In which we do a dramatic reading of the Black Letter Game‘s answers to our listener questions, and then a quick recap of this year’s Game Control Summit: Simulcast! [ Download mp3 – 25 MB ] 00:59 – “diplomatic”01:20 –…
Month: January 2012
Friday Flash Fiction: “It’s in There”
Those three words were seared into my brain long ago. Allow me to share: Anyway. If you’re a puzzler like me, you already know that pizza can contain data; I had firsthand experience with this in The Goonies Game (2003)….
SnoutCast #101: Gamer Profile – TODD ETTER, Boneless Chicken Cabaret
Did you know that all of 2012’s “Shinteki Puzzle of the Month” (POTM) puzzles (starting tomorrow, January 25th) will be written by Todd Etter of The Motley Fool? And all solvers can win prizes at the end of the year?…
Friday Flash Fiction: “H is for Horse”
This week’s story was brought to you by the motion pictures The Book of Eli and War Horse, the welcome letters for many conventions, and the titles of some books by Ray Bradbury. (Also, fun fact: searching for “jesus horse”…
SnoutCast #100: Community?
Please help celebrate our ONE HUNDREDTH PODCAST by leaving a comment. (We’re celebrating by not writing up show notes this time.) And thanks for listening! [ Download mp3 – 29 MB ] 00:59 – “patient”29:55 – The End Got a…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Meet Brute”
Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! You know we’re going to have three of these in 2012–which is the maximum possible in one year? Crazy! Anyway, here’s a thing I wrote. Read “Meet Brute” at 512 Words or Fewer
Repeat Presenter
There’s a blog post, so it must be official: I am one of the twenty people selected to present at Ignite Portland 10 on February 9th! This will be my second Ignite talk; the first, in 2009, was a précis…
SnoutCast #99: Holiday Movies Recap
And now for something almost, but not entirely, completely different. [ Download mp3 – 25 MB ] 00:59 – “festive”01:35 – send us your questions for the Black Letter Game creators! (e-mail podcast@snout.org by Friday, January 13th, 2012)03:51 – inspired…
Friday Flash Fiction: “A Place in Time”
Did you know that the Oscar bait Golden Globe nominated film The Land of Blood and Honey is not the first movie Angelina Jolie has directed? Her directorial debut was the 2007 documentary A Place in Time, which, as far…
SnoutCast #98: 2012-Q1 Hunts Preview
In which we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Dan Egnor and PuzzleHuntCalendar.com (self-plug: hear our interview with Dan in SnoutCast #76: “One Calendar To Rule Them All” )! Also: NSFW language, but you knew that. [ Download mp3…