Mage: The Podcast
Mage: The Podcast
Mage: The Podcast
Movie Club: Sneakers
1 hour 3 minutes Posted Aug 23, 2025 at 12:00 pm.
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Welcome to Reality Deviants Movie Club! Pooka, Adam, and Jenna dive into Sneakers (1992), a techno-thriller packed with heists, hacker mages, and Mage: The Ascension plot seeds. From Virtual Adepts vs. Technocracy to teamwork and codebreaking wonders, we break it all down—plus ideas for running this as a chronicle.

Show Notes
  • Sneakers - This flick is a ready-made low-Arete chronicle or intro arc to a Virtual Adept campaign.
  • Sneakers Trailer on YouTube.
  • Cosmo’s quote: “It’s not reality that counts—it’s the perception of reality” is textbook Mage philosophy.
  • Some Tips for New Storytellers - Adam pullsa bundle of helpful tricks and tips out of his Storyteller’s saddlebag for veterans and folks just starting out running Mage games.