MythSpoken RPG Special #4: The 13th Age Character Generation Episode
MythSpoken Review Special: Iron Man 3
The MythSpoken Crew checked out Iron Man 3 this past weekend and then sat down to discuss the film. We stay spoiler-free until the 14:30 mark. Chime in below and let us know what you thought of the movie!
MythSpoken Special: “Nerd Culture & Race” Part Two
MythSpoken #23: “The Crotch Arrow” Episode
MythSpoken Special: “Nerd Culture And Race” Part One
MythSpoken: The ‘Patriot’s Day Special’
To celebrate Patriot’s Day, we sat down with two creators whose love of the Revolutionary War period really shines through in their work. First, we talk with Richard Iorio, the co-creator of the supernatural, historical role playing game Colonial Gothic. Then, we chat with Seamus Heffernan, the creator of the Xeric Award winning comic Freedom! #1.
MythSpoken #22: The ‘You Can Look, But Not Touch!’ Episode
The MythSpoken team tackles upcoming Summer Comic Events, Cosplay Convention Consent, and Aging Comic Creators.
- USAToday Article on Trinity War
- Geoff Johns and Jeff Lemire discuss Trinity War
- Marvel’s Infinity Event
- Spawn’s Angela to appear in Age of Ultron
- PAX East Model Asked to Leave
- Meagan Marie: What Would you do if you weren’t Afraid?
- Combatting Cosplayer Harassment
- Fully Covered Superheroines
- John Byrne
- Chris Claremont interview about working for Marvel
- Mike Zeck
- Paul Galacy
- Last of Us video game
- Daredevil: End of Days
- Wonder Woman! The Untold Story of America’s Superheroines
- Detective John Munch
- DC Comics Continuity Trade Reading Order
- Jerry Ordway not getting work
- Joshua Hale Fialkov off Green Lantern
- Andy Diggle off Action
- Revolving Door at DC Comics
- Firaxis announces Release Date for Civ V:Brave New World
- Guy plays Civilization for ever
- Civ Anon
- Dangan Ronpa
- Dangan Ronpa Let’s Play
- Diplomacy
MythSpoken Special: Robin R.I.P
The MythSpoken crew gets together to mourn (not really) the death of Damian Wayne and discuss the past, present and future of the Robin franchise.
- A fan-film montage of Robin (Jason Todd)’s death from Death In Family.
- A history of Stephanie Brown as Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl.
- NY Post Exclusive on the Death of Damian Wayne
- Grant Morrison on his Batman run and the death of Damian Wayne
MythSpoken Special RPG Podcast #3: The D&D Next Beta “Holy Playtest Podcast!”
With a new batch of playtest materials from Wizards of the Coast, we sat down and took the cleric class for a spin! Utilizing the different builds of the new cleric, we designed a party of all clerics! How’d we do? Find out as the Interfaith Ministry descends into the Malign Ravine! Apologies in advance for some minor editting glitches. Special thanks to Barak Blackburn, Joe Lastowski and Tim Shields!
MythSpoken #20: The Pastiche Episode
The MythSpoken crew discusses Image Comics’ Extreme Studios re-boot, Gail Simone’s firing and re-hiring from Batgirl, and the backlash against geek culture in the wake of the recent shootings in Aurora and Newtown.
- The NYCC Announcement about the Extreme Studios relaunch
- Glory & Prophet trade paperback reviews
- Gail Simone’s Tumblr
- Gail Simone’s Twitter
- Gail Simone off Batgirl
- DC Comics Rehires Gail Simone on Batgirl
- Gail Simone Tossed off Batgirl Via E-mail
- “I’ve Got a Bad Feeling about This”
- The Big Deal about Gail Simone’s Firing
- Batgirl #18
- Penny Arcade on Violence in Video Games
- New Republic article on the Video Game Burnings
- Colonial Gothic
- Archer Season 4
- Monster Maidens
MythSpoken #19: Auld Lang Syne Episode
The MythSpoken team takes a look back at their favorite moments of 2012 and talk about the things they are most excited about in 2013!
Mike’s Show Notes
- Star Wars Card Game
- Star Wars Edge of the Empire RPG
- X-Wing Miniatures Game
- DC New52 Multiverse
- Marvel Heroic RPG
- D&D Next
- Dr. Who
- Trinity War
- Grant Morrison’s Multiversity
- Young Avengers and Secret Avengers
- Brian Wood’s Star Wars Comic
Jim’s Show Notes
- Marvel Now
- Brian Wood
- Free First Issues of Storm Dogs and Comeback
- The NY store
- Games on Demand
- Pax East
- Indie Press Revolution
- D&D Next
- Star Wars Beginner Game
- 40k Eldar Army
- The Mary Sue on the Sandman Prequel
Ellie’s Show Notes
- Image Comics
- Capes, Cowls, and Villains Foul
- MC Lars
- Disney
- Adventure Time
- My Little Pony
- Bravest Warriors
- Man of Steel
- Iron Man 3
- The Miraculous Ladybug
- The Miraculous Ladybug Video
- Fearless Defenders
MythSpoken #18: “The Christmas Love-In” Episode
The MythSpoken team talks about Mary Sue and why she’s bad for feminism, Santa and who he’s been hanging out with in the world of comics, and finally about Image Comics’ recent decision to not re-print Saga #7.
- Mary Sue via TV Tropes
- Marty Stu via TV Tropes
- Call the Character Police! We’ve Got a Mary Sue
- Mary Sue, What are You?
- The Mary Sue Blog
- Santa Claus appearances in Comic Books
- Generation X Holiday Special
- The Last Christmas
- Larfleeze’s Christmas Special
- Prep & Landing: Elves Assemble
- Santa Claus vs. Easter Bunny
- CCVF Christmas Comes But Once a Year
- Bleeding Cool’s Coverage of Image Comics’ Decision
- The Mindy Project
- DC Comics Deck Building Game
MythSpoken Episode #17: “The This Means War Podcast”
The MythSpoken Crew talks gendering in toys, the Disneyification of Star Wars and Edition Wars!
- Swedish Toy Catalog Reverses Genders
- Gendering Toys is Good for Nobody
- Does Stripping Gender from Toys really make Sense?
- History of Gendered Toys
- Riley on Marketing
- Disney Buys Lucasfilm
- Secrecy Behind Episode VII planning
- Would Disney buy Hasbro?
- Guardian UK on the Edition Wars
- A nice, succinct opinion piece on how silly the Edition Wars are
- D&D NEXT Playtest
- Wreck-it Ralph
- Walking Dead Vol. 17
- Durance
- Marvel Now! Wikipedia Entry
- Marvel’s Now Site
- On Geekdom and Privilege: Sympathy for the “Pretty”
- Nerds and Male Privilege
- Dear Fake Geek Girls: Please Go Away
- Geek Gatekeeping is Bad for Business
- Tony Harris’ Facebook Post
- Double Exposure
- Fred Hicks on the Metatopia panel schedule
- Ken Hite on the Metatopia show
- Indie Press Revolution
- Monster Chase
- Slate on Assassin’s Creed 3
- Bravest Warriors Comic and Online TV Show
- Adventure Time: Origin of the Ice King
MythSpoken Interview Special: Evan Torner & The Pioneer Valley Gaming Colloquium
The MythSpoken Crew sits down and interviews Evan Torner, contributor and co-editor of Immersive Gameplay and an organizer of the First Pioneer Valley Gaming Colloquium Find out about the great events planned and a look at the genesis of the book.
- The ICv2 conference
- Ellie’s Twitter
- Art from the Superman panel
- NYCC overview with Lance Festerman from Reed Pop
- Vertigo Comics (Wikipedia)
- Image of the Comics Code breaking two page spread from Swamp Thing #29 (Love & Death)
- Planet Orbiting Alpha Centauri
- Warp Drive article
- Tsuro of the Seas
- Lollipop Chainsaw
- Objectification and Lollipop Chainsaw
MythSpoken Episode 14: The ‘The Once & Future’ Podcast
To celebrate Modern Myths’ 10th Anniversary, Ellie, Jim and Mike hop in the MythSpoken Time Machine and take a look at the comic & game industries ten years ago, today and ten years from now.
- Top 300 Comics September 2002
- Top 50 Graphic Novels September 2002
- Words & Pictures Museum
- Are Hobby Shops Doomed?
- Digital Comics and Comic Shops
- Future of Role Playing Games?
- Motor City
- Batman DCAU: Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
- Extra Life
MythSpoken Special RPG Podcast #2: The D&D Next Beta “Into the Caves of Chaos!”
The MythSpoken crew gathered up a group of fantasy role-playing game veterans to take a look at the new D&D Next Beta rules! In this week’s instalment, we venture into the Caves of Chaos! Interested in D&D Next? Make sure you check out these Special RPG Podcasts! Special thanks to Tim Shields, Joe Lastowski and Barak Blackburn.
If you have questions, comments or show suggestions, e-mail podcast@modern-myths.com or call the MythSpoken hotline at 781-81-MYTHS.
MythSpoken Archives
- Episode 1
- Episode 2
- MythSpoken Special Podcast: J.M. DeMatteis
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- MythSpoken Review Special: the Avengers
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- Episode 7
- MythSpoken Review Special: the Amazing Spider-man
- Episode 8
- Episode 9
- MythSpoken Review Special: the Dark Knight Rises
- Episode 10
- MythSpoken Interview Special: Atomic Robo Creators Scott Wegener & Brian Clevinger
- Episode 11
- MythSpoken RPG Special #1: D&D Next (Beta) Character Generation
- Episode 12
- Episode 13
