Creators Cast (general)

Novelist Matt Forbeck is back to discuss his written process. We cover how he actually writes his novels as well as what its like to work with licensed properites like Halo, Dungeons and Dragons, and Magic the Gathering.

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This week I sit down with novelst and game designer Matt Forbeck. Matt is a NY Times best selling author who has written over 28 novel and has designed over 200 games. His newest release "Halo: Bloodline" is just one of the many tie-in novels he has written over his career.

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Cartoonist Stephen McCranie is back to discuss his writing and drawing process for making comics. Specifically we focus in on how he managed to crank out so many pages of "Space Boy" in such a little amount of time.

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This week I sit down with cartoonist Stephen McCranie. Stephen is best known for his graphic novel series Mal & Chad and recnetly won the $30,000 Webtoons contest with his new comic "Space Boy."

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John Arnold of Handelabra Games is back to talk about the producion cycle of gaming apps, with a focus on what it was like to develop the Sentinels of the Multiverse digital game.

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This week I sit down with Jon Arnold of Handelabra Games. John is the Vice Presdient and the lead coder for the development studio, which is best known for producing the digital app version of Sentinels of the Multiverse. 

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Chaz Marler is back to talk about how he writes and films Pair of Dice Paradise!

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This week I sit down with youtuber Chaz Marler. Chaz is a board game reviewer and comentator best known for his channel Pair of Dice Paradise.

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Dawn Griffin, the cartoonist behind Zorphbert & Fred, is back to talk about tabling at comic conventions, her writting & art processes, and about the amount of work it takes to self publish a book!

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This week I sit down with graphic designer and cartoonist Dawn Griffin. Dawn is best known for her comic Zorphbert & Fred & for being the artist on the Abby's Adventures books. 

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Garrett is back to talk about what its like to produce a podcast as well as talk about the industry as as speculate on the video game media industry as a whole. If you ever wanted to know about esports, casting, and the future of gaming then this is the episode to listen to!

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This week I chat with Garrett Weinzierl. Garrett is a podcaster and Blizard Fanboy, but in the good kind of way! His podcast cover the full gambit of games published by Blizard though Angry Chicken, his podcast dedicated to Hearthstone, has become his breakthrough hit.

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Rodney Smith of "Watch it Played" returns to give a run through of how he produces his rules videos and play through series. If you ever wanted to know how much work it takes to record and shoot a web show then this is the episode to listen to!

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This week I chat with youtuber and photography educator Rodney Smith who is best known for his web series "Watch it Played." In addition to the work he does for his own channel, he is also hired by publishers to produce videos that explain the rules to board games. 

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Photography and writer Nicole Young returns to talk about her process in planning a book, shooting it, writing it, laying it out, and marketing. If you ever wanted to know what goes into planing a non fiction book this is the episode to listen to!

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This week I talk to Nicole Young a photographer, writer, and photography educator about how she first fell in love with photography and got into the buisness. Nicole is best known for her food and landscape photos but has also written several photography books.

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Game Designer Darrell Louder returns, but this time he's back to talk about what it takes to plan and organize a convnetion. Currently he's prepping for Unpub 5 which will happen on Febuary 7th & 8th (2015) at the Baltimore Convention Center.

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Game Designer and Graphic Designer Darrell Louder comes on board to talk about how he stumbled into the world of gaming and has since made it his home. Louder is best known for his game Compounded and for being head of the Unpub program.

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Jeremy Handel returns to talk about what it takes to make a game app. He covers the overall development cycle and the steps Handelabra used to adapt Sentinels of the Multiverse the card game into a digital app.

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In this episode I chat with Jeremy Handel, The President of Handelabra Games. Handelabra is best known for releasing the Sentinels of the Multiverse app for iOS and Android.

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Christopher Badell of Greater Than Games is back to talk about game design and the complexities of crafting a story told through a board game. 

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In this episode I chat with Christopher Badell of Greater Than Games. Christopher is one of the co-designers of the hit game Sentinels of the Multiverse as well as the care-taker for the stories set in the Sentinels Universe.

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Photographer Matt Kloskowski is back! This time we focus on the process he uses for creating his books, classes, seminars, and all the other stuff he does. 

 

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out his portfolio at www.MattK.com

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This week I sit down with photographer and photography educator Matt Kloskowski. Matt is one of the top dogs over at The Kelby Media Group, the biggest and best photography/photoshop/graphic design education companies. He’s published nearly twenty books, teaches online classes and travels the country giving seminars. 

 

You can check out his work online at www.MattK.com

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Voice actor extraordinaire Eric Micheal Summerer is back! This time we delve deep into the process he uses to record audiobooks. Including the sensational middle grad novel Cupcakes vs. Brownies which you should totally get for free by signing up for a free 30 day trial of Audible.com

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This week I sit down with voice actor and audiobook narrator Eric Micheal Summerer. We talk about how he got into the biz as well as touch upon his work with The Dice Tower. 

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A chat with comic book writer Mike Raicht where we break down his writting process. Raicht is best known for being one of the co-creators of the New York Times Best Selling Graphic Novel Stuff of Legend!

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A sit down with Mike Raicht a comic book writer and former Marvel Asoociate Editor where we talk about how he got started in his career. Raicht is best known for being one of the co-creators of the New York Times Best Selling Graphic Novel Stuff of Legend!

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A chat with Daniel Solis, a freelance graphic designer and board game designer about his process for designing and publishing games.

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A Q&A with Daniel Solis, a freelance graphic designer and board game designer about how he got started in the bizz.

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A chat with indie comic book and graphic novel creator Michael Regina about the process of comic creating.

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An interview with indie comic book and graphic novel creator Michael Regina.

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An interview with Chris Bryan, a filmmaker and one of the co-creators of Board With Life!

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A chat with Chris Kirkman, the publisher of Dice Hate Me Games, about pitching and tips for how to pitch to a publisher.

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An interview with Chris Kirkman the publisher behind Dice Hate Me Games!

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A chat with Ryan Penagos, the Executive Editorial Director at Marvel Comics for Digital Media, about social media and tips on how to navigate it. 

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An interview with Ryan Penagos the Executive Editorial Director at Marvel Comics for Digital Media. 

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