What is Backstory Friday? Every Friday there will be a new article showcasing the backstory of characters past and present. Characters range from various settings, systems, players, and writing styles. The whole point is to share our creative works, and potentially the creative works of our listeners. Perhaps one of these characters will inspire other Players or Gamemasters, but primarily they are for entertainment. Enjoy.
Who all can submit backstories? Anyone! Listeners, Fans, Hosts, YOU! Just shoot any off to Backstory@BearSwarm.com
Johnny Dawes
Kendall Dawes raised his son to be responsible, friendly, and loyal. Johnny managed to duck the first one somehow, but they say that two out of three ain’t bad. From a young age, Johnny had always had something of a rebellious streak in him; Kendall wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and join the police force, maybe even someday moving into a command position. Johnny’s uncle Randle, however, saw the way that the young boy inspected the gadgets and various pieces of technology that populated Vault 47, and he always suspected that Kendall would probably be disappointed.
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Cast : Rob, Mike, and Artemis
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
- Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Transition: TeKilla – Outro: Train to Nowhere -
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : World Building: Whats it like? China
Bear Swarm is a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions.
2:20 : Survey
41:08 : Rome
44:04 : Solomon Kane
44:36 : A Knight’s Tale
44:42 : St George & the Dragon
47:50 : Fable 2: Knothole Island
48:56 : Kongregate
49:00 : Mastermind World Conqueror
49:36 : More Mastermind content found here under cartoons
50:30 : Fallout 3
Shoutouts
Rob: Zero Punctuation Reviews
Mike: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Artemis: Brotherhood of Battles
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What is Backstory Friday? Every Friday there will be a new article showcasing the backstory of characters past and present. Characters range from various settings, systems, players, and writing styles. The whole point is to share our creative works, and potentially the creative works of our listeners. Perhaps one of these characters will inspire other Players or Gamemasters, but primarily they are for entertainment. Enjoy.
Who all can submit backstories? Anyone! Listeners, Fans, Hosts, YOU! Just shoot any off to Backstory@BearSwarm.com
Joshua Carter
One of Anne Carter’s favorite stories to tell about her youngest son, Joshua, was of the time when at age four, he begged his father to take him on his annual month-long hunting sabbatical in Kansas. Perhaps due to hearing the story so many times throughout his life, the incident is also the earliest memory that Josh can recall.
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Cast : Rob, Mike, Artemis, and Jacob
Music : All music used with permission of Ghoultown™
- Intro: Mexican Moonshine – Transition: TeKilla – Outro: Train to Nowhere -
Sponsors : Meta-Games Unlimited
Topic : Balancing Realism
Bear Swarm is a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions.
01:45 : Meta-Games now has an online store! Check it out!
03:20 : Midnight
03:35 : CyberPunk 2020
06:40 : Scion
25:05 : Fallout 3
29:55 : OnLive
30:35 : Crysis
31:20 : WebTV
34:40 : Ninja Blade
35:15 : God of War
36:10 : Mass Effect
36:45 : Age of Booty
37:30 : Crystal Defenders
37:50 : The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
39:05 : Campaign Cartographer
39:25 : Vin Diesel’s Wheelman
40:00 : Pitch Black
42:15 : Aeon Flux
42:45 : Reign: The Conqueror
44:25 : Chronicles of Methos
Shoutouts
Rob: Requiem For Rome
Mike: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Artemis: Classic Godzilla Movies
Jacob: Puppy
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