Schatz Fired
47 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago -Jacob Schatz of Opal Nebula discusses new projects and reviews music, games, books, Twitter feeds, and anything else he runs into online. New episodes drop Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
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Episodes
SF Episode 047 :: Spider John and the Dungeon Master
March 15, 2017 01:49 - 15 minutes - 16 MBWould have been a very different ballad, presumably. Today I talk about all of the different tabletop games that I want to run and how I'll never have time to do the horrific MMOmalgam plots that I so desperately desire. I also explain how the McElroy brothers have inadvertantly ruined my life because of a Jimmy Buffett goof that I followed down several questionable rabbit holes. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @0xfox. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English ...
SF Episode 046 :: Fishing by Blood Moon-light
March 10, 2017 00:33 - 11 minutes - 11.6 MBThat title took a few reworks to make it clear I haven't seen Moonlight yet. I'm getting back into the swing of things after a week+ off, and I get to babble about a sweet fishing game after some heavier talk. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @gcmulk. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 045 :: Determined to Wait For It
February 26, 2017 00:47 - 15 minutes - 15.6 MBSchatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 044 :: What Do Homebrew People Want
February 21, 2017 22:41 - 17 minutes - 17 MBI get meta and talk about the show and what it could be, and then about the hottest tool I've found for working with D&D 5th edition creation. No longer am I stuck with hastily scribbled graph paper when I could have luxurious glossies that look like I pirated them from a sourcebook. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @SusanAllenMN. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 043 :: MUCMUCin' About in the Adventure Zone
February 19, 2017 01:20 - 13 minutes - 13.4 MBBreaking: I am a dang nerd who does math about fighting games and listens to online good folk play tabletop games instead of JUST PLAYING THE GAMES LIKE A REAL PERSON MIGHT. Never stay on level 1, kids. We have to go deeper. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @brandnewfrogs. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 042 :: Sweatin' to the Dungeons
February 16, 2017 23:28 - 12 minutes - 12.3 MBI forcibly attempt to undo decades worth of neglect to my body, to varying results, and also I talk about a tabletop game that changed the game of tabletop for me. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @mysticjuicer. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 041 :: My Aether Breakin' Heart
February 14, 2017 19:33 - 14 minutes - 14.1 MBI spend some time talking about the holiday and why some people chafe at it, then also devote a moment to discuss a heart powered by Hot Gas. Which makes it not too dissimilar from our own, some days. While you ponder that, send me artists/bands that you like so I can do a Discography Dive! Show me what makes your heart and/or mouth sing. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @divisitweets. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 040 :: Hue Watches the Overwatch
February 11, 2017 17:35 - 16 minutes - 16.9 MBTwo games today because Games continue to be Good, plus some color-bending Magic card art and a rundown of all the stuff I'm doing today which is THE BEST SORT OF OVERWHELMING. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @__welcome_to__. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 039 :: Exile of a Rose on the Gray
February 07, 2017 22:58 - 16 minutes - 16.9 MBI get completely and utterly enraptured twice: once by an MMO and once by the lyrical enchantments of Seal. There is little hope for me by the end of the episode. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @malki. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 038 :: Due North of Real Talk
February 04, 2017 21:03 - 14 minutes - 14.7 MBI turn the chair around backwards all casual like and give you some real talk straight from the heart about how I've been feelin'. Then I turn that sucker in reverse and give you some completely UNREAL fiction. Gotta keep you guessing. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @mdrndad. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 037 :: The Mountain of Hipsters
February 02, 2017 21:30 - 10 minutes - 10.6 MBToday we begin with a nuanced critique of a new Mountain Goats single, moving onward to the afterlives of cats of unusual size and then gently settle upon modern games culture talk. Also, PUPPIES!! Your Twitter Goodfollow is @sblackmoore. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 036 :: A Call to Snakes
January 31, 2017 17:55 - 15 minutes - 16.3 MBI explain why I took two days off and then immediately make up for it by talking about the many variations of Snake that you can enrich your life with thanks to Pippin Barr. Also, call your representatives before fascism metastasizes, please. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @blackgirlnerds. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 035 :: A Wizard to Suit Your Mood
January 24, 2017 18:16 - 12 minutes - 13.4 MBCouple of albums, one old, one very, VERY new. Both great. I'd write a more descriptive summary but I'm busy rushing to go listen to Mouth Moods again. Enjoy! Your Twitter Goodfollow is @misterwarburton. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 034 :: A Hill to Grind On
January 21, 2017 17:04 - 12 minutes - 13.3 MBStart your day off right by punching a Nazi. Then, explore fast paced abstract fighting video games and submitting your fiction to various magazines and other outlets. Then settle in with a nice big cup of Homestar Runner. Take heart, gang. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @homestar_ebooks. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 033 :: This Is Spudvision
January 19, 2017 20:43 - 14 minutes - 15.1 MBI find an old art blog full of good good sketches and wax poetic about my new favorite Overwatch variant. Also Steve Prescott becomes my favorite artist really quickly, and Brian J. White crowns me King of Names. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @natefordsteals. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 032 :: We Provide Excitement
January 17, 2017 20:18 - 14 minutes - 15 MBThe First First Listen of 2017, a new not-so-new TV show for me, and the weirdness of promotional cards to tell a story about cards that tell stories. About cards [citation needed]. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @RealGDT. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 031 :: Beyond the Improbable Canopy
January 14, 2017 20:11 - 14 minutes - 15.7 MBBack into the swing of things here as I talk about my two new readings for pre-sleep and post-sleep good times: a Sherlock Holmes anthology and a fun webcomic. We contain multitudes, I guess! Your Twitter Goodfollow is @metalband_exe. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 030 :: Ghosts of Volleys Past (feat. Twenty-Seven)
January 10, 2017 18:06 - 24 minutes - 24.3 MBI am graced in the studio today with my Album Club 500 co-host Twenty-Seven! She inflicts her sponsored Tweetured Feat upon me, and we talk a lot about a Magfest favorite of hers and some beautiful disasters of art, writing, and weirdly a lot of pretty benign drug talk. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @icetsvu. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 029 :: Long Schatz -- Rogue One
January 07, 2017 16:49 - 11 minutes - 12.4 MBI watched Rogue One, FINALLY, and had too many feelings on it to have any other segments this episode. It's the first Star Wars movie that's not quite a Star Wars movie and that's weird, and important, and I talk about it for about ten minutes. Lemme know if this is Acceptable. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 028 :: Demoing the Critical Distance
January 05, 2017 17:30 - 17 minutes - 18.3 MBThe theme of today's episode is apparently creators showing off how the art gets made in a way that describes it as a craft rather than some amount of magic. Topics include songs by a Bowie soundalike crab, family film animation, and video games. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @ronniedelcarmen. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 027 :: The Essentials of Hollyweed
January 03, 2017 16:45 - 13 minutes - 14 MBA new year means a new episode! I dig into a game that's dug into me, and the gentlest form of public vandalism this side of the Pacific. Your TGF is even one of my dear friends, and that, gentle listeners, is a Moray. (It wouldn't fit in the title and I forgot to do it during the show it's gotta happen somewhere) Your Twitter Goodfollow is @elementnumber46. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 026 :: You Say You Want a Resolution
December 31, 2016 15:39 - 13 minutes - 14.2 MBLooking forward to 2017? Yeah, me neither. But at the very least we need to pull each other up and do the damn thing, so I take some time to talk about what I'm gonna be working towards this year. "Fix all shortcomings" and "topple the establishment" are implied, so these are like the runners-up. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @royalpizzaboy. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 025 :: Don't Talk to the Dark Knight
December 29, 2016 16:18 - 16 minutes - 18.3 MBI describe my experience with Moana in a crowded theater and the apparent dissolution of all known laws of etiquette therein (also there's a bit about that crab?) and how apparently Batman is supposed to be enjoyable? 2016 is really some kind of backwards world, you guys. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @1aprildaniels. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 024 :: Let's Evaluate the Sun
December 27, 2016 15:24 - 15 minutes - 18.3 MBToday's episode may contain trace elements of Pokemon Sun spoilers. Shake off those Christmas trimmings and hear about some good sci-fi from N. K. Jemisin, as well as my takes on a blue goblin and the new Pokemon game, which is kind of also about blue goblins if you squint right. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @FrogTips. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 023 :: Would You Like Duels with That?
December 24, 2016 17:23 - 16 minutes - 18.8 MBToday's episode contains a deluge of fast food tangential subreddits and the newest variant of Wizard's Chess that's got me hooked. Hope you all have a good holiday if you can. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @tha_rami and @msminotaur. Schatz Fired's Theme Song is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 022 :: No True Poptarts
December 22, 2016 15:50 - 11 minutes - 12.4 MBAll sorts of mistrust going on in this one. Redditors mistrusting each other, scotsmen mistrusting themselves, and myself mistrusting the rapport I've built with my audience to spring a Broadway musical tribute on them. Fingers crossed, gang. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @notruescotsbot. Schatz Fired's theme is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
SF Episode 021 :: Layla and Other Assorted Polyforges
December 20, 2016 16:01 - 16 minutes - 17.6 MBRants! Music! Magic Card Art! Games! Words! This and more (but not a whole lot more) will you find in today's episode. I go off about another mobile game eating up my free time and a bunch of completely unusable words that I will no doubt attempt to use regardless. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @HaggardHawks. Schatz Fired's theme is AGeD written by Rand Bellavia and Adam English and performed by Ookla the Mok.
Episode 020 :: Care for a Spot(ify) of Tea?
December 16, 2016 15:57 - 15 minutes - 15.8 MBI talk about how the sublime combination of Spotify's daily mix feature and Adagio Teas' custom blends have allowed me to assume direct control of my morning routine. This is too much power, and my corruption will become apparent when caffeinated mixtapes begin showing up in the mailboxes of world leaders. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @MattFnWallace.
Episode 019 :: The Long Dark Knight of the Snowball
December 15, 2016 17:30 - 13 minutes - 13.3 MBI evangelize for Movies With Mikey some more because his Dark Knight review is astonishing, and I talk about the way that Overwatch has perfectly encapsulated the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you pelt someone mercilessly with ice. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @VietnamCrystal.
Episode 018 :: Surfing at Midnight
December 14, 2016 15:35 - 13 minutes - 13.7 MBToday brings a psychadelic instrumental rock album from my first listens of 2016 and a surreal action performed by one of my damn cats. Laid-back for you, mind-bending for me. Just the way you like it. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @illusClaire.
Episode 017 :: Ookla the Jackbox
December 13, 2016 18:58 - 16 minutes - 17.2 MBParty game streams and catchy comic book rock are in store today as we delve into a guilt-less pleasure and a relatively self-aware look at nerd music. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @weaponnames.
Episode 016 :: The Problems With Kormakurmics
December 12, 2016 15:37 - 16 minutes - 18.2 MBA bunch of small games by the publisher of Fiasco, a big article about the neverending cyclone of awful that is the printed comic industry, and a big pink rabbit monster. Business as usual, basically. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @ebonyteach and @HealingFictions.
Episode 015 :: The Tranquility of Professional Wrestling
December 09, 2016 15:41 - 16 minutes - 16.5 MBI discover that green wraths are hardly that, and relay to you one of my favorite concept albums based mostly around large men bludgeoning each other to submission. (My other favorite from that category is the unfinished Batman Musical.) Your Twitter Goodfollow is @trans_lit.
Episode 014 :: Clipping and the Chipmunks
December 08, 2016 15:33 - 14 minutes - 15.1 MBToday is Weird Music Day, I guess? I talk about Sludge Pop and Cram Disco and Noise Rap and only two of those are true. If you wanna learn which two, you'll have to listen to the episode. I ain't tellin'. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @kylelabriola.
Episode 013 :: Speedy Tremors and All That Jazz
December 07, 2016 14:53 - 8 minutes - 8.84 MBA Schatz Rapid-Fired as I get the show done right quick to go code for three hours. I talk about a sick jazz album and a giant lizard so quickly you'll be asking, "IT'S OVER SO SOON ?" Your Twitter Goodfollow is @frontier_ebooks.
Episode 012 :: Doubling Down on Hadestown
December 06, 2016 15:27 - 15 minutes - 16.1 MBThis episode's Stunt Food Sorcery takes me to a traumatic memory, and I talk about how Anais Mitchell's folk opera soothes my soul. Your Twitter Goodfollow for today is @TweetsOfOld.
Episode 011 :: The Guaraldis of Wrath
December 05, 2016 16:11 - 16 minutes - 17.2 MBI get a little bit grounded to start but then launch into Tee KO shenanigans and two beautiful Wrath arts. Christmastime is, whether we like it or not, here. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @OliveOilCorp.
Episode 010 :: Opal Nebula Launch and the Chimera Squad
December 02, 2016 15:21 - 15 minutes - 16 MBI finally unveil the site to you all, harp about the Hamilton Mixtape, and get excited about a bunch of goofy metal animals. What a joyful episode. Your Twitter Goodfollows are @firesidefiction and @talkwordy.
Episode 009 :: Cats and the Effects Thereof
December 02, 2016 02:59 - 13 minutes - 14.6 MBI'm swamped getting stuff for the new site together so today you get to suffer through a description of my cats, and the foolishness inherent within them. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @reiley.
Episode 008 :: Attending to Trains and Generators
December 01, 2016 02:54 - 15 minutes - 15 MBI find a familiar face on an old Magic card and remember the good old days where my internet content consisted mainly of typed out onomatopoeia. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @vondellswain.
Episode 007 :: Songs of Movies and Mikey
November 29, 2016 15:30 - 15 minutes - 16.7 MBI bring up Movies with Mikey for the SECOND time and probably not the last. I also remember Leonard Cohen in a way by clumsily describing his albums. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @saladinahmed.
Episode 006 :: Sugar Pringles and Shirt Art Mingles
November 28, 2016 15:30 - 14 minutes - 15.4 MBWe enter the second week of this grand experiment with culinary witchcraft and a game which happens to be very good. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @Iron_Spike.
Episode 005 :: Blast From the Classed and Tiny Sci-fi
November 25, 2016 15:30 - 14 minutes - 15.5 MBI talk about an old favorite blog and name-drop the McElroys as my new favorites. I also do my first book review, if "this is a great thing that I love" counts as a review. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @MicroSFF.
Episode 004 :: Schatzgiving 2016
November 24, 2016 15:30 - 16 minutes - 17.7 MBIt's American Thanksgiving and also my birthday! I babble on about Hamilton and Brutal Legend, which is probably the first time that a human being has done that particular sequence of things. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @theyareaboutyou.
Episode 003 :: Twist Stiffly and the Good Bundle
November 23, 2016 15:30 - 16 minutes - 9.51 MBI swear the title's not an innuendo. I talk about the Twist Stiffly Radio Play that's in the works, and also the Good Bundle, a collection of indie games for charity. See? Told ya. Your Twitter Goodfollow is @fiyahlitmag.
Episode 002 :: Talking Atlas and A Tribe Called Quest
November 22, 2016 15:30 - 15 minutes - 8.96 MBI namedrop my partner in crime over at Talking Atlas, as well as the new A Tribe Called Quest album and Rising Sand. Twitter Goodfollow: @elektrotal and @ghirapurigears
Episode 001 :: Schatz Fired
November 21, 2016 15:30 - 14 minutes - 8.5 MBFirst Episode! This is a daily podcast about what's good online, media I've consumed recently, and new projects both at Opal Nebula and beyond. Twitter Goodfollow: @shinesurge and @kiddcommander