On this episode, Rand discusses some of the latest gaming and Doctor Who-related news.

News topics include Famitsu’s list of most anticipated games in 2013, Pokemon X and Y announcement, EDGE magazine’s list of greatest video game developers, Fire Emblem Awakening Nintendo 3DS bundle, Amazon brings Instant Video service to Wii. Doctor Who news includes a round-up of 50th anniversary plans among Big Finish, BFI, and UKTV.

Main topic is a discussion on Pokemon X and Y Versions, and how they could change the franchise. Rand also gives his brief thoughts on A Memory of Light, the final book of The Wheel of Time (he’s still reading the book, though).

On this week’s episode of Marble Operator, we discuss the latest totheark video, Surveillance, and the latest TribeTwelve video, “The Live Stream Incident”.

Co-hosts are Rand al’Thor, KissofJudas, AnimeGuy, John, Kaitlyn, and Nathan.

On this episode, Rand discusses some recent video game-related news: the ExtraLives.org Pokéthon III raises at least $25k for the Free the Children charity, GameFreak says that the Pokémon franchise will “evolve” in 2013 and there will be some announcement on 8 January, and that the XBLA indie game Fez is set to go multiplatform in 2013.

Besides that, Rand discusses some games he’s recently been playing, and gives a mini-review of two indie games, Fez and FTL: Faster Than Light.

Rand also discusses the upcoming 14th and final book in The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light.

The RaT Project returns with episode 102.

Episode available here.

On this episode, Rand discusses some gaming news of note. Wii U not selling as well in the UK as predicted. Wii U breaks launch records of PS3 and XBOX 360. Nintendo has no plans to unify 3DS and Wii U eShops. Slender: The Arrival nears completion, is written by “Marble Hornets” creators. SquareEnix launches official trailer for “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII”. Steam for Linux is out of closed beta, available for download. Bit.Trip.Runner sequel to feature voice talent of Charles Martinet as narrator. Video game music remixer Theophany releases “Time’s End”, an album of remixes based on “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask”.

Rand also mentions “Pokethon III”, an upcoming gaming marathon for charity by the ExtraLives group, starting 29 December.

Rand discusses Dragon Quest IX and how it lays the groundwork for Dragon Quest X.

Plus discussion on The RaT Network family of podcasts, and the upcoming final book in The Wheel of Time.

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On this week’s episode, we interview the creator of Tribe Twelve, Adam Rosner. Kaitlyn, John, AnimeGuy, Rion, and Nicole join Rand for the interview, and discuss all sorts of Tribe Twelve topics. Thanks to Adam for joining us, it was fun. Tribe Twelve can be found here, on YouTube.

Just a note on why the episode was split into two: TalkShoe has a file upload limit of around 102 MB, and the total file size for the recording was 120MB. This necessitated a split.

I’ll see about posting the full interview at some point. It can’t be on the normal podcast feed, given the file size limitations. I’ll probably upload it to my public DropBox or something and link to it here.

Note: Here is the interview in full, one two-hour segment.

This past Friday saw the 100th episode of Friday Night Trivia. Rand returned as main host, and three other occasional cohosts (Dave AC, Cobo4747, and Jeff 7thDoctor) joined in with their own rounds.

It was another night full of shenanigans. The episode started off somewhat silent, given that neither Darth Skeptical or Ian The6thDoctor were on. That soon changed, as both of them joined by the end of the show. How did things conclude? Who won? Well, you’ll just have to give it a listen.

Rounds include the return of “Odd Man Out”, “Notable Years (20th Century)”, as well as some new material from the guest hosts. Episode run-time is 2:27:55.

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In Episode 56 of Marble Operator, John, AnimeGuy, and Kaitlyn join in as we finally finish our review of Dark Harvest. We cover the following videos: February 24th, Log Entry #23, Log Entry #24, Greg’s Log #1, Daniel, Greg’s Log #2, and Greg’s Log #3. This brought us to Log Entry #25: Meeting with Noah Maxwell, the first of the two-part Tribe Twelve crossover, which is where we began our discussion of Dark Harvest so many episodes ago.

In the news section, we covered the announcement of Marble Hornets’ Joseph, Troy, and Alex writing for Slender: The Arrival, Adam Rosner’s announcement of a TribeTwelve DVD set (or two), and Tim Sutton’s film “No Quarter”, a final assignment for his film class.

At the end of the show, Rand featured a Slender series he’s become a fan of recently, that being One-Hundred Yard Stare, which recently posted their 25th video, Twenty Five.

The episode is available for download, and you can subscribe on iTunes (or whatever podcast/RSS reader you use by utilizing this link.

The fourth annual Geek Media Expo concluded earlier today. Marble Operator was in attendance, as KissofJudas and I were there.

There were lots of interesting guests at the expo, ranging from voice actors Billy West and Rob Paulson, to Nostalgia Critic/That Guy With the Glasses Doug Walker, and even British adult film actress Tanya Tate (which seems very odd, but she was labeled as “superhero cosplayer”, so, whatever).

However, KissofJudas and I were there for one specific reason, and that was Marble Hornets. Troy Wagner, Joseph Delage III, and Tim Sutton were there, along with a special guest, Brian Haight. As Troy joked during the opening ceremonies, they stuffed him in the trunk of their car and drove north to Franklin, TN for GMX.

Throughout the convention, the guys had a booth near the dealers’ room (for much of the panel they were at the end of the hallway outside the room, later on they moved inside the actual room). They sold DVDs and autographed stuff, and generally chatted with anyone who visited them. It was that Friday evening that KissofJudas and I got in line, had them autograph our DVDs. (Note: I have the original, typo version of the season one DVD, which Troy and Joseph enjoyed seeing (“Hey, you’re one of the originals!”)

It was great meeting them for the first time. I mentioned the podcast, and they thought it was cool.

Anyway, the Marble Hornets guys hosted two panels at the expo. The first was a Q&A session, which I recorded on my 3DS. (I sat in the front row, holding up my 3DS to record, and Joseph kept staring at me) I’ll see about uploading this footage to YouTube soon.

The second panel was a live commentary on season two, which started at around 1am central Saturday night. In the half-hour leading up to it, Tim tweeted that it should be a pyjama party and people should show up in their pyjamas, and that he definitely would. Sure enough, he did.

That’s enough for now. I’ll set about filing a report on the report for Marble Operator podcast, so that’ll be up on the feed soon.

I had a great time at GMX and had fun meeting the Marble Hornets guys.

UPDATE: This is weeks old, but I have the MH Q&A panel posted on my YouTube channel.

So, it’s October, it’s autumn, it’s harvest season, but in particular, Halloween is at the end of the month. All sorts of creepy shenanigans ensue.

Since earlier this year, I’ve been recording creepypastas for the podcast. What is a creepypasta? Well, the name comes from the phrase “copypasta”, which itself is a bastardization of “copy and paste”; the phrase refers to stories that are not original content, but rather copied and pasted from another source. Creepypastas are simply scary stories that are generally copied and pasted in new threads. Like so many Internet memes, creepypasta and copypasta were phrases used on 4chan, mainly the /b/ section.

Anyway, etymology lesson complete, on to the point of this post. As I said, I’ve been recording many creepypastas for Radio Free Caemlyn, and, given the nature of that podcast feed, things tend to get lost in the shuffle. Here, then, is a linked list of all the creepypastas I have recorded for RFC.

Furniture
Draw-a-Person
One-Man Hide-and-Seek
Sleep Tight
CB Radio
Mr. Odd
Under the Bridge
The Chernobyl Experiment
Awakening
Lightning
The Apparition in the Water
Unnatural Photography
The Keyhole
Repercussions of Evil
Time Traveler
The Lighthouse
Discarded Knife
2D
Dark Circle
Echo
Thump
A Mother’s Power
The Room in the Attic
Lamp Light
Advice
The Masterpiece
4AM Japanese Game Show
Energy-Matter Transfer Machine
The Rake
Mr. Bone’s Wild Ride
The Mysterious Disappearance of Ashley, Kansas
LSD: Dream Emulator
BEN: TheTruth.txt
BEN
About Candle Cove
Majora’s Mask
Lavender Town Tone
Box in the Back Room
Working Late
SMWCentral Mario ROM Hack
AdventureTime.avi
Lost YouTube Video
GLinux
Pokemon Sleeping Emerald
Zelda 64 Beta
A Face in the Crowd

On Radio Free Caemlyn, I have been doing creepypastas. Part of this has been various SCP entries. For those unfamiliar, SCP is a collection of creepypastas, based on an organization, the Foundation, and their attempts to Secure, Contain, and Protect hundreds of objects that possess unexplained, perhaps even supernatural, abilities, that could greatly damage not just mankind, but the world. Each entry is structured as instructions on secure containment of a specific object.

I’ve recorded a number of these for Radio Free Caemlyn, and, as a way of organizing through the cluttered podcast feed, I here present a listing of all the SCP entries I’ve recorded.

SCP-002: The “Living” Room
SCP-024: The Game Show of Death
SCP-028: Knowledge
SCP-043: The Beatle
SCP-048: The Cursed SCP Number
SCP-052: Time-Traveling Train
SCP-072: The Foot of the Bed
SCP-079: Old AI
SCP-087: The Stairwell
SCP-100: The Worst Thing in the World (Entry no longer exists)
SCP-119: Timecrowave
SCP-131: The “Eye Pods”
SCP-153: Drain Worms
SCP-158: Soul Extractor
SCP-173: The Sculpture
SCP-192: Flawless X-Ray Machine
SCP-221: Compulsion Tweezers
SCP-226: Puzzle of Terror
SCP-261: Pan-Dimensional Vending
SCP-293: Obsession
SCP-313: Powerful Hand Dryer
SCP-330: Take Only Two
SCP-400: The Telephone Box (Entry is now archived)
SCP-461: ZICU-TV
SCP-478: Tooth Fairies
SCP-566: Word a Day
SCP-1165: Minus Level
SCP-1207: Not a Mirror
SCP-1305: Cat Lure