The Elf and Dwarf

E18: Micheal Cricthon

theelfanddwarf — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:15:25 +0000

Recorded live in Second Life, the Hunter duo do all they can to avoid the show’s main topic: The Life, Times and Writing of Micheal Crichton. They can’t pass a chance to talk about Twilight (which was spurred by comments by Steven King), nor to talk a bit about WoW and achievments. Did you know Rorlins wrote a novel?

E 17: Geeky Christmas

theelfanddwarf — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:33:36 +0000

After their Christmas Vacation (free of Chevy Chase, sadly) the Hunter Pair returns to not only fill you in on their vacation but stream the show live from Second Life! The pair talk about geeky presents they gave and got, and what they’ve been up to for the last 2 months. A bit of ranting about Northrend, a little talking about the new Patch, and some postulations for next week finish the show. As a correction, Rorlins will be making his SL live music debut next week, not this week, on 1/29.

Joining the Show In Second Life

theelfanddwarf — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:35:53 +0000

So you want to listen in the show live in Second Life?

It’s not as hard as it sounds but, if you’re completely new to virtual worlds it can be intimidating at first.

Begin by going to https://join.secondlife.com/

There you can signup and download the client. Once it’s installed getting in is not that hard and there are a few tutorials to get you used to everything floating around. Depending on how much you want to make of your visit to Second Life give yourself anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour for the tutorials. Once that’s done, hop over to this SURL

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ambrosius/229/54/24

And you’re there. Make sure that you’ve enabled streaming media, and that it’s turned on and you should hear the stream coming down.

And Update

theelfanddwarf — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:27:27 +0000

We are planning a return. Here’s what got us:

Holiday planning.
Wrath of the Lich King
Holiday planning.
The Gnome now walks.
Holiday planning
A new Xbox for Rorlins (thank you Randall Undermountian!!!)
Holiday Planning

Now that we’re free of the holidays we are coming back. Look for us next week on the 21st of January to return with a show about “Geek Christmas” the best geek gifts we got, the best geek gifts we gave, what we wanted to get and what hope for the new year.

And as an added bonus we will be streaming the show LIVE into Second Life while we record. It’s a free download, feel free to get a copy, make yourself an avatar and hang out with Rorlins and Adeldia (who go by Rollins Hawker and Kaylee Ninetails) at Santir Island Performance Center. Once you’re in world just do a search for the “Place” Santir and you’ll find us there. Show starts at 9 Eastern.

E 16: Northrend

theelfanddwarf — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:34:44 +0000

In this special edition, the Elf and Dwarf document their first steps, literally into Northrend. Listen along as they sail across the sea and wander into the first zone, do their first quests and give their first impressions.

E15: Spore Reveiw… Eventually

theelfanddwarf — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:12:49 +0000

This week the hunter pair brings a review of Will Wright’s new(er) game Spore. Well, after they do some news from Azeroth, comment on the zombie plague, look into some new castings in the realm of sci/fi fantasy and other tidbits, plus some email. And of course the email bag has at least one email on how to write a book…

Episode 14: What we’re Watching 08

theelfanddwarf — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:27:50 +0000

The new fall season is underway! A few weeks in and here’s what the Elf and Dwarf have programmed into their DVR. Hits and misses abound as well as probably a few too many non-sci fi/ fantasy conversations. Oh, and there’s not much news so we subsituted a few minutes of married people bickering instead.

E 13: Your First Con

theelfanddwarf — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:34:13 +0000

You could call this one Dragon Con Part 3 as we reflect on advice to someone going to their first con. The news covers some DRM developments, Spore and some movie previews.

V2 Episode 12: DragonCon2

theelfanddwarf — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:11:20 +0000

After some reports from Kodath on the news, the Hunter Pair wrap up their review of their trip to DragonCon talking about star sightings, goofy trivia and what costumes they wore. The news included tidbits on the new White Wolf game, some Batman Comic drama and more inside info on the new WoW expansion.

V2 Episode 11: Dragon Con

theelfanddwarf — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:50:44 +0000

Part one of a two parter, we begin our review of the epic experience which is Dragon Con. This week we focus on the various panels, how we got around, and some of the inside secrets on Battlestar Galactica, Firefly and much much more. Oh and did we mention that Rorlins sereneded Alan Tudik?

V2 E9: I Can Haz Campane Plz?

theelfanddwarf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:30:52 +0000

In their last podcast before Dragon Con, the Elf and Dwarf talk about the upcoming Sims 3 game, the new Harry Potter trailer and a new fanfic er book release. The topic of the week is about how to get the ideas to start writing your own campaign. In the mail bag they read some mail about how to get going in RP outside of WoW and on last week’s found on the forums topic of gaming and religion.

V2 E8: Top Ten

theelfanddwarf — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:25:31 +0000

News this week includes comments about Wizards First Rule, the Batman Box Office hits, and comments about some upcoming TV shows. Then the topic of the week: The Elf and Dwarf review the AFI’s top 10 genre movies of all time. Finally the hunter pair revive Rorlins’ “Found on the Forums” to talk about religion and gaming.

Episode 7: EnD 4th Ed

theelfanddwarf — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:29:55 +0000

After talking about some recent news such as Buzz Aldrin’s blasting of popular Sci Fi, the Elf and Dwarf bring in some friends to talk about their first impressions of the new Dungeons and Dragons. Focusing exclusively on the game play experience they talk about what’s new, what’s kept and what changes they like so far and what they don’t.

V2 E6: Confessions

theelfanddwarf — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:30:46 +0000

To make up for being off the air for a few weeks, the Elf and Dwarf brought a friend: none other than the author of Confessions of Part Time Sorcerer, a girl’s guide to D and D, as well as numerous Dragon magazine articles, and Wizards of the Coast insider, Shelly Mazzanoble. The hunter pair ask her about how the book came to be, some of her experiences working “the Mecca of Gaming” and what it’s like to sit on both sides of the DM screen.

V2 Episode 5: Geeking in the Dark

theelfanddwarf — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:58:40 +0000

Due to the recent storm that hit Michigan (and a neighbor who refused to call Ms. Digg before doing major landscaping) we’ve been both without power and internet until today. True to form we did get out a short conversation about geeking without power and how we’ve been surviving without email, the web, or WoW.

The Elf and Dwarf go Dark

theelfanddwarf — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:39:32 +0000

Sorry folks, no show this week. Due to the massive storms that hit the midwest this week we are without power. Rorlins is cheating by blogging this from his desk in his classroom when he should be grading final exams. We will return to the virtual airwaves next week.

Why not use this week to check out the Wife Agro Podcast, or Mischief and Mayhem?

Or you can use this break to complain to all of your friends about how much you miss your weekly dose of Hunter Banter! Tell them how disappointed you were that you didn’t get to hear about the joys of balancing a marriage, multiple MMO subscriptions, a tabletop game and a newborn! Let them know how frustrated your entire week will be without your fix of book reivews, movie commentary and lots and lots of nearly useless statistics!

Then tell them how the Elf and Dwarf will be back next week, and how they can find the show themselves!

V2 E4: I am Iron Man

theelfanddwarf — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:43:47 +0000

Okay neither of us is Iron Man, but we did see it and we do want to talk about it, after we go over some of our impressions of modern heroes in the media. We also review the MMO City of Heroes, talk about the death of Gwen Stacey, and then close with a full spoiler review of Iron Man. Yes, kids, stop listening at the one hour mark to avoid spoilers.

V2 Episode 3: Raiders of the blah blah

theelfanddwarf — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:26:05 +0000

It’s all about a dog! Well, a character named after a dog. This week we’re talking about Indiana Jones, looking at all four of the movies and some of the trivia and folklore that go with them. At the end of the show the Hunters look at the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in a full force spoilery review. You have been warned. Featuring audio clips from Motor City Comic Con.

V2 Episode 2: Ahoy!

theelfanddwarf — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:54:36 +0000

Avast and Ahoy ya swabs, this week we be talkin’ pirates. Why is it they’re so cool? What makes them among the top grossing films? What is about buckling swashes and swinging from chandelers? Oh, and what’s this new MMO Age of Conan? Rorlins reports on Motor City Comic Con (as much as Ady lets him) and we’ve got some preview material for the upcoming Indiana Jones movie. Special Musical guest: Tanglefoot with Traighli Bay.

Motor City Comic Con

theelfanddwarf — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:40:30 +0000

While I have little to report here (I’m saving it for the podcast) I do want to give a shout out to an old friend from my college years: Jane Irwin.

Jane’s the author of the Vogelein comic, as well as the historical “Clockwork Game” comic. On top of that and working a day job, Jane does speaking engagements at libraries and children’s groups to help encourage art, creativity and comics.