13 - Hitler Talk

Lucky number thirteen for the Around The Trunk Podcast.

This week we talked about a Youtube series called Spoilers Ahead, Battlestar Galactica and Rise of the Guardians.


Download: 13 - Hitler Talk

Contact Us:

Email: MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com

Twitter:             

Mike - @MadnessSerenade

Chris - @TheArchetipical

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Mike: - Nightmares Of A Writer

Chris: - The Archatype

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iTunes

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Intro Music:

The Mission By Josh Woodward.

12 - Wookie Infantry

No specific topic this week. We played Hypothetical Writer for Star Wars: Episode Seven. Talked some TV shows we've been getting into and wrapped up with a loose discussion of the WiiU and video games in general. Basically, just another day at the office.


Download - 12 - Wookie Infantry

Contact Us:

Email: MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com

Twitter:             

Mike - @MadnessSerenade

Chris - @TheArchetipical

Blogs:

Mike: - Nightmares Of A Writer

Chris: - The Archatype

Facebook:

Around The Trunk on Facebook.

iTunes

Around The Trunk Podcast on iTunes.
 
Intro Music:

Omaha By Josh Woodward.

11 - Wreck The Old Republic, Ralph

Welcome to the Eleventh episode!

This week we discussed the Bioware MMO The Old Republic which goes free to play on November 15. We saw Wreck It Ralph, the new video game animated feature from Disney. And we probably mentioned Hitler at some point.



Download: 11 - Wreck The Old Republic, Ralph

We also have some new into music courtesy of Josh Woodward. This guy is pretty cool. He's got twelve albums of his music all online for free. FREE! You can listen to them directly on his site and download them and everything. He even has the regular and instrumental versions of his songs. Chris found his site a few days ago and he has a nice message on there donating his music to the creative commons and letting websites and podcast use them with no strings attached. Each week we're going to be plugging another song of his as our into. People who put there stuff out for free without lawyers and all that are pretty awesome and we think he deserves a listen. It also means you won't have to hear the awful old intro.

The Short Story Tyler Mentioned: Blindsight by Peter Watts

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Email: MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com

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Chris: - The Archatype

Facebook:

Around The Trunk on Facebook.

iTunes

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Intro Music:

Gallows Hill By Josh Woodward 

10 - Misfits Returns

This week on the Around the Trunk Podcast Chris read Legion by Brandon Sanderson, Tyler saw Could Atlas and we talk the return of our favorite British show, Misfits.


Download it here: 10 - Misfits Returns

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9 - Beating A Dead Firefly

This is Episode Nine of the Around the Trunk Podcast.

We talked Dishonored, Argo, Firefly and more.



Download: 9 - Beating A Dead Firefly

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Mike: Nightmares Of A Writer

Chris: The Archatype

And follow us on Twitter:

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Have a question, comment or topic you'd like us to discuss on a future podcast? Let us know in the comment below.

8 - We Did Our Best

Welcome to our eight episode. Scumbag Chris was a no call/no show and Tyler has a massive head cold.



Download: 8 - We Did Our Best

We talked:

Xcom, The High Crusade by Poul Anderson, Dexter and Homeland,
MISFITS returns September 28! (Check out the first season for free on Hulu)
Civ 2, Hitman, Morrowind, Spore,

Then I talk about my writing in a feeble attempt to get a writing related discussion into this episode,
Allen Steele's The Days Between, found here on asimovs.com
The Seinfeld Method of Productivity.

Then things get kind of dark, cause we do that around here.

Also, Manifold Space by Stephen Baxter.


Remember to leave us your feedback below.

And of course,

Twitter: @AroundTheTrunk   Mike: @MadnessSerenade
 
Email: MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com

iTunes: Give Us a Review (If it's good)

7 - Video Games

Episode 7 of the Around the Trunk podcast.

We discussed storytelling in Video Games.


Download: archive.org/download/Attp7-VideoGames/7-VideoGames.mp3



Let us know what you think of the podcast. Your feedback matters!

Email: MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com

Twitter: @AroundTheTrunk

Or in the comments below.

Right.

Down.


Here.

Feedback and Community - Dual Post

This will be posted to both the blog (NightmaresofaWriter.blogspot.com) And the Podcast (AroundtheTrunk.blogspot.com)

It is also hilarious that I'm posting this when blogger has been hit by a glitch that wiped out all page views on blogs.

Anyway, I've been running this blog for a few months now, and the podcast for... two months? Maybe? And we have no idea if people like it. Yes, there are worse problems to have. I like running this blog, and I like doing the podcast and can even put up with the pain in the ass of editing. I will keep doing these things regardless.

However, we've run into a problem with the podcast concerning it's direction. It was originally planned to be writing focused and has meandered into nerd culture. We are still trying to find it's voice. It would be a lot easier if we could get feedback from out listeners, who I know you're out there.

I'm sure your thinking that someone else will comment or send us a tweet, but they don't. There is only you. The fate of the blog, nay of the world rest in your hands. All you have to do is go down to the bottom and say something like "Podcast Good" Or "Me no like podcast." Like a caveman. Easy stuff. We're not asking for professional reviews. This isn't some ploy for ad revenue or something. As you can see we don't have ads.

The problem is we're doing this thing in a dark room. We can't see the crowd. We don't know if they're laughing at the jokes or snoreing in their chairs. And we won't ever know unless you tell us. I myself have never really commented on web pages before, mostly because ten thousand people have already beat me to it. Most websites are full of comments by jack asses and people putting other people down.

We want to build a good community, but we can't build any community if people aren't talking. We don't know whether to dig deeper into writing subjects or talk about cool comic books or anything unless you tell us.

I know the pages get traffic. Mostly from awesome places like stumble upon. If you're a member of stumble upon and liked our articles or our podcast, gives us a thumbs up. It only takes a second and really helps drive traffic in addition to letting us know you liked it. And not just for us, do it for your other favorite websites too.

The bottom line is we want to bring you awesome stuff. We want to give you articles that are worth reading and podcasts that are worth listening to, we'll do all the work, all we need is your feedback to let us know it's worth it.

I hope to be doing this for a long time, past the point where I'm sick of it. But I don't have that many ideas. All my idea potential is stolen by my writing. So tell us what you would like us to write about or review and discuss. Let us know if you'd like to see other themes or topics.

Only then can do the things you want us too.

You can always reach us in the comment section, email (MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com)
and on twitter.

Mike: @MadnessSerenade
Chris: @TheArchetipical
ATTP: @AroundTheTrunk

Thank you, and we hope to hear from you soon.

6 - Looper

This week we tried out a new format.

We opened with what we've been doing this week. Chris is almost done with a Song of Ice and Fire, Tyler watched FAQ About Time Travel and I read a short story called Cream.

Then we talked about Looper. Gave it out review and broke it down.

We closed with some light discussion about S.H.I.E.L.D, Joss Whedon and some other stuff.


Download: 6 - Looper

Leave us questions or comments below and we'll talk about it on the podcast.

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5 - Pink Sock

We didn't have any topics this week. So it's a free form show. New format next week.

We talk about the difference between Game of Thrones the book and the TV show and does having a famous actor distract you from the character. We also talk more about Doctor Who. We're not a doctor who podcast, we swear.

Chris brings up humor in our works, and we discuss how to do it without changing the tone of a work. We then hop over firefly into a discussion of how to tell world building to the reader.

Tyler sort of brings up an actual topic in the comic Irredeemable by Mark Waid
We talk ways to do characters to and use examples from Firefly and Game of the Thrones.




Download it.and listen to it later.

Also comment, let us know if you like this thing we do.

Gives us a thumbs up on stumble upon or tell your friends. That's the last of the begging. For now.

Episode Four - Episode Four: Redudant Titles

This is the fourth episode of the Around the Trunk Podcast.

Chris was late, Tyler left early and I dropped the F-Bomb. A lot.



Download - archive.org/download/EpisodeFour-EpisodeFourRedundantTitles/EpisodeFourRedundantTitles.mp3

 

Links

We now have a Facebook page! Around the Trunk On Facebook

We are also on iTunes. Around The Trunk On iTunes

And Twitter. @AroundTheTrunk

Show Notes

 

No timestamps this week unfortunately, as I ran out of time.

Intro:

 

Tyler talks about short story idea he had.

FTL

Tyler and I discuss the FTL:Faster than light, a new steam game that came out this week. It's only nine bucks. Go buy it.

Stuff about the Podcast while we wait for Chris

 

We talk about the new intros, the cover art, and Max Scoville's Free Ipad Miley Cyrus Nudes.

Chris Sucks

Idle Banter

River World by Phillip Jose Farmer !Spoilers!

 

Chris finally shows up
We talk stories across different mediums and Tyler recommends Rising Stars and then proceeds to spoil it pretty thoroughly, so check it out.

I talk about a comic Idea I was playing with and move into a discussion about writing in comics as a medium.

Then we talk Movies, TV, HBO and boobs. Cause who doesn't like boobs?

Part Two

Tyler leaves, we continues talking game of thrones and move into a discussion of chapter formats.
We then talk about characters, their motivations and backgrounds informing their dialog and
actions without resorting to exposition dumping.

We also talk about Microsoft one note for a bit. We then get back to characters and give some our examples from our own writing.

We talk about stories and arcs and a bunch of writing craft related things. There is a discussion of easter eggs, and the difference between theft and homage. Narration in other mediums, Burn Notice
and actors playing characters. We then finish up with a light discussion of Doctor Who Companions.

No New Podcast This Week

Unfourtanly there will be no new episode of the Around the Trunk podcast this week. We ran into massive techinacal difficulties. Chris had near constant connection problems, Tyler was having some issues with his mic leading to him sounding a little muddled.

There was a lot of disjointed conversations as Chris dropped in and out and we attempted to get him back. After almost and hour and a half of this we gave up on Chris and thanks to Tyler spurning us on made an attempt at salvaging the epsiode. We talked for another forty minutes and had some great discussions, only to lose them to problems in the recording software.

We tried folks, we really, really did. These things happen unfourtantly. Instead of giving you pieces of what we do have I wanted to keep a high quailty, or at least a quality to the podcast instead of giving you some pieced together slop. We shall be back next week and hopefully have all of this sorted out.

So to our only listener, our apoligies and we'll be back next week.

We did want to have a contest in this one which we'll discuss in more detail in the next podcast. We are also hopeing to start a questions segment. If you have any topics, stories or questions about writing you want shared/answered, let us know.

You can reach us on Twitter:

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Mike = @MadnessSerenade

Chris = @TheArchetipical

Email:

MichaelAguero.mail@gmail.com

And in the comments below.
 

2 - Spoilers, Spoilers Everywhere

Episode Two of the Around the Trunk Podcast.

Summary:

This time we talked about the return of Doctor Who in Asylum of the Daleks, reviewed Super God by Warren Ellis and close out with a discussion of our favorite characters from Game of Thrones (the TV show)

Spoilers. This show has them. Lots of them. We talk about these subjects as if you have already viewed them. If you haven't, no worries, this podcast will still be here once you've gotten caught up.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. You've been warned.





Download:

archive.org/download/2-SpoilersSpoilersEverywhere090912/2-Spoilers.SpoilersEverywhere090912.mp3

News:

We are on iTunes, but under the wrong name. Something went wonky in the submission process. We hoped to have it fixed soon. We will also be experimenting with different editing techniques next week and I'm going to dig deep under the couch for some pennies to get a mic, hopefully this will lead to better audio for you and less editing for me.

Show Notes:


Intro: 0:1:00

This entire episode deals with spoilers for it's respective topics. You have been warned.

First Topic: 1:00-29:00

Doctor Who Returns!

What did we think of Asylum of the Daleks, Amy, Rory and Oswin (New Companion?)

Second Topic:29:-47:42

We discuss

Super God by Warren Ellis & Garrie Gastonny

And let you know what we like and didn't like about this comic and tips for how to avoid some of the problems the comic
runs into.

Third Topic: 47:42-120:17

We talk the Game of Thrones TV show, specifically who are favorite characters are and what makes them so well written.

Closing: 120:17-121:51

Twitter Handles & Blogs

Mike: @Madness Serenade

http://nightmaresofawriter.blogspot.com/

Chris: @TheArchetipical

http://thearchatype.wordpress.com/

1 - Gods Of Earth 09/02/12

The very first episode of our Around the Trunk Podcast.

Download:

http://archive.org/download/01-GodsOfEarth09-02-12/01-GodsOfEarth09-02-12.mp3

 Show Notes:

Into 0-3:08

First Topic: 3:08- 30:00

Skyrim and Fallout, a comparison of Worlds.

Second Topic: 30:00 - 51:00

Time Travel. We had a more centralized focus for this topic, but it got away from us. As the wibbly wobbly tends to do. During this topic Chris got interrupted and didn't mute his mic, so the audio gets a little garbled. He will mute his mic in the future or we will skin him alive. We also go on a bit of a historical tangent toward the end. We will be better about that in the future.

Third Topic 51:00- 1:37:00

The Super Power Game

This was a special thing we did for the first episode. It goes pretty long and is the last topic. If you have no interest in it you can turn the podcast off here and not miss anything else.

Powers:

Mike: Flight, Immortality (G), Solar Sustenance

Chris: Time Travel (G), Earth Bending, Muscle Memory

Tyler  Brute Telekinesis, Healing Factor (G), Teleportation

Let us know in the comments which super powered God you think would in the game of world domination and which one you would rather be.

Twitter Handles & Blogs

Mike: @Madness Serenade

http://nightmaresofawriter.blogspot.com/

Chris: @TheArchetipical

http://thearchatype.wordpress.com/

CORRECTION:

Tyler texted me after recording this. Killing kids in games isn't illegal in US law, but in the industry would almost guarantee an Adults Only rating, leading to most carries to ban your games.

First episode, already getting things wrong. Off to a great start.