations of Rome 34m40s-Breakout in TO: March 20-22 35m19s-Star Realms Goes Huge 35m49s-Société des Auteurs de Jeux on Bernard v. Mythic Games 36m48s Topic: 2020 New Year's Resolutions 42m11s2019's Resolutions 42m27s2020's Resolutions 48m27s

Max Temkin is not your average human. He formerly advised on the Obama for America campaign, worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and is also the creator of the much-loved game Cards Against Humanity. Max and his team’s approach to creativity is rather simple. They think of weird ideas until something makes them laugh. Beyond that, it’s exploring which of those new ideas, might not work. They talk it out until something sticks. A rather novel approach to business on the whole, one could argue. The secret to the success of Cards Against Humanity might just be Max and his trusty Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 pencil. As every new idea he has, he writes it down with this preferred writing implement. I’ve already ordered a box. We talked to Max about Chicago, his love for magic, the newly founded Mural Registry, and many other random (but important) topics. Ever wonder how Rock the Vote got started? Want to know why you should listen to birdsong? Interested in mastering a new skill? Have a listen.

In today’s episode, Christopher Lochhead dives down deep into the power of colors and how it affects your brand marketing. In a world where almost all brands are Blue (and some are red), how do you make your brand different and stand out? What’s With Color Blue? Christopher recently represented a tech company with a stand-out logo, it's color pink and orange. According to this company, 70% of B2B company logos are blue. Christopher researched this claim and indeed found out, 33% of the world’s top brands companies are blue. Some 29% are red, 28% are black or grey and 13% are yellow or gold. “A big part of doing legendary marketing is standing out, being different, being unique. Then for the most part, if you’re gonna be blue, you’re not going to stand out and frankly if you’re gonna be red, you’re probably not gonna stand out, too.” - Christopher Lochhead  Colors and Lack Thereof  One of the guests of Follow Your Different David Rendall, Ph.D., author of Freak Factor, is one unique example. He embraced the color pink. In fact, he wears pink shirts, pink suits and even his eyeglass frames are pink. As a public speaker, he wears pink not only to stand out but to send a message to the world that its okay to express oneself and let go of what others might think of you. Another example is Max Temkin, the creator of Cards Against Humanity. He shared that he has no eye for color so he just went with black and white, with a distinct font. “If you think about brands how many brands do you know that actually are strategic in their use of color?” - Christopher Lochhead An Underexploited Opportunity Legendary companies and legendary brands stand out because they are different. Color is an underexploited opportunity to stand out. Christopher encourages marketers and designers to think strategically about color. “If you are involved with the re-brand or brand launch, I would encourage you to take a look at all of the brands in your near-space categories and hold it against the wall and look at what they look like [against your brand]” - Christopher Lochhead. Christopher further asks, “how can you use color as part of your brand, as part of your logo to stand out? Ultimately, he asks what color or colors can you own? This is a great opportunity to gain a strategic advantage over the competition. Bio: Christopher Lochhead is a Top 25 podcaster and #1 Amazon bestselling co-author of books: Niche Down and Play Bigger. He has been an advisor to over 50 venture-backed startups; a former three-time Silicon Valley public company CMO and an entrepreneur. Furthermore, he has been called “one of the best minds in marketing” by The Marketing Journal, a “Human Exclamation Point” by Fast Company, a “quasar” by NBA legend Bill Walton and “off-putting to some” by The Economist. In addition, he served as a chief marketing officer of software juggernaut Mercury Interactive. Hewlett-Packard acquired the company in 2006, for $4.5 billion. He also co-founded the marketing consulting firm LOCHHEAD; was the founding CMO of Internet consulting firm Scient, and served as head of marketing at the CRM software firm Vantive. Links:  Follow Your Different - Max Temkin Follow Your Different - David Rendall Vowels Advertising We hope you enjoyed this episode of Lochhead on Marketing™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes! You may also subscribe to his newsletter, The Difference, for some amazing content.

Living legendary designer Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity (“a party game for horrible people”) talks about his ideas on design, company building, his work ethic—or lack thereof—and so much more. Max's Non-Existent Work Ethic Max proclaims himself as a horrible procrastinator with no work ethic. He can never decide to do something and sit down to actually do it. Because of this, he has developed coping mechanisms to get him through last-minute clutch work. This ties up with the philosophy of necessary and sufficient conditions that he personally believes in. Working hard is necessary to keep a business running but it is never sufficient. Hard work needs to be coupled with critical thinking, team play and good energy to make legendary things possible. “No one is successful just because they killed themselves with work.“ - Max Temkin The Wild Medium: Design Max says that it is incredibly difficult to break down what it means to be a designer. After all, so many skills go into design. There is design thinking, organization and empathy for the user, and then there are the technical skills like typography and color theory. Because of the many skills that a designer can sink their teeth into, no designer is excellent at everything. It would take more than one lifetime to master them. For example, Max has never understood color theory, so he stuck to black and white, which eventually became his brand. “I've definitely come to suspect that for many people, what you might call their style is like the coping mechanisms they've developed to cover those holes in their skill set.” - Max Temkin Building Small Things Max says that people usually build things from the desire to make them just because it would be neat to do so. Some people would put up their creations for the people to decide their fate. Some would build a company with the mindset of growing its worth into a billion dollars. Max believes that these ideas, however, are rarely delightful and rarely work. In contrast, allowing yourself to think small and unconstrained would help your ideas grow into huge phenomena. “Very rarely does someone go, ‘I'm gonna change the world with this huge idea' and then it works exactly as intended.” - Max Temkin To hear more about design, gaming and the Do By Friday podcast from Max, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Max Temkin is a designer.   He is best known for co-creating of the #1 selling, category creating “adult party game” Cards Against Humanity.   He also co-created, Secret Hitler, and Humans vs. Zombies.   Max is also co-host of the popular podcast, “Do By Friday”. Links: Maxistentialism.com Max's Legendary Personal FAQ CardsAgainstHumanity.com Cards Against Humanity - Wikipedia The Sun UK -  Cards Against Humanity set to be a shocking quiz show on Comedy Central PR Week - Cards Against Humanity Gorilla Black Friday Marketing! The New York Times - Letter of Complaint: Cards Against Humanity SecretHitler.com HumansvsZombies.org Do By Friday Podcast - Overcast Do By Friday Podcast - iTunes We hope you enjoyed Max Temkin on this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

 Ask Cards Against Humanity co-founder Max Temkin about his brand, and he’ll answer in a manner perfectly befitting a former philosophy major: “Well…what’s a brand?” It’s a valid question, and if you were to take the CAH approach and pick a random white card from the deck of the bestselling card game to answer it,… The post The Power of Defying Convention: 5 Tips for Building a Better Brand appeared first on Echelon Design Inc.

"The smartest thing we did was reject old fashion, old media, old world advice of how to trick people into giving you their money" - Max Temkin  If you are becoming frustrated, depressed, and disillusioned learning about how to raise money to fund your project, then this podcast will inspire you. Max Temkin has directly raised, or advised in a number of projects that have raised over $10 million total on Kickstarter.  You MAY have heard of them… In December, 2015, Max raised $1,479,046 for "Secret Hitler", a social deduction table game based in pre World War 2 Germany. Players have to help or hinder the beautifully illustrated Junta-Komodo-Dragon-Adolf-Hitler from taking over the government. His goal was $54,450 and he raised over $100,000 in the first 24 hours. But that is not where he started. His first project was Cards Against Humanity, one of the first games in the early days of Kickstarter, raised "only" $15,540 but since exploded and has been #1 Best Seller on Amazon for Toys and Games for as long as we can remember. (...and is a staple at every games night I host with friends!) In fact, Cards Against Humanity, as of publishing, occupies 3 - WOW! -  of the top 20 spots on the Amazon.com Best Seller List including the TOP 2, besting classics like Jenga and Connect 4. Max also helped advise his friends who made the Most Backed Game in Kickstarter history,  Exploding Kittens, which raised $8,782,571. Max understands Kickstarter, the Kickstarter Community, and his audience, probably better than anyone on the planet. But Max is not a "marketer". He hates "gimmicks" and "tricks" and "gurus who don't know what they are talking about". If you are feeling jaded by the Kickstarter Marketing World, and think that in order to fund your project you need to sacrifice your vision, then listen now. It will be the best 38 minutes of your day, guaranteed!   You will discover The number #1 Trend in Kickstarter Today Why Max still has the "fear to launch" and it never goes away, even after millions of dollars raised Why it is important to ignore the temptation to look for "tricks" and "gimmicks" to hit your goal and "focus on the art" Why no one knows really knows what the future of your project, or any project, holds What it means to "front load" your project, and why it is absolutely critical to the success of your project (...and also when it isn't!) Why “failing a project is a gift”...and how to embrace failure so "you are not on the hook to build something nobody wants" Why you should never take the money if you don't reach your funding goal on Indiegogo Why you should "Show don't tell" to sell your project The importance of "user testing" and "iteration" to produce the best product possible before you launch your campaign (Max took a year and over a hundred iterations to get Secret Hitler just right The importance of knowing your market better than they know themselves The difference between "a good project and a good life" Why your story is so important and why you need to be crystal clear communicating what it is about Your page should clearly explain why a backer should not fund your project How crushing his funding goal on Cards Against Humanity set the project delivery back   Famous last words: "Finally, I am not the funniest guy in the room" -Del Close Resources Mentioned: Connect with Max on Twitter Secret Hitler Secret Hitler Website Secret Hitler Kickstarter Campaign Secret Hitler on Forbes Cards Against Humanity Cards Against Humanity Website Cards Against Humanity Kickstarter Page Cards Against Humanity Review Kickstarter CASE STUDY: Cards Against Humanity Buy Cards Against Humanity on Amazon  Max’s Other Projects Humans vs Zombies - Help develop the software that powers games of Humans vs. Zombies at over 350 locations and universities all over the world. Philosophy Posters - Ten giant philosophy posters with big ideas presented simply. Wearwolf - A simple game about deceiving your friends. Maxistentialism Zine - A monthly zine about philosophy, design, humor, and social insects, delivered to your door for one year. Spelunky Dance - An interpretive dance for Andy Baio.  Exploding Kittens Exploding Kittens Website Exploding Kittens Kickstarter Page Exploding Kittens on Forbes Buy Exploding Kittens on Amazon   CONNECT WITH KHIERSTYN: www.khierstyn.com 

Democrats pivot to healthcare, Rahm and the runoff candidates on Jussie Smollett and Legendary Chicago Journalist Monroe Anderson talks Trump, Trump and Trump. Creator of Cards Against Humanity Max Temkin on his latest Mayoral poll, Kitty Kurth on why she loves grandpa Joe, Joe Biden and Former 46th Ward Aldermanic Candidate/Teacher/Activist Erika Wozniak. Download Wednesday's Ben Joravsky Show!The Ben Joravsky ShowLIVE Tuesday - Friday 1-3p(CT)chicagoreader.comchicago.suntimes.com

We're joined this week by Max Temkin, designer and co-creator of the game Cards Against Humanity for a wide-ranging discussion on the Mars conference, optimism in science fiction, and yes, politics. Plus, Adam's thoughts on the idea of build videos and how he approaches them differently when filming a build for web vs. for television.

Fantasy baseball Fantasy football Companion phones Cell phones and Internet TV talk (streaming services, etc) Jameson Podcasts and Politics MCU talk (possible minor spoilers) More streaming service talk Lots of talk about Merlin Mann and Do By Friday Expired products and puzzles

Odysseus, the “man of twists and turns”, goes on five new adventures, portrayed by five amazing actors. Sing for our time, too. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm --------------- Lost Books of the OdysseyBy Jeremy McCarterAdapted from the novel by Zachary MasonMusic composed and sound team led by Mikhail FikselDirected by Jess McLeodExecutive produced by Jeremy McCarter Performed and recorded live at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago CAST (in order of playing Odysseus)Kareem BandealyKristina Valada-ViarsLily MojekwuIan Paul CusterHenry Godinez SOUND TEAMSound designer - Mikhail FikselAssociate sound designer and audio technician - Robert HornbostelRecording engineer - Joe Palermo PRODUCTION STAFFProduction manager - Madeleine BorgStage manager - Brennan T. JonesCommunity manager - Kaitlin Fine POST-PRODUCTIONEditing, mixing, and additional recording by Mikhail FikselAdditional sound design, final mixing and mastering by Joe Palermo Graphic design by Carly Pearlman Equipment provided by TechMagic Designs Make-Believe theme music by Mikhail Fiksel SPECIAL THANKSCatherine Allen and The Den Theater; Brian Bannon and the staff of Chicago Public Library; Carolyn Casselman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison; Bill Clegg; Nancy García Loza; Nate Marshall; Kevin Reader, Max Temkin, and Cards Against Humanity; Chris Rooney; SAG-AFTRA. PRODUCTION SPONSORSThe Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Family Foundation, for an essential launch grantThe Poetry Foundation, our lead season sponsorJoyce Chelberg, whose generosity supports the work of Make-Believe’s actorsAll our donors and supporters To support Make-Believe with a tax-deductible contribution, please visit:https://makebelieve.fm/support-us/

You're going to love this week's phenomenal conversation about Starship Troopers (1997) with special guests Mary Robinette Kowal and Max Temkin! Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion (and very amicable disagreement) about how successfully the film executes its satire of fascist military fantasies. Just what are the possibilities and limits of satire? What can director Paul Verhoeven's career tell us about this "pointed critique of American imperialism"? And exactly how long will it take Anita to remember the name of the game Spec Ops without Carolyn to help? Timestamps: 0:00 - Introductions (special guests Mary Robinette Kowal and Max Temkin) 1:47 - Pop Culture News Terry Crews is amazing and does not deserve or need any commentary from comedian D.L. Hughley Shout out to the SAG Awards winners we like; no mention of those winners we don't like 5:39 - Starship Troopers 41:20 What's Your FREQ Out You Owe Me a Murder Martha Ann Maxwell Links: http://maryrobinettekowal.com/ https://maxistentialism.com/ https://www.eileencook.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Maxwell

Brian and Justin are back from Vegas and 2018 and have stories of weed and craps. Toni B Leaky can't keep a secret. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity and Do By Friday joins the boys to talk CAH "pranks" and getting into a shifting magic landscape. Plus, foot-fetish Robin the Boy Wonder. The new Night Attack album "All's Well" featuring the music of Steven Cogswell comes out January 22. Keep an eye out for pre-orders and let's get another #1 album!

Brian and Justin are back from Vegas and 2018 and have stories of weed and craps. Toni B Leaky can't keep a secret. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity and Do By Friday joins the boys to talk CAH "pranks" and getting into a shifting magic landscape. Plus, foot-fetish Robin the Boy Wonder. The new Night Attack album "All's Well" featuring the music of Steven Cogswell comes out January 22. Keep an eye out for pre-orders and let's get another #1 album!

Brian and Justin are back from Vegas and 2018 and have stories of weed and craps. Toni B Leaky can't keep a secret. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity and Do By Friday joins the boys to talk CAH "pranks" and getting into a shifting magic landscape. Plus, foot-fetish Robin the Boy Wonder. The new Night Attack album "All's Well" featuring the music of Steven Cogswell comes out January 22. Keep an eye out for pre-orders and let's get another #1 album!

Brian and Justin are back from Vegas and 2018 and have stories of weed and craps. Toni B Leaky can't keep a secret. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity and Do By Friday joins the boys to talk CAH "pranks" and getting into a shifting magic landscape. Plus, foot-fetish Robin the Boy Wonder. The new Night Attack album "All's Well" featuring the music of Steven Cogswell comes out January 22. Keep an eye out for pre-orders and let's get another #1 album!

Brian and Justin are back from Vegas and 2018 and have stories of weed and craps. Toni B Leaky can't keep a secret. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity and Do By Friday joins the boys to talk CAH "pranks" and getting into a shifting magic landscape. Plus, foot-fetish Robin the Boy Wonder. The new Night Attack album "All's Well" featuring the music of Steven Cogswell comes out January 22. Keep an eye out for pre-orders and let's get another #1 album!

Brian and Justin are back from Vegas and 2018 and have stories of weed and craps. Toni B Leaky can't keep a secret. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity and Do By Friday joins the boys to talk CAH "pranks" and getting into a shifting magic landscape. Plus, foot-fetish Robin the Boy Wonder. The new Night Attack album "All's Well" featuring the music of Steven Cogswell comes out January 22. Keep an eye out for pre-orders and let's get another #1 album!

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An interview with Tom Dyke and Max Temkin from Cards Against Humanity.tom@cardsagainsthumanity.comWe touched on a ton of things that need links, so here are a ton of links:Giant BombC2E2Pwnmeal: Extreme Gaming OatmealIt Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at WorkWSCCBCECMcCormick Placehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FascismPAXhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnarchyGenConhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnconferenceKyle Young’s Unconf softwareDevopsdays VancouverTableau ConferenceNan Desu Kan“You’re gonna need a biiig clipboard!”

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In 2011, Max Temkin and several friends crowdfunded one of the most successful games on Kickstarter — Cards Against Humanity. On Well Made, Max is talking about Blackbox, the shipping company he co-created after realizing how difficult shipping a wildly popular physical product could be. On this episode, Max talks about creating his own rules about doing business (4:54). He shares how they build Cards’s sometimes-inappropriate-but-always-hilarious brand of writing into the company (13:39). He shares more about Blackbox (23:30) and what they learned from shipping one of the most funded Kickstarter games (26:28). Even after rapid growth, Max talks about the growing pains of their startup (28:58). Max discusses the games he’s created and what he's playing nowadays (52:25). Finally, Max shares how a good game (and business) is all about creating a rich narrative. Links and images from this post are on the Lumi blog.

Max Temkin – Cards Against Humanity “Stop Listening to Podcasts, And Go Do Something Great” Max Temkin and his seven childhood friends originally created Cards Against Humanity because they wanted something to play at parties. They made it available for free and the craze caught on from there! But this isn’t the story of making a lot of money; it’s the story of following your passion and seeing where it can take you. And where it takes us is something you don’t want to miss! Whether you’re a product manager in an established company or an aspiring business owner with an idea for a new product business, Making It Real will provide you with real tools and advice on how to be a successful product entrepreneur! Hosted by Bob Caporale and Tate Tegtmeier Original Music by Bob Caporale Note: No endorsement of any product or service featured on Making It Real is either expressed or implied by its hosts or producers.

Max Temkin – Cards Against Humanity “Stop Listening to Podcasts, And Go Do Something Great” Max Temkin and his seven childhood friends originally created Cards Against Humanity because they wanted something to play at parties. They made it available for free and the craze caught on from there! But this isn’t the story of making a lot of money; it’s the story of following your passion and seeing where it can take you. And where it takes us is something you don’t want to miss! Whether you’re a product manager in an established company or an aspiring business owner with an idea for a new product business, Making It Real will provide you with real tools and advice on how to be a successful product entrepreneur! Hosted by Bob Caporale and Tate Tegtmeier Original Music by Bob Caporale Note: No endorsement of any product or service featured on Making It Real is either expressed or implied by its hosts or producers.

It's fun seeing all your likes and mentions, but it's pretty issue to be consumed by your online persona. Cards Against Humanity Co-Creator and host of the Do By Friday podcast, Max Temkin, helps me think about how to be myself online. And then I help Max buy a camera. Special Guest: Max Temkin.

Max Temkin je soustanovitelj namizne igre s kartami Cards Agiainst Humanity, dela za kandidate demokratov na ameriških volitvah. In je ena tretjina meni najljubšega podkasta Do By Friday. Apparatus je tudi na Twitterju in Facebooku. Anže je na Twitterju @anzet. Oddajo lahko podprete tudi osebno. Zapiski: Maxov spisek Star Trek TNG epizod Axios Mike’s top […]

Max Temkin is a designer. Cards Against Humanity and rants on Do by Friday. You can read about how and why this podcast came to be here and subscribe here. You can also support this show and a great podcast network here. Any and all feedback is very welcome! You can reach me on Twitter […]

You’ll be bored to sleep as I unbox this card game. Your dreams will unwrap like silent cellophane around clear cards. This episode was inspired by “Fairytale Gloom” which was created by Keith Baker (http://keith-baker.com/) and published by Atlas Games (https://twitter.com/atlasgames/media) Thanks to all the listeners who barter pizzas and coffees for a month a good sleep by becoming patrons @http://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/patron Is This Adulting? https://isthisadultingpod.com/ Hello From The Magic Tavern http://hellofromthemagictavern.com/ Max Temkin http://maxistentialism.com/

We invite our first ever guest Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity on the show to chat about his approach to business, marketing, and design.

It's not news that the world seems pretty terrible at the moment. In this episode hosts Colleen and Neil introduce The Good News Podcast concept. The GNP is a daily podcast from the folks at Cards Against Humanity. On this show, we only share good news, interesting stories about helpful and hopeful and delightful moments. You can find out more about Pawgwarts here.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Luke Burbank remembers a childhood basketball wager that put the fate of Christianity on the line, Cards Against Humanity co-founder Max Temkin depicts his “particular subspecies of nerd,” poet Kevin Coval explains why hip-hop deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, comedian Adam Burke asks Chicago to drop the “no ketchup rule,” and rapper Malcolm London performs songs from his latest release, OPIA.

If you like playing "Cards Against Humanity," listen to one its creators let loose on everything from the dangers of Trump to "Secret Hitler." Max Temkin makes the case for why people disgusted with our politics should lighten up on the social media - and start hittin' the bricks!

Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and the Chicago Podcast Cooperative, joins Chris and Lex on the Wolf Den. The three discuss how Cards Against Humanity went from a game created by high school friends to a highly profitable performance art piece. Max also talks about his reasons for starting the Chicago Podcast Co-op, his role in bringing Hello From the Magic Tavern to Earwolf, and his favorite podcast ads.

For episode 100, Khierstyn wanted to do something big. Bigger, better, and cooler than ever! What’s better than bringing back the podcast’s most downloaded guest? Nothing, that’s what. Especially when the guest is  Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity!   Max and his team, they aren’t like everyone else, nor do they want to be.  They wear their honesty and integrity on their sleeve. It's about good products selling, no matter how you market them.   Sit back and enjoy as Max shares his unique views and opinions - ones that rocketed him to the top.   Marketing Strategies? We made a damn good product.   Max doesn't believe in hack or tricks or guarantees.  In his mind, when someone markets a magic hack for something, it's like selling lies.   People are hungry for shortcuts. What they want is the easiest way to get the biggest payout. Life isn't like that. There IS no magic secret way to achieve your dreams.   Cards Against Humanity didn't use tactics like "artificial scarcity".  It's about having a great product that people want, selling at a steady rate, and spending less than you make. Max says it's that simple.   Staying top of mind and marketing on a limited budget.   Traditionally, a marketing budget is the monetary sum you intend to you to advertise. Traditional marketing is something Max states they avoided. They don't spend money on Facebook advertising, or radio adverts.   They do spend money on doing cool and unique things. Things that people would enjoy and would want to watch and share. In this way, they do spend money to market, but it's not where others might first turn.   Cards Against Humanity, and Max, have developed a cult following. People identify with and embrace the alternative means of marketing they use.   Max quotes, "If you want people to talk about you, it's on you to do something worth talking about." If Obama was our CEO...   Speaking of doing something people want to talk about, Max shared his experiences. Specifically, he told us about an ad they ran on Craigslist in January 2017.   Max said that while enjoying a brainstorming session, they came up with an idea. Wouldn't it be amazing if Barack Obama was our new CEO?   Many of the ideas they throw around don't make it to public consumption, but this one did! It's a perfect example of the power of alternative advertising. They made a post on Craigslist and it got loads of attention.   You know what that cost them to run? Nothing. Sure, they haven't picked up Obama yet, but there is still hope!   (Note to Barack Obama, if you're reading this, give Max a shout, he'd love to hear from you!  mail@cardsagainsthumanity.com )   Blackbox - Our not-so-secret new business for crowd funders!   Blackbox, ever heard of it? It’s a new shipping company from the creators of Cards Against Humanity.  Max tells us that they had to go through the motions when it came to shipping the game. They ended up having to build and infrastructure to do it.   It's now spinning off as it's own service. Blackbox takes their existing experience and connections to make it accessible. It's geared at crowd funders too.   Max tells of how he made a critical shipping mistake that ended up costing him. With certain campaigns, you need to know an exact shipping cost up front, or you're charged for it. That's why they want to make it safe, easy and fast. Enter the details online and get an accurate, guaranteed shipping price.   Oh, and they take care of everything so that you don't have to; Customer service, shipping, storage, returns, exchanges you name it.   The strategy behind marketing Secret Hitler   Let's talk about something else that Max Temkin knocked out of the park. Have you ever played Secret Hitler? It's a brilliantly marketed board game of hidden identities.   The website describes it as:   " Secret Hitler is a dramatic game of political intrigue and betrayal set in 1930's Germany. Players are secretly divided into two teams - liberals and fascists. Known only to each other, the fascists coordinate to sow distrust and install their cold-blooded leader. The liberals must find and stop the Secret Hitler before it’s too late."   It was also wildly successful on Kickstarter. We asked Max what drove the success of this game, and he imparted some real gems.   He's done design for more than 15 years professionally. He works with and designs branding for political campaigns. He insists there is a visual database in his head of styles and ideas that he can pull out on command, a benefit of experience.   Secret Hitler was a dream project, one that he had the money to fund. He had money to put into testing and it became a balance of art and science.   Max made sure to emphasize that, despite money, there is never a guarantee on return. Sometimes not having money can make for a better product because you have to work harder to achieve it.   Ever heard Max talk about Star Wars and the reason that they became a classic? You should tune in to the podcast to hear more.   If you could do it all again, what would you do differently?   Khierstyn prepared a few questions in advance for Max. The first being from Zach Smith, founder of Funded.Today. He asked - "if you had to do it all again, what would you do differently?"   He tells of how he charged only for the cards and not shipping at first. While it was during a time when that was more common, he said it was a nightmare. This nightmare was part of what fed into Blackbox.   He did mention one regret - that he let inexperience push him away from the design he truly wanted. Everything worked in the end, but he wishes he had the courage to make the choice that felt right.   Max warns listeners, "Fail because you make it too good, not because you made it too bad."   Where’s the line? Let’s talk being offensive.   There is no line per say, but there are rules. The goal is to make people laugh and feel good when they play. It's not to make anyone feel bad. Sometimes the enveloped gets puts but Max tries his best to ensure it's within these rules.   There was a time, Max recants when he was young and in college. There was a cheap transsexual joke he still regrets. It came about after he saw a post on Tumblr. Someone expressed feelings of being bullied. They said when the card came up, the transsexual player was bullied, and it was no longer a fun time.   "It's all fun and games... until we become bullies." Max explains "We have a social responsibility."   Super Happy Fun Time Uncensored Bonus Content   Fun and games you say? It's about that time! Max chats with Khierstyn about crowdfunding platforms. At the same time, they chat about (and dissect) campaigns seen on Funded.Today.   **Warning - This is uncut for your listening pleasures! Max Temkin in full swing!**       Episode Outline   Introduction: Max against Humanity; I did it my way. [08:28] Marketing Strategies? We made a damn good product.   [14:28] Staying top of mind and marketing on a limited budget. [21:50] If Obama was our CEO...   [30:42] Blackbox - Our not-so-secret new business for crowd funders!       [35:58] Backerkit    [37:05] The strategy behind marketing Secret Hitler [43:03] If you could do it all again, what would you do differently?       [48:46] Where’s the line? Let’s talk being offensive. [52:30] Super Happy Fun Time Uncensored Bonus Content              Resources and Sponsor   Cards Against Humanity Secret Hitler Prototyping Secret Hitler (Blog) Funded.Today Khierstyn’s Product Launch Checklist Crowdfunding Product Launch Academy Khierstyn’s e-mail Best of Craigslist - Cards Against Humanity CEO Ad Sponsor: BackerKit - use the code “uncut” to get 50% off setup services

Et par håndfulde podcasts, som ikke har særligt meget med teknologi at gøre, men som er oplysende, underholdende, morsomme og tankevækkende - nogle er givetvis kendt stof, andre måske lidt mere niche - og så er der et par stykker som måske indrømmet er bedst hvis man i forvejen kender et par af de medvirkende fra andre podcasts… Do By Friday I princippet en podcast hvor værterne hver uge giver hinanden udfordringer, men det handler ligeså meget om politik, hverdag, teknologi. DPF har blandt andet en af mine favoritpodcastværter, nemlig Merlin Mann som er kendt fra mange andre podcasts - fx Back to Work, Roderick on the Line. De to andre værter er Alex Cox og Max Temkin fra Cards Against Humanity. Godt ord En af mine nye danske favoritlyt er Godt Ord - der ikke overraskende handler om sprog. Den laves af Kirsten Marie Øveraas (som var første gæst her i work.flow) og Nene La Beet. 24 spørgsmål til professoren Lone Franks videnskabs-interview-podcast på 24syv, hvor hun har en akademisk gæst i studiet til gode samtaler om alt fra arkæologi til cellebiologi og rumfart. No Such Thing as a Fish Gode humor-podcasts kan være svære at finde, fordi det er så personligt, men NSTAAF blev øjeblikkeligt en af mine favoritter, da jeg faldt over den for et par år siden. De fire (næsten) faste værter har hver især et stykke fakta eller triviaviden med, som de så fortæller til de andre, og så kører det ellers derudaf i forsøg på at dynge ekstra fakta oven på, i et festfyrværkeri af både morfarjokes, tilbagelænet engelsk humor og bare generelt interessante ting om verden. My Dad Wrote a Porno Den anden humor-podcast jeg lytter er sjovt nok også engelsk. Der er tre værter - Alice, James og Jamie - og som titlen antyder har Jamies far skrevet en serie af utroligt dårlige erotiske bøger, som Jamie så læser op, kapitel for kapitel, mens de løbende kommenterer. Husk også at lytte deres “Notes”, især episoden hvor Elijah “Frodo” Wood er med, og fortæller hvilke karakterer fra bøgerne han gerne ville spille i en eventuel filmatisering… Orientering Weekend Jeg lytter ganske vist mange podcasts, blandt andet fordi jeg går en masse ture, men SÅ meget tid har jeg trods alt heller ikke, at jeg kan lytte Orientering på P1 hver dag. Så er det godt at man har Orientering Weekende, der samler op på ugens vigtigste historier og begivenheder. Planet Money Planet Money er en supervelproduceret, klog og underholdende serie fra NPR, om penge og økonomi og finans, fortalt så man forstår hvad der foregår, og som regel altid med udgangspunkt i en case eller et eksempel. Sound Matters Jeg er først for nylig kommet igang med denne serie om lyd i verden, og hvordan lyd påvirker os. SM er produceret af altid fantastiske Tim Hinman, tidligere kollega fra DR, i dag kendt fra diverse podcasts fra Third Ear. Bør lyttes med gode hovedtelefoner uden forstyrrende elementer i nærheden. Reconcilable Differences Merlin Mann dukker op igen - denne gang sammen med John Siracusa, som også er kendt fra en anden podcast, nemlig Accidental Tech Podcast. Meget af RD-podcasten handler om at Merlin stiller spørgsmål til John om alt fra børneopdragelse til interface-design, og i øvrigt spiller rollen som det halvdumme sidekick, hvad han selvfølgelig overhovedet ikke er i virkeligheden…

Max Temkin is a co-founder of Cards Against Humanity, a "party game for horrible people," and Chicago comedians Joanna Feldman and Julia Weiss are its head writers. After a successful Kickstarter in 2011, Cards Against Humanity was released independently, reaching #1 in Amazon's Games section and spawning numerous expansion packs and copycats. We discuss flying while stoned, what makes a card work in the Cards Against Humanity writers' room, and why Max was dreading coming on the show.

Veckans ramhandling är Jockes dramatiskt sammanbrutna filserver och den under avsnittet pågående processen att försöka återställa all på virtuella maskiner lagrad data. Ingen vill rippa en komplett samling Poirot en gång till. Vi försöker också diskutera, eller åtminstone börja hitta ord kring våra egna tankar utifrån upptäckten att Max Temkin (som vi båda lyssnar på på podd med) blivit anklagad för sexuella övergrepp. Knepigt att få grepp om, viktigt att försöka. Tillbaka på den ljusare sidan pratar vi fler intryck av Surface book, mer VR och, viktigast av allt, NYA EMOJI! Skicka era favoritemoji - nya som gamla - till Fredrik. Inte till Jocke. Någon måtta får det vara. 0: Jocke återupplivar sin filserver. 9:46: Jocke har varit på vildsvinsjakt, och fler bekymmer med filservern. 14:44: Fredrik försökter bidra till Audacity. 23:12: Mer om filservern, och om program för att rippa filmer. 26:46: Max Temkin blev anklagad för våldtäkt, knepigt. 38:00: Oneplus fick problem med nödnummer och HTC visar annonser “av misstag”. 42:02: Nine inch nails nya fina video och låt, Twin peaks-uppföljning. 47:28: Fredrik spelar mer VR. 55:17: Tradera är skräpigt. Någon mer som känner igen Jockes problem? 59:10: Uppföljning om blodsockermätning utan nålar 1:01:31: Fredriks test av Surface book går mot sitt slut. Fredrik summerar lite, pratar penna och önskar ännu hårdare driv framåt. 1:10:02: Nya emoji, TJOHO! Länkar Cisco Catalyst LACP - Link aggregation control protocol Poirot Audacity ID3 Wxwidgets GTK QT KDE Makemkv Handbrake Don Meltons videoscript Senaste Do by Friday Max Temkins fru och hennes bok En av artiklarna om våldtäktshistorien kring Max Temkin Gawker-artikeln OnePlus 5 och 911 HTC och annonser i tangentbordet Planet of the apps Nine inch nails nya låt och video Mer om skapandet av videon och Llamasofts inblandning Fredrik gästade En podd om teknik, avsnitt 105 Skyrim Destiny Tiny trax Tethered Eagle flight Littlstar Jacob “jickelsen” gör coola saker med VR Dexcom bygger blodsockermätare som inte kräver stick LLVM och Clang Windows 10:s Linux-subsystem Audition Världsemojidagen Apple förhandsvisar några av årets nya emoji! Emojipedia Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-86-arets-unicode-version.html.

Max is one of the creators behind the wildly popular game Cards Against Humanity. He is also a co-founder of Blackbox which is a shipping company that helps independent artists send physical goods to their customers. Max is also the guy behind several attention-grabbing media stunts. Have you heard of “Digging the Hole to Nowhere?” Or the 30 second SuperBowl commercial featuring a potato that simply says “Advertisement?” We’ll get the scoop behind these events and their results. Max has been featured in Fast Company, Business Insider and last year was named to Forbes 30 under 30. In this show we focus on the development of Cards Against Humanity and the creativity behind what he puts out to the world. The Cards Against Humanity StoryIn the beginning … [3:22] The real reason it was started. [4:08] Where Cards Against Humanity is today. [11:31] Their take on Black Friday and the Hole to Nowhere (https://www.cnet.com/news/cards-against-humanity-is-digging-a-hole-to-nowhere/)  [17:44] The Super Bowl Commerical (https://medium.com/@CardsAgainstHumanity/why-our-super-bowl-ad-failed-2af66e6a976c)  [24:39] The Black Box Story Black Box (https://www.blackbox.cool/) – a company started based on a vulnerability they found at Cards Against Humanity. [12:09] Hiring for your weaknesses and to push yourself. [16:02] Business Building InsightsHow listening to their customers really paid off. [5:40] Kickstarter and it’s value over and above raising money. [7:12] The pricing strategy and why increasing their price was a win. [19:05] How to develop creative ideas. [21:35] The case for why advertising doesn’t work … and what does. [26:43] Give people something to talk about. [29:12] Productivity/Lifestyle Tool Slack (https://slack.com/) – Real time messaging, file sharing and powerful search OmniFocus (https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus) – Quickly capture your thoughts and ideas to store, manage, and help you process them into actionable to do items. Recommended Reading and Listening (http://www.giftbizbook.com) Designing Obama (http://amzn.to/2nV6ro2) by Scott Thomas and Steven Heller ReWork (http://amzn.to/2nUYM9a) by Jason Fried Creativity, Inc. (http://amzn.to/2ojaxtq) by Ed Catmull Contact Links Website (https://cardsagainsthumanity.com/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CardsAgainstHumanity/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/CAH) If you found value in this podcast, make sure to subscribe and leave a review in (http://www.giftbizunwrapped.com/GooglePodcasts) . That helps us spread the word to more makers just like you. Thanks! Sue

Max Temkin joins hosts Blaire Knight-Graves and Mark Beers as our latest guest. Max is a designer for political campaigns and games. Max, along with 7 of his grade school friends, are the creative minds behind the hit party game Cards Against Humanity. Max has lent his design talents to such clients as Obama for America, Hillary for America, Jonathan Coulton and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In addition to Cards Against Humanity, Max’s designs can also be seen through his contributions to the creation of games such as “Secret Hitler”, “Slap .45”, “Humans vs. Zombies” and “Table Flip”. He also serves on the board of “The Chicago Design Museum” as well as “Friends of the Bloomington Trail” and sits on the National Advisory committee for DonorsChoose.net. Most recently he is one of the co-founders of “Black Box”, a new independent shipping company. In this episode Max discusses with our hosts his idea of professionalism, his experience designing games, his contributions to marketing stunts, his philosophy on the lack of the secure workplace environment, and the current political climate.  Visit www.professionalgeekpodcast.com for more information. 

So it's come to this. We broke our one rule. We prepared for an episode. We've had 32 episodes of unprepared audio piped right into your ears and now we've let you down. We've threatened it before, but this time we followed through. We're sorry. This week Jesse and Kevin talk about the animated sitcom spectrum, tightly packed humor, cartoon violence, things Jesse doesn't know about The Simpsons, Seth McFarland, hired goons, evil pig guys, Joomps Wobbin, what high school libraries look like, Dawson Casting, everything in the 90s was ugly, clerical errors in the afterlife, and New York accents. Links Jesse and Kevin watched some television together. First was The Simpsons S04E17 "Last Exit to Springfield", following on Alan Sepinwall's orders. Kristen Schaal is a horse. Look at her dance, look at her go, well look at her dance like a horse. We also watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer S01E01 "Welcome to the Hellmouth". But not before we talked a bit about Hannibal season 3. Jesse gets very upset about how _The OA _ended. Jesse is planning on watching The Good Place next. My Cousin Vinny is a perfect movie. Max Temkin made a Deep Space Nine episode guide. Jesse's favorite episode of 30 Rock is S06E08 "Leap Day".

Being cast off this week is Co-Creator of the smash hit card game, Cards Against Humanity, Max Temkin. Responsible for games such as Humans v Zombies, Secret Hitler & Werewolf. Max is forced by Liam to talk about 8 video games instead of tabletop ones! Although there does seem to be some rule bending taking place... They talk game design, roguelikes and much more. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Max's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS ALSO! After fan feedback last week, I have now updated the Final Games database to include a list of games for each episodes, including this week's. So, if you aren't one for surprises and would like to check out what games we talk about you can do from now on. Here: drive.google.com/open?id=1yby3YrZ…qhCThFcjUiy7jAHs Max Temkin: @maxtemkin http://maxistentialism.com/ If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamespodcast@gmail.com Final Games is hosted on Soundcloud at: @finalgamespodcast

Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin (@maxtemkin) is co-creator of Amazon's #1 selling card game – actually the #1 seller in all of the whole Toys & Games category. It's a game for horrible people, and it's also America's #1 gerbil coffin. You've probably played it before. Max Temkin and his friends were self-described "nerds." They didn't play sports, they didn't have girlfriends, and they were bored. So, they played lots of board games. They played Balderdash so much, they couldn't even play it anymore because they knew all of the words in the game. They became game connoisseurs. They played so many games, they had to make their own. Cards Against Humanity started as PDFs you could download and print out. The game is still available this way, for free, on their website, but Cards Against Humanity has independently produced and sold their game, making millions in profit. Listen to this interview to learn how to make a good impression on notable people, how to be ready to act when luck comes your way, what deep two psychological phenomena made Cards Against Humanity so explosively popular, and why it's important to figure things out for yourself. Also, learn how Max and team made $70,000 by literally selling "nothing," and nearly $4 million selling bullshit. I mean actual shit from bulls.   Sponsors http://wpengine.com/speedy http://kadavy.net/treehouse http://kadavy.net/audible Show notes: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/max-temkin-interview/  

"The Q and the Grey" - Max Temkin, box maker, game designer, and Star Trek enthusiast, joins Scott to discuss VOY’s The Q and the Grey (S3E11). Topics include Max’s thoughts on why Voyager has some of the best episodes in all of Trek, how this episode is a great argument against that view point, how the 90’s were a very different time, and how much this episode upsets Civil War buffs. Host Scott McNulty with Max Temkin.

Pat and Pat sit down with Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity to talk about "The Neutral Zone", the final episode in the long, strange journey of season one.

On the third anniversary of the release of the first episode of MBSing, MBS holed up in a studio and took 35 calls from past guests of the show. The topics ranged from specific episode updates to current concerns to catching up. Here's the third installment of nine calls from friends: Vernon Mina, who remarked on how much we made each other laugh and offered a clarification of his parents' roles in his life.  Eric Braband, who made a Spotify playlist of Rustic Overtones songs and remarked on our newfound cohabitation.  Katie Wadsworth, who updated myself and the listeners on her transition from moving back in with her folks to making the move to LA. Max Temkin, who laments our grounded Animorphs podcasting endeavor and pitches a few substitutes. Katie Utke, who speaks her thoughts on Harry Potter and the Sacred Child, the film adaptation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Emma Watson's turn in a live-action Beauty and the Beast. Mark Logsdon, who updated on his status with new dad life becoming the new normal after almost a year of it. Alex Talavera, who scolded me for not checking out someone I know being on No Reservations and updated me on US passport holder stats. Matt Visconage, who confirmed the truth of all of his proposed conspiracies including the marking up of momentarily popular Mighty Muggs. Bill Green, who got so fed up by the political system that he's going to law school at Notre Dame in the fall to tackle the issues as much as he can. (PS sorry my side of the audio for this one is VERY low.) Thanks to Iron Galaxy, The Chicago Podcast Cooperative, and Lizzo.

"The smartest thing we did was reject old fashion, old media, old world advice of how to trick people into giving you their money" - Max Temkin  If you are becoming frustrated, depressed, and disillusioned learning about how to raise money to fund your project, then then this podcast will inspire you. Max Temkin has directly raised, or advised in a number of projects that have raised over $10 million total on Kickstarter.  You MAY have heard of them… In December, 2015, Max raised $1,479,046 for "Secret Hitler", a social deduction table game based in pre World War 2 Germany. Players have to help or hinder the beautifully illustrated Junta-Komodo-Dragon-Adolf-Hitler from taking over the government. His goal was $54,450 and he raised over $100,000 in the first 24 hours. But that is not where he started. His first project was Cards Against Humanity, one of the first games in the early days of Kickstarter, raised "only" $15,540 but since exploded and has been #1 Best Seller on Amazon for Toys and Games for as long as we can remember. (...and is a staple at every games night I host with friends!) In fact, Cards Against Humanity, as of publishing, occupies 3 - WOW! -  of the top 20 spots on the Amazon.com Best Seller List including the TOP 2, besting classics like Jenga and Connect 4. Max also helped advise his friends who made the Most Backed Game in Kickstarter history,  Exploding Kittens, which raised $8,782,571. Max understands Kickstarter, the Kickstarter Community, and his audience, probably better than anyone on the planet. But Max is not a "marketer". He hates "gimmicks" and "tricks" and "gurus who don't know what they are talking about". If you are feeling jaded by the Kickstarter Marketing World, and think that in order to fund your project you need to sacrifice your vision, then listen now. It will be the best 38 minutes of your day, guaranteed!   You will discover The number #1 Trend in Kickstarter Today Why Max still has the "fear to launch" and it never goes away, even after millions of dollars raised Why it is important to ignore the temptation to look for "tricks" and "gimmicks" to hit your goal and "focus on the art" Why no one knows really knows what the future of your project, or any project, holds What it means to "front load" your project, and why it is absolutely critical to the success of your project (...and also when it isn't!) Why “failing a project is a gift”...and how to embrace failure so "you are not on the hook to build something nobody wants" Why you should never take the money if you don't reach your funding goal on Indiegogo Why you should "Show don't tell" to sell your project The importance of "user testing" and "iteration" to produce the best product possible before you launch your campaign (Max took a year and over a hundred iterations to get Secret Hitler just right The importance of knowing your market better than they know themselves The difference between "a good project and a good life" Why your story is so important and why you need to be crystal clear communicating what it is about Your page should clearly explain why a backer should not fund your project How crushing his funding goal on Cards Against Humanity set the project delivery back   Famous last words: "Finally, I am not the funniest guy in the room" -Del Close Resources Mentioned: Connect with Max on Twitter Secret Hitler Secret Hitler Website Secret Hitler Kickstarter Campaign Secret Hitler on Forbes Cards Against Humanity Cards Against Humanity Website Cards Against Humanity Kickstarter Page Cards Against Humanity Review Kickstarter CASE STUDY: Cards Against Humanity Buy Cards Against Humanity on Amazon  Max’s Other Projects Humans vs Zombies - Help develop the software that powers games of Humans vs. Zombies at over 350 locations and universities all over the world. Philosophy Posters - Ten giant philosophy posters with big ideas presented simply. Wearwolf - A simple game about deceiving your friends. Maxistentialism Zine - A monthly zine about philosophy, design, humor, and social insects, delivered to your door for one year. Spelunky Dance - An interpretive dance for Andy Baio.  Exploding Kittens Exploding Kittens Website Exploding Kittens Kickstarter Page Exploding Kittens on Forbes Buy Exploding Kittens on Amazon   CONNECT WITH KHIERSTYN: K(at)crowdfundinguncut(dot)com

Tony heads to the Cards Against Humanity offices to talk with co-founder Max Temkin. They discuss the game's inception, what lies ahead for the company and their new game "Secret Hitler." © 2016 Ninety94 Chicago

Jake sits down with Max Temkin, Co-Founder of Cards Against Humanity, to discuss the start of the business, his personal dental habits, organizations they connect with, Highland Park and doing fun things with your friends.

The full story behind the hugely successful and viral game, Cards Against Humanity, and the personal story and thoughts behind one of their eight co-founders, Max Temkin. This is an awesome story about a group of friends, and how through creating something for their own entertainment, ended up building an extremely profitable business that sets an example for what a successful company should be in many ways. If you haven't played the game before, you can download it for free off their website - or of course, buy the game online and dive in. 

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This week on An Hour With Your Ex we head north of uptown Chicago to lair of Arnie Niekamp and Sarah Maher to talk about Game of Thrones. We recorded hours before "Hardhome" and I promise you'll still have a good time. Since so much happened just a few hours later we had to bring someone on to follow up on "Hardhome." Sammy Tamimi from The Pop Fury Podcast stopped by to fill us in on White Walkers, Others, and Ice Dragons? A ton of Game of Thrones talk for you.Arnie is the host of "Hello from the Magic Tavern!" and a member of The Chicago Podcast Cooperative. If you like Piers Anthony or Terry Brooks you'll love his show. Our sponsor this week is Maxistentialism a new zine from Max Temkin one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity. Game of Thrones is on HBO which isn't TV. The Warriors are in overtime right now. Harrison Barnes drops a three! Hey guys thanks for listening. Please support our sponsor and our fellow podcasts. Rate us on iTunes. Sorry about all the selling.  

We got to sit down with one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity, Max Temkin, to talk about what the CAH crew are currently working on; the Science Pack of cards that is raising money for the Science Ambassador Scholarship to the board game show Tabletop Deathmatch. To Drew’s delight we hold an in-depth Star Trek conversation. Plus, we had the audacity to challenge Max to a game of “Onion/NotTheOnion”. Spoiler Warning: Max is good at games.

Max Temkin is one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity, the “party game for horrible people.” What began as a game Max played with his friends soon became a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2011, and it has turned into one of the most popular, entertaining, and sometimes controversial card games today.

Chicago Camps interviews Fred Beecher, an Axure fanatic (and perhaps a bit of a legend), a grower of UX Designers through his UX apprenticeship program at The Nerdery in Minneapolis, and a regular contributor to the UX Design community through a variety of articles and presentations. Fred was the closing keynote for Prototype Camp 2013 and is talking to us about a whole bunch of things around prototyping and Prototype Camp.

I wanted to do something big for my 1-year anniversary, and boy was this night one of my favorites in a long time. Max Temkin and I got to carry on about our mutual love of the long-running young adult novel series Animorphs for an hour while getting laughs from a live audience and being flanked by some other incredible past guests along the way. If you've never read Animorphs, there's no need to fret: Max covers the plot basics before diving into his favorite aspects of the novels and the many, many qualms he had with the short-lived television show (I realize at some point that I overlooked them for the dreamy Shawn Ashmore and Christopher Ralph). Along with the observation that "If you had told me that all of my hours of consuming Nickelodeon things would lead to me reading a science-fiction series and then get to talk to a girl about it for an hour, I would have not believed me if I said that... that would've blown my mind as a kid," Max also dropped the lovely Ebert quote, "It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it," which also applies to how people like things, an MBSing theme. Along the way we get an apology to Auburn football from Chandler Goodman and Spencer Smith, a Bio-Dome complaint in the form of a ridiculous song from Tim Dunn with a rebuttal from Rob Grabowski, the settling of an off-mic poke war with Matt Young, a lovely MBSing-based game show (called Matt, Mark, Julia, Jeff) from Adam Levin, and a heartfelt thanks from Nick Johnson that made me straight up cry. Thanks for a great year everyone. Here's to many more. Notes: Penn and Teller's How to Play With Your Food Max's tweet about the Animorphs pullout in Nickelodeon Magazine that was one of the only things he could find when trying to actually Google to find the issue. A wikifur entry for Animorphs. Animorphs ebooks. All of them. Space Cases intro. Fake Animorphs covers.

Greg Wohlwend developed the popular game Threes with his colleague Asher Vollmer. Greg is a games illustrator and designer who was part of teams that made Hundreds, Gasketball, Solipskier, and Ridiculous Fishing. Threes is his breakout game — and has inspired lots of admiration, frustration, and imitation. He and I talk in this episode about the joy of success, the burden of being independent, and the problems with parasites. Sponsors & Patrons This podcast is made possible through the support of sponsors and patrons. Thanks to patrons George O'Toole, Jonathan Mann, and Sean Wickett for supporting us directly through Patreon! You can back this podcast for as little as $1 per month. At higher levels, we'll thank you on the air and send you mugs and T-shirts! Show notes The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman was nominated for two 2014 Eisner Awards. Greg wrote this post to the hobbyist on the ledge. Greg designed the logo for Indie Game: The Movie; the creators of that film are two-time guests on the show, first in December 2012, and then a year later for a check in. The money in Minecraft is in YouTube videos of people playing through levels. We ran a story about this in The Magazine. The Scratch programming language leads to the Pencil programming language which led to JavaScript for my older son. CoderDojo uses Scratch to mentor kids in programming. Max Temkin baited a Los Angeles Times reporter who wrote an uninformed piece about the Threes ripoff 2048. The extended account of Threes development reveals the exhaustive and useful process of iteration, testing, and killing one's darlings. The Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast had a very nice discussion at the end of an episode where one panelist recommend 2048, and another explained kindly that Threes was the original and the thing to which one graduates as it's tougher. (Listen around minute 37.) Greg recommends the Indomie brand of ramen.

This episode, we're stoked to talk with Max Temkin, one of the co-creators of Cards Against Humanity, about the indie title Spelunky - a game Max calls the best ever made! Could that be true? Plus, learn more about story structure and hipster culture than you ever thought you would from this podcast (which is probably "zero")! Here's the Trey Parker/Matt Stone video Max talks about. It's definitely worth your time. Get More: www.mtvu.com

This week, Ben is joined by Max Temkin, creator of Cards Against Humanity and Humans vs. Zombies. Max talks about his success with Cards Against Humanity and his feelings of impostor syndrome. He talks about some of his other projects including his first indie game, Humans vs. Zombies. Most recently Max had a multiplayer PC game published called Samurai Gunn. Max talks about the "open source" nature of his games. They discuss money, sustainability, kickstarter, and much more. Maxistentialism Cards Against Humanity Humans vs. Zombies Samurai Gunn Back to Work: Anxiety's a Goat Max's Blog Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @MaxTemkin on twitter.

This week, Myke is joined by Max Temkin. They talk about working on the Obama campaign, making games and movies, his love of podcasts, mailing millions of holiday gifts and the love of starting new projects

I talk to game designer Max Temkin about his two viral success stories with real world game Humans vs Zombies and the breakout card game hit Cards Against Humanity. Max has been in the enviable position of being part of teams that have gone viral. First on college campuses with the massive nerf gun tag game Humans vs Zombies and now with the party game for horrible people, Cards Against Humanity. Learn what the process is for the 8 person Cards team to design new expansion packs, as well as how working on the 2008 Obama campaign helped fuel the branding and distribution of Cards Against Humanity.

Max Temkin is on the podcast this week talking about the origin, popularity, and expansion of Cards Against Humanity, what it takes to write smart comedy, the power of Humans vs. Zombies, and using lawn furniture to mark your parking spot in a snow storm. That last one was a bit of a surprise, but it's well worth the listen. Enjoy. Follow Max on Twitter at @MaxTemkin. Learn more about Humans vs. Zombies at humansvszombies.org. And you can learn more about Cards Against Humanity at cardsagainsthumanity.com and cardsagainsthumanity.com/gb respectively. Run Time - 1:12:39 Send your feedback to feedback@justtalkingpodcast.com.

We end our first day on the show floor with Jake Solomon and Garth DeAngelis from Firaxis, Mikey Neumann from Gearbox, Cowboy from Naughty Dog, Chris Tilton, Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin, Will Smith and Norm Chan, and David Jaffe!

The results of the PAX East event.

Cards Against Humanity was one of the top board game Kickstarter projects in 2011. It raised $15k in January of 2011, a lot back then but now a modest success in the current environment. But Max and team chose to make Cards Against Humanity available only through Amazon, a decision that now has their product listing as one of the top sellers in Amazon's Toy and Game section. Max talks about the process of having a game move from a Kickstarter success to a Amazon.com best seller.