SnoutCast #128: Countdown to WARTRON

But why would you just go a read a boring old plain text file, when you could listen to the two of us prattle on for nearly half an hour?

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01:00 - "anticipated"
03:48 - the basics (for any puzzle hunt-ish event)
05:50 - WARTRON computer requirements
12:00 - food stuffs
26:22 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Tom Cruise Crazy" by Jonathan Coulton

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Friday Flash Fiction: "Thrilling Heroics"

For the record, I imagine Dyna-Gent's costume as a cross between Black Lightning's and Union Jack's jumpsuits... plus a bowler hat.

Also, this is my 200th 512 story. I guess that's something of a milestone. Hooray, Zoidberg, etc.

Finally, on an unrelated note (except for the date): Happy Birthday to Aubrey!

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SnoutCast #127: "Have to" vs. "Get to"

Why should you RUN MORE GAMES? Because it's fun!

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00:58 - "resourceful"
03:08 - a pep talk for ourselves
06:30 - setting expectations for WarTron
10:01 - the puzzliness of puzzles
15:20 - the needs of the many...
18:18 - once again, the "meat necklace" from FoBiK
20:40 - it's parties all the way down!
26:54 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Baby Got Back" by Jonathan Coulton

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Friday Flash Fiction: "Back to School"

Hey, anybody remember that "Jack & Bobby" show from a few years back? Yeah, neither do I.

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Unable to transcribe message.

Going through our Google Voice history, I happened across this strange message from a couple of months ago. I'm pretty sure it's a wrong number. Can anybody tell me what he's saying (and in what language)? Just curious...

SnoutCast #126: Puzzled Pint, Two Years Later

Vic, Matt, Ana, DeeAnn, and Curtis started this crazy Puzzled Pint thing back in July of 2010. How's it doing nowadays?

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00:59 - "non-alcoholic"
01:54 - PP's 2nd birthday party
04:29 - the numbers: 25 events, 131 puzzles, 30 bars, up to 59 players
07:07 - bigger, longer, harder... (goodnight everybody!)
10:36 - why only 6 events had meta-puzzles
17:57 - the future
22:11 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Shop Vac" by Jonathan Coulton

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Friday Flash Fiction: "The Rule of Three"

I am not at #SDCC this weekend, but I am going to see Evil Dead: The Musical! tonight in Portland.

Also, the photo accompanying this week's story is a mannequin from Comic-Con 2009, promoting October Toys' Z.O.M.B.I.E. products.

So there.

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SnoutCast #125: Action is His Reward

And now for something completely different.

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00:59 - "genetic"
02:34 - spoilers!
04:37 - rice?
08:29 - girls
11:06 - stupidity
16:36 - violence
21:04 - endings
23:41 - praeterition
29:55 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Ikea" by Jonathan Coulton

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Friday Flash Fiction: "Waking Up Alone"

Some gratuitous backstory for Jake, of the Jake and Andy mysteries.

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SnoutCast #124: Three Things

Show notes? You want me to write up show notes when we're prepping for a live-fire Dry Run in just four days? Well, okay.


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00:58 - "contingent"
01:51 - backstory
05:53 - "few" vs. "several" vs. "many" vs...
10:01 - philosophy and Hogwarts
14:36 - weddings gone wrong
16:53 - yeah, the oak and the reed, that's the ticket
20:20 - mmm... doughnuts...
24:36 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Re: Your Brains" by Jonathan Coulton

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