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Ep 189: The Ladies of Castlevania
A fawning tribute to all the vampire-killin' women of the Castlevania franchise!
In honor of the spooky season and the release of Castlevania Belmont's Curse (the first mainline title for the series in 18 years), we present a tribute to (our newest hero) Rose Belmont, and to all the gorgeous vampire-killin' women of Castlevania!
Though we primarily sink our teeth into the series' most notable female protagonists
The Brig: An Ode To New York (w/ Jamal Hodge)
Multi-award-winning filmmaker, producer, writer and poet Jamal Hodge is here with a rousing discussion centered around his book "I'm Not A Good Person, I'm A New Yorker"
Tonight in the BRIG, we welcome author, editor, director, producer, screenwriter and winner of many awards including the Bram Stoker and Elgin Awards... Jamal Hodge!
He’s here to chat about his new book of poetry “I’m Not a Good Person, I’m A New Yorker”.
Ep 188: A Tribute to Tim Curry
We gush, laugh and discuss our favorite films of legendary character actor Tim Curry.
With the help of our awesome Curry-lovin' guest host Greenie (The Green Witch of the Shire), we celebrate our favorite motion pictures that star the late, and undeniably great Tim Curry. We've each chosen two films and will be presenting them in chronological order, from obvious cult classics like Rocky Horror and Legend, to some of Tim's lesser talked
The Brig: Time Travelers Have Sh!tty Memories (w/ author Sydney Arcane)
Author and Artist Sydney Arcane transports in to talk about her new Sci-Fi novel, The Time Traveller's Final Mission!
Sydney Arcane is beyond talented. She's the writer/artist of the snarky vampire-centric comic book series BloodDreams (under the name Angi Shearstone) but for her brand new novel, she transports into the world of Science Ficton!
The Time Traveler's Final Mission features a very reliable take on the unreliable
Ep 187: Getting Back To Nature
We recharge our souls and batteries recounting some of our most memorable nature walks.
This week, we decide to touch some grass and recharge our souls with a taste of the great outdoors. Your Octo-hosts take you on a wander down various winding paths--over hill and stream, greeting all the creatures in between.
Coopster Gold leads the way and recites a selection of poems, pared perfectly with each
The Brig: Some Dark Blood and a Crow Named Gary (w/ Emma & Steven T. Gibbon)
We chat with authors Emma and Steven T. Gibbon about their books Dark Blood Comes From The Feet and Lipsnitch Snilly
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
Ep 186: Platforming Some Collect-A-Thons
A sub-genre that started on the N64 where collecting various items became the name of the game!
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.
The Brig: Regarding the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock (w/ author Jennifer Anne Gordon)
Author/podcaster/cover girl Jennifer Anne Gordon is here to gab about her new thriller novel, Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies!
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
Ep 185: When Playstation One The Day (w/ Paloma Serena)
We celebrate the polygonal perfection of some amazing original Playstation games!
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
The Brig: Nothing Can Stop Sniegoski & Acheson!
The writing team of Sniegoski & Acheson return to chat about their newest graphic novel!
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