# Episode 23 - Games Education and Sexuality with Sharang Biswas!

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Podcast: [The Ultimate RPG Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast-6977554)
Published: 2025-07-15T04:10:00+00:00
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EPISODE SUMMARY James is joined by Sharang Biswas in a discussion about what defines a game designer, teaching game design, as well as the role and influence of sexuality in his games. In the worldbuilding half of the episode, James and Sharang created a healing institution founded by ghosts, a faction of militant vegan dragon riders, and their worst enemies — the cheese makers. SHOW NOTES Sharang Biswas is a designer and writer of tabletop role-playing games and interactive media, a writer of speculative fiction, an adjunct professor of game studies at NYU Game Center, and a freelance games journalist. Biswas has won multiple awards for his game writing work as both a solo designer and a collaborator. ----------------------------------------- ⁠⁠⁠Check Out the Ultimate RPG Line of Books and Products!⁠⁠⁠ ----------------------------------------- The Ultimate RPG Podcast is a production of the One Shot Podcast Network, with permission from Adams Media. The podcast is hosted by James D'Amato and is edited by Shaghik Mané. Music for the podcast is Venturing, by Reveille, courtesy of ⁠⁠⁠Soundstripe⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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