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SFM Presents: Consumption \\“ Ep. 08, 10/02/13

Episode 8 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded on Wednesday, October 2nd at 9 pm Eastern.

We talked to Patrick E. McLean, about what he’s been up to lately, and chatted about GTA V, the end of Breaking Bad, and other fun stuff… at least I enjoyed it.

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!

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Podcast Announcement: Tintin Forever

We at SpecFicMedia.com are proud to announce our next video/audio podcast/YouTube show:

On Thursday, October 3rd, SpecFicMedia.com will be launching SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Tintin Forever. Tintin Forever will be a monthly podcast/YouTube show, and I will be co-hosting it with Valerie Durham (the better half of Consumption guest James Durham).

For those of you not familiar with The Adventures of Tintin, here\\™s the gist of it. The Adventures of Tintin was a comic, created by Belgian cartoonist Herge, which was serialized in newspapers and various magazines from 1929-1983. The Adventures of Tintin chronicled the travels and adventures of young Belgian reporter Tintin, always aided by his faithful dog Snowy. It was a series admired for its artistic style, it\\™s storytelling innovations, its humor, and its ability to comment on the politics and culture of the day. It some ways Tintin is a travelogue, and in other ways it is a reflection of the turbulence and change that was the 20th century. Tintin\\™s stories crossed many genres: from mystery and swashbuckling adventure, to fantasy and science fiction, and even instances of magical realism that have become so popular today.

While we might do some live shows from time to time, this will be a more of a production oriented show, uploaded to YouTube the first Thursday of every month, and the show will also be released in audio form, day and date, as a podcast with the same name. The main reason for this is I want to include more multimedia content, and while there are ways to do this during our live Hangouts, I want to give the visual content its due, and adding this content in post and uploading the completed product will be the best way to accomplish this.

Following this, we will release new episodes the first Thursday of every month, each covering the next comic album chronologically. And when we have time, we\\™ll throw in additional episodes covering  subjects such as Tintin the movie, the Tintin television show, or possibly the European Tintin movies from the 60s and 70s… and whatever else strikes our fancy.

So to become part of the show, you can do any of the following:

You can email us at tintin at specficmedia.com
You can leave us a voicemail at 704-981-1736… that\\™s  704-981-1SFM for those of you with one of those old timey phones…
You can post questions and leave comments on YouTube or on SFM.com, either here or on future episode posts.

See you on October 3rd (hopefully, if I can finish editing the video) for the first installment of SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Tintin Forever.

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SFM Presents: The Top 10 – Videogames of this Generation

On Sunday we had a special show called “The Top 10… Videogames of this Generation.”

As an aside, we’ll be doing more of these “Top 10” shows in the future…

But on Sunday, Christiana Ellis, Justin Macumber, and I battled it out to determine SFM’s first top ten list. It was a knock-down, drag-out fight (or possibly a polite discussion). Each participant brought in a list of fifteen or so games, and before the night was through, we had a list of ten games, ranked from #10 to #1.

We will be releasing a written post soon with summaries of each game and why we chose them, and three extra summaries of games that were on our individual lists but did not make the final ten. But until then, here was some of our final selections, in no particular order (watch the video to see the final results!!):

The Last of Us
Dragon Age: Origins
Mass Effect 3
Portal 2
Red Dead Redemption
Bioshock

As you can tell, our favorite games tended to be single player RPGs or action oriented experiences with great stories. We know this won’t match up with anyone else’s top 10 games list, but that’s not the point. For us, this is SpecFicMedia.com’s Top Ten.

Enjoy!

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SFM Presents: Consumption \\“ Ep. 07, 9/25/13

Episode 7 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded on Wednesday, September 25th.

We talked about Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (I wonder how long we’re going to have to type all those damned periods), Sleepy Hollow, The Blacklist, Gravity Falls, et. al.

I got to see “Gravity” at a pre-screening event, and we talked about that.

Also, videogames (GTA V, $1 BILLION in 4 days) and RPGs were on the docket.

We  also announced a couple of new shows from SpecFicMedia.com, so watch the video and look for more info on the website!

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!

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Audio: Consumption Ep. 04

Episode 4 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on 8/26/2013. We’ve got 2 1/2 hours of audio FUN!

Our guest was one of this century’s Renaissance men, Jared Axelrod. Our main topics of discussion: Kickass 2 and Comic Books

Show Notes:

Guest: Jared Axelrod

Main Website
Twitter: @planetx
Facebook Page
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Jared’s Commander Cockroach Kickstarter ends 9/20/13! Please check it out!

Also discussed: 

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog) 

 Contact:

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!

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Audio: Consumption Ep. 03

Episode 3 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout, Wednesday, August 14th.

Our guest this week was the incomparable Mur Lafferty, author of the recent novel, The Shambling Guide to New York City.

Show Notes:

2:30 – Elysium
8:45 – Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
14:30 – The Wolverine
16:00 – White Trash Zombie Apocalypse –  Diana Rowland
18:50 – Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs – Molly Harper
19:12 – The Failed Cities – Matt Wallace
20:30 – Nos4a2: A Novel – Joe Hill
22:30 – 20th Century Ghosts – Joe Hill
23:45 – The Lost Room
24:15 – 11/22/63 – Stephen King
27:22 – The Shambling Guide to New York City – Mur Lafferty
42:20 – The Wool Omnibus – Hugh Howey
48:00 – Indie Game: The Movie
1:01:00 – Civilization V
1:04:25 – SPOILER CHAT – I WARNED YOU! – Elysium

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog) 

Contact:

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!

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P.G. Holyfield “Novelette” Pre-Order

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“Canary in a Coal Mine”

A few years ago I wrote a short story (short for me, in any case, around 8K words) for Matthew Wayne Selznick\\™s The Sovereign Era: Year One anthology. It was called \\Every Breath You Take.\\ It\\™s the story of high school senior Christian Murphy, who has it bad for a foreign exchange student named Stacey… \\˜but in a world where thousands of people are learning they possess unique, incredible powers, what exactly stands in the way of Christian getting what he wants?\\™

Last Fall, Matt did a Kickstarter for his second novel set in this universe, and I offered to write a \\˜sequel\\™ to my first story as a pledge reward for his fans. Matt allowed me to play in his universe once again, and this story became more of a \\˜novelette,\\™ with a word count of nearly 14K. Now that Matt has fulfilled his Kickstarter obligations, we\\™re getting this puppy out as an e-book on Amazon and B&N for $3.99. The name of this novelette? \\Canary in a Coal Mine.\\

It will be available at online retailers on Friday, but if you are an .epub or .mobi consumer, you can pre-order it now for $2.99 until 11:59 PM PST, tomorrow night.

Here are the pre-order links:

https://gumroad.com/l/canary-coal-mine-epub

https://gumroad.com/l/canary-coal-mine-mobi

For that $1.00 off, enter coupon code – sfmfan

So, more about \\˜Canary,\\™ which can be read as a standalone story (although there are characters from the first story that appear in this one as well, so go get \\˜Breath\\™ for 1.99 at Amazon or B&N… it\\™s good)

\\Sovereign Conduct Enforcement Team (S.C.E.T.) investigators Adoette Smith and Joshua Wolff team with a local police officer to investigate what happened at the end of \\˜Breath,\\™ and the disappearance of the potential Sovereign, Stacey Miller

When circumstances bring Adoette\\™s violent, troubled past to the surface, will she be able to utilize her own Sovereign abilities in time to find Stacey?

I had fun with this story, and doing it got me back in the writing mood, in a big way. I hope you enjoy it. And if you enjoy the setting and haven\\™t read Matt Selznick\\™s Sovereign novels, please do!!

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Audio: Consumption Ep. 02

Our second episode of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on August 7, 2013.

Guest: writer/musician/filmmaker/husband/father/carpenter James Durham, creator of the award winning FETIDUS podcast.

(Actually, I have no idea if he is a carpenter)

Show Notes:

6:00 – The Last of Us
25:30 – Grounded: The Last of Us
29:00 – True Blood
34:00 – Rogue Legacy
42:00 – We Didn’t Playtest This at All
45:00 – Dixit
49:00 – Civilization V – Brave New World
52:00 – Starcraft: Heart of the Swarm
57:50 – X-Com: Enemy Unknown
1:01:00 – The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
1:05:00 – News
1:05:00 – Elysium
1:07:00 – Doctor Who
1:20:00 – Game of Thrones
1:26:00 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
1:36:00 – James Durham
1:48:00 – Closing Credits
1:49:30 – SPOILER CHAT – I WARNED YOU – The Last of Us

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
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Audio: Consumption Ep. 01

Our first episode of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on July 31, 2013.

FIRST OFF: Apologies for the audio. The damned hamsters that power my internet took the f’ing night off, apparently. But my partners in crime carried the show, and our guest was just great… as you will soon learn.

Our guest was Matthew Wayne Selznick, author of Brave Men Run and the recently released Pilgrimage.

Show Notes:

00:00 – Introduction – Where we discover P.G.’s internet sucks…
06:30 – The Venture Brothers – Christiana’s Venture Brothers Podcast
11:30 – Adventure Time
13:45 – Arrested Development
23:00 – Pacific Rim
34:00 – The Last Avatar
36:45 – Matthew Wayne Selznick
47:00 – Battlestar Galactica
52:00 – Falling Skies
59:00 – Blackfish (documentary)
1:02:00 – A Band Called Death
1:08:00 – The Pixar Theory

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog)

 

If you want to be part of this or future episodes of the show (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!

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SFM Presents: Consumption \\“ Ep. 06, 9/15/13

Episode 6 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded on Sunday, September 15th.

We talked about the new television season. What shows are you looking forward to most? Least? Post here and we’ll include your comments during the show!

We  also announced a couple of new shows from SpecFicMedia.com, so watch the video and look for more info on the website about this!

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!