A wonderful conversation with Sarah and Nev of "Does My Geek" ranging in topics from Second Life to Podiobooks to Digital Oddities. The very first IDDFOS skype chat!
A Mile marker of an episode! Forty shows. ( more really ) Phew! I'm amazed. And I thank you all for listening! This episode includes emails, news, really nifty links - and a summation of episodes 21 through 39 spoken in Three Minutes and Fifteen Seconds (chipmonk style). A compact episode, but a rich one. Hope you enjoy!
A continuation of the Artificial Intelligence topic from episode 38. Robots. . Computers . . Eventual self awareness? No absolutely final answers, but at least one more question. Will it matter if they become self-aware or not? Won't most people believe that they have wills and minds of their own regardless of the circuitry ?
Anim5 comes crawling back from a craven panic toward the microphone. Fifteen years of employment at a theatrical landmark are very likely to end soon. Change terrifies me. But it's the tiny doses of HOPE that the change won't happen that are doing the most damage.
Rolls of the cosmic dice and how they change our lives, plus further exploration of gender issues in gaming. A ton of excellent emails!
The road to hell is paved with spray adhesive and cardboard. And PROCRASTO, the demon overlord of procrastination, will eventually get around to seeing you there.
A great mix of nifty emails from Sarah, Camera Guy, James and Thayan. This episode's topic: Gender issues in Tabletop RPG's and MMO's - specifically the view and treatment of female characters. Multiple viewpoints and some very interesting conclusions.
Computer and Console gaming from a woman's perspective. A frank and candid interview with Mrs. anim5 about gender issues in online MMO's and electronic entertainment in general.
Hopping from Day to Day, Hour to Hour and from one microphone to another - This episode reads feedback and attempts to explore the mystery, popularity and gross stupidities of dining on misery. What the hell is up with all these people who accentuate the negative ALL the time? - And what about the irrational popularity of reading seeing and hearing all about celebrity X every time he/she dresses badly gains 2 pounds or does something imperfect? New Members and fun activity on the IDDFOS forums -...
Do we humans create our own reality through shared and focused belief? Do we turn our Myth into Truth effecting that reality in tangible ways? And, Are dogs more important than people? - Plenty of Quality and quantity in the way of Listener feed back! We hear from the Stealth Geek, Mister Tee, Sarah, Maddrjeffe, James Stubbs, Murray, Curt the Camera Guy, Draco-X and we have THREE new members of the Frappr Map to welcome! This episode has a 15 minute chipmonk rant at the end - and - Yes I have an...
Another "email extravaganza" with superb feedback and wonderfully stimulating content. The IDDFOS listeners are the best podcast listeners on Earth!
A Fantastic Gift From Curt The Camera Guy - New Frappr Map members - A recovered Odeo from Mister Tee - Latin Phrase contest entries - email responses to: The Best Gift You could Get - The Best Gift Humanity could Get. - Dogs and People, who's more important? The Supreme Being returns and busts our chops big time. - Full episode this one.
Still not episode 32, but that will post very late tonight. - This is just a "Mini Drama" I wanted to try representing some comically disfunctional game play at a newbie DnD table. Billy tries to introduce the intricacies of Dungeons and Dragons to his Sister Susie, his Aunt Motria and his Uncle Peter. In theory, mirth ensues. If I have totally mangled the game mechanics please be kind. I haven't played in 27 years.
NOT episode 32 - We've just had episode 31 last week, and we anticipate the real episode 32 some time soon, but this episode consists of - Caroline, Sasha, Tangent, Working Man, Gazeboboy, Nev and myself - All gathered together at the Tick-Tock diner nearly two months ago now. - On November 6th 2006. The topics range from flammable coffee additives to Penn station adventures to Attacking pirates! Hope you enjoy.
Had to commit most of this show to the raw, off-site digital Olympus, but the e-mails are all clean and crisp. And What a great collection of responses for this show too! The Top of the show offers a Lip Sync exercise to hone your gesture and dialogue skills! ( No Music ) There's much to learn about what we'll all miss after a collapse of civilization, as we wrap up the topics of Daniel Quinn's gorilla. Also, we step away from the maze of religion/politics/morality for a while. Episode 32 will t...
The Big Three - Oh And it IS big folks. The official topic for this show Is "Jason Godesky's 30 Theses" but in reality it's a Two Hour EMAIL Extravaganza! We hear from Direwolf, Camera Guy, James Stubbs, Bill, Dickey, Mick Bradley, Geek Beard, Derek, Jason Godesky and Holy Crap! - News, shoutouts - Frappr Map Welcomes - So much stuff! So little Time.
Late night Lunatic ramblings in cardboard scenery land - in place of an actual episode. If You're new to IDDFOS, this is NOT the show to sample. Sorry folks. Episode 30 will be done, just not this week.
Religion - first half
Religion - second half
This episode's main purpose is to share with you the email response sent in by Jason Godesky - Techno Shaman and author of "The Thirty Theses", a series of papers detailing the anthropological research supporting the revolutionary ideas of Daniel Quinn. Also, we welcome James Stubbs to the Frappr Map, we hear from Geekbeard, and read a brief letter from Derek. A letter that ties-in to one of the thirty theses with a synchronous idea, but arrives at a tribal behavior from another direction. A qui...
Geek Beard and Timewind are welcomed to the Frappr Map! - Sarah shares some mathematical insights into infinity along with the humorous possibility of who may or may not exist according to Douglas Adams. (After meeting Nev, I am now convinced that HE is real, and I am a figment of my imagination.)Curt the Camera Guy lets us in on just how extensive his travels are, and offers a wealth of imagery from all over the United States. Thanks for being handy with that camera! - The main topic for #27: T...
A quick note to listeners new and old, then a Mash-Up of what's on those Bonus Episodes. As it is sung on The Simpsons, sorry for the clip show.
A round up and collection of all the "play acting" and "mini-drama" audio segments I've done as promotional spots for other podcasts, short bits and stories I recorded years before my podcast, that were never played in the show, and little audio vignettes sandwiched within older episodes. Bonus episode 1 of 2 - All these mini dramas are stuck into this file: Space Opera - DMGLBIT - 7:08 Arathi Who? - 6:38 The Dating Game - 3:50 CourtRoom Drama - 6:46 Beeny and Cecil - 5:34 It's A Wonderful DLI -...
A round up and collection of all the "play acting" and "mini-drama" audio segments I've done as promotional spots for other podcasts, short bits and stories I recorded years before my podcast, that were never played in the show, and little audio vignettes sandwiched within older episodes. Bonus episode 2 of 2 - All these mini dramas are stuck into this file: anim5 Private Eye for GTP - 3:50 Don't Mess with Myth - 6:00 Tale of the Samurai - 3:55 Polonius Then - 1:28 Polonius Now - 4:02 Fist Full ...
PART 3 of 3 - The Last episode ( for now ) to deal with the topic of humanity and our role on Earth and as a part of nature. Continued fascinating emails from listeners covering more aspects of contemporary and historical human mystery. A long lost Odeo from Sarah! - Infinity is called into question - New members are welcomed to the Frappr map - and some closure is achieved on the Ishmael topic. Episode 27 will be posting two weeks from now ( November 2nd or thereabouts ) and the topic will be d...
PART 2 of 3 - Listener feedback enriches the episode with insight, humor and PROOF that Role Playing Gamers know what really matters regardless of how mad the human world becomes. Takers? Leavers? Mythmakers and the end of Civilization? Just what has anim5 got against a telepathic Gorilla? The question for Part 3 - If we weren't supposed to invent civilization, just what were we supposed to do? And since we did, what are we supposed to do now?
PART 1 of 3 - A listener feedback extravaganza! Goo Faces from Patter! Emails from Nev and Sarah! A New listener email from Camera Guy! A superlative made-for-anim5 "mini-drama" from Sam Chupp! and the long promised discussion of Derek's letter, as we delve into the entire history of the human race. This is one Looong show, and I'm Happy about it d'ya hear? Happy!
It had a whole extra week to grow in, so it's 23 minutes longer. This episode is the Dream Show. Including a 32 minute anim5 mini-drama portraying a nightmare done in the style of 1950's comedy "The Goon Show". This installment took an extra week to track down and capture, but now that it's uploaded the nightmare is over.
Homo Sapiens survive by transforming their environment into whatever they need. 'starts with spears and skins, ends in global warming and a poisoned planet. How did evolution churn out dangerous mutants like us? A very uplifting show for me, because of the email I received, how encouraging and complimentary it was and because of the special people it came from! An excellent reply from Nev of "Does My Geek Look Big In This" to last week's question: "Are human beings a part of nature? If we evolve...
Change the course of mighty rivers? Bend steel in your bare hands? Or chuck the whole daydream and do something useful instead? Episode 21 posts early thanks to a merciful Labor Day weekend ! In this show, we go into the responses to the powers of Superman question from episode 20. A punch up of the sidebar topic "The Seven Wonders of the World" . Then, the announcement and showcase of the wonderful responses and links to the call for creativity. The responses and the creative gifts came in from...
