Morphing Tower Podcast

Games can be simple...

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00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:02:51-How Max Found Alfred Valley

00:06:46-Why Alfred Started Making Games

00:09:50-Games Can Be Simple

00:12:57-What Does Alfred Love About Making Things

00:16:04-Destined to be a Dungeon Master

00:18:26-Video Game Maps and Memory

00:26:00-Glitches as Magic

00:28:50-The Beauty of Possibility

00:32:34-Alfred Valley's Synth Music

00:39:00-Brute Fort With Your Morning Coffee

00:40:45-Reimagining What Games Could Be

00:46:37-Closing

References:

• 60 cards, all handmade: https://youtu.be/UbPuSB5gCkg?si=CBlhhXUjVcK1VMOR
• Smashing old images together to make Brute Fort: https://youtu.be/MqMpm6NPlmY?si=I4fvjgAWnHfU8XEF
• One page is all you need: https://youtu.be/VNsfj_QAIUE?si=W6cLQ13xKrIEdDPY
• Map Freecam Website: https://noclip.website
• Todo Giallo (Soma RoAT, Bastl Kastle Drum, Meng Qi Wingie ambient jam): https://youtu.be/uc1I_jM-hFY?si=QtSomWCjznuK9b6W
• @hijaqmusic 
• Brute Fort: https://alfredvalley.itch.io/brute-fort
• Root: https://ledergames.com/products/root-a-game-of-woodland-might-and-right
• Sentinels of Earth Prime: https://sentinelsofearthprime.com/

Creativity calls...

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YT:  @HazelPlace89 

Check out my friend, C.L. Denton's book of poems here!:https://a.co/d/05H4ZPIP

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:03:00-Max Tries Cities Skylines

00:08:47-Max's Superpower Question

00:15:45-HazelPlace89's Book of Poetry

00:19:36-What Did He Learn?

00:23:18-Taking Inspiration

00:27:16-Throwback Poems

00:30:01-Birthday Curse

00:32:45-The Return of the Daily Poem Challenge

00:38:38-Simply Begin

00:41:10-The "Elf" Draft

00:43:05-Redeeming the Bad Through Poetry

00:45:30-Closing

References:

• https://www.britannica.com/science/liquid-state-of-matter
• https://x.com/i/trending/2064849712956547334
• https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Crown-Malcolm-Guite/dp/1786223066

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:02:27-The Umbrella Game

00:10:32-Small Talk

00:20:47-James.exe Has Stopped Working

00:25:30-Name One Movie Please

00:28:00-GAME: Show and Tell

00:33:10-James Is Asleep

00:34:07-Squidpocalypse '26 Continued

00:36:10-Cursed Amazon Review

00:39:36-r/Malicious Compliance Story

00:44:33-Closing

References:

• The Reason Why Tron: Ares Failed: https://youtu.be/iXZDUF79sQM?si=PgcKZpZt7BujRK2E
• Truckload of squid spills into the street in Rhode Island, creating a smelly mess in the summer heat: https://apnews.com/article/narragansett-trailer-squid-spill-police-cb8a1cffe42d708fd517a49e95edfb21
• Tiny plastic babies: https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonreviews/comments/uk44a0/tiny_plastic_babies/
• HR Training Leads Me To Getting Paid Extra: https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/1qtvpxw/hr_training_leads_to_me_getting_paid_extra/

Chancy is running out of ideas and needs more room data...

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You can listen to MTP on Spotify, iTunes, and other major podcast platforms!:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3UbXI3RRAGDU3bNCN9g6R3?si=aed82419285249b9

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morphing-tower-podcast/id1677255302

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Music:

The Cistern-Rubidium Rings: https://rubidiumrings.bandcamp.com/track/cistern

Shipyard Block #4119-Rubidium Rings: https://rubidiumrings.bandcamp.com/track/shipyard-block-4119-2

So many escape rooms, so little time!

Check out Trevor's YouTube channel here!: @trevarvideos

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:02:31-Slides

00:07:20-Game: REAL OR FAKE FNAF WORLD CHARACTER

00:15:25-How Trevor Started Making Videos

00:18:39-FNAF

00:21:15-Gatekeeping

00:25:14-Escape Rooms

00:39:02-The Art of Editing

00:48:52-Closing

References:

• FNaF World/Character: https://en.namu.wiki/w/FNaF%20World/%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0#s-2.1.32
• I Trapped My Friends in a Minecraft Escape Room: https://youtu.be/lMFSd7Ta8pw?si=p5Az0UvGX2wgI9CG

Welcome to TOPIC BRIDGE! Each of us brought a topic, but can we connect them?

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:04:27-Game:TOPIC BRIDGE

00:07:23-Max's Topic: The Spotted Lantern Fly

00:17:30-Cooking the Killer Wasps

00:19:56-Ancient Warfare

00:22:40-Armor vs Cannonball

00:24:26-Napoleon

00:28:36-Ethan's Topic: Nirvana the Band the Show

00:38:12-YouTubers Making Movies

00:42:45-Building the Topic Bridge

00:46:48-Closing

References:

• Spotted lanternfly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly

• Spotted Lanternfly (SLF): https://agri.ohio.gov/divisions/plant-health/invasive-pests/invasive-insects/slfSpotted Lanternflies Show Up On Weather Radar: https://weather.com/science/nature/video/spotted-lanternfly-swarms-show-up-on-radar

• Bees Kill A Giant Hornet With Heat | Buddha, Bees and The Giant Hornet Queen | BBC Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNroEwFxh6INirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35522483/?newac=true

• The Rivoli: https://www.rivolitoronto.com/

• What Do Monarch Butterflies Eat?: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-do-monarch-butterflies-eat-1968211

I didn't know about the Smew. Did you?

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:02:46-Atlas Obscura: Kalaloch Tree of Life

00:05:45-Game: CAN YOU GUESS WHETHER OR NOT THAT BIRD IS REAL OR FAKE?

00:12:53-Why Did Gracyn Start a YouTube Channel?

00:16:37-Board Games

00:22:55-Superhero Stuff

00:25:55-Max's Superhero Question

00:31:20-Dungeon Master Challenges

00:40:59-D&D Party Dynamics

00:43:35-Closing

References:

• Kalaloch Tree of Life: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kalaloch-tree-of-life

• 20 Birds with Weird Names You Won’t Believe Exist: https://nestboxlive.com/blog/20-birds-with-weird-names-you-wont-believe-exist/?v=0b3b97fa6688

We need more Let's Plays!

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:04:20-Frozen Cleveland Lighthouse

00:08:30-How Max Found MaeMaeMode's Channel

00:12:15-How MaeMaeMode Started Making Videos

00:17:57-Let's Plays

00:22:40-Scary Games

00:31:30-MaeMaeMode's Standout Game So Far

00:34:40-Long-Form Series

00:40:22-What Else Does Mae Create?

00:45:01-D&D Chat

00:49:33-Max's Superhero Question

00:53:10-Closing

References:

• Frozen Cleveland Lighthouse: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/frozen-cleveland-lighthouse

• MadMorph on YT:  @MadMorph ​

The ending of "Miss Congeniality" is infuriating...

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Segments:

00:00:00-Intro/Memo

00:03:00-Cuypers Library

00:05:35-Sleepover at the Zoo

00:08:50-The Wandering Penguin Meme

00:12:22-Penguin Chat

00:19:00-Tradgedies

00:21:21-Iron Lung

00:30:51-Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

00:33:52-Isn't George Clooney in This Movie?

00:36:17-Fast and Furious Movies

00:39:03-Miss Congeniality

00:40:43-Ocean's Eleven

00:41:33-Now You See Me 2

00:44:10-Transformers One

00:46:56-The Red Letter Movie Series

00:49:16-Closing

References:

• Cuypers Library: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cuypers-library

• What Is The 'Nihilist Penguin' Meme?: https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained

Watch for falling anvils...

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Segments:

00:00-Intro/Memo

07:17-YapTrap!

08:40-The Great Serpent Mound

14:03-The Hindenburg Crash Site

20:03-GAME: The Movie Plot BONANZA

42:10-The Movie Title

48:12-Closing

References:

• The Great Serpent Mound: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-great-serpent-mound-peebles-ohio
• Hindenburg Crash Site: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hindenburg-crash-site