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The Brig: Some Dark Blood and a Crow Named Gary (w/ Emma & Steven T. Gibbon) (opens the original)
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Tonight in the BRIG, we welcome our first ever married couple! Two writers from the wilds of Maine (and other places prior). Poet, writer Emma Gibbon is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection "Dark Blood Comes From The Feet", and Steven T. Gibbon is an artist, game designer and he just released one of the most unique and weirdly wonderful books ever. Lipsnitch Snilly is an absurdist fantasy romp that is so original, it's genuinely hard to categorize. Think Terry Pratchett'
Ep 186: Platforming Some Collect-A-Thons (opens the original)
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Video games now known as Collect-A-Thons (short for "Collection Marathons") came about in the late 1990s with the advent of 3-D polygonal platformers with and fully exploreable game worlds. By giving players a ton of items to hunt down and "collect", these games developed a very unique identity and today are considered a distinct sub-genre. For this episode, we'll do our thing, spotlighting 6 great video games that help build the genre into one that's worth celebrating! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----
The Brig: Regarding the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock (w/ author Jennifer Anne Gordon) (opens the original)
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Jennifer Anne Gordon is the award winning author of the novel Pretty/Ugly and co-host of the awesome Vox Vomitus podcast Tonight, she's here to chat about her new mystery thriller "Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies". We'll talk about what it's like to write in a new genre, as well as to stock it full of fun references of all the things you loved growing up (like The Princess Bride, Marilyn Monroe and yes, even the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock). But to be real, this episode listens less like a professi
Ep 185: When Playstation One The Day (w/ Paloma Serena) (opens the original)
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One of the heaviest hitters of the Fifth Generation of video game consoles, the Sony Playstation (AKA PS1) rocketed onto store shelves in 1995, signifying the true end of the 16bit era. Cartridges and passwords were OUT, game discs and memory cards were IN and the world was about to be WOWED by 3-D environments, 24 channels of sound and some very charming (if crunchy) polygons! For this episode, we welcome our delightful friend and Retroid Paloma Serena (@thepalomafiles on Insta) to shout out so
The Brig: Nothing Can Stop Sniegoski & Acheson! (opens the original)
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There will be no monkeying around this time as we welcome back New York Times Best Selling Author, Thomas Sniegoski (author of "Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal"), and Jeannine Acheson (co-author of "Soul Taker" and "Nira: A Constance Evermore Story"). For their third appearance on the show, the dynamic writing duo is here to chat all about ancient forces of chaos and control, as well as their brand new graphic novel NOTHING CAN STOP THE APE! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is --------------------
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