Elizabeth and Dan come together for an epic-length discussion about the gaming industry.
Kori taps Jeremiah for this episode of Fireside Fandomentals to discuss why your level of enjoyment of a film doesn't necessarily preclude it from being a "good" film.
Welcome to YAS Pitches 4. With input from a random generator for genre, setting, protagonist role, and initial conflict, Gretchen talks her way through a romance/sci-fi story featuring one of her favorite tropes: oops! wrong sibling. A nonbinary xenobiologist and their team---including a techie, her medic brother, and her sarcastic robot she built---must look for sentient life as well as hunt down the previous team that went missing and escape from hacked biomechanical supersoldiers. Will they find a way to save the planet and themselves from a greedy government operation? Listen to the episode to find out!
We end this year with the third episode of YAS Pitches, a recurring segment of Fireside Fandomentals. With input from a random generator for genre, setting, protagonist role, and initial conflict, Gretchen talks her way through an action/fantasy about a young woman chosen to be the "One Year Queen," a representative of the queen to the gods who will be ritually sacrificed at the end of the year to ensure the fertility and peace of the land. Our hero must navigate court intrigue, assassination plots, and falling in love in this Padme/Sabe inspired duology.
Kori and Jeremiah take a look at the 11th season of Doctor Who, and the Thirteenth Doctor.
In the second episode of YAS Pitches, Gretchen talks her way through a scifi horror story about a trans man who must navigate the creepy goings on behind a mecha boxing ring in order to save his sister, his love interest, and underprivileged families from genetic experimentation.
In the this episode of Fireside Fandomentals, our special Fandomentals+ subscriber exclusive podcast, Gretchen starts off on a whole new segment: Young Adult Story Pitches, or YAS Pitches for short. With input from a random generator for genre, setting, protagonist role, and initial conflict, she crafts a young adult trilogy with pirates, non-binary sirens, culture clash, the lurking horror of an eldritch apocalypse, and a queer, deaf, female protagonist seeking to clear her name from the belief that she destroyed her family in a shipwreck!
Kori and Jeremiah talk about sitcoms and series of yesteryear, the ground they covered, how they compare to prestige television, and what modern reboots need to do to be successful. They also bemoan the lack of show themes in modern series.
Thanks to the announcement of the next Korra comics trilogy: Ruins of the Empire, Kylie and Griffin talk through the description, implications, and what they'd like to see in this.
Kori and special guest Ashley discuss the current state of Comicsgate, as well as other issues with comics, gatekeeping, and fandom entitlement.
Kori and Jeremiah discuss the culturally created divide between "fandom" fans and sports fans, concluding that sports is just another avenue of fandom with the same highs and lows as our more traditionally identified mediums.
Fans and reviewers of Steven Universe Gretchen and Bo discuss all things White Diamond, including her design, behavior, implications, and theories.
Kylie and Julia introduce Gretchen to the wonderful world of Dave Hill by trying to explain one of their favorite episodes of Game of Thrones: "Sons of the Harpy." Gretchen, an ASOIAF fan who quit the show long before Season 5, reacts.
Kori talks about the problem with reboot criticism with the help of special guest, Jeremiah