As terrifying as Speak-as-One can be, we can't beat them unless we understand them - and their creepy doom harp. A special research project episode. Talking points: The Song, The Instrument, Audio design, Musical science, Architecture, Anatomy and Language of the Maze. Featuring cohost, Xaviul.
Spoiler + Content warning begins at 1:09. Content warnings: None.
This episode has some inaccuracies! For more details, check out Ep 10: For the Record.
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/TDP-Ep8
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nathan moody on bandcamp: https://nathanmoody.bandcamp.com/music
interactive sound and fury: https://www.interactivesoundandfury.com
bloody disgusting interview: https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3580174/interview-system-shock-2-follows-helped-create-co-op-horror-blackout-club/
harry bertoia's sound sculptures: https://youtu.be/YfQ3624z36Q?t=121
using resonant frequencies to break glass: https://youtu.be/Oc27GxSD_bI
effect of sound on the human body: https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-11/acoustic-weapons-book-excerpt/
harmful sound levels on healthlink bc: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/tf4173
orfield labs anechoic chamber: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber
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lore masterdoc: https://tinyurl.com/tbcloreguidev2
lore comics: part 1: https://twitter.com/JustJellyJammin/status/1172704758337101827?s=20 // part 2: https://twitter.com/JustJellyJammin/status/1176862814675361794?s=20
TDP twitter: http://twitter.com/TheDreamingPC
transcript masterdoc: https://tinyurl.com/tbctranscripts
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The Blackout Club Lexicon, for player/game lingo & terminology [on Google Docs]: bit.ly/TBCLexicon
Credits:
- lavanya: host, transcript, video editor, asset artist, speak-as-one's #1 fan
- astriferal: host, audio editor, puncher of things
- be11amy: advertising
- xaviul: host, moral support
- special thanks: olive & coolguy
- intro & outro music, "ringing bells": a weirdly handsome individual
- transition audio clips, music, voice lines: the blackout club/question games
- vibraphone clip: krol111 on wikimedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vibraphone_music.ogg)
- the blackout club: question games (https://www.blackoutclubgame.com)