Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 203: RAM-tastic

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Description: Tech/RAM issues; See Alice Run play; AlexandriaArchives.com; Pinstripe Game; LeMay Car Museum; Questions and Answers; BQotW; Comic Con naming issues.

0:00:48. Tech/RAM issues

0:04:49. Weeks in Review
+ See Alice Run (Tickets Apr 6-21). (vendini)
+ AlexandriaArchives.com
+ Pinstripe Game (steampowered)
+ LeMay Car Museum (web)

0:35:29. Rival Guy. Are car shows cons?

0:39:07. Rob MacLennan. Any plans in the works for The Bards, specifically, to play in the shared universes of either Strowlers or Demon Hunters?

0:40:53. RPG Research. Both bards. Total tangent: Your preference for Laptop, Desktop, or other, for daily use (rather than project specific needs)? Operating System preference for daily use. Is this preference the same as what you are using (or not)? Along those lines (sort of), you may have answered more than once previously (sorry if redundant): most preferred RPG system(s)? Genre(s)? Setting(s)?
+ Surface Pro (amazon)
+ Windows 10 (microsoft)
+ Paranoia RPG (Mongoose Studios)
+ CORTEX Games (DrivethruRPG)
+ D&D5e (amazon)

0:50:53. Bardic Question of the Week

BQotW #202: What cons do you go to? And, what do you like to see and do at cons?
BQotW #202.2: How do bards and bard-fans deal with con-plague/con-crud?
+ Mythbusters: Contamination (YouTube)
+ Mythbusters: Mona Lisa (YouTube)
+ Norwestcon (web)
 
1:17:42. Con Naming Issues.
+ Snake River Fandom Con (snakerivercomiccon)

BQotW #203: Do you have an obscure hobby that you wish there were cons for? Have you been to a "hobbiest" con?

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...

Hawke Robinson, Leslie Sedlak, James Peters, Stuart Hume, Rob MacLennan,  Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Gordon D. Duke, DigbyDavis LLC, Tobin Dax, Casey Lee, Jay Blancken, Douggie Sharp, Todd McKimmey, Amanda Cook, Lotta Djerf, Tom Brophy, Laura Adams, James Herbert, Beau Prichard, Tim Martin, Paula Moran, Brad Roberts, Jenifer Rifenbery, and Rival Guy.

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 202: Curry Favor Flavor

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Description: Special Guest Rob MacLennan, ZOEcon, Questions and Answers

+ RODE PSA1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm (amazon)

0:03:02. Weeks in Review
+ ZOECON2018 (web)
+ DemonHunters: SOL (kickstarter)
+ Strowlers (kickstarter)
+ The Gamers: The Shadow Menace (kickstarter)
+ JourneyQuest (IMDB)+ GenreCon (web)
+ d20 Entertainment's Kickstarters (Kickstarter)
+ Not Another Dime (blogger)

Spinward Traveller Posters

The 'S' is for Clammy :(

A bit more flattering.

+ Red Lion Bellevue (redlion)
+ RPG Trailer (web)

0:46:15. Bardic Question of the Week

BQotW #202: What cons do you go to? And, what do you like to see and do at cons?
+ Snake River Fandom Con 2018 (snakerivercomiccon)

BQotW #202.2: How do bards and bard-fans deal with con-plague/con-crud?

0:56:40. James Peters. If it's not too late, what are the Bards favorite gifts they have given?

1:08:12. Hawke Robinson. What do you think if a Gamemaster should be paid?
+ Should GM for RPGs be paid? (rpgresearch)

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...

Hawke Robinson, Leslie Sedlak, James Peters, Stuart Hume, Rob MacLennan,  Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Gordon D. Duke, DigbyDavis LLC, Casey Lee, Jay Blancken, Douggie Sharp, Todd McKimmey, Amanda Cook, Lotta Djerf, Tom Brophy, Laura Adams, James Herbert, Beau Prichard, Tim Martin, Paula Moran, Brad Roberts, Jenifer Rifenbery, Rival Guy and Tobin Dax.

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 201: 201 Damnations

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Description: Weeks in Review, Interview with Michael Dopieralski, BQotW, Questions and Answers

0:00:54. Weeks in Review.
+ ZOECON2018 (web)
+ ECCC (web)
+ DemonHunters: SOL (kickstarter)
+ Samsung 960 EVO M.2 (amazon)
+ AJA System Test (AJA.com)

13:05. Interview with Michael Dopieralski.
+ Ride (amazon)
+ Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (amazon)
+ Project X Zone 2 (amazon)
+ 3DS Dragon Ball Z Super Ultimate Fighter (amazon)

0:53:34. And we're back.
+ Soulcalibur VI (amazon, releases Dec 31, 2018)
+ ZOECON2018 (web)

1:02:58. Bardic Question of the Week

BQotW #200: What is your best and/or worst Valentine's Day story/memory?BQotW #201: No BQotW this week! (We'll ask at ZOECON, maybe :D )

1:06:39. James Peters. What are the Bards favorite/least-favorite English dubs of anime or another medium?
+ Claymore (IMDB) 
+ Godzilla: Planet of the Monster (IMDB)
+ Akira (IMDB)

1:15:13. Casey Lee. 1. If Andy can't do carbs can he do fuel injection? 2. If you had to resort to cannibalism would you eat vegans first? 3. Why are they called apartments when they are so close to each other and never minty? 4. What director's name translates to Billy the Bull? 5. Should we all google DP With Beards?
+ The Shape of Water (IMDB)

1:23:25. James Peters. The Bards have both done V/O. What are your experiences as an actor, what have you liked/disliked on the directing (production) side of things?

1:32:00. Rival Guy. Marvel is getting ready to bring back the superhero radio show in the form of a Wolverine story told via podcast and it has be wondering what thoughts the Bards have as podcasts as a format for fiction?
+ Dead.FM (web)
+ Airship Daedalus (web)

1:34:37. Rob MacClennan. Will you be attempting a bardcast from ZOECON or will there just be too much going on for that with the con itself and the pressure from the play? Any idea if there will be more of the Airship Daedalus radio plays? I miss Rivet's drawl.

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Hawke Robinson, Leslie Sedlak, James Peters, Stuart Hume, Rob MacLennan,  Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Gordon D. Duke, DigbyDavis LLC, Casey Lee, Jay Blancken, Douggie Sharp, Todd McKimmey, Amanda Cook, Lotta Djerf, Tom Brophy, Laura Adams, James Herbert, Beau Prichard, Tim Martin, Paula Moran, Brad Roberts, Jenifer Rifenbery, and Rival Guy.

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 200: Bardcentennial

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Description: Happy 200th! Special guest interviews, BQotW, Questions and Answers

0:02:13. Don Early
+ Transformers Masterpiece Collection (amazon)
+ DemonHunters: Slice of Life (kickstarter)
+ ZOECON2018 (web)
+ DemonHunters: Comedy of Terrors (dead.market)
+ DemonHuntersRPG.com

0:13:24. Seth Davis
+ Matt Vancil (patreon)
+ discord.twobards.com

0:17:34. Matt Vancil
+ JourneyQuest (amazon)
+ Hopjockey (kickstarter)
+ Larry Dixon (aelfhame)
+ Ghost of a Tale - Walkthrough (YouTube)

0:26:20. Christian Doyle
+ Masters of the Metaverse on HyperRPG (twitch). Monday nights.
+ MotM Archive (Youtube)

0:33:23. Nathan Rice
+ Orcish Beefcake Calendar (kickstarter)
+ Raytheon (web)

0:39:39. Brian S. Lewis
+ Cornelia Moore (IMDB)
+ Kairos Productions (web)
+ Depth (IMDB)
+ Soma - Transmissions (YouTube)

0:55:08. Jeremy Spray
+ GoRuck (web)
+ Jumanji (IMDB)

1:09:51. Weeks in Review
+ The Kickstarter Scum that ran away with your money 6 times... so Far!!! SGR (YouTube)
+ Not Another Dime (blogger)
+ Ken "Whit" Whitman (IMDB)
+ Ed Kramer Pleads Guilty (deadline)
+ Donkey Kong scoreboard strips Billy Mitchell's high score claims (arstechnica)

1:24:35. Bardic Question of the Week

+ Two Bards on Discord

BQotW #199: How do you "reset" or decompress when the stress is too much?
Thanks to James for:
+ Ride (steam)
+ NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Storm (steam)

BQotW #200: What is your best and/or worst Valentine's Day story/memory?

1:33:19. Rob MacLennan. Was it difficult setting up the equipment and dealing with the ambient sound during the naturecast? (The results were very good!)
+ Tascam DR-680 8-track Portable Digital Field Audio Recorder (amazon)

1:36:02. Casey Lee. Do you have to have a beard to be a Director of Photography (DP)?

1:42:00. Rob MacLennan. So, Black Lightning?
+ Black Lightning (IMDB)
+ Arrowverse Episode Order (herokuapp)
+ The Big Family Cooking Showdown (IMDB)
+ Another Period (IMDB)

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James Peters, Leslie Sedlak, Rob MacLennan, Stuart Hume, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Gordon D. Duke, DigbyDavis LLC, Jay Blanken, Casey Lee, Douggie Sharp, Todd McKimmey, Amanda Cook, Lotta Djerf, Tom Brophy, Laura Adams, James Herbert, Bea Prichard, Tim Martin, Paula Moran, Chris Piazzo, Brittany Bentley, Carl Burkhart, Dead Gentlemen Productions, Adam Morey, Christopher "Privatecritter", Hawke Robinson, Brad Roberts, Jenifer Rifenbery, and Rival Guy.