Author name: Skiffy Fanty

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow25BadParentsWizardsAndDangerousExperiments/Sandf–Episode25–BadParentsWizardsAndDangerousExperiments.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBig things are happening in the world, and we’re a few days late in getting to it.  Go figure.  This week is all about news.  Good news.  Bad news.  Crazy news.  Even a little bit of awesome news.  If you read the title, you’ll know what this episode is about, and you might even be able to guess which stories we’ve picked.  So tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: What is a good length for a weekly podcast? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 25 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 23:51): CERN Observes Antimatter For the First Time (and the crazy guy in Hawaii gets sued) Tetris Helps People w/ PTSD (anti-gaming idiots decide to drink the special Koolaid) Quidditch World Cup Winner Announced (geeks everywhere have a collective joygasm) Reader’s Digest Poll Proves That Parents Suck (book lovers make plans to adopt a new parental licensing program that prevents illiterate idiots from having children) The End:  Reading, Writing, and the Question of the Week (23:52 – 28:50) That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  We’ll see you next week!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow24TortureCinemaMeetsCreep/Sandf–Episode24–TortureCinemaMeetsCreep.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTorture Cinema is back and it’s switched genres.  This week we review Creep, a British horror film that is, by our account (and apparently by the account of the folks who recommended it to us) a rather terrible film.  Tune in to hear what we have to say about it. Question of the Week: What is your favorite zombie movie and why? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 24 — Download (MP3) Intro and Torture Cinema:  the Fourth Torture — Creep (2004)  (0:00 – 49:49): Creep (IMDB) The End:  Reading and the Question of the Week (49:50 – 54:36) That’s all, folks!  See you next week.

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow23SilentHillACloverfieldCloneTheMilitary/Sandf–Episode23–SilentHillACloverfieldCloneTheMilitaryAndStupidPlagiarists.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSJen has returned after mutant plankton destroyed her computer. This week is shorter than usual for the simple fact that it’s news and rant heavy, leaving little room for silly things like main segments. Still, the episode packed! We talk about the upcoming Silent Hill sequel, a really bad movie idea, the military and its love affair with Batman, and possibly one of the stupidest plagiarists in history. Tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: Which science fiction or fantasy show is your favorite and why? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 23 — Download (MP3) Intro, News, and Rants (0:00 – 33:45): The Science of Battlestar Galactica (BSG fans let loose a collective joygasm, which is very similar to a sigh, but a little messier) Roland Emmerich to Make a Cloverfield Ripoff (Somewhere an angel has lost its wings.) Silent Hill 2 is Coming! (And gamers cry with joy because Uwe Boll is nowhere near it.) The U.S. Military Contracts with Bruce Wayne…I mean Batman! (The Joker, of course, ran away, and Michael Keaton simply repeated “I am Batman” until the sun went down…) The Main Rant:  the Dumbest Plagiarist in History — see here and here. (This is why it’s important that your children eat their vegetables.) The End:  Reading, Writing, and 2081 (33:46 – 44:08): Shaun’s review of 2081 (you can find out more about the movie here) That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowInterjectionATheWorldFantasyAwardsAndOther/Sandf–InterjectionA–TheWorldFantasyAwardAndOtherThings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe have a short episode this week due to computer problems (namely, with Jen’s).  So instead of a full episode, I present to you sixteen minutes of zombies, fantasy awards, digital piracy nonsense, and silly things political talk show hosts say about science fiction books.  Tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: This week we have a poll: If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Interjection A — Download (MP3) Intro and Episode (0:00 – 16:10): Indie Comic is Pirated, Puts Everything Online For Free, and Makes Money Ebook Piracy Google Trends Are Massively Down Realms of Fantasy Closes Down (Again) The World Fantasy Awards Have Been Announced! Zombie Virus Possible (according to science; booyah suckers)! Indie Science Fiction Anthology Incurs Glenn Beck’s Wrath! That’s all, folks!  See you next week!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow22ThePiratesAreComingToGetTheMoon/Sandf–EpisodeTwenty-two–ThePiratesAreComingToGetTheMoon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe promised we’d be back, and so we are. This week we talk about The Hobbit, the recent events surrounding Elizabeth Moon’s Muslim comments, and evil media pirates and the evil people that want to stop them.  Tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: This week we have a poll: If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode Twenty-two — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 19:00): The Hobbit is officially being made:  the cast has been announced and Peter Jackson is directing! Elizabeth Moon booted from the Guest of Honor slot at WisCon The Main Event:  Piracy (19:01 – 49:14): Machinarium suffers 90% piracy rate! Independent Filmmakers Feel the Squeeze of Piracy Piracy cutting into the comic book industry too! The Real Cost of Free (Cory Doctorow) (At one point Shaun says “France is much different than England.” The sentence should say “France is much different than the United States,” since Shaun directly refers to nationalized healthcare. Sorry about the confusion!) The End:  Reading, Writing, and the Question of the Week (49:15 – 56:26): That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.