Through The Wind Door

My final words (for now) about the crimes of Neil Gaiman, the influence of him and people like him on our podcast and lives, and how I plan to deal with with the issues raised going forwards.

All music is by Kevin McLeod, including "Magic Forest", "Private Reflection", "Resignation", "Heart of Nowhere", "Crusade", "Babylon" and "Wounded".

Yay, it's an upload! And a very digestible one. A much longer episode is coming soon, but for now, enjoy what is likely the first of many Greg essays that I promise won't go on longer than 15 to 30 minutes. Here is a subshow under the Beyond the Wind Door label like Greg is Afraid, that I am calling Miles To Go Before I Sleep.

In this essay, I will relate an experience with indie visual novel and Uber simulator, Neo Cab. And how a bad ending led me to a sleepless night, emotional resonance, and a busy brain.

All music is by Kevin McLeod, including "Magic Forest", "Private Reflection", "Resignation", "Heart of Nowhere" and "Babylon"

Now we get into the meat of the game itself. It's themes, its characters, its goddamn amazing music, and all the emotions they bring.

Fat Brett - Essay on Brok: https://youtu.be/kxgZyDzZvJI?si=yrWPfYBLb6T_pPaP

Fat Brett - Essay on Magni and Modi: https://youtu.be/1agbhCi-w1Q?si=5RBhlYg_5C3s_aK7

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Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive

Midroll includes:

Tracks from the God of War (2018), and God of War:Ragnarok OSTs.

Carrickfergus (Instrumental) - https://youtu.be/dx7v9KxO--Q?si=W0wz62eoyGI00k9e

Beowulf Main Theme by Alan Silvestri

'Prologue' from the Horizon: Zero Dawn OST

Outro is "Blood On The Snow" by Hozier and Bear McCreary

Today we start covering one of the best AAA games Toby and I have played in the last ten years that was *not* a Spiderman game. Recorded during a fierce winter cold snap, this is the God of War: Ragnarok show, guest starring previous interviewee, friend of the podcast and future collaborator, Orion Richardson.

Before we can discuss the game itself, however, we have to get into our respective pasts with God of War 2018, as well as the original Playstation games that game was building off from. So listen to me do my podcast essay thing, Orion talk about being a teenage boy playing Kratos, and all of us get into some of the best aspects of the 2018 game.

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Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive

Midroll includes:

Tracks from the God of War (2018), God of War:Ragnarok and Hades OSTs.

"Feel Good Inc" by Gorillaz

"Bodies" by Drowning Pool

"Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance

"Cat's in the Cradle (Guitar instrumental)" by Harry Chapin

"Pts.OfAthrty." by Linkin Park

"Pray for Me" by The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar

Outro is "Ode to Fury" by Miracle of Sound

Our first discussion of New Century in the new year! I hope it's fufilling enough for the wait till the next one! This one is full of character analysis and more of my attempts to use music to create a good atmosphere for literary discussion! Also deconstruction of a Poe boy from a Poe family! Enjoy!

The New Century Multiverse Website:

https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com

The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:

https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/

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Intro is "Facing Fears" by Beat Mechanik

Midroll:

"Double Back" from the Signalis OST

The House" and "I Have To Get Away from Here" - Fernando Velasquez from Crimson Peak Soundtrack

"Leonard and Natalie" and "Remember Me" from the Memento Soundtrack

"7-DS" by Grey

plus multiple tracks from the Princess Thieves OST

Outro is "Can't Hold Me Down" by GriZ and Teal Nash

After coming to the end of Toby's list of 2024 things, we get to mine! It's mostly videogames.

But seriously, some emotional highs and lows here. Enjoy. Let us fortify ourselves for the coming year.

The Fireside Alliance Podcast Network: 

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Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive

Midroll include works from:

In Stars and Time OST

Iris and the Giant OST

Cloudpunk OST

Signalis OST

Oxenfree 2 OST

Citizen Sleeper OST

Season: A Letter To The Future OST

Also:

Nina Simone - "Feeling Good"

Tegan and Sara - "I'm Not Your Hero"

Lou Reed - "Perfect Day"

Outro is "Open Doors" by Katie Dey

Well... a good portion of 2024 was just an exploding pile of chicken shit. But Toby and I are still here, and we're starting off the new year strong. Join us for a discussion of the parts of the year that didn't suck, and gave us the fuel to get through it.

The Fireside Alliance Podcast Network: 

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Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive

Other music includes:

https://youtu.be/KTmatjyd4KM?si=g87JWOvO2-1eJUOG - "The Wolf Song", Jonna Jinton

"Haunt", from the Haunting in Venice OST

https://youtu.be/P9gec3gi7vg?si=rT--LZkcO0ZCqRLp - Letting Go from the GOW Ragnarok OST

"Opening Titles", "Motel Room/Arriving at the Derelict", and "How Can I Heal" from the Memento OST

Various tracks from Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss.

"Everyone's Changing (Instrumental)" by Keane

"The Look" and "Joyride" by Roxette

Okay.

Let's try this one more time.

Once more after a too long hiatus, we're back with our retrospective on The Princess Thieves. And while I'll still be working on other side projects in between, the episodes will keep coming, as I've got three more episodes after this - in the can - to process.

So lets see more about what our guardians of Keledor get into, hmm?

The New Century Multiverse Website:

https://www.newcenturymultiverse.com

The New Century Multiverse Podcast Feed:

https://newcenturyshow.podbean.com/

The Fireside Alliance Podcast Network: 

https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/

Intro is "Facing Fears" by Beat Mechanik

Midroll is various entries from the Princess Thieves OST

Outro is "Rogue" by DizzyEight ft. Johnald & KBN Chrollo

It feels like this one has been a long time coming.

Closing out our trilogy, we bring you the 1998 movie straight to cable movie called Montana, a movie that's hard to find and no one talks about, in spite of its star studded cast. Maybe our shared appreciation of this at times comedic crime drama will spark others to make an effort to find it. The movie poster to assist:

And here as promised is the venn diagram of our trilogy:

Movies With Mikey (Filmjoy) - Is Nope a Western?

https://youtu.be/o0FSh3mgShM?si=nkA7aHUMGTw9hUxV

The Fireside Alliance Podcast Network: 

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Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive

Midroll is various pieces from the Montana Film score, including "In Deep" by Red Snapper

Outro is "Four Leaf Clover" by Abra Moore

Well, where's an exciting one. A little indie title that few will have heard of, delving into the idea of social anxiety horror: All My Friends Hate Me. Listen to me, Toby and Alejandra gush about this one in part 2 of our themed trilogy. Spoilers await: I highly recommend watching this beforehand! Here's some images to entice.

Super Eyepatch Wolf - Social Anxiety Horror:

https://youtu.be/V0lDtJIlUnc?si=eKSecnDsDHhQtZfW

The Fireside Alliance Podcast Network: 

https://firesidealliance.squarespace.com/

Intro is "Light Me Up" by Audiorezout of Free Music Archive

Midroll is selections from the AMFHM OST, as well as "Good Enough - Instrumental" by Sarah Mclachlan

Outro is "do all my friends hate me?" by McKenna Grace.