I have another deadline this week

Which means I don't have the time/brainpower for a thoughtful, well-researched blog post today. So instead, here's a roundup of some interesting stuff I tweeted or retweeted in the past week:

My pals @TheDoubleclicks are making a new album: PRESIDENT SNAKES! Back their @Kickstarter : http://t.co/JAsOFux5UV pic.twitter.com/pDED235Qsm

— Curtis 小說作家 Chen (@sparCKL) May 8, 2015

#DiversifyAgentCarter because black people had, in fact, been invented. pic.twitter.com/o8Sh0XBDLh

— Sunil Patel (@ghostwritingcow) May 8, 2015

Yay! Today's video is up! "Avengers Age of Ultron: All Snarked Up" https://t.co/7vfBI1X1hS

— snarke (@snarke) May 10, 2015

"Drawing on empirical research, eight principles to get more happiness from money" [pdf] http://t.co/OMTo6erxty pic.twitter.com/8ev5qUXA7U

— Chris Dixon (@cdixon) May 11, 2015

No YOU'RE weeping openly during the entire last minute of that Supergirl trailer SHUT UP https://t.co/bT7uyMWY4w

— Curtis 小說作家 Chen (@sparCKL) May 14, 2015

And before you ask, yes, I do have a goddamn Tumblr. But I don't use it that much, because I am not actually a twelve-year-old girl. It just seems that way.

SnoutCast #163: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate

In which we blather on about Kickstarter, again.

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00:59 - "regal"
01:10 - spoiler-free Game of Thrones micro-recap
03:40 - you might call it a new direction
05:02 - Kickstarted on April 1st: Emperor's New Clothes!
10:47 - going back to Hogwarts
20:50 - "Is this better than playing Skyrim? [Y/N]"
25:52 - the bottom line (and more)
34:02 - upcoming event: you can now sign up for DASH 5
35:58 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "I Crush Everything" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #161: Spring is Here, Almost

In which the seasons change, and puzzle hunters' fancy turns to... well, actually, they alter not a whit; they continue to want MOAR PUZZELS.

[ Download mp3 - 27 MB ]

00:00 - Polish language teaser (wait for it...)
01:01 - "vernal"
03:02 - The Maze of Games Kickstarter
06:54 - Puzzled Pint, March, 2013: Jeopardy!
15:47 - WarTron Boston applicants
27:10 - translated from the Polish
28:34 - The End

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Polish text-to-speech from Google Translate

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "You Ruined Everything" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #155: Kicking Back

In which we discuss Mike Selinker's Maze of Games, and toss around some ideas for Kickstarter projects we might try to crowdfund.

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00:59 - "fundamental"
07:52 - Hypothetical Kickstarter #1: A Day Game in Portland
14:55 - Hypothetical Kickstarter #2: Puzzle Cruise Crazy
23:38 - Hypothetical Kickstarter #3: Curtis' Puzzle Hunt Thriller Novel
31:02 - upcoming events: WarTron: Boston, GC Summit, The Famine Game, and more!
34:13 - The End

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton

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SnoutCast #153: Kickin' It

A thoroughly un-scientific survey of recent puzzle hunt-ish projects on Kickstarter.

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00:59 - "commercial"
04:08 - Unique Puzzles for a YEAR: 150% funded!
17:08 - Great America Race 2012: unsuccessful, but event happened anyway
20:26 - Puzzle Extravaganza II: canceled, now being sold directly by creator
25:25 - pros and cons (and ramblings)
31:02 - coming to Boston this summer, WARTRON: BOSTON in Boston, Massachusetts!
36:48 - The End

Tell us we're wrong on the Internet! E-mail podcast@snout.org or post a comment at www.snout.org/podcast.

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

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