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[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "The Yellow Sign" by Robert W. Chambers

<html>Way back in 2016, I started this yearly Halloween Reading tradition by performing "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers, the first story from The King in Yellow. Now, all of these years later, I bring you the final of the four horror stories that open that book.An aloof painter has a grudge against a nightwatchman at the church across from his studio, a strange man who disturbs anyone who sees him or interacts with him. This includes his favorite model, Tessie. As he learns more about his and Tessie's dream regarding the man, they discover that they've long been doomed by the Yellow Sign and the grim omens it portends.Music used: "Varklärte Nacht, Op. 4 - Boulez" by Aldan Schoenberg, and "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno.Other Halloween Readings:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-bonus-7110877" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-story-15098123" target="_blank">"This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-yellow-22422500" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-mask-w-31202116" target="_blank">"The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-tower-43336174" target="_blank">"The Tower" by Marghanita Laski</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-of-by-58001784" target="_blank">"The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-in-of-73993350" target="_blank">"In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-in-by-91793765" target="_blank">"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/114819533" target="_blank">"Shiva Open Your Eye" by Laird Barron</a></li></ul></html>

Oct 30, 20255 min

Duckfeed State of the Union 2024

<html>Hello all,Every once in a while we like to make a big post like this to announce some changes. 2024 marked our ten year anniversary of funding ourselves through Patreon, and over that time we’ve increased the amount of content we put out each month. This year’s changes are going to be about refocusing, reining things in a bit, and making sure we’re putting our energy where it does the most good.The inspiration for these changes came from a WOFF! Dispatch question about vacations, and how we don’t take them. Because the content calendar marches on, doing things like going to conventions, taking time off for holidays, or even preparing for events like Duckstream… anything that requires taking a break from recording requires us to flex doubletime in the run-up and in the aftermath. The result is that “time off” really isn’t a thing for us, and it never really can be a thing.These changes are about creating room in our schedule so this can be more like a regular job. The hope is that reducing our burnout will make us better podcasters. This doesn’t come naturally to us, because our instinct is to offer more instead of less, but that has led us to an unsustainable place, even with Gwen’s help. (And don’t worry, we’re keeping her around! We couldn’t do this without her at this point).For some sobering math, in 2024 we will have released 371 episodes across our 12 active shows. That’s 230 free episodes, and 141 premium episodes. That’s an average of a little more than 7 episodes per week, at about 8 hours of content per week (on average). This is a lot more than is usual for most Patreon campaigns and networks. While we pride ourselves on providing a lot of bang per dollar, these are hard numbers to look at.<h3>Guest Episodes of Watch Out for Fireballs!</h3>A couple of times per year, a WOFF! episode will have a guest host, meaning it will be Gary and a guest or Kole and a guest. This will solve two problems for us:First, it gets the responsibility of beating a whole video game in a week off of our plate for one week. WOFF! accounts for the majority of our work in a given week, and being able to tap out occasionally is a pre-requisite for any kind of workload lightening.Second, it addresses the problem of having half of the show play and discuss a game from a genre they don’t really like, and have nothing to say about. This is a drag for everyone, we think! We don’t want to stop covering things like console RPGs, adventure games, roguelikes, or RTS games altogether because of this dynamic. Tapping in a guest who is down with one of those genres makes sense, and we think it will make for better episodes. It will also bring in some fresh perspectives from people we know and trust to be great contributors (who we will also pay for their time).To tease a specific example, at some point early next year we will be covering Command &amp; Conquer: Red Alert II, a game a lot of people have asked for. But for this episode, Kole will be sitting it out and we’re tapping in the wonderful Brayton Cameron.If someone sponsors an episode that makes sense to handle with a guest, we will check with them to see if they’re okay with this. We don’t want anyone to feel like they’re getting short shrift.<h3>Open Season on Revisiting Early WOFF! Games</h3>While we’re teasing things… this has nothing to do with balancing our workloads, but in 2025 we’ll officially be open to covering games again. Specifically, a patron asked if we could revisit Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, a game that we covered wayyy too early (13 years ago), when the format of the show was different and we were worse podcasters.This will be a “sometimes treat” when it feels appropriate.<h3>Very Occasional Reruns</h3>In addition to the guest episodes, we might occasionally designate a week to not feature an entirely new episode of a show. This won’t happen for Premium shows. Either we will pick an older episode that feels right, or we will make a premium or rarity episode free for everyone. By “rarity”, we mean episodes featured in bundles over the years. The unlocked premium episodes will take the place of our standard “welcome packs”. All of these episodes will have cleaned up audio when we can make that happen, and we will also record wrappers for the episodes to give some new context on the subject.We’ll do this sparingly when the guest episodes can’t work to help us accommodate events like conventions.<h3>We are Retiring Exquisite Suffering</h3>There will be one episode of Exquisite Suffering in January, and then no more. We’ve done two premium episodes per month for a long time now, and we’ve decided tha

Dec 19, 202423 min

Regarding What Just Happened

<html>It felt right to take a break from our normal programming (talking about things that don't matter) to process our feelings about what just happened this week in American politics. It's not our expectation that you share our exact values when it comes to electoral outcomes, but our bet is that you're pretty similar to us in feeling pretty bad about Trump winning a second term. If that's the case, we hope that this is of some value to you in helping you figure out a way forward, to make a positive difference for the people closest to you.Related to this, please save the date for DuckStream 2024. The weekend of December 5-7, we will be holding a 48 hour streaming marathon to benefit the <a href="https://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/continuing_education/transactive/" target="_blank">TransActive Gender Project</a> out of Lewis and Clark College in Portland Oregon. It will be broadcast live on the <a href="http://twitch.tv/duckfeedtv" target="_blank">Duckfeed Twitch channel</a>, which you can follow now to get notifications. More details about the event will be coming shortly.We're not going anywhere. We'll keep doing our best to be entertaining and distracting for when you need that. We stand with the marginalized and vulnerable, and wish you all the good fortune and resolve to be in the fight for as long as possible.</html>

Nov 8, 202427 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "Shiva, Open Your Eye" by Laird Barron

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<html>It's never good news when an investigator comes knocking at your door. The question is, is the news bad for you for the P.I.? What secrets dwell out in the barn, or deep in your past, or at the heart of things tracing back to a time before things with legs walked the land?Laird Barron's "Shiva, Open Your Eye", <a href="https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/shiva-open-your-eye/" target="_blank">published for free in NIghtmare Magazine</a>, is a Lovecraftian tale told from the other side. Curiosity has driven the investigator far into territory more dangerous than he comprehends... but not even the monster he seeks knows the full truth of the cyclical horror that entraps us all.Other Halloween Readings:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-bonus-7110877" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-story-15098123" target="_blank">"This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-yellow-22422500" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-mask-w-31202116" target="_blank">"The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-tower-43336174" target="_blank">"The Tower" by Marghanita Laski</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-of-by-58001784" target="_blank">"The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-in-of-73993350" target="_blank">"In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-in-by-91793765" target="_blank">"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka</a></li></ul></html>

Oct 27, 20242 min

[PREVIEW] Ducktionary, vol. 2

<html>It's been a long time coming, but we're revisiting this project! Over a decade of podcasting, we've developed a voluminous vocabulary to describe games and media, or just to make inside jokes and comparisons. So we asked you, the listeners, what terms you'd like us to define, and this is what we came up with.Terms Defined This Episode:<ul><li>Towers of Hanoi</li><li>Rot Gut</li><li>Diverticula</li><li>No Lesson Today</li><li>Zelda Your Way Across the Room</li><li>Anything.txt</li><li>The Dark Gyfte</li><li>It's Been a While!</li><li>Transmorphative</li><li>+2% Frost Damage</li><li>What's Happening in Narshe?</li><li>Gary, No!</li><li>Defensive Vocabulary</li><li>Night Eggs</li><li>Throttle/Accelerator</li><li>Emotional violence</li><li>Recommendations are time violence</li><li>Randomization instead of improv</li><li>Backpackula</li></ul></html>

May 31, 20245 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka

<html>A Traveler has arrived at a penal colony to observe a strange manner of execution: a device that takes twelve hours to kill the offender. Its biggest proponent, an Officer still loyal to an old regime, fanatically explains the devices's intricacies while preparing a Condemned Man for slaughter. Then, he reveals his plan to implicate the Traveler in its further operation.No stranger to existential horror, this is Franz Kafka's most viscerally upsetting story. "In the Penal Colony" brings a twisted Saw-like sense of justice and clockwork machinery into contact with his normal domain of fussy clerks and bureaucrats who exist to reveal religious epiphanies but never experience them for themselves.Other Halloween Readings:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-bonus-7110877" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-story-15098123" target="_blank">"This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-yellow-22422500" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-mask-w-31202116" target="_blank">"The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-tower-43336174" target="_blank">"The Tower" by Marghanita Laski</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-of-by-58001784" target="_blank">"The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-in-of-73993350" target="_blank">"In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li></ul></html>

Oct 27, 20235 min

Announcing "Real Lich Hours", a Baldur's Gate III podcast.

<html>The audio attached to this post is clipped from this month's Watch Out for Fireballs! Dispatch.Hello! We are excited to share some big news with you. Later this year, we will be launching a new premium podcast that is a deep dive into Baldur's Gate III. We're calling it "Real Lich Hours". It will be a weekly show at the $5 tier, with the first handful of episodes being free to everyone so you can get a taste.One of the reasons we started Bonfireside Chat was because Dark Souls was too good of a game to not make a show about. We feel the same way about Baldur's Gate III. Add that on top of our pre-existing love for Dungeons and Dragons and the Forgotten Realms, and it just makes sense that we'd be doing this.Let's talk about how the show will be structured. It will be a bit different than Bonfireside Chat, with less emphasis on locations and more emphasis on individual quests and the characters, world-building, monsters, and lore around them.The conceit will be to make it resemble a periodical like Dragon magazine, with weekly recurring segments and sidebars that focus on things like monster ecologies, character deep dives, and the particularities of the Forgotten Realms and the Sword Coast. This will be in addition to the kind of dissection of encounter design, tactics, and lore that we normally do. The emphasis will always be to single out and answer the question: "What's cool about this?"We will also be pursuing a gimmick, for lack of a better word, that the show playthroughs we do will be divided by morality. Kole will be playing a real saint, a paragon of good, and Gary will be indulging in every form of evil crapulence available to him.Baldur's Gate III being the expansive and generous miracle that it is, it will take a long time to cover. When we finish, if this show gets traction and it feels like there's demand (and interest on our part) we might continue onward to talk about other games in the setting. Possibly including going back to the other Baldur's Gate games, or even returning to Planescape: Torment to do a season on that setting and its factions.There are all kinds of possibilities.<h3>Knock-On Effects</h3>There are some details to this rollout and how it will affect both Bonfireside Chat and Watch Out for Fireballs!, so check out the points below.<h3>What's happening with Bonfireside Chat?</h3>Bonfireside Chat will become a seasonal show. This means when FromSoft puts out new content that fits our format, the show will resume at the $5 tier just like before. The current run will continue through the Elden Ring miscellanea (soundtrack, cut content, mods, etc.).When Shadows of the Erdtree comes out, we will do however many episodes it takes to cover that at the quality and level of thoroughness you've come to expect.We understand this might not be welcome news for people who are here for Souls and only Souls. But switching our attention to Baldur's Gate III and really giving our all to something we know we'll be enthusiastic about will make a better show than stringing BSC along by taking gambles on increasingly obscure Soulslikes.<h3>Where will Soulslikes be covered?</h3>When a Soulslike comes along that we're super excited to cover, we will cover it on Watch Out for Fireballs! To that end, we're pre-announcing that in January we will be covering Blasphemous II on that show.There are several reasons we're doing this, but the primary one is that Soulslikes commonplace now in a way that they weren't back when something like Lords of the Fallen (the old one) came out. They can be analyzed in the context of a broader range of games, not just on a specialty show. Additionally, non-From Soulslikes don't usually warrant more than the WOFF! level of zoom.<h3>What of Winter PCRPG Month?</h3>Fans of WOFF! know that every December we pick a PC-style RPG and camp out on it for the whole month. Real Lich Hours could be seen as an eternal PCRPG Winter, but we don't want to stop covering those on Watch Out for Fireballs!.We will instead be focusing on more games from the genre that can be covered in an episode or two, similar to how we've recently been handling the Summer Console RPG for a while. Mammoth games might still be considered, we're just winging it like always.<h3>Conclusion</h3>We are currently working on getting official art and music for the show, and doing

Sep 28, 202322 min

[PREVIEW] Duckfeed Presents: Gary Visits Nintendo World!

<html>Bet you were wondering what Mario tastes like in person!</html>

Sep 20, 20235 min

We Won't Be at PRGE 2023

<html>Hey folks, this is a quick announcement that's also a bummer.Earlier in the year we'd said that we planned to return to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. We submitted a proposal for our panel, and waited, and waited, and waited... only to learn just recently that we'd been rejected.Without doing a live panel it doesn't make sense for us to spend the money and time to make an appearance at the show. We apologize sincerely if you'd already made plans to attend... Gary will still be around, and it's still a fun show to attend (even if just to see the Retronauts, who will be doing a panel this year).In the podcast episode attached to this post we talk about what we asked for, and what our plans for live appearances will be. In short, we're looking at attending other shows in other parts of the country. So if you know of any video game expos or conferences, let us know about them, but more importantly, ASK THEM TO BOOK US. Reaching out on social media makes a difference, for real.We are also looking at doing another Duckfest, if that ends up making sense.This is a little rough because obviously we have very normal brains and aren't sensitive to rejection at all. But we soldier on, and are grateful for all of your support, which makes these ups and downs easier to weather.Thanks!Kole</html>

Sep 4, 202313 min

[PREVIEW] Duckfeed Presents: I Think You Should Leave Season 3 Tier List

<html>Carmelo said your face looks like a clock.</html>

Jun 23, 20235 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers

<html>Three days of physical and mental unrest have sent a man to seek sanctuary at the services of the Cathedral of St. Barnabé. But far from being able to escape his problems, he finds himself pursued by an unearthly church organist all across Paris to his own home, unable to escape that which hunts for his very soul."In the Court of the Dragon" is the third story from The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. This massively influential work of weird fiction would go on to inspire a number of other creators whose work you love.Other Halloween Readings:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-bonus-7110877" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-story-15098123" target="_blank">"This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-yellow-22422500" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-mask-w-31202116" target="_blank">"The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-tower-43336174" target="_blank">"The Tower" by Marghanita Laski</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-of-by-58001784" target="_blank">"The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti</a></li></ul></html>

Oct 30, 20225 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "The Prodigy of Dreams" by Thomas Ligotti

<html>It's hard to choose the way you want to die. But this wasn't the case for Arthur Emerson... too bad he can't remember doing it. One day the swans and cats start acting weird. Then the fog rolls in. Then he remembers a night long ago when he rambled down the cramped streets of an Italian city, and met a man who spoke of a strange being: Cynothoglis."The Prodigy of Dreams" was published in a collection of Thomas Ligotti stories called Noctuary in 1994. It's impossible to get ahold of, as Ligotti only ever prints small runs of his work.Thank you so much for your support. I wish you a safe and happy Halloween! - KoleFeatured Music:<ul><li>"Out of the Mist", "Gene of Deception", and "A Love Song for Humanity" all by Jami Sieber.</li></ul>Other Halloween Readings:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-bonus-7110877" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-story-15098123" target="_blank">"This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-yellow-22422500" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-mask-w-31202116" target="_blank">"The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-tower-43336174" target="_blank">"The Tower" by Marghanita Laski</a></li></ul></html>

Oct 29, 20215 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "The Tower" by Marghanita Laski

<html>This year's Halloween is the short but chilling horror story "The Tower" by Marghanita Laski, first published in 1955.A woman named Caroline is fascinated by a ruined tower near Florence, after having learned of its unfortunate inhabitants and their mysterious demise. So she goes to visit, and this story documents every agonizing step of a trip she never should have taken.Thanks so much for your continued support!Featured Music:<ul><li>"Winter" by Vivaldi</li><li>"E Lucevan le Stelle, Tosca Act III" by Giacomo Puccini</li><li>"Devil's Trill Sonata in G Minor" by Tartini</li><li>"Dreamhouse" from Pathologic 2</li><li>"Air Castle" from Pathologic 2</li></ul>Other Halloween Readings:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-bonus-7110877" target="_blank">"The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-story-15098123" target="_blank">"This Band Could Be Your Life" by Gary Butterfield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-yellow-22422500" target="_blank">"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/halloween-mask-w-31202116" target="_blank">"The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers</a></li></ul></html>

Oct 30, 20205 min

Announcing... ORB, a Venture Bros. Podcast

<html>We're pleased to announce our first new podcast in quite some time! Coming this fall, Gary and Kole will premiere ORB: A Venture Bros. Podcast.We've taken our approach to video games, movies, music, comics, and books... and now we're dedicating a show to one of our favorite television shows. The Venture Bros. is a long-running show on Adult Swim about a miserable superscientist, his miserable arch nemeses, and his oblivious sons. It's a love letter to all kinds of pulp entertainment from the mid-20th century, including classic animation, exploitation films, and progressive rock.We're announcing this early because we want help. We'd like to commission the cover art and theme music. So please contact Gary at [email protected] with your portfolio. BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists are strongly encouraged to apply.Listen to the audio announcement for more details. The show will be launching in about a month, it will come out weekly, and it will replace Monster in My Podcast, which we are putting on mothballs for the time being.We're extremely excited about this, and we hope you are too. If you'd like to watch along, The Venture Bros. is available for purchase in most of the expected places, and is currently streaming on Hulu.</html>

Aug 25, 20205 min

State of Live Shows

<html>Hey everyone, we've got some announcements. You can listen to the audio for full details, but it boils down to: the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee has been canceled, the Portland Retro Games Expo has been canceled, and we cannot in good conscience plan and execute a Duckfest with the global pandemic being what it is.We will not be doing any live events this year, and this really, really bums us out.To ameliorate this, we will be holding a virtual Duckfest sometime in June, and also putting out a Switcheroo Bundle a few months after that.We apologize for any disappointment this might bring, and we hope you are staying save and sane under these trying circumstances.</html>

Mar 24, 202015 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: "The Mask" by Robert W. Chambers

<html>The tradition continues with another horror short story for Halloween. This year it's another story from The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers. "The Mask" is the story of a love triangle between three artists in Paris, which is disrupted by a miraculous elixer and a stray copy of the accursed play.Thank you so much for your support, and have a safe and happy Halloween!</html>

Oct 31, 20195 min

Save the Date: Duckfest 2019

<html>Get ready for a day of Duckfeed. On August 31, 2019, we will gather at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland Oregon for live performances of many Duckfeed shows, and a few local podcast friends. Listen to the announcement for more.More details are forthcoming, including ticket details.</html>

Jun 12, 20196 min

Heartbeat City Finale

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<html>In this season finale of Heartbeat City, Cozy Snugglefield is joined by Jenn Burleton to answer your questions.Links:<ul><li><a href="https://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/continuing_education/transactive/" target="_blank">TransActive Gender Project</a> — The organization that Jen leads.</li></ul></html>

Dec 4, 201844 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Reading: The Yellow Wallpaper

<html>The tradition of Halloween readings continues this year with Kole's reading of <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm" target="_blank">The Yellow Wallpaper</a>, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.It's an early work of feminist literature, and an early psychological horror story. Like Frankenstein, its horror results from the depiction of extreme medical malpractice. Gilman wrote the story to protest the way women's psychological and emotional health were being treated by a chauvinist, male-dominated medical profession.The narrator and protagonist of the story is a woman suffering from an unnamed mental illness, and her doctor husband insists that the best treatment is rest therapy. She remains confined in a room covered with hideous yellow wallpaper, and over the course of weeks, she slowly unravels.I fell in love with this story when I first read it in college, and I'm excited to share it with anyone who hasn't read it yet.The music used in this presentation is from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL948368883CFDF585" target="_blank">the soundtrack to </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL948368883CFDF585" target="_blank">Rule of Rose</a>, a 2006 survival horror game.</html>

Oct 31, 20185 min

Heartbeat City 8

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<html>In this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Autumn Greer to take your questions.Special Guest: Autumn Greer.</html>

Oct 7, 201841 min

Heartbeat City 7

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<html>On this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Brayton Cameron to answer your questions.Special Guest: Brayton Cameron.</html>

Aug 19, 201834 min

Heartbeat City 6

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<html>On this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert to answer your questions.Special Guests: Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert.</html>

Aug 5, 201834 min

Heartbeat City 5

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<html>On this episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Madeline Allfight to answer your questions.Special Guest: Madeline Allfight.</html>

Jul 24, 201839 min

Heartbeat City 4

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<html>On this fourth episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Madeline Allfight to answer your questions.Special Guest: Madeline Allfight.</html>

Jul 11, 201839 min

Heartbeat City 3

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<html>On this third episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Jenni Polodna to answer your questions.Special Guest: Jenni Polodna.</html>

Jun 24, 201831 min

Heartbeat City 2

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<html>On this second episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Jenni Polodna to answer your questions.Special Guest: Jenni Polodna.</html>

Jun 10, 201834 min

Heartbeat City 1

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<html>On this first episode of Heartbeat City, Cozy is joined by Kole Ross to answer your questions.Special Guest: Kole Ross.</html>

May 27, 201835 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Story Reading "This Band Could Be Your Life"

<html>Hey Patrons! Here's a reading of a spooky short story I wrote a few years ago. Happy Halloween! -Gary-</html>

Oct 29, 20175 min

Pilot: Heartbeat City

<html>Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Heartbeat City. Hosted by Cozy Snugglefield, each episode will feature your calls, your romantic questions, and hopefully some helpful advice. This episode features guest co-host Kole Ross, who could not think of an alternate name that matched the theme of the show.If you want to listen to this as on your phone, either use Patreon's audio RSS feed or subscribe to the show <a href="http://feedpress.me/dflive" target="_blank">Duckfeed Presents</a>. </html>

Aug 2, 201734 min

[PREVIEW] Halloween Bonus: "The Repairer of Reputations"

<html>It's just about Halloween, so I wanted to share something special with you. I did a reading of "The Repairer of Reputations" by Robert W. Chambers, which is the first story from his collection called The King in Yellow.It's a tale of a dystopian version of 1920, where America is at peace... but for a young man and his old mentor, both of whom are students of The King in Yellow, a play known for driving people mad. Venture with us into the wasteland of Carcosa, if you dare.This reading is available for backers at any level. If you want to listen to it in your personalized RSS feed (where Exquisite Suffering and Adaptation Decay might also be found, if you back at those levels), <a href="https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212055866-How-Do-I-Get-and-Use-My-Audio-RSS-Link-" target="_blank">follow the instructions here.</a>Thanks so much for your support, and I hope you have a wonderful Halloween weekend.</html>

Oct 29, 20165 min

Pilot Season Ten: Jam it or Fing it!

<html>America's Favorite Gameshow has a dark secret.</html>

Dec 31, 201314 min

Pilot Season Nine: Fallopian Fantasy

<html>I used to do a show called Game Genies in the Morning which was about a morning zoo radio show in a world where video game music was played on the radio. Here is a very special episode of said program.</html>

Dec 16, 201315 min

Pilot Season Eight: An Open Letter

<html>Reading of a letter that originally appeared at <a href="https://www.garybutterfield.net" target="_blank">www.garybutterfield.net</a></html>

Dec 2, 20138 min

Pilot Season Seven: Sitcoms

<html>This here is exactly what sitcoms are about.</html>

Nov 18, 20135 min

Pilot Season Six: Cybele's Reverie

<html>So, this is a little bit different. I want to make a disclaimer that I know this can come off as arrogant or self important and that's not what I'm going for. These are just my observations and feelings about this wonderful song.Here's a really neat live version that's got more of a linear structure to it.</html>

Nov 4, 201321 min

Pilot Season Five: Early Frost Warning

<html>Here's a story I wrote earlier this year that I think has elements of horror to it. Tell me what you think!</html>

Oct 21, 201317 min

Pilot Season Four: International Marketing

<html>I brought on Elisabeth Geier, another master of International Marketing, to help me spread the word. And that word is International Marketing.</html>

Oct 7, 201327 min

Pilot Season Three: It's Free!

<html>Pilot Season isn't here to provide answers. It's here to ask the questions. Like: what the fuck is going on with PAX craigslist ads?</html>

Sep 23, 201321 min

Pilot Season Two: Krub

<html>Episode two! Special thanks to Elisabeth Geier, Kole Ross and Brayton Cameron. Also, Burger King and Robert Dyer.Remember, if you don't like the weather just wait two weeks. It will change.</html>

Sep 9, 201321 min

Pilot Season One: No Bones About It.

<html>It begins here! Thanks to Kole Ross, Brayton Cameron, Elisabeth Geier, The Fullbright Company and some internet idiots.Remember: if you don't like the weather, wait 2 weeks and it will change.</html>

Aug 26, 201334 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 40.2 No Time for the Void Part 2 (part 2)

<html>The death of the artist class. Well, this is the end. Yes, I'm OK, yes I still deal with a lot of this, yes I'm proud of DIV, yes something is coming in it's place, no I don't know how to live and be creative, no I don't know how to adjust my attitude.Thanks to everyone who helped make the show what it was/lended their talents. Briefly: Jon Wolff, Derek Hayes, Ben Crickenburger, Nick Glauber, Kole Ross, Brayton Cameron, Steven Wallet, Zak Rouse, Mike Kitchell, Ryan Green and Lou Fernando.</html>

Aug 12, 201344 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 40.1 No Time for the Void Part 2 (Part 1)

<html>IT'S A METAPHORWell, here is the big crazy ending to Dead Idea Valhalla. I bring as much back as I can.Thanks a lot to Kole for his help with narration and thanks to everyone who listened the first time and who listened in reruns!Oh, and I'm OK!</html>

Aug 8, 201333 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 39. The Good Waifu

<html>Sure, in Obama's America.Starting off with some classic hate in this penultimate episode. After that, I talk about pets for a while, including a sad story about my lil buddy Poet.Then a song from my Master Wrench album called From Whence you Came.And finally, a hard hitting interview with one of the biggest musicians in the video game music scene.</html>

Jul 22, 201337 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 38. Future Furist Grandpa

<html>Don't co op real civil rights images for this!Some fun talk about table top gaming culture, all about the time I met Beard Mountain during a formative college class. Including, appropriately enough, my fessing up to being grossed out by furries. Which I am.Then a fun Metroids song before more Gary on Zak non furry action.</html>

Jul 16, 201339 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 37. The Behaunter in the Lobby Station

<html>This racist monster is my FAVORITE racist monster. A very special Halloween episode! I hope you like it! A personal favorite of mine.After some talk of the holiday in general, I play a Metroids classic. Then an audio play presented for your consideration.</html>

Jul 8, 201322 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 36. Like The Wall of a Serial Killer's Apartment

<html>This shouldn't be. I'm back! At least for a time. Inspired by the bathroom at work, a little bit about urinals and male bathroom ettiquette. Then, a song from the much missed Joystick Joy, a band whose live appearances featured one Brayton Cameron. Finally, more relationship talk with Zak Rouse.</html>

Jul 1, 201333 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 35.1 I Think I Need a New Heart

<html>This man explains how I feel most times. All right, all right. This is just the apology/retraction/revision of my quittin' episode. Like I said before, we're nearing the end but we've got a few great episodes coming up as well as some sort of announcement as to what I'll be doing next. Until then, enjoy this mini-sode.</html>

Jun 24, 201314 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 35. No Time for the Void (part 1)

<html>Just look at it. Makes you feel alone, huh.It's the beginning of the end! You know the drill: I think I was being a bit of a whiney baby but I was also in a disolving marriage and they were real feelings I was having, so fuck it! There are a couple more episodes before the big finale! I'll be doing another new episode soon where I'll talk a little about what's next.In the middle I have a David Bowie cover and after that, the first a 2nd 3 part series of 88 Lines About, well, Probably about four Women with my friend Zak.</html>

Jun 17, 201334 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 34. The Morelax

<html>Before it gets all existential and horrible, let's have a good fun time with some classic curmudgeonry and Black History Moth. Here it is! The last episode before I go crazy and talk about quitting the show. From a more well adjusted place, these episodes seem sort of embarrassing. But this is a good fun time.We start out with some articulation about some minor mistakes that musicians have made that have instilled me with ire for life.Then we have a weird number from the last Metroids album, Jean Gray Blues. There are X-men references in this that you can date to specific eras of comics from the early 2000s. Also, the 2nd half has that radio production effect on my voice that I actually like but feels weird in relation to a song this strange production wise.And then a sketch featuring one of my favorite creations, Black History Moth.</html>

Jun 3, 201329 min

Dead Idea Valhalla 33. All Kinds of Dinners

<html>Transit TalezGames! Gamers! I like it, sure, but it's also disgusting! Listen in!Then a song from The Midnite Snax, a little number called At All that I've always been real fond of.I close out this episode with some transit tales, which could almost be it's own podcast.</html>

May 27, 201329 min