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In episode 71, the guys interview Felicia Day, the writer and star of the hysterical geek web-series, The Guild. The guys talk with Felica about shooting Season 2 of the Guild, what it was like working on the set of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, and they argue with her over the merits and...

In episode 67, the guys get sentimental and sappy thinking back about their favorite and least-favorite episodes in the past year and a half. The guys give details behind specific episodes, which you can easily link to in the episode guide in the Animalcast forum. The guys also solicit...

In Episode 62, the guys interview Steve Kenson, the creator of everyone's favorite supers game, Mutants and Masterminds. The talk to Steve about everything from his history with Shadowrun, Earthdawn and working for Green Ronin. Steve discusses some of his recent projects, including the Wild...

In Episode 60 the guys finally get to interview author and game designer Nick Logue. Nick talks about writing for Paizo's Pathfinder, WotC and his own awesome game company, Sinister Adventures. Never one to back down from a cussing contest, Nick brings a strong game as he tells stories of...

In Episode 59 the guys talk about all the loot they hauled back from Gencon. Mike discusses what he likes, and more importantly what he doesn't like, about Aces and Eights. Kyle discusses his oldest son's newest addiction to Order of the Stick, which was started with an OotS book he brought...

In Episode 58 the guys talk about their experience at the Ennie Awards. They discuss how cool it was to see Dave Arneson speak, the awesome goblin-acceptance music of Paizo, and the flagrant disregard of a dress code by Ken Hite who wore cargo pants and a Hawaiian shirt. Kyle also comments on...

In Episode 57 of the Animalcast, the guys give the rundown on their trip to Indianapolis for Gencon. Click here for their pictorial travelogue of the trip. The guys talk about all the nerds in costumes, the cool dice and games they got, being overwhelmed by sheer magnitude of Gencon. They...

In Episode 56, the guys talk about their plans for GenCon-- which of course means that Kyle again serenades the audience with a new song. They also talk about Mike's progress with his kids on the Pathfinder series of adventures, which leads to another discussion (in a roundabout fashion) to the...

In an unexpected surprise, the Animalcast (the podcast from Animalball Games) was actually nominated for an award. The Ennies have chosen the Animalcast as a finalist in the Best Fan Product award. Voting for the Ennies is open from July 29 through August 6. Animalcast co-host Kyle Jones has...

In Episode 55, the guys finally sit down for the long-awaited interview with Paranoia XP designer and author Allen Varney. Allen talks about how he got into the business, his love for Paranoia-- the greatest game ever invented-- and the difficulties in trying to revive a cherished game that had...

In Episode 54, the guys talk about the greatest RPGs that they've never played, but want to. Both came to the show with a list of three, including Little Fears by Jason Blair, the Kill Puppies for Satan by Vincent Baker, Wushu by Dan Bayn, Sea Dracula by Nick and Jake, the Marvel Universe RPG...

In Episode 53, the guys celebrate the fact that the show has been nominated for an Ennie. They dance like fat, middle-aged white men while shouting "special" messages to all the jealous player haters. And then they sip bacardi. They sip it like it is their birthday. But the bulk of the show...

In Episode 52 of the Animalcast, the guys introduce their new Gamer Girl correspondent who is going to start providing game reviews for the podcast. Kyle also announces that July is World Adventure Writing Month, and advises everyone to visit Jeff Rient's website and participate. The guys then...

World Adventure Writing Month 2008 is here! Check out the website at www.woadwrimo.org to participate. Worldwide Adventure Writing Month is a grassroots effort to motivate RPG fans to spend one month (July) writing a new adventure to share with the rest of RPG fandom. ‘07 was our first year...

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World Adventure Writing Month 2008 is here! Check out the website at www.woadwrimo.org to participate. Worldwide Adventure Writing Month is a grassroots effort to motivate RPG fans to spend one month (July) writing a new adventure to share with the rest of RPG fandom. ‘07 was our first year...

Does LARPing count? I'll have to add that to your Animalball Hotseat questions. You are aware of the hotseat, right?

You'll get your chance to prove otherwise, Nick. You've usurped Wil Wheaton as most sought after interview for us.

In Episode 48 of the Animalcast, the guys get to the bottom of the controversy stirred up in Episode 47. Specifically, they get the real answer as to the similarities between Father Llymic in WotC's Elder Evil's supplemental book and Kyle's project, Gemini's Glade. It turns out it was a case...

Robert J. Schwalb is innocent! Click here for the update!.