DiceCast

In this episode, we interview Tokyopop founder and CEO Stu Levy. He discusses the origins of Toykopop, the state of anime today, America's Greatest Otaku, and even offers a crash course in how to impress anime girls in Japanese. We interviewed him at Otakuthon 2010 in Montreal.
Polymancer Studios also invites anyone who is going to be in the Greater Toronto Area on the weekend of August 28 to August 30 to drop by our booths and demo tables at Fan Expo 2010. Stop to say hello, inquire about freelancing opportunities, take in a game demo, or even join in one of our RPG events. We look forward to seeing you there.

Links:

• Toykopop
• America's Greatest Otaku
• Otakuthon Montreal
• Polymancer Studios
• Fan Expo Canada

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This is a special video episode of DiceCast™.

In this video, we offer a preview of what you can find in the latest issue of Polygraff™. This is an anthology of short stories in science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, pulp, and many other genres. It is available wherever magazines are sold.

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It has been recently reported that someone who was a member of a university RPG club many years ago, allegedly committed a murder. Reporting of this in the media reflected a shocking level of ignorance that serves to remind RPG enthusiasts that as far as we have come since the Dark Dungeons days of the 1980s, much work remains to be done. Many hobbies are misunderstood, but very few misunderstood hobbies are so frequently targeted by popular hysteria.

We posted this reaction for humor value, more than anything else. It almost need not be said that nobody at Polymancer® Studios, Inc. actually believes anything being said here. Naturally, the invocation of the name of one infamous historical figure was not a violation of Godwin's Law, simply because, again, it was all meant in good fun.

Links

The classical music compositions that were used in this special episode can be downloaded from the following sites.

• Musopen.com, an excellent source of public domain classical music recordings, including many that have been recorded professionally, on modern digital equipment,
  
• Archive.org
  

The compositions, in the order of appearance, are:

1. Piano Sonata No, 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 by Frédéric Chopin, 3rd movement, "Marche funèbre: Lento." Often popularly called "The Death March."
   
2. "Ride of the Valkyries" from the beginning of Act III of Der Walküre by Richard Wagner. This piece is frequently referred to as "The Flight of the Valkyries." Many people will be familiar with it from Apocalypse Now and Looney Toons.
   
3. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig Von Beethoven, 4th Movement: Allegro. Not as well known as the symphony's famous first movement, this is still one of the best musical expressions of triumph ever written, and a good way to end the show on a high note.
   

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In this episode, we discuss the latest issue of Polygraff™ (Volume, 1 Issue #2), a quarterly adventure fiction anthology with short stories in science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, pulp, and many other genres.

This issue contains more chapters in The Well at the World's End by William Morris, "The Road to Corinth" by Karen Gallant, "Visitors" by Anne Michaud, "Grounded" By Wes Weston, a chapter of Triplanetary by E.E. "Doc" Smith, and a review of Judge Dredd™ America.

This issue also features a very rare interview with science fiction author John Norman, famous for creating the Gor series of novels. It is one of the few interviews that Mr. Norman has conducted in the last 30 years.

In this podcast, we also include an interview with Anne Michaud, author of "Visitors," which appears in this issue of Polygraff. This is a relatively short interview but we will post a longer interview, in Ms. Michaud's native French language, to another podcast, available on another feed, in the near future.

Links

• Sample of Polygraff Volume 1 Issue #2 at Scribd.
  
• Sample of Polygraff Volume 1 Issue #2 at Issuu.
  
• World of Gor, an unofficial web site for John Norman's Gor series of novels.
  
• DiceCast is a member of RPGPodcasts.com
  
• Polymancer Studios is a proud sponsor of Conjurations 2010 (May 15 to May 16 in downtown Montreal).
  

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