March 15, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Art, and Paul
Topic : Retrospective
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
Not much is linkable this episode. Moving on!
Shoutouts
Rob: Repo: The Genetic Opera
Mike: Howe & Howe Tech
Art: Owl
Paul: Metric
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:01:57 — 56.7MB)
March 7, 2010
Tags:
Beowulf & Grendel,
Captain Black's Sea Dogs,
Failbook,
Felicia Day,
Into the Woods,
Maus,
Repo: The Genetic Opera,
Shutter Island,
The Gamers,
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising,
The Guild,
Torchwood,
Trapcast,
WD-40 Posted in: Show Notes –
February 28, 2010
Tags:
Baseketball,
Evolution,
Home Movies,
Hot Tub Time Machine,
Houses of the Blooded,
Legend of the Five Rings,
Lock and Load,
Olly Steeds,
R. Lee Ermey,
Shutter Island,
Solving History,
Stuff You Should know,
The Name of the Wind,
The Wolfman,
World's Greatest Dad Posted in: Show Notes –
February 21, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Art, and Paul
Topic :
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
We apologize for the audio quality on this episode.
The computer we record on had an epic meltdown and a new system was put in place, using Windows 7 and a fresh copy of Audacity.
Next week should be better. Again, apologies.
33:50 : Birthright
37:45 : Neil Diamond
39:40 : BioShock 2
40:00 : System Shock
40:45 : Deus Ex
43:20 : Mass Effect 2
43:45 : Shin Megami Tensei
44:00 : Dragon Age: Origins
45:40 : Gun
46:10 : Red Dead Redemption
46:50 : Modern Warfare 2
49:35 : Oblivion
50:45 : Kill Doctor Lucky
52:20 : Fallout 3
Shoutouts
Rob: Flirty Girl Fitness
Mike: Shake Weight
Art: Wolfman
Paul: Mass Effect 2
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:07:08 — 61.5MB)
Tags:
BioShock 2,
Birthright,
Deus Ex,
Dragon Age: Origins,
Fallout 3,
Flirty Girl Fitness,
Gun,
Kill Doctor Lucky,
Mass Effect,
Modern Warfare,
Neil Diamond,
Oblivion,
Red Dead Redemption,
Shake Weight,
Shin Megami Tensei,
System Shock,
Wolfman Posted in: Show Notes –
February 14, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Chris, and John
Topic : Recorded at DrakeCon
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
02:40 : Legend of the Five Rings
10:05 : Kobold Quarterly
15:20 : Blood & Honor
19:05 : The Imperial Court
34:50 : The 47 Ronin
46:25 : Neil Gaiman
1:01:00 : Dying Kingdoms
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:07:53 — 62.1MB)
February 7, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike and Artemis
Topic : Cultures
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
07:40 : 4chan
16:30 : Jade Empire
20:00 : Mass Effect
33:35 : Book of Eli
35:45 : Daybreakers
37:30 : After Armageddon
51:24 : “Elvendrums Song” by Elvendrums
55:20 :”Rhymer” by Elvendrums
58:46 :”Coolavin” by Elvendrums
Shoutouts
Rob: The Stabbing Contest
Mike: Jade Empire
Art: Lina (via Podgecast)
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:01:34 — 47.6MB)
February 1, 2010
Cast : Rob, Chuck, and Lonnie
Topic : VisionCon 2010, Dragon’s Landing Inn, and Capt’n Black’s Sea Dogges
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Capt’n Black’s Sea Dogges™
Buy albums here
00:00 : Dragons Landing Inn
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:00:41 — 43.7MB)
January 31, 2010
What happens when Pirates, Elves, and Bruce the Bruce all get together? A lot of singing about sex, that’s what! Sex with men! Sex with women… both alive and dead. Sex with mermaids! Sex with moose? Yes, sex with moose! Oh, and there are sea shantys, drum circles, and even jokes. In Springfield, MO at Visioncon 2010 a jam session turned into an impromptu set captured on a single mic. Bear Swarm! is proud to present all 21 tracks available exclusively on our site! Sit back and enjoy.
Artist : Capt’n Black’s Sea Dogges
Artist : Elvendrums
Artist : Bruce the Bruce of Queen’s Gambit
Album : Live at Visioncon 2010
Total Tracks : 21
Total Length : 01:01:35
Year : 2010
Individual Tracks
01: The Sea
02: Freestyle
03: Tuning Up
04: Spell
05: Amateur Freestyle
06: Mingulay Boat Song
07: Faster Mingulay Boat Song
08: South Australia
09: She No Play Drums
10: Spell
11: Yo Ho
12: Moose
13: Mermaids
14: A Short Irish Lass
15: When Your Man Has Sailed Away
16: All For Me Grog
17: Not Heard
18: Between Boston and Saint John
19: Donkey Riding
20: Untitled
21: Drum Finale
Complete Set
Single MP3 attached to this post.
Live at Visioncon 2010 (.zip)
Live at Visioncon 2010 (.rar)
Podcast (music): Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:01:33 — 42.5MB)
January 25, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis and Paul
Topic : Trust
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
02:10 : 1986 Bon Jovi
06:40 : Wilderness of Mirrors
12:40 : The Grapist
22:15 : Houses of the Blooded
30:35 : Make It Rain
34:45 : DrakeCon
35:50 : Ouroboros
36:40 : Bayonetta
43:20 : Dark Void
44:50 : Army of Two: 40th Day
46:35 : Way of the Samurai 3
46:50 : Starcraft 2
59:55 : Mass Effect 2
Shoutouts
Art: Mountain Dew
Rob: Karithina
Paul: Black Hole by Charles Burns
Mike: Leverage
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:08:29 — 54.2MB)
Tags:
Army of Two,
Bayonetta,
Dark Void,
DrakeCon,
Houses of the Blooded,
Jon Bon Jovi,
Leverage,
Mass Effect,
Mountain Dew,
Orobouros,
StarCraft,
Way of the Samurai,
Wilderness of Mirrors Posted in: Show Notes –
January 24, 2010
We’ve had the Podtrac survey up and running for quite awhile now. We don’t really talk about it or draw attention to it at all but we’ve still had a few people kind enough to take notice and fill out the survey. I figured it was past time to share some of the feedback we’ve gotten with our audience.
All of these surveys are anonymous so I have no idea who said what, but that’s not important. Chime in and sound off on the comments that other listeners have already been vocal about.
Likes
(From 8/26/08 – 12/29/09)
- It is fun to listen to and doesn’t get dry. They cover a lot of games and podcast for the sake of podcasting.
- easy to listen, lots of info, fun, and entertaining
- The excellent balance of entertaining host bullshittery and semi-useful rpg discussion.
- Great cast rapport, lots of humor.
- RPG topics
- The report of the hosts is the best of any podcast I listen to.
- I enjoy the banter between the hosts and topic discussion.
- Their comprehensive discussions of the various facets of roleplaying games.
- Gaming information on games I’m not familiar with and their trying out and testing games. World design.
- The banter.
- humour / banter between hosts, (non) advice for gaming.
- Matt, Mike, Rob (not necessarily in that order). Banter topics are good. No censorship.
- The humor, the banter, the back-and-forth between the hosts on topics relating to gaming and genre entertainment.
- Good banter and hosts. Reularity of episodes. And most of all, “becoming recorded”!
- The banter between the hosts
- The banter portions of the show.
- The hosts bullshitting. Also, the word fuck.
- the attitude and personalities of hosts
- I enjoy the banter and interhost dynamic. Listening to nerds talk about nerdy things.
- Randomness that makes them so funny, the way things are gone through and talked about.
- Gamer talk
Dislikes
(From 8/26/08 – 12/29/09)
- Adam from the Podgecast.
- I miss Art.
- I could listen to it every day if it were new every day. More. Give me more.
- local area refrences
- I’d like more in depth discussion of the topics. All the hosts agree alot, and since there’s no one to argue with there not alot of depth to some of the discussions. I think someone playing devil’s advocate, or introducing a host who has different opinions then those already represented on the show would help.
- n/a
- Rob hasn’t put out a compilation of all of Mike’s recorded sighs yet.
- Juvenile behavior, opening banter.
- The ritualistic reading of the MEtagames bulliten, totally useless as I’m three states away.
- swearing, esp when it gets over-the-top. other podcasts I can watch happily with my wife, but this one I would often feel embarrassed about the language / topics of discussion.
- Any possible movie or book spoilers.
- Some of the opinions held by certain hosts are pretty different from my own, which can be either entertaining or annoying depending on how stridently they phrase it. And, frankly, claiming that when you say “gay” you don’t really mean it that way so it’s not an insult is a position that anyone over 16 should be able to realize is completely full of holes; they don’t do it much, but it stands out and makes them come across as ignorant.
- The weekly recap of television viewing habits. How sad. Read a book. One without pictures. Dweebs.
- Interviews.
- Boring moments.
- that it only comes out once a week ;)
- A couple memes are used a bit too often such as muting hosts and talk of “editing that out” revenge.
- Not enough Rob being an ass to the other hosts.
- Profanity
Other Interesting Results
(From 8/26/08 – 12/29/09)
Out of the 31 people who have taken the test, a whole two have been female!
58% are Single!
1 person speaks French!
29% listen to the episode more then once! (Seriously? What the fuck? I don’t even listen more then once!)
51% listen live from the site! (May be bias as that’s where the survey link is)
According to our Listener/Viewer Satisfaction section, our best area is the “Placement of ads or sponsorships in podcast” and our worst is the “Content”. High praise indeed!
“Hey, these guys don’t talk about much but their ad placement is FANTASTIC!”
January 16, 2010
Tags:
3:16 Carnage Among the Stars,
Akira,
Chantix,
Clash of the Titans,
Cowboy Bebop,
Death to Smoochy,
Evangelion,
Fireborn,
Ghost in the Shell,
Helpful Bus,
Inu Yasha,
Krull,
Lacuna Coil,
Leisure Suit Larry,
Next of Kin,
Pans Labyrinth,
PG Porn,
Save Against Frostbite,
Steam Boy,
Steam Punk Star Wars,
Taken,
The A-Team,
The Life Aquatic,
The Royal Tenenbaums,
Vampire Hunter D Posted in: Show Notes –
January 10, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis and Paul
Topic : Death and Resurrection
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
01:35 : Berries & Cream
04:24 : Geist
04:37 : Ralph Machio
06:30 : Forgotten Realms
13:52 : The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
18:06 : The Unit
34:25 : Eberron
Shoutouts
Rob: The Podgecast
Mike: Scribblenauts
Artemis: Primus
Paul: Waffles
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:04:36 — 50.4MB)
Tags:
Berries & Cream,
Eberron,
Forgotten Realms,
Geist,
PodgeCast,
Primus,
Ralph Machio,
Scribblenauts,
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,
The Unit,
Waffles Posted in: Show Notes –
January 3, 2010
Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis and Paul
Topic : Death and Damage
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
No one bothered to do show notes.
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:10:00 — 55.1MB)
December 28, 2009
Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis and Paul
Topic : Experienced Characters
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
05:25 : Dr. Who
05:37 : American Dad
24:25 : Potentate
31:35 : Warcraft 2
35:48 : Dragon Age: Origins
Shoutouts
Rob: OXM Podcast
Mike: Vans
Artemis: MTG: Zendikar
Paul: Dexter
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:05:52 — 52.5MB)
December 21, 2009
Cast : Rob, Mike, and Paul
Topic : Review: Geist: The Sin-Eaters
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
05:40 : Geist: The Sin-Eaters
30:00 : The Midnight Chronicles
39:40 : Game of Thrones
41:45 : Lord of the Rings
43:30 : Conan the Barbarian
50:00 : Neil Gaiman
1:01:55 : PodgeCast
1:03:05 : Codex Alera
Shoutouts
Rob: The Man Cast
Mike: Ogre Battle
Paul: Summer
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:14:35 — 58.7MB)
Tags:
Codex Alera,
Conan the Barbarian,
Game of Thrones,
Geist,
Lord of the Rings,
Neil Gaiman,
Ogre Battle,
PodgeCast,
Summer,
The Man Cast,
The MIdnight Chronicles Posted in: Review, Show Notes –
December 14, 2009
Tags:
30 Days of Night,
3:16 Carnage Among the Stars,
Archer,
Children of Men,
Crank,
Deadwood,
Dexter,
Heat,
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead,
Inglourious Basterds,
Joel McHale,
Justified,
Justin Long,
Kicked in the Dicebags,
Lacuna,
Memento,
Righteous Kill,
Rogue Trader,
Shoot 'Em Up,
Sixth Sense,
Smokin' Aces,
Song of Ice and Fire,
Sons of Anarchy,
St. George's Barbecue,
The Others,
The Prestige,
The Sopranos,
The Universe Posted in: Show Notes –
December 6, 2009
Tags:
Arcanum,
Assassin's Creed,
Batman Arkham Asylum,
Borderlands,
City of Villains,
Community,
Fable 2,
Free Market,
Lord of the Rings,
Mass Effect,
Murphy's Law,
Nihilism,
Non-Euclidean Geometry,
Oblivion,
Parable of the Cave,
Payback,
The Force Unleashed Posted in: Show Notes –
November 29, 2009
Cast : Rob, Mike, Paul, and Artemis
Topic : Villians
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
09:20 : The Fifth Element
24:55 : 7th Sea
30:20 : Boondock Saints
30:50 : Dexter
32:40 : Batman: Arkham Asylum
38:50 : Mass Effect
42:30 : Borderlands
48:40 : Sons of Anarchy
51:05 : Locke & Key
51:30 : Spaced
52:40 : The Office
55:10 : The Prisoner
56:35 : Apt Pupil
58:00 : Flawless
58:40 : The Long Good Friday
58:45 : Sexy Beast
Shoutouts
Rob: Man vs. Food
Mike: Metalocalypse
Paul: WWII In HD
Artemis: The Prisoner
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:11:23 — 56.0MB)
Tags:
7th Sea,
Apt Pupil,
Batman Arkham Asylum,
Boondock Saints,
Borderlands,
Dexter,
Flawless,
Locke & Key,
Man vs. Food,
Mass Effect,
Metalocalypse,
Sexy Beast,
Sons of Anarchy,
Spaced,
The Fifth Element,
The Long Good Friday,
The Office,
The Prisoner,
WWII In HD Posted in: Show Notes –
November 22, 2009
Cast : Rob, Mike, Paul, and Artemis
Topic : Separating Player and Character
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Memberships : Spooky Outhouse Productions and RPG Podcasts.com
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Outro: Train to Nowhere
Buy albums here or MP3s here\here
25:35 : Marathon Man
32:30 : Modern Warfare 2
48:25 : Empire: Total War
55:50 : Knights of Honor
56:30 : Jericho
1:00:25 : Friends
1:01:20 : Game of Thrones
1:02:00 : The Wire
1:02:25 : The Shield
1:02:45 : Sons of Anarchy
1:03:40 : Third Watch
1:04:30 : Dexter
1:04:40 : The Omega Man
1:05:30 : Planet of the Apes
1:06:25 : The Twilight Zone
Shoutouts
Rob: The House Bunny
Mike: Dragon Age: Origins
Paul: Locke & Key
Artemis: Mike Mearls
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:16:58 — 61.6MB)
Tags:
Dexter,
Dragon Age: Origins,
Empire: Total War,
Friends,
Game of Thrones,
Jericho,
Knights of Honor,
Locke & Key,
Marathon Man,
Mike Mearls,
Modern Warfare 2,
Planet of the Apes,
Sons of Anarchy,
The House Bunny,
The Omega Man,
The Shield,
The Twilight Zone,
The Wire,
Third Watch Posted in: Show Notes –
November 16, 2009
Tags:
Age of Conan,
Conan the Barbarian,
Dresden Files,
Houses of the Blooded,
HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast,
Locke & Key,
Open Design Podcast,
Rogue Trader,
Solomon Kane,
Song of Ice and Fire,
Sons of Anarchy,
Star Wars Saga Edition,
Supernatural,
Tom Knapp,
Trail of Cthulhu,
Unhallowed Metropolis,
Victoriana Posted in: Setting Creation, Show Notes –
November 8, 2009
Tags:
Borderlands,
Bully Beatdown,
Chrononauts,
Dogs in the Vineyard,
Houses of the Blooded,
Michael Bay,
Mind Flex,
Mouseguard,
Pie Shop,
Revolution!,
Sons of Anarchy,
The Colony,
The Great Debate,
The Venture Brothers,
Transformers 2,
Twilight Imperium,
Whitechapel Project Posted in: Show Notes –
November 4, 2009

Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
- Background: Gunslinger -
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Bear Swarm is a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions.
The 5 Minutes series are five minute long, one-host pieces on topics recorded wherever and released whenever.
This one is Rob sitting on his sofa with his iPod Touch recording his thoughts on Pie Shop released by Mr. Toad. Enjoy!
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 5:00 — 3.7MB)
November 1, 2009
Cast : Rob, Paul, Art, and Carl
Topic : Buying Stuff
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
- Buy albums here or MP3s here\here -
Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Outro: Train to Nowhere
Transition: Hang Me High – Shout Outs: Killer in Texas
Plugs: Thunder Over El Paso
Bear Swarm is a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions.
06:05 : World of Darkness: Inferno
07:55 : Houses of the Blooded
08:25 : Rogue Trader
08:40 : Unhallowed Metropolis
10:55 : Realms of Cthulhu
11:45 : Weird War II
11:55 : Trail of Cthulhu
13:40 : Pie Shop
25:15 : The End
27:50 : Ravaged Earth
29:15 : Requiem for Rome
36:15 : Anima
46:55 : Where the Wild Things Are
47:30 : The Road
48:35 : Paranormal Activity
49:30 : Zombieland
Shoutouts
Rob: The Digital Freemason
Paul: Transvestites <- Mike refuses to Google this to find a link.
Art: Hermaphrodites <- Mike refuses to Google this to find a link.
Carl: BPRD
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download (Duration: 1:13:31 — 50.5MB)
Tags:
Anima,
Hellboy,
Houses of the Blooded,
Paranormal Activity,
Pie Shop,
Ravaged Earth,
Realms of Cthulhu,
Requiem for Rome,
Rogue Trader,
The Digital Freemason,
The End,
The Road,
Trail of Cthulhu,
Unhallowed Metropolis,
Weird War II,
Where the Wild Things Are,
World of Darkness: Inferno,
Zombieland Posted in: Show Notes –
October 31, 2009
We might have talked about it before, but for those Supernatural fans we’ve got something special for you guys. Turns out, Matt’s dad is a… rug… guy… I’m not sure what the technical name is. Regardless, the guy deals with rugs, doormats, and that sort of stuff. After we got Matt hooked on Supernatural, he got his mom and dad hooked too. Really, it was only a matter of time before this happened:
That’s right, its a Devil’s Trap Doormat. You want to get your hands on one of these bad boys? Cruise your browser over to Specialtydoormats.com and place your orders! Their only $39.99 and look wicked awesome. We all have one. They are epic.
October 26, 2009
Tags:
3:16 Carnage Among the Stars,
Against a Dark Background,
Cyberpunk 2020,
Dogs in the Vineyard,
Down Under Gamer,
Fallout 3,
Houses of the Blooded,
Ideology of Madness,
Legend of the Five Rings,
MC Front-A-Lot,
Nerdcore Rising,
Shotgun Diaries,
Twilight Imperium,
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay,
Wilderness of Mirrors Posted in: Show Notes –