My Favourite Monster
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Welcome to My Favourite Monster, a podcast where two professional house sitters, ttrpg fans and comedy fantasy fiction authors, George Penney & Tony Johnson consider every monster in the universe for their pet potential, one by one. Be it xenomorphs, Trogdor, Jaws or a mind flayer we will consider them all!
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It's a room with a Moooooose! (from Invader Zim)What do you need to know to survive/enjoy/prosper from this MOOSEY FATE?What is gravitational whale astronomy?Is the borg just space-box?Is an infinite moose a wave or a particle?(we forget entirely to talk about possible world's theory)As a wise one once said: "Data-fish teaches you".
Special OverLondon takeover! As the 19th of May is the anniversary of Anne Boleyn rather unfairly getting the chop, we figured it was high time we honored both her and our OverLondon universe equivalent The Vengeful Queen! (may she rest in vengeance)Can one fire an arrow box from a bow?Ships that fall over when they fire!!Is dressing as a giant bee in an English court advisable?What is the mouthfeel of roast chaise lounge?No history was harmed in the making of this podcast.
Ahahaha, we're doing this again!!! In this episode we delve into the depths of our shared history, to that which grew ridges on our smooth child-brains (for better or worse): Powdered Toast Maaaaaan (from the absurd and disturbing "Ren and Stimpy").If you have no idea what that is, then you're in for a treat (but it's not my fault if it tastes like sawdust). We look at the standard questions:Is PTM a grey-goo nanotech disaster just waiting to happen in your breakfast chunks?Buttock or Buttock...
We investigate how a combined Meg-Jason Statham fusion would work as a pet and almost manage to make a coherent episode:Can you milk a cow shark?How exactly, do you grind cheese?Can you use Jason Stratham as a grinder?And yes, we pronounce Jason Statham's name with an R because I once heard someone say it like that on the radio once and it got glued in my brain. It's science. Statham science. Also - OverLondon our comic-fantasy-whodunnit is available at our website, OverLondon.net!
We delve into the awful cult movie The VelociPastor and answer all of the questions:What use is a were-dinosaur at a children's party?How cheap was the crappy dinosaur costume?Is China in Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh?What does a montage taste like?
We're back! Season 2 baybee!We kick off with the highly contested, Oscar the Grouch... yes, we'll do a proper monster next time I promise.Anyway - we ask the real questions:Is his can nuclear powered?Is he a rent-controlled defense against gentrification?Is his girlfriend comfortable with his pachyderm polyamory?Can we evict him and clean up the Pacific Ocean?Do puppets breathe, or only when you're not watching?Would you buy animal-people-leather??And remember: What happens in the can, stays ...
As we are just finishing off the edit on a book, we thought we'd have a (hopefully informative) rant about editors and the editorial process. Because gnarr.Signs your editor may stink and how to find a shiny unicorn.What are the breeds of editor?How much do they cost?Various stories from the trenches...Also on another note... we gonna be traveling and kicking off some house sitting again in SE asia (looking after some real monsters), so till we get back in the swing we may be a little intermi...
So I had a think about it, and it turns out the Crystal Gem species is rather overpowered. Like... Immortal xenomorph meets nano-tech hegemonic-swarm combined with planet sculpting and a side salad of resurrection plus faster than light travel. So I might have gotten a tiny bit ambitious with this episode...I work out what the true purpose of the Gem civilization is!We decide the mecha-diamond needs a crown and underpants (George gets to be those)Non-binary post scarcity utopia for ever...
We investigate "The Affront", one of the most charismatic and truly awful alien species to ever exist. A tentacled gas-sac parody of British aristocracy from the book Excession by Iain M Banks, one of the greatest science fiction writers that ever lived.I wax poetic about the post scarcity society known as "The Culture"Overlords... Blaaargh!George riffs on Legend of the Overfiend because she can get away with it.Apparently, I am the Affront. But not for the reason you think.Aristocracy's toil...
In this episode we ramble about our current favorite anime... Jashin-chan Doroppukikku (Dropkick on my Devil) as well as think about pork cutlets and reminisce about eating roast duck ramen in Tokyo.Anyway who doesn't love a regenerating topless Lamia maid who is constantly trying to kill you (mostly via snakey dropkick)?Why are there not enough slice of life parody anime out there??Why IS pork cutlet and croquettes so amazing?Why is podcast?Oh and here are some links to some of the the oddba...
George made me watch the original Predator and we consider it as a pet. For example:Does it keep walking into stuff at ambient temperature?Where to I get magic invisi-mud?We probe the dark truth as to where glowsticks REALLY come from...And realize predators are really landing in orbital drop toilets
We rant and rave about the androids and magical black goo in Alien Covenant (and Prometheus).Quite a bit, actually...Neutrino shockwave? ...no... just no.Join the egg sniffers guild today, we have cookies!Why android hair???volcanic glass >> magic faux genetic god alienChekhov's gun misfires againAnd more!
We dive into the Discworld and consider Gaspode, the cynical ball of stench and disease or as he would put it "Mans best friend, et cetera, et cetera. Give the little doggie a biscuit. Homo-Sapiens! You can keep 'em."We talk about Greyfriars Bobby, the inspiration behind Gaspode.We remember the good/bad old days of London, that Pratchett parodies with Ankh Morpork, where indoor toilets were mistrusted and putting your cape down on the sidewalk for a lady meant you'd need to burn it afterwards...
In this episode we travel back 500 million years to look at the pure and unadulterated nightmare fuel of the Cambrian explosion. In particular the weirdest creature named after a literal hallucination: Hallucigenia.* How many pikachu's can you impale on it's back spines?* Which end is the front?* Why don't more tentacles have teeth?* Why is the D&D version 25ft long and backwards?Show notes! Hallucigenia walking (Cambridge university)Green HallucigeniaOpabiniaAnomalocarisWiwaxia (and...
We delve into the potential of the beloved Mimics:Are tofu halflings an ethical food option?How do they fare against clothing, fall and chainmail blankets?Do mimics have pollen allergies?What is the saddest thing you can stick to a mimic?Are they really the most useful accessory?
This is one of those episodes where Tony gets fascinated by the cthonic things that kicked around before Greek myth and George works out which goat head isn't plotting against you.Does your pet Chimera need house-training three times?Does the lion head end up bald on one side and charred on the other?What do Echindna's have to do with this?Learn how to save money on pet food by taking it to the dog park!Bonus show notes: We checked and Pathfinder couldn't work out how to draw it either but th...
For George's birthday shark-o-rama we evaluate the genetically modified hyper-intelligent sharks from Deep Blue Sea. It's one of **those** episodes:Where do I buy fluffy leopard print chainmail?Are sharks anti-capitalistic or merely democratic-anarchists?Where does a dump stat rank against legs on Maslow's hierarchy of sharky danger?Should we feed all the attractive people to sharks immediately?
This episode we evaluate the absurdly overpowered Tarrasque as a pet:Which out of D&D and Pathfinder has the sexiest Tarrasque?How did it evolve from fish-pig... to cat-tortoise... to walking apocalypse?Is Godzilla gonna sue?Why does his theme song make no sense?And how exactly do you manage something that is literally "unkillable"?
So we thought we would rate as a pet three concurrent cat-like things, nyan. All three of these would do just fine at either a catgirl, cosplay or furry convention. Which is what a human in DnD typically feels they have joined whenever they walk into a tavern. Futhermore, nyan.Which cat is best cat? (trick question... all cats are best cat)Do cat-girls have ovipositors?!?What did Tabaxi ever to to 3e and 4e to make them so mad?Which of these three makes the best flat-mate?Why does George hate...
In this episode we evaluate the subterranean tentacle-worms, Graboids, from the iconic horror-comedy Tremors as a potential pet.Save on water with a dirt-moat for your evil lair?Is this really just a dirt-chicken?Need a rain of florescent orange entrails?Can those tentacles operate muppets?Tony has a few rants... because bad physics! Geology!! Gaaah.
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