In which Dixie, Matthew, and Eddy talk about Beckett’s Jyhad Diary and other bits of Vampire: The Masquerade
* Dixie asks Eddy and Matthew about their first Masquerade projects
* What is Beckett’s Jyhad Diary? It’s a celebration of 25 years of Masquerade metaplot
* The role of humor in the project
* Bloodlines is the new wrestling reference (RIP wrestling jokes)
* Who is Beckett? What is the Jyhad?
* The Book of the Grave War
* The look of the book
* Easter eggs and references
* The complication of what Activision owns
* The co-developer relationship
* The problem of silly Malkavians and the Joker
* Linguistics!
* Our favorite part about the book
* “Book boyfriend”
* Eddy asks everyone’s favorite clan
* Is this the new running gag?
I sleep with my BJD on the bedside table. Not sure if that counts as sleeping with it.
I find myself wishing – again and ever with this production – that this were a call-in show. Questions I wanted to ask:
• Why doesn’t Beckett write like a Brit?
• Who ACTUALLY wrote the Book of the Grave War?
• When the Gentleman Gamer starts his Metaplot Degree program, will he need a research assistant?
…So much fun, as a topic, a product, and a chat of great folks!
– Beckett doesn’t write like a Brit because he’s spent many of his last two centuries in the States and adopted American English.
– A Malkavian in the 13th century, name withheld.
– I’m good for now 😉
I never saw a Joker Malkavian but it does sound like it would be an easy go-to. And yeah, it’s hard really getting the balance between the stand-out vampire character and true to mental illness.