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Undertowers PodcastEpisode 35: Undertowers RecommendsIn this episode we bring to you, our intrepid listeners a series of recommendations, an eclectic series of things we are enjoying.
You’ll hear about Dragon Quest, Indiana Jones, and the Oblivion remake, as well as The Night Manager (2016), and Squid Game. We run through audiobooks, especially The First Law world of books, the recent Andy Serkis Middle-earth narrations, the Astral Codex Ten Substack based blog and similarly the Astral Codex Ten Podcast, and finally the new anime Lazarus. We finish up with a round of dislikes or un-recommendations.
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Drago...
2025-07-2748 min
Undertowers PodcastEpisode 9: an interview with Scott Christian SavaIn this episode we interview Scott Christian Sava and delve into his history with art, design, and scifi/fantasy works, especially in comics. We talk about his affinity for Spider-man and Conan the Barbarian especially and his years spent seeking work at the early Comicons. We cover his work animating video games for the Sega Genesis and Atari arcade machines and later work in the Casper films. He would later go on to direct Animal Crackers and create the animated graphic novel series The Dreamland Chronicles. We talk about his current artwork and development and the Hobbit hole he...
2024-07-201h 21
Undertowers PodcastUndertowers Podcast Episode 2Talking Genre and Fantasy, Plus Our Top 10 Video Games
In this episode, we discuss the concept of genre, exploring where it's helpful and where it's just marketing. Is fantasy a setting or a genre? How should books be categorized in a bookshop? Does it even matter all that much? We delve into when genre is useful and when it becomes a crutch.
Afterward, we share our personal top 10 video games.
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