Skeleton Songs

Author: Lottie Bevan & Alexis Kennedy

A games and literature podcast all about stories, from London-based indie developers Weather Factory. Forgotten myths, fantastic sources, gothic tropes and ghoulish tales. All with a list of the games / texts we talk about at the bottom of the episode summary, so you can go away and play/read to your black heart's content.
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Only In Silence The Word
Thursday, 25 January, 2024

"The final victory of sci-fi is its final defeat," says AK, gnomically, before we sing the Beverly Hills Cop theme tune and talk about trombones. Join us for a discussion of 'the best fiction novel of the 20th century', A Wizard of Earthsea, and its masterful magic system: from Native American folklore to shamanism, demonic to natural theurgy, and eastern wyrms to western protodragons. Is it written for children or not? What is 'Equilibrium'? Why is 'clot of shadow' so upsetting, and what does it have to do with Cultist Simulator?In memory of Ursula Le Guin, and little Hoag.Games / books mentioned in this episode, for your gaming / reading pleasure:- A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula Le Guin- City of Illusions, by Ursula Le Guin- Cultist Simulator, by usSupport the show