Summary: Brad Lessard has been playing Dungeons and Dragons since he was 19 years old. Now, aided by his ability to morph into new characters, he's recovering from depression and moving forward with his life.
So I love hearing this again. I had to come listen to this! Hi, this is actually Brad Lessard, I remember this project from 2 years ago, almost 3 now. It was alot of fun, I wish I knew how she did after all of this. But my life is a bit differant since then. But just wanted to comment here since I got to hear this whole thing again thank you for keeping it here!
I really liked this piece, especially the repetition at the beginning. "I play D&D on Monday, play D&D on Tuesday, play D&D on Thursday ..." etc. I also feel like I got to know the protagonist's history, current dilemma and personality. Good work.
First of all, great title. This is the only reason why I chose to listen to it. I like the titles that don?t try to have some deep emotional or ?earth-shattering? message in it. The title was quirky just like the piece.
I think this subject matter is extremely interesting and could be explored more in depth for a hard or soft feature of about 10 minutes. This was most likely not the aim of this piece but it could be done.
It was great that you went to an actual game instead of just talking to people about it. It brings the listener right into the action. The only thing I will say, and its kind of big since it?s the last impression the listener has of your piece, is that the ending seemed kind of abrupt. It left me with a feeling that this was just a snapshot of a D&D game and nothing more. Again, I don?t want to try to ascribe more intent in your idea than you probably wanted so I?ll just leave it at that. If that?s all you were aiming for than you did a great job.
It would be nice to see this subject explored more in depth though. There is a lot of potential with this subject that has been left relatively untapped.
Comments for I Played D&D on Monday
Produced by Ariel Kitch
Other pieces by Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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3 comments
Brad Lessard
Posted on April 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM | Permalink
It feels interesting to hear all this again
So I love hearing this again. I had to come listen to this! Hi, this is actually Brad Lessard, I remember this project from 2 years ago, almost 3 now. It was alot of fun, I wish I knew how she did after all of this. But my life is a bit differant since then. But just wanted to comment here since I got to hear this whole thing again thank you for keeping it here!
Todd Melby
Posted on November 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM | Permalink
D&D
I really liked this piece, especially the repetition at the beginning. "I play D&D on Monday, play D&D on Tuesday, play D&D on Thursday ..." etc. I also feel like I got to know the protagonist's history, current dilemma and personality. Good work.
Adam Vaughn
Posted on February 18, 2008 at 08:24 AM | Permalink
Review of I Played D&D on Monday
First of all, great title. This is the only reason why I chose to listen to it. I like the titles that don?t try to have some deep emotional or ?earth-shattering? message in it. The title was quirky just like the piece.
I think this subject matter is extremely interesting and could be explored more in depth for a hard or soft feature of about 10 minutes. This was most likely not the aim of this piece but it could be done.
It was great that you went to an actual game instead of just talking to people about it. It brings the listener right into the action. The only thing I will say, and its kind of big since it?s the last impression the listener has of your piece, is that the ending seemed kind of abrupt. It left me with a feeling that this was just a snapshot of a D&D game and nothing more. Again, I don?t want to try to ascribe more intent in your idea than you probably wanted so I?ll just leave it at that. If that?s all you were aiming for than you did a great job.
It would be nice to see this subject explored more in depth though. There is a lot of potential with this subject that has been left relatively untapped.
Adam J. Vaughn