Kevin recaps his adventures at Forge Midwest with those of us that were left behind. Lots of gaming was done, and listen for an additional bit of review of our views on Mythender.

Relevant Links

• Forge Midwest
• OSR
• The Quiet Year
• Tekumel
• The Forge
• Mythender
• Monsterhearts
• NDA
• Universalis
• Fantasy Flight
• Alpha/Beta test
• Willow Palacek
• MAR Barker
• Carcosa
• Satanic Panic
• Kingdom of Nothing
• Sorceror
• Mud Dragons
• Clyde Rhoer
• JankCast

Trigger Warnings

• None

Relevant Links

• The Walking Eye Discussion Episode 42: Forge Midwest 2013 Recap: 34 minutes
• Intro and outro music provided by Oh Possum.

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Our final session of Mythender has us hunting down the now-mythified Catastrophe!

Relevant Links

• Mythender
• screaming goats
• D&D cartoon
• three point landing
• the little death
• minecraft
• Corvids
• Big Trouble in Little China
• Marvel RPG
• Terraria

Crunchy Bits!

• The Walking Eye Podcast Mythender Actual Play Session 4: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Intro “Hand of Doom” by Manowar.
• Outro “Ring of Fire” cover by Social Distortion

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The Mythenders take on the mighty Thor, God of Thunder! \m/

Relevant Links

• Mythender
• Levelator
• Katamari
• Torchwood Miracle Day
• Big Trouble in Little China
• Mjolnir
• Captain Marvel
• The Monarch
• “I smote his ruin upon the mountainside”
• “Like a bear in Oblivion”
• “The Awakening” statue in (near) D.C.

Crunchy Bits!

• The Walking Eye Podcast Mythender Actual Play Session 3: 1 hour 42 minutes
• Intro “Hand of Doom” by Manowar.
• Outro “Twilight of the Thunder God” By Amon Amarth (Also: Lyrics, cuz, wow. \m/ THOR \m/)

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The Comics Cast is back with a two-month mega-episode, and we take the opportunity to go into more depth about some ongoing stories. For Dan, that means all Spider-Man all the time. Meanwhile, in what could be a sign of impending apocalypse, CJ augments his DC selections with Image and <gasp!> Marvel!

Comics Discussed

• Justice League #15,16
• Aquaman #15,16
• Amazing Spider-Man #700
• Invincible #99, 100
• Action Comics #15,16
• Avenging Spider-Man #16
• Before Watchmen: Minutemen #6
• Young Avengers #1
• Superior Spider-Man #1,2
• Flash #15
• Batman and Robin Annual #1

Crunchy Bits!

The Walking Eye Comics Cast #36: December 2012 and January 2013: 2 hours 36 minutes
Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue.

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Session two of Mythender has the crew slaughtering thrice-hundred Einherjar! \m/ MYTHENDER \m/

Relevant Links

• Mythender
• Ryan Macklin
• Skyrim
• Einherjar
• Ravenloft
• Bacchanal
• Deadlands
• Knights of the Round
• Blood Rayne
• Uwe Boll
• Plan 9 From Outer Space
• Yahweh vs. Iron Chariots
• Dungeon Bastard
• Weapons of the Gods

Crunchy Bits!

• The Walking Eye Podcast Mythender Actual Play Session 2: 1 hour 40 minutes
• Intro “Hand of Doom” by Manowar.
• Outro “The Dragonborn Comes” from The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim performed by Malu

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Kevin, Troll, CJ and Allegra sit down to make some Mythenders, and come away with Mama Chaos, Daddy War, and Little Baby Death…

 Relevant Links

• Mythender
• Ryan Macklin
• Random Kindness Encounter
• Elizabeth Sampat
• American Gods
• Tales from the Night Side
• Norse mythology
• Akira
• “Seeking an adventurous woman“
• Perseus
• Fenris
• Longinus
• Wolfenstein
• Valkryie
• Vecna
• Dishonored
• Ursula K Le Guin

 Trigger Warnings

• Discussion of incest and rape in reference to Norse myth, not graphic.

Crunchy Bits!

• The Walking Eye Podcast Mythender Actual Play Session 1: 1 hour 20 minutes
• Intro and Outro “Hand of Doom” by Manowar.

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Kevin talks with CJ and Troll about the various versions of D&D and describes some of the changes he saw in a recent play test of D&DNext, as they’re calling 5th edition nowadays.

Relevant Links

• D&D Next
• Pathfinder
• Shadowrun
• Paizo
• Identity Politics
• Mutants and Masterminds
• Weapons of the Gods

Crunchy Bits!

• The Walking Eye Podcast Discussion 41: D&D Next and Through The Ages
• Intro Song “Sacrificial” By Danny Baranowsky from The Binding of Isaac
• Outro Song “Changes” covered by Butterfly Boucher originally sung by David Bowie

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Kevin, CJ, and Troll talk about the fantastic year 2012 was for fans of video games. We gush about the great variety of games that came out this year, large and small.

Relevant Links

• Adventure
• Adventure “duck”
• Easter Eggs
• Ready Player One
• Audible
• Wil Wheaton’s Audible page
• Cold Days
• World of Warcraft
• City of Heroes
• Champions Online
• DC Universe Online
• Kingdom of Loathing
• Dwarf Fortress
• Mass Effect 3
• Penny Arcade Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness 3
• Chrono Trigger
• Star Trek The Motion Picture
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Ghost in the Shell
• Cory Doctorow’s Talk on Open Source Cybernetics
• The Witcher
• Ultima 4
• Skyrim
• Lode Runner
• FarCry 3
• Watch Dogs
• UbiSoft DRM
• Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
• Great White Savior/Mighty Whitey Trope
• Magic Negro
• Dishonored
• Deponia
• Half-Life 2
• Legend of Grimrock
• Eye of the Beholder
• Nethack
• Ultima Underworld
• Martian Dreams
• Mark of the Ninja
• Heavy Rain
• Shank
• The Temple of Elemental Evil
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Spec Ops: The Line
• Heart of Darkness
• White Phosphorous
• The Walking Dead
• Deadlight
• Lone Survivor
• Home
• Another World/Out of this World
• Assassin’s Creed 3
• Oblivion Men in Bear Suits
• I Am Alive
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Sleeping Dogs
• Hamurabi
• BASIC Star Trek Game
• CJ’s Blog

Crunchy Bits!

• Bonus Episode: Video Games of 2012: 1 Hour 10 Minutes
• Intro Song “Sacrificial” By Danny Baranowsky from The Binding of Isaac
• Outro Song “Crystals” by M O O N from Hotline Miami, another great game from 2012 that we didn’t get a chance to talk about.

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2012 is almost over, and the Comics Cast slips under the wire with our recap of November’s releases. While CJ is left at a loss for words by Invincible, Dan has to deal with something he long considered impossible: a load of really good X-books!

Comics Discussed

• Batman, Inc. #5
• Red Hood and the Outlaws #14
• Uncanny X-Force #33, #34
• Uncanny Avengers #2
• Aquaman #14
• Amazing Spider-Man #698
• Invincible #97
• All-New X-Men #1-3
• Demon Knights #14

Crunchy Bits!

The Walking Eye Comics Cast #35: November 2012: 1 hours 47 minutes
Intro and Outro music: Pixelguru by Subatomicglue.

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Kevin and Allegra sit down with Joe McDaldno and discuss the genesis of Monsterhearts,  including a good discussion about The Ghost.

Relevant Links

• Monsterhearts
• My Life with Master
• Jank Cast
• Gothic Melodrama
• The Quiet Year
• Perfect RPG
• Ribbon Drive
• Paranormal Romance
• Heteronormativity
• Cis Privilege
• Teen Wolf
• Vampire Diaries
• True Blood
• Apocalypse World
• Meguey Baker
• Shreyas Sampat
• Logan Bonner
• Durance
• Dog Eat Dog

Trigger Warnings

• None

Crunchy Bits

• The Walking Eye Podcast Interview 30: Joe McDaldno
• Intro Song: Main theme from Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines by Rik W. Schaffer
• Outro Song: Super Massive Blackhole by Muse

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