Podcasts about lost garden

For three decades Armenians ruled Karabakh – literally “Black Garden” – an unrecognised statelet inside neighbouring Azerbaijan. Many saw it as the cradle of their civilisation. But as Azerbaijan retook control last autumn, the entire population fled in just a few days. It was a historic catastrophe for Armenia. But the world barely noticed. How is Armenia coping with its loss? Can 100,000 refugees rebuild their lives? And will the cycle of hatred that caused the conflict ever be broken? Grigor Atanesian reports.

For three decades Armenians ruled Karabakh – literally “Black Garden” – an unrecognised statelet inside neighbouring Azerbaijan. Many saw it as the cradle of their civilisation. But as Azerbaijan retook control last autumn, the entire population fled in just a few days. It was a historic catastrophe for Armenia. But the world barely noticed. How is Armenia coping with its loss? Can 100,000 refugees rebuild their lives? And will the cycle of hatred that caused the conflict ever be broken? Grigor Atanesian reports.Produced by Tim Whewell Studio mix: James Beard Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Series Editor: Penny Murphy

Several years ago, Penn Allen inherited a collection of diaries that had been meticulously maintained by her great grandmother. Penn discovered the diaries documented the building of her great grandmother and grandfather's Arts and Crafts house and the development of the garden that followed. She uncovered an untold story of her family, of plant hunting and of rock gardens - one that has significance to the wider world of horticultural history and in fact, goes some way to rewriting it.    Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the Week: Buddleias and Butterfly Tongues What We Talk About  What the book is about and why Penn felt it was important to write it How the garden helped heal; through providing a space to contemplate, a space to communicate, a distraction… Alpines and rock gardening Plant hunters Reginald Farrer Will Purdom What became of house and garden About Penn Allen Having spent most of my life in the UK, I moved permanently to the beautiful Lot region in SW France with my husband around fifteen years ago.  I have a passion for my garden and the outdoors and can generally be found either striding over a windswept hillside or upside down in my flower beds, always with a Labrador or two by my side.  The Lost Garden of Loughrigg is my first story, though hopefully not my last! Links The Lost Gardens of Loughrigg by Penn Allen  Tickets to see Penn Allen at the Kendal Mountain Book Festival Twitter @PennAllenwrites  Instagram penn.allen www.modicagardens.com

David visits Jekka's herb farm near Bristol on its first open day of the season where Jekka McVicar shows him around the new herb garden. In Hillsborough, as the spring spectacular gets underway, Claire Woods reveals how even the professionals have nature to contend with sometimes and Montalto Estate near Ballynahinch launches its Lost Garden. In studio, Ann Fitzsimmons will join David with some Easter gardening inspiration and take questions live. Email the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

Today Al chat with CEO of Rabbit Hole Studios, Scott Humes and the writer of The Lost Garden, James Babineau, Tune in to learn all about The Lost Gardens and more… Thank You for Watching / Listening! We appreciate your support! Episode 251 in an unlimited series! Host: Al Mega Follow on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook): @TheRealAlMega / @ComicCrusaders Make sure to Like/Share/Subscribe if you haven't yet: https://www.youtube.com/c/comiccrusadersworld Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/comiccrusaders Visit the official Comic Crusaders Comic Book Shop: comiccrusaders.shop Visit the OFFICIAL Comic Crusaders Swag Shop at: comiccrusaders.us Main Site: https://www.comiccrusaders.com/​​​​ Sister Site: http://www.undercovercapes.com​​​​ Pick up official Undercover Capes Podcast Network merchandise exclusively on RedBubble.com: bit.ly/UCPNMerch Streamyard is the platform of choice used by Comic Crusaders and The Undercover Capes Podcast Network to stream! Check out their premium plans for this amazing and versatile tool, sign up now: https://bit.ly/ComicCrusadersStreamyard * Edited/Produced/Directed by Al Mega

Today's episode is about an abandoned garden - but not just any garden, this one was created by America's first female landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand. Farrand is remarkable for many reasons - she designed the innovative and revolutionary landscapes for some of America's wealthiest families and most prominent universities and even landscaped the White House. However, much of her work today is lost. I'm joined by Karen Waltuch, Horticulturist at the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association, and David Hayes, Natural Resource Program Manager at Roosevelt Vanderbilt Van Buren National Historic Sites in Hyde Park, NY and we're going to discuss Farrand's legacy, her forgotten Wild Garden at Bellefield Mansion in Hyde Park, NY, and the amazing efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers to restore it and share it with the public. Show Notes and Links Support the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abandonedamerica/support

In this episode, Stephen, Mark, and Ellen talk about gameplay loops. Then, they talk about art direction. Then they talk about loops. And then art direction. And then, more loops. Just kidding! It's a regular roundtable discussion about diagramming gameplay, establishing art direction, and when to take out the garbage.Habitica: Gamify Your LifeEducating Intuition - Robin M. Hogarth, University of Chicago Press Diagramming Gameplay Loops 0:15:20 Ellen Burns-JohnsonGame DesignActionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards - Yu-kai Chou, Octalysis GroupHow To Perfect Your Game's Core Loop - Nathan Lovato, Game AnalyticsLoops and Arcs - Daniel Cook, Lost GardenHow Games Use Feedback Loops - Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTubeDaniel Cook: Game Design Theory I Wish I had Known When I Started - IGDA Seattle, YouTubeExpanding UX: Gameplay Loops - Vitaly Starush, MediumThe Gameplay Loop: a Player Activity Model for Game Design and Analysis - Emmanuel Guardiola, ResearchGateKurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master's Thesis Rejected b… - Josh Jones, Open Culture Art Direction 0:42:00 Mark LaCroixArtDreamsettler Reveal Trailer - No More Robots, YouTube Back in the day, Nice Games Club talked about color theory. “When two colors of paint really love each other…” We talked about sources of inspiration and it reminded us of episode 141. Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic

In this episode, Stephen, Mark, and Ellen talk about gameplay loops. Then, they talk about art direction. Then they talk about loops. And then art direction. And then, more loops. Just kidding! It's a regular roundtable discussion about diagramming gameplay, establishing art direction, and when to take out the garbage.Habitica: Gamify Your LifeEducating Intuition - Robin M. Hogarth, University of Chicago Press Diagramming Gameplay Loops 0:15:20 Ellen Burns-JohnsonGame DesignActionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards - Yu-kai Chou, Octalysis GroupHow To Perfect Your Game's Core Loop - Nathan Lovato, Game AnalyticsLoops and Arcs - Daniel Cook, Lost GardenHow Games Use Feedback Loops - Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTubeDaniel Cook: Game Design Theory I Wish I had Known When I Started - IGDA Seattle, YouTubeExpanding UX: Gameplay Loops - Vitaly Starush, MediumThe Gameplay Loop: a Player Activity Model for Game Design and Analysis - Emmanuel Guardiola, ResearchGateKurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master's Thesis Rejected b… - Josh Jones, Open Culture Art Direction 0:42:00 Mark LaCroixArtDreamsettler Reveal Trailer - No More Robots, YouTube Back in the day, Nice Games Club talked about color theory. “When two colors of paint really love each other…” We talked about sources of inspiration and it reminded us of episode 141. Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic

In Episode 31, The Occupational Philosophers reconnect with the amazing Jez Rose as they design a garden of creativity, curiosity and imagination. They loved this piece so much that it needed its own episode.  With Jez's love of nature, he became a landscape gardener as he designed his own garden of creativity, curiosity and imagination.  You will hear about what's needed for:  The soil, providing nutrients, foundations and roots Flowers, providing sensory stimuli, sights, sounds, sense and touch  Fauna providing...... Jez is a wonderful storyteller and you will not be disappointed as we journey into his imagination.  Simon also makes a pledge to bring this garden to life via an artwork as well! (watch this space)    We hope you enjoy the show.  And as The Occupational Philosophers always say: stay curious, make stuff, play more, have fun and date life.  FYI: The Inbetweeners episodes are just that - smaller episodes in between our longer format episodes designed to give a little kickstart to enable you to be the most curious, creative and imaginative cat you can be - and have some fun in the process.    Say Hello www.occupationalphilosophers.com    Their day jobs JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/  SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au  SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg       

Hollywood didn’t start out as a boy’s club, nor did it start in Hollywood. Alice Guy Blache was the industry’s first woman director and the co-owner of Solax, a film studio built in Fort Lee, New Jersey in 1910. Writer/Director Christina Kotlar has been celebrating Alice and working to bring her forgotten story to the world. We’ll talk about Alice’s groundbreaking life and career before there were barriers to inclusion, including directing the first film with an all African American cast. More on Christina and her work. More on Alice. We talk about filmmaker Pamela Green and the Alice documentary Be Natural. Filmmaker Marquise Lepage and her film The Lost Garden. More on Fort Lee where it all happened. Alice's memoir. Her 1896 film The Cabbage Fairy. Alison's McMann's book The Lost Visionary. Alice's legacy in female filmmakers like Maya Deren and her 1943 film Meshes of the Afternoon. Suffragist Alice Paul. Trainee and later rival, Edison. And Alice's final resting place. We also mention the very first episode of Hearthside Salons featuring Emmy winning puppeteer, Liz Hara. And as always, more information on PageCraft's upcoming screenwriting classes and workshops.

Dr. Chantel White of the University of Pennsylvania uses archaeological techniques to identify plants that grew in the garden of pioneering plant collectors John and William Bartram.  Thanks to her work, a long-gone garden is re-emerging into the light.

In this episode: Anna Louise visits Reuthes, Lost Garden of Sevenoaks to find out about their enchanted forest, bushcraft, and she even gets to walk some alpacas...  Your artwork can be in a gallery! Bex chats to artist Liz West all about her exhibition that's waiting for us inside the Wilson Art Gallery and Museum in Cheltenham. She tells us how you can get involved by making and sending in your own art. George tells us what's on across the UK, including axe throwing in Lincoln, escape rooms in Norwich and a museum all about street-life and transport in Hull. Then we're back on Mini Motley Farm with Anna Louise and her mum, she's an author, her name is Ruth Doyle, and she's telling us all about foraging for food. Foraging is something you should grab a grown-up for, and remember not to eat anything you aren't certain about.  Tell us what you’re up to at FunKidsLive.com/ActivityQuest and we might use what you send us in a future episode.  Opening times and prices correct as of recording. Check before you travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we celebrate the botanist who was allowed to tend a garden while he was a prisoner in the Tower of London. We'll learn about the Pioneer botanist of Tennessee and the botanist who used his love of trees to shape an optimistic view of humanity. We'll also celebrate Jamie Taggert, the young Scottish botanist, who set out on this day in 2013 for Vietnam but sadly never returned to his beloved home at the Linn Botanical Garden. We'll hear the Carl Sandburg poem with the famous line, "no beautiful thing lasts" We Grow That Garden Library with today's book which is all about mixing up a special batch of seeds for a natural garden that doesn't require buying any small plants. We'll talk about some ideas for a Garden-Themed Thanksgiving and then we'll close the show with some Autumn-inspired Ayurvedic principals for the Gardener.     But first, let's catch up on a few recent events. The blog of the award-winning Landscape team of Warnes McGarr @warnesmcgarr recently shared a very beneficial post called "Five things to consider before redesigning your garden." As a northern gardener, I love what they say right at the beginning of their post, which is that the coming colder months should be used to make plans for the garden. The design team encourages us to ask this question: "Do you use your garden enough, or is it an afterthought?" With this question in mind, they share some considerations for any garden redesign project: reducing the size of your lawn, adding a garden room, investing in a wood-fired oven, and keeping wildlife in mind when you select plants for your garden.   Meanwhile, Gardens Illustrated reported on How to Prepare the Garden for Winter,  and they shared a few useful tasks to tackle right now. In addition to general tidy up, suggestions like using a power washer to clean your stonework, setting up your bird feeders (something we discussed yesterday) as well as cleaning and culling through your pot collection are excellent activities to accomplish as we transition into winter.   Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck - because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community.  So there’s no need to take notes or track down links - just head on over to the group - and join.          Brevities #OTD On this day in 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh was executed.  On the orders of King James, Raleigh had been a special prisoner at the Tower of London for thirteen years. During his time in the tower, Raleigh was allowed to tend a small apothecary garden in the courtyard below. Raleigh used his garden to grow exotic plants and plants from the new world. He also used the herbs to experiment with medicines. Last year marked the 400th anniversary of Raleigh's death. In celebration, Raleigh's "Lost Garden" was installed at the Tower of London. The garden is planted with herbs, flowers, and fruits that are historically appropriate for the time Raleigh was at the Tower. Historical records show that Raleigh created numerous cordials and herbal remedies. He once incorporated borage, rosemary, marigold, saffron, juniper berries, lemons, red roses, and red gilly to create a cordial for new mothers.      #OTD On this day in 1908, The Tennessean newspaper reported that the botanist Thomas G. Harbison was in Nashville to collect a specimen of the clematis gattingeri for Harvard. The gattingeri clematis was regarded as a very rare plant that had been discovered by Augustin Gattinger. Gattinger was known as the "Pioneer Botanist of Tennesee". He had been born in Munich, Germany in 1825, but had immigrated to the united states in his twenties after being kicked out of the University of Munich for seeking more liberty for Germans and for celebrating George Washington's birthday.  Gattinger served in the Union Army during the civil war, and he became a country doctor. He also started studying botany, and Gattinger counted many prominent botanists as friends. Gattinger is remembered for his published works, which include The Flora of Tennessee and Medicinal Plants of Tennessee. Gattinger's entire 50,000 specimen herbarium was donated to the University of Tennessee in 1890. Sadly, in 1934, the collection was destroyed in a fire. In the preface to his Flora of Tennessee,  Gattinger wrote: "While the pursuit of botany never brought me any financial advantages, I acknowledge that it was a mighty protector in keeping me out of the way of social corruption, and it gave me many hours of the purest enjoyment of life and brought me into friendly relations with many excellent men and women."     #OTD  Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist William Henry Chapman who died on this day in 1970. Chapman was an American botanist, and his area of specialty was pomology or fruit. As a professor, Chapman taught at Cornell and later at UC Berkeley and UC Davis, where he was the Dean of Agriculture.  A Biographical Memoir of Chandler,  written by Jacob Biale, includes an excerpt from a 1941 speech given by Chandler, where he reflected on the merits of studying plants. He said,  "The material we work with has character," "[Chandler believed that] trees and plants... exerted an influence on the behavior of the people who tended them." Chandler wrote that, "The emblem of my faith is the tree and its system of dormant buds. ... Because of this reserve of dormant buds, a tree is ... dependable in a destructive world. It can be broken into pieces... and will grow new parts to replace the lost ones. "...The tree symbolizes my faith in humanity ... For I know, there are many dormant buds in human society also."       #OTD  On this day in 2013, Jamie Taggert, the young Scottish botanist, set out on a solo Plant Expedition to Vietnam. Jamie grew up with his botanist father, Jim, and tended the garden his dad founded - the Linn Botanic Gardens that overlooks Loch Long on Cove Bay in Scottland. The ancestors of Hugh Grant once owned the estate.  The Linn Botanic Garden is home to almost 4,000 plant species. Back in 2013, Jamie was beginning his third plant-hunting expedition. It was his first solo trip, and he was planning to explore the mountains of Northern Vietnam - a place he had botanized on an earlier trip. When he arrived in Vietnam, he sent his dad a text to let him know he had arrived. On the morning of Halloween, he checked into a guest house and then took a taxi to the National Park of Fansipan - the tallest mountain in Vietnam. A tea seller at the base of the mountain watched Jamie walk toward the mountain. She would be the last person to see Jamie alive. Over two years later, a Vietnamese farmer found Jamie's body at the bottom of a waterfall. Jamie apparently died attempting to scale the slippery rocks. Rob Curran wrote an excellent article about Jamie's story in Believer Magazine.  He  writes that many people have asked: "What was he thinking?" Why did Jamie take such a risk for plants? Curran concludes his article this way: "What was he thinking? He was thinking of Menzies and the great Scots explorers. He was thinking of Mother Nature on the run from climate change and high-capacity cable cars. He was thinking of the beauty of the flower he had just discovered, and whether anyone else would ever see it. For what is the act of discovery if not leaving the safe foothold of the known to reach into the abyss?"       Unearthed Words Autumn Movement by Carl Sandburg I cried over beautiful things knowing no beautiful thing lasts. The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper sunburned woman, the mother of the year, the taker of seeds. The northwest wind comes, and the yellow is torn full of holes, new beautiful things come in the first spit of snow on the northwest wind, and the old things go, not one lasts.     It's time to Grow That Garden Library with today's book: Sowing Beauty by James Hitchmough  The subtitle for today's book is Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed,  and that is indeed what makes Hitchmough's approach unique and different. James has come up with his way of combining seeds to significant effect. The result is a beautiful garden;  grown entirely from seed.  There's no need to purchase starter plants from nurseries and no need to scour plant sales. James is a professor of horticultural ecology at the University of Sheffield his work centers around developing novel approaches to planting design.    As a researcher and a practitioner, James prioritizes both aesthetics and function. His ecological plantings strive to accomplish both; his plants are beautiful, layered and naturalistic.   Hitchmough has worked to find mixes that can hold their own and exist for years in the garden - and also resist weeds. Best of all, Hitchmough shares his seed mix recipes in the book, and they are shared for a variety of growing zones.        Today's Garden Chore Start thinking about ways to have a Garden-themed Thanksgiving. After Halloween, the little pumpkins, squashes, and gourds begin to go on sale. But they will last for months if they are kept in a cool, dry, space. Your Thanksgiving tablescape can feature these classic elements, but you can also incorporate other garden-inspired items into your tablescape. This year, consider adding a yule-log - an actual log that you can decorate with mosses, air plants, and succulents. Crotons offer beautiful autumnal colors. Jade plants provide architecture and plumpness, a perfect accent for your Thanksgiving table.  Another wonder item that I stumbled on a few years ago - and managed to find for you online today - is a cast iron mini tree stand. This is such a fun way to bring nature indoors. In this case, you can take a nature walk and look for a beautiful tree branch that you can display using the cast iron mini tree stand.  You could even turn the tree into a centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table or a thankful tree for your Thanksgiving tradition. You can decorate it with ribbons or with little notes that count your blessings. I searched and searched online to find the little tree stand, and I found it on the website Antique Farm House. They sell the cast iron mini tree stand as a set of four. So, go ahead and buy the set for $24, and then you have three extra lovely little stands that you can use as gifts over the holidays.   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart Mother Nature has blessed us yet again with a change of seasons. The fall season is a season of movement and transition. We are transitioning from hot to cold and wet to dry.  Ayurvedic health and wellness experts tell us that this is the time of year when, like the garden, we also need to change to achieve balance. So, here are some other activities that can benefit gardeners as we transition out of our gardens and into our homes. Take time to ground yourself by increasing the amount of stillness in your day. Our gardens are a natural place of stillness and silence for us. Even when we are weeding, we are grounded and quiet. And we are focused on a single point of connection with the earth. The work in the garden is not like other work we perform. To make up for this loss of grounding and stilling work, adding in more opportunities for stillness can bring calm and a sense of balance. Curl up in your favorite chair. Fill a corner of a room with houseplants and sit beside them. Imitate your plants and add stillness to your day.    Add warmth to counter the cold, dry air; eat warm foods.  Dig out your crockpot so you can have a warm, cooked meal every day. Enjoy warm drinks like coffee and herbal teas. Enjoy spices and herbs that are warming like cinnamon and ginger. Microgreens of basil and mustards are very warming as well and happily grow on the kitchen counter. At bedtime, a little cup of warmed milk with a pinch of nutmeg or cinnamon and sugar is a lovely way to end the day.   Finish some of your remaining garden tasks indoors.  If you have items you need to go through, bring them indoors where it's warm and where you have a sink you can fill with warm soapy water. Clean off the cobwebs and the grime. Go through your aprons and your gloves. Tidy up the bins that have been catchalls in the potting shed or garage - where you hang your hat in the garden. I recently washed up some pots and baskets along with some miscellaneous junk I had on my garden shelf outside the front door. Somehow, it was easier to address the clutter by evaluating the items inside a warm house than standing or sitting out in the wind and cold.  So there you go; three tips to aid our transition into Fall - as we walk out of our gardens and into the shelter of a warm home.         Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Today I talked to Dan Cook about competitive games, social games, and our objectives behind making games in the first place. This was one of my favorite conversations with one of my favorite game design theorists out there. His blog, Lost Garden, was literally THE blog (along with maybe some stuff from Anna Anthropy) that … DanC on the reasons for making games Read More »

We're gonna honor those who died while serving in the armed forces for Memorial Day. I picked a few songs for soldiers as well as those of parting and even one that's an satirical twist on how people celebrate the holiday. I also have my own little memorial for a musician friend who passed away recently. We have music from Marc Gunn, The Selkie Girls, The Rogues, 3 Pints Gone, Jed Marum, Bedlam Bards, Jiggernaut, Scooter Muse, The Changing Room. If you enjoy this show, LIKE it, SHARE it, post in the comments, or tell a friend. Then subscribe to the podcast and my mailing list at http://pubsong.net/ WHO'S PLAYING IN THE PUB TODAY? 0:12 "Bring Me Home, Boys" by Marc Gunn from Sci Fi Drinking Songs 4:32 "Fall of Serenity Valley" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Single 8:29 "The Parting Glass" by The Selkie Girls from Parting Glass 13:44 "The Warrior's Salute" by The Rogues from RogueTrip 17:52 "Freedom Costs" by Bedlam Bards & Marc Gunn from Firefly Drinking Songs 22:07 TRIBUTE TO JED MARUM Jed Marum is a Celtic folk singer out of Dallas. He was a big part of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I am broken-hearted to share that he died at the beginning of May at the age of 66. He was incredibly kind and generous performer who touched many lives, including mine. 22:56 "Loch Lomond" by Jed Marum from Calla's Waltz 26:46 PUB TALK 27:57 "Two Minute's Silence" by Jiggernaut from The Well 34:24 "Wear the Brown with Pride" by Marc Gunn from As Long As I'm Flyin' 37:00 "The Parting" by Scooter Muse from Saddell Abbey Annie Binding, the Royal British Legion‘s community fundraiser for Cornwall, added:“The joint project by The Changing Room and The Lost Gardens of Heligan to produce a Cornish EP to commemorate the lives of the Heligan gardeners who served in The Great War will act as a poignant reminder of their sacrifices. The Lost Garden of Heligan’s support for The Royal British Legion over the past few years has been fantastic, and we hope to keep our partnership strong for many years to come as we continue to keep alive the memory of the fallen and support the future of the living.” 41:07 "We Will Remember Them" by The Changing Room from Names On A Wall 45:43 "The Sailboat Armada" by Marc Gunn from Kilted For Her Pleasure 49:33 "Raise a Glass in Parting" by Marc Gunn from Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits If enjoy any of these artists, please support the musicians who support this podcast, buy their merch, follow them on Spotify, and share the show. Geek Pub Songs was produced by Marc Gunn. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can join the Gunn Runners Club for as little as $1 per month to support my music. You can get regular updates of new videos, podcasts, lyrics, stories behind the songs, plus 21 songs for free at www.pubsong.net. THANK YOU PATRONS I want to thank everyone in the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon. There are 143 people who pledge a $1 or more per month so that I can keep creating new music and entertainment for you. You are amazing.  I want to thank my newest Gunn Runners: Russell Witte-Dycus, Craig Wallerstein, Mark Albright, Rob Wilson. Go to marcgunn.net to express your generous nature today!   PUB TALK The next CeltfatherLive concert is scheduled for Sunday, May 20 at 8 PM CST. Register at Celtfather.com/watch to join me for this free concert on YouTube. I finished up a video challenge on YouTube last month. It was called Video Every Day in April. I happily completed the challenge. So you can watch 30 new videos in a playlist I created. They are not all music. Some are vlogs for Gunn Runners and others are for musicians. That said, I have a bunch of new videos I've released. Every Tuesday, I put out a new music video. Right now, it's just me singing songs. But in the future, I hope to have more produced official music videos. In the meantime, I hope you'll check out my videos of "She's Shiny", "Browncoat Baby", "Spancil Hill" "Jasper Tabby Kitty Cat-y", "Lord of the Pounce" and "Molly Malone". I think the videos are getting better. I'd love your thoughts. I released two new singles to Patrons. The one in April is a comedy song called "Why Do You Torture Me?". The May one is of the "Mingulay Cat Song". There's also a podcast all about that episode on Celtfather Music & Travel. Check the link in the shownotes for details.

Coming up this week on the show, we are joined by Scott and Shelyse from Rabbit Hole Studios to talk about their new game, "The Lost Garden". Also, Twitch Streamer Dies During 24-Hour Marathon Stream, Civilization VI is getting modding tools and Steam Workshop support, The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon, Madden 17 is now free via EA Access (By the time we record). Titanfall 2’s next free DLC and Double XP arrived Feb 23, Gears of War 4 Special Double Class XP, Feral Horde Weekend

Coming up this week on the show, we are joined by Scott and Shelyse from Rabbit Hole Studios to talk about their new game, "The Lost Garden". Also, Twitch Streamer Dies During 24-Hour Marathon Stream, Civilization VI is getting modding tools and Steam Workshop support, The Exclusive Gap Between PS4 And Xbox One Has Become A Canyon, Madden 17 is now free via EA Access (By the time we record). Titanfall 2’s next free DLC and Double XP arrived Feb 23, Gears of War 4 Special Double Class XP, Feral Horde Weekend

Dan Cook is a pioneering co-op game designer, co-founder of Indie game studio Spry Fox, author of the legendary Lost Garden website, and a truly inspiring and insightful guy. Dan has a deep understanding of social dynamics in online gaming - our conversations blow my mind on a regular basis. Come along as Dan takes us on a whirlwind tour of indie game design life, remote collaboration, and the magic of small groups for getting things done.

In this episode, Soren interviews Daniel Cook, who is the Chief Creative Officer at Spry Fox. He is best known for his design work on games such as Triple Town, Realm of the Mad God, and Steambirds as well as for his writing on game design at lostgarden.com. They discuss the joy of making tile sets, why Lost Garden was originally an anonymous blog, whether Triple Town should be free-to-play, and why we wish we had been neighbors.

Daniel Cook of Spry Fox joins us to discuss content-focused and system-focused game design. We talk about the rise of narrative games like Gone Home and Journey, and contrast them to system-centric games that offer deeper gameplay, at the expense of greater risk to game developers. We talk about how these forces have affected Spry Fox’s games, and dig in to their latest, Road Not Taken. Dan’s Lost Garden article, How game forms are shaped by their environment Full Indie Summit Machinations Dan’s previous game, Triple Town Great games that seems obvious in retrospect, like Letterpress and Threes Procedural level generation in Steambirds Road Not Taken Sam Machkovech’s Road Not Taken review Architecture and Forgiveness, our interview with Monument Valley’s Ken Wong Raph Koster’s theory of chunking and games Steambirds

En el episodio corto de hoy vamos a hablar brevemente de una serie de televisión de ciencia ficción que a mi me tiene enganchado y que por supuesto os recomiendo a todos. Se trata de Fringe, una creación de J.J.Abrams que nos sumerge en un mundo lleno de fenómenos extraños e inexplicables y en el que la ciencia nos transportará a situaciones imposibles y realidades alternativas. Ambientan el podcast de hoy los temas Winter Dreams y Falling Snow del album Timeless Piano Dreams de Vladimir Sterzer, así como Old Clocks for sale del album Lost Garden de David Lerne. La sintonía de entrada y salida de los episodios nano es el tema The Old Wizard del album Fable de Celestial Aeon Project. Las podeis encontrar en Jamendo.com. Podcast: Escuchar… (botón derecho, guardar como para descargar el audio) (15:31/7Mb) Tagged: anna torv, ciencia ficción, fringe, john noble, series

En el episodio corto de hoy vamos a hablar brevemente de una serie de televisión de ciencia ficción que a mi me tiene enganchado y que por supuesto os recomiendo a todos. Se trata de Fringe, una creación de J.J.Abrams que nos sumerge en un mundo lleno de fenómenos extraños e inexplicables y en el que la ciencia nos transportará a situaciones imposibles y realidades alternativas. Ambientan el podcast de hoy los temas Winter Dreams y Falling Snow del album Timeless Piano Dreams de Vladimir Sterzer, así como Old Clocks for sale del album Lost Garden de David Lerne. La sintonía de entrada y salida de los episodios nano es el tema The Old Wizard del album Fable de Celestial Aeon Project. Las podeis encontrar en Jamendo.com.

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