Episode 9

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In this 9th episode of Through the Aftermath, we're joined by Chris Davis, owner of RPGObjects.com to talk about the post-apocalyptic tabletop gaming scene. Chris tells us all about his own tabletop RPG Darwin's World, as well as his personal top 10 PA tabletop RPG list.

For the news, we have a lot this week:

- Bethesda secures movie/TV rights for Fallout
- New Fallout New Vegas game announced
- Left 4 Dead DLC released
- Broken Steel preview and details

Plus, we have a forum finally! Yay! You can check it out at http://throughtheaftermath.com/forum/index.php

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Theme music is The Fourth Tribe by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.

Episode 8

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In this exciting episode, we are joined by Colin Dwan, Project Manager for Fallen Earth. Following an interview at GDC last month for Massively, Colin agreed to come on this show and talk a bit more about the game for the TTA listeners. Some topics we covered include:

• How Colin got started in the industry and what has influenced him
• How he feels about creating an MMO with a team of fresh faces in the industry
• A greater explanation of the game's 6 factions
• Why the game is rated Mature
  

And much more!

We'll be back to our normal schedule next week with another special interview all about PA tabletop RPG gaming.

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Theme music is 'The Fourth Tribe' by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.

Episode 7

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In this 7th episode of Through the Aftermath, Shawn and Jonathan skip the usual format to catch up on some some emails from the listeners. We chose 20 to read this time, and they vary from book/movie suggestions to a particularly interesting email regarding a certain post-apoc game that was never made - starring Metallica?!?

We briefly touch on the news of Masthead Studios (makers of Earthrise) helping out on the new Project V13 Fallout MMO.

Throughout the show we mentioned certain links we'd provide, so here they are!

• The Now Reading Wordpress plugin from Bill at Megat0n.com (formerly Doomorama.com)
• S.M. Stirling's wikipedia page as well as one of his books Conquistador, recommended by Jeff.
  
• Also recommended by Jeff: paperbackswap.com
• Michael Zenke writes in to recommend the Tripods by Samuel Youd
• Dr. Nik recommends PAMedia.com, where he first heard of us. Thanks to the folk over there!
• Paul recommends the Horseclans paperback novels
• Check out the illustrations of Adam Szary
• Andy is blown away by Waterworld's extended edition
• RPG company who made the Aftermath RPG, as recommended by Scott

You may have noticed the progressive turn in this show towards making an official forum. We do plan on doing that very soon, so keep your eyes open for that on our website.

Our next episode is actually already recorded, waiting on some editing tidbits. It's an interview with Colin Dwan of Fallen Earth, so look for that in the coming week!

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Theme music is The Fourth Tribe by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.

Episode 6

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In this 6th episode of Through the Aftermath, it's all about gaming as we discuss Fallout 3's newest DLC: The Pitt, as well as Shawn's impressions of the Game Developer's Conference last week in San Francisco.

Jonathan describes how much fun he's had with The Pitt, and covers some of the concerns and issues that Xbox 360 players had with the new content when it first launched last week.

Shawn talks about the three post-apoc games he saw demos of and interviewed for at GDC: Fallen Earth, Huxley and Earthrise. Plus, at the end of the show, we play highlights from the Earthrise interview, featuring Masthead Studiosâ CEO Atanas Atanasov. We thank Atanas for allowing us use of the audio for this show, as the interview was originally done by Shawn for Massively.com.

Want to know more about these interviews? Check out each of these articles: Fallen Earth, Huxley and Earthrise. Also, even though we don't mention it on the show, Global Agenda is shaping up to be a sci-fi game that teeters on post-apocalyptic. Definitely something to check out if you're into the more technological side of a rebuilt world.

Look for a complete email show coming next week to catch up with the emails weâve been receiving from you wonderful listeners!

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Theme music is The Fourth Tribe by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.

Episode 5

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This 5th episode of Through the Aftermath is light on the news, but heavy on the main topic: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. We also get another book review from our friendly post-apocalyptic librarian, and read a few emails.

Book review:
"Field guide to the Apocalypse: Movie Survival Skills for the End of the World" by Meghann Marco (2005) 9780689878770

News:
- Will the next Mad Mad be animated? http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53489
- Denzel Washington in Book of Eli: http://scifiwire.com/2009/02/first-look-at-denzel-in-the-sci-fi-book-of-eli.php
- I Am Alive is postponed until next year, while the publisher takes over as developer: http://kotaku.com/5165361/i-am-alive-developer-no-longer-developing-i-am-alive
- Mad Max director thinks gaming is the future of storytelling: http://kotaku.com/5165879/mad-max-director-thinks-games-are-surpassing-films-in-storytelling

Main Topic: The Road
We give a basic synopsis of the book, give our impressions and talk a bit about the upcoming movie with Viggo Mortensen. We also speculate on what the apocalyptic event was in the book, since it's not really told exactly.

We then read a few emails from our wonderful listeners, and address some comments from our VirginWorlds page.

Next episode may be a bit later than normal since Shawn will be at GDC all week, but hopefully you can look for some great audio from GDC interviews in the coming show!

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Segue music is "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles, "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson and "End of the Road" by Boys II Men. Used with absolutely no permission.

Theme music is 'The Fourth Tribe' by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.

Episode 4

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On this fourth episode of Through the Aftermath, the theme is the 1974 classic A Boy and His Dog. We also tackle a bit of news and email from you wonderful listeners.

News:

Fallout 3 news!

Fallout 3's next expansion The Pitt detailed

Screenshots and even more details

Named GameFly's Game of the Year

Not really news, but if anyone hasn't seen the '9' trailer, here it is

Linda Hamilton confirmed for a return in Terminator Salvation (as a voiceover)

Again, not news but a great resource for defining Apocalyptic and Post apocalyptic movies (thanks to Doomorama)

Fallen Earth National Tour

Main Topic: A Boy and His Dog

We read a bit of listener email, and talk more in-depth about what we view as post-apocalyptic for the show. There's also a bit more discussion on Mad Max and some great recommendations from listeners on books and movies such as Dance of the Dead. Keep 'em coming! Also be sure to check out Doomorama's PA blog.

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Theme music is 'The Fourth Tribe' by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.

Episode 3

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On this third episode of Through the Aftermath, there is no theme, but we have tons of news and we answer a few emails from listeners.

News:
- Movie based on the Afterburn comics coming soon

- Fallen Earth News!
--- Dev chat on February 12th. The episode was recorded during the dev chat, but listeners can now read the exciting transcript
--- Also, Fallen Earth has entered closed beta.
--- Interview with Lead Design Lee Hammock tells of all the game's features as we know them so far.

- Fallout 3 News!
--- Lesson Learned from Bethesda: No more level caps in future Fallout games
--- Also, the next 2 expansions will be delayed

- Terminator Salvation News!
--- A look at the Terminator Salvation video game trailer
--- Also some concept art from the movie
--- We also talk briefly about what we think of the Terminator Salvation movie coming out, and joke a bit about that Christian Bale outburst on the set

- The rumor about Hellgate: London staying open and going F2P was actually false

- Left 4 Dead's first expansion coming soon

- Great article on the types of Dystopia in games

John return this episode with his Outta Print segment, talking this time about the Freak Angels.

We read a few emails from listeners, and answer some questions on the spoiler issue, the complicated Xbox/Windows Live point system involved with the Fallout 3 DLC and more!

Congrats to krat3r for winning the Mad Max DVD from last week's Twitter contest. Keep in touch with us via the Facebook page, email or on Twitter.

Segue music is "Butcher Pete" by Roy Brown.

Theme music is "The Fourth Tribe" by Michael Gordon Shapiro. Used with permission.