Season 4 Episode 7 How do you get around

http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardul/Season_4_Episode_7_How_do_you_get_around.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today’s Topic – A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” And More if you can teleport Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us on iTunes Podcast Show Flow Is the Tavern trope bad? I know more about Mainly English travel. Japan and Arabic versions are being looked into Surplus or […]

Season 2 Episode 30 Still on the Edge

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Season 2 Episode 26 Why should you use more one-dimensional characters

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Episode 298 Storytelling crimes

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Episode 283 Realism is the wrong goal… in fiction

http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardul/Episode_285_Bloodlines_2_The_blood_is_life..mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today’s Topic Why do people think realism is even possible, stick with believable. Please Subscribe, Rate and Review us on iTunes Podcast Show flow The Search for realism Cultures Races Magic? Technology What is wrong with it? The world is messy, the audience wants to understand Stranger than fiction Sergei […]

Episode 268 Brainstorming video game content

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Episode 266 Finding inspiration for new properties in our nostalgia

http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardul/Episode_266_Finding_inspiration_for_new_properties_in_our_nostalgia.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today’s Topic We talk about old video games and the features that we love So in my recent illness, he downloaded and played Lord of the Rings Online played for the first time since 2012.  The game is old and not perfect, however, I had so much fun my wife […]

Episode 90: Favorite Fantasy Fiction

The Triple F... so we fail on three diffrent levels

http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardul/90.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday’s Topic – Favorite Fantasy Fiction and why they work. Michael and Jeffery look at the fantasy titles that have had the most impact in their lives. Spoiler’s abound What stopped most of our people that we have interviewed. Create it make it share it Excalibur [Blu-ray] Jeff’s number one Zelda […]

Episode 87: First you made your fantasy world… now blow it up part 2

Societies and Culture after your big bang

http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardul/87.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday’s Topic – Societies and Culture after your big bang Michael and Jeffery talk about how worlds are reconstucted after they are destroyed in horrific ways in various forms of fiction.  If you missed our first apocalyptic look at fantasy worldbuilding.  Check out part one! a look back when […]

Episode 86: First you made your fantasy world… now blow it up part 1

Ways to make all you worldbuilding richer

http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardul/86.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadToday’s Topic – First you made your fantasy world… now blow it up.  Post apocalyptic views of fantasy realms Michael and Jeffery talk about various ways to blow up you fantasy world.  We look at diffrent ways and examples of those types of fiction.  The list is based on […]