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DarkAge
Aw man. DarkAge ended today. Save for Chasing the Bard, this has been my favorite podcast for the past several months. It's not the absolute best writing but it's one of those that took me back. The premise is much like the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. A group of people from Default World get swapped into their characters in the Realm of Dark Age and stuff happens from there. If you want to load up on gaming nostalgia, definitely check it out at http://www.kirkcast.com
Speaking of podcasts, I might as well give a quick run down of other stuff I've been listening to.
Chasing the Bard ended a few weeks ago. It was definitely far and away my favorite podcast series. Shakespeare, the fey, and excellent writing. Good stuff. :)
Nocturnal is Scott Sigler's current story. While he's still not my favorite artist and I enjoyed some of his other worlds more, I have been meaning to mention for a while that he seems to be doing a bit better at portraying female characters lately. I can't lay my finger on exactly what's different but they're feeling less superficial than some of his earlier work. He's definitely maturing as a writer and becoming better for it. Heh. That reminds me. I never mentioned that he did a panel at Baycon and, just on a whim, I went out to the hall, bought a beer, wandered up to the front, said "Beer-o-gram", dropped it off with him and left. :)
Last one I'll mention for today is 12 Volt Theater's Down the Road It's a bit like Svankmajer's take on Alice in Wonderland crossed with a Choose Your Own Adventure book. It's a weird little ARG with a pretty solid surreal setting. I have sort of oddly mixed feelings about this one. The story itself ranges between interesting and grating for me, but the world-building and flavor text is consistently hitting interesting buttons for me. It's probably got pretty strong appeal for most PBM people.
Okay. That's it. I need to get back to work or I'll be here until midnight. :)
Speaking of podcasts, I might as well give a quick run down of other stuff I've been listening to.
Chasing the Bard ended a few weeks ago. It was definitely far and away my favorite podcast series. Shakespeare, the fey, and excellent writing. Good stuff. :)
Nocturnal is Scott Sigler's current story. While he's still not my favorite artist and I enjoyed some of his other worlds more, I have been meaning to mention for a while that he seems to be doing a bit better at portraying female characters lately. I can't lay my finger on exactly what's different but they're feeling less superficial than some of his earlier work. He's definitely maturing as a writer and becoming better for it. Heh. That reminds me. I never mentioned that he did a panel at Baycon and, just on a whim, I went out to the hall, bought a beer, wandered up to the front, said "Beer-o-gram", dropped it off with him and left. :)
Last one I'll mention for today is 12 Volt Theater's Down the Road It's a bit like Svankmajer's take on Alice in Wonderland crossed with a Choose Your Own Adventure book. It's a weird little ARG with a pretty solid surreal setting. I have sort of oddly mixed feelings about this one. The story itself ranges between interesting and grating for me, but the world-building and flavor text is consistently hitting interesting buttons for me. It's probably got pretty strong appeal for most PBM people.
Okay. That's it. I need to get back to work or I'll be here until midnight. :)