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DIE-compressed
by Drew Wills and Gen Ainslow
Comic book creators Gen Ainslow and Drew Wills talk about the comic DIE, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. Additionally, they delve into the research surrounding DIE, do periodic interviews, and occasionally play the DIE RPG.
Episodes
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 7: Have You Tried Linux?
Gen and Drew read DIE Loaded Issue 7. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded, is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles, design by Rian Hughs,and editing by Katie…
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 6: Dead People Don't Get a Vote
It's the end of an arc! Gen and Drew read DIE Loaded Issue 6. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded, is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles, design by Rian…
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 5: Player Actions
At long last, Gen and Drew read DIE Loaded Issue 5. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded, is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles, design by Rian Hughs,and editing...
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 4: Pleaseobeymywill
Gen and Drew read DIE: Loaded Issue 4. They enjoy some fun new gods and a less fun new party member. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded, is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by...
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 3: Better-Graded Corpses
Gen and Drew read DIE: Loaded Issue 3. DIE's mind is blown. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded, is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles, design by Rian Hughs…
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 2: A Disease of Thought
Gen and Drew read DIE: Loaded Issue 2. 2 DIE 2 Compressed. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles, design by Rian Hughs,and...
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DIE-compressed Season 2 Episode 1: Of Course It's Magpies
Gen and Drew read DIE: Loaded Issue 1. DIE is back and so are we. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Bluesky: @die-compressed.bsky.social Our Email: [email protected] DIE: Loaded, is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles, design by Rian...
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Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 2
Skip List episodes will be published to our show feed, subscribe to us there for more episodes! feeds.libsyn.com/420611/rss https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skip-list/id1636234026 https://open.spotify.com/show/4eZh8mxYosg6lh0YhEqvuj?si=477e2e9defcb49fb Twitter: @skiplistpodcast Tumblr:...
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Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 1
Gen and Drew have a new podcast: Skip List! Join us for our first episode where we actually read some books. Gen reads The Andalite Chronicles and Animorphs Book 1: The Invasion. Drew Reads Alien Bodies. If you enjoy it, the rest of the episodes will be posted to our new feed, over here:...
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Feed Drop: Skip List Episode 0
Gen and Drew have a new podcast, Skip List! If you enjoyed us reading DIE, come join us while we read two pulp science fiction series from 1996-2005, The Eighth Doctor Adventures and Animorphs. If you enjoy the show, the rest will be published to our new feed: https://sites.libsyn.com/420611...
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
Gen and Drew sit down with Kieron and Stephanie to talk about the end of DIE. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] The journaling game mentioned in this episode is The Wretched by Chris Bissette: https://loottheroom.itch.io/wretched...
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DIE-compressed Episode 20: It's All For You
Gen and Drew read issue 20. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughs, and Chrissy Williams is published by Image Comics. Our intro and outro theme is "oh no oh no no…
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DIE-compressed Episode 19: I'm Always Someone Else
Gen and Drew read issue 19, and have a good cry about it. Join us for: Gender feelings! Queer feelings! Tragedy feelings! Nearly end of Die Feelings! Chuck is still a jerk Feelings! And more! Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE,...
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DIE-compressed Episode 18: Stars and Wishes
Gen and Drew read issue 18, join us as we discuss Sol's trauma, Ash's trauma, basically everyone's trauma, and talk about some jobs Sol could have in round-world. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie...
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DIE-compressed Episode 17: Delving Too Deep
Gen and Drew read issue 17, join us as we discuss the lovecraft stories that we didn't read, talk about Tolkien and ships, and get seriously freaked out by this incredible issue. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron...
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DIE-compressed Episode 16: Boys and Corpses
Gen and Drew read issue 16, the first issue of Bleed! Join us as we talk Lovecraft, tall ships, shitty gamer boys, and Chuck's ass. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles, Rian...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 15: Shared Fantasy Chapters 1 and 2
Gen and Drew read the first two chapters of Shared Fantasy, by Gary Alan Fine. We enjoyed learning more about the gamers of the late 70s, and did not enjoy learning about how they liked to play D&D. Content warning: there's discussion of misogyny and sexual assault. Our Tumblr:...
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Kieron Gillen
Gen and Drew sit down with Hugo Award Nominated writer Kieron Gillen and talk about everything DIE, from the writing, to the research, to the RPG, and much much more. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] DIE, by Kieron Gillen,...
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Stephanie Hans
Gen and Drew sit down with Hugo Award Nominated artist Stephanie Hans to talk about her work on DIE and its influences. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] Ivan Bilibin is the russian illustrator Stephanie mentions in reference to…
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DIE-compressed Episode 15: Emotional Archaeology
Gen and Drew read issue 15, the last issue of The Great Game. It prompts a lot of discussion on the nature of heroes and dungeons. Join us for conversations on our favorite background tiger, our thoughts on the end of story arcs, and some Ash/Isabelle ship stuff. Our Tumblr:...
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DIE-compressed Creator Interview: Clayton Cowles
Gen and Drew sit down with Eisner Nominated Letterer Clayton Cowles to talk about lettering, DIE, and lettering DIE. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] Sara Linsley, the manga letterer we mention is @salinsley on twitter. DIE, by...
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DIE-compressed Episode 14: Make Me Sad
Gen and Drew read issue 14. Less research required for this issue, but it's still a hell of a thing. We talk about dual-wielding emotions, the colors of grief and rage, paladins in the world of DIE, and so much more! Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email:...
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DIE-compressed Episode 13: I Saved the World
Gen and Drew read issue 13. Our 600+ pages of research pay off in a big way this issue. We talk Kriegspiel, new theories about the fallen grandmaster, Ash/Isabelle, H.G. Wells and Little Wars. It's a good issue to be weirdly invested in the research. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 14: Playing at the World Chapter 6
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 6. We finished reading the book! The last chapter is mostly about Zork, so join us for a quick recap of that, a summation of our thoughts on the book, and the reading of the last few week's listener responses and questions. Our Tumblr:...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 13: Playing at the World Chapter 5
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 5. Join us as we discuss the history of D&D after it's publication, and discover our new favorite rpg historical figure, Lee Gold. Also in this episode: more Gary Gygax being a jerk, rpgs from the 70s we thought were jokes, and a whole lot of...
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DIE-compressed Episode 12: Tyrant of my Heart
Gen and Drew read issue 12. More DIE! This week we have a lot to talk about. Join us as we slowly piece together all the references we miss, and somehow they all end up being HG Wells, because, well… of course they would be. We also discuss our new Grandmaster theory, the Dreaming Lands, and a...
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DIE-compressed Episode 11: Critical Derivative Alert
Gen and Drew read issue 11. We're back with actual DIE content and it's fantastic! Ash and Isabelle have a grown-up conversation. Chuck does some dumb shit, but what else can we expect. Join us to find out what ship Drew had turned around on, and what Gen thinks about people restarting their...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 12: Playing at the World Chapter 4
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 4. This one is rant inducing. Join us for more Brontës, Coventry, The Society for Creative Anachronism, Hyboria, Midgard, and more! Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] Feather…
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 11: Playing at the World Chapter 3
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 3. This one is long. Sorry, the chapter has 170 pages in it, so bear with us. Join us for an actual history of wargaming! This episode is probably the most relevant episode if you're interested in Eternal Prussia. Our Tumblr…
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 10: Playing at the World Chapter 2
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 2. It's 120 pages of content! Join them as they discuss the creation of the fantasy genre, or at least some men who were influential in early fantasy. Also: Dragons! Dungeons! And where are all the women? Women in early wargaming:...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 9: Playing at the World Chapter 1
Gen and Drew read Playing At the World, Chapter 1. They have a good time. Join them to poke fun at some nerds from the 1960s who made some dumb rpg that no one has ever heard of. This podcast sure does love Dave Arneson Audio Transcript to follow, on our website: http://die-compressed.libsyn.com/...
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DIE-compressed DIE-Friends 1
In a new segment, Gen and Drew bring new voices onto the show to talk about DIE. This week, they talk to Rachel, a DIE fan and cosplayer they met at NYCC. Do they spend a lot of the episode talking about the Brontës instead of the comic? Yes. Join them as they also talk libraries, Zamorna…
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 8: Make Stuff Up
Gen and Drew get back from their unexpected hiatus and are ready to read Split the Party and the DIE RPG Arcana rules (Which can be found here http://diecomic.com/rpg/) They have many good things to say about both! The energy in this one is a little strange, and they go off on more tangents than...
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 6: Damien and the King
At the wedding, the story draws to it's inevitable conclusion. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] Dailen's Twitter: @DailenOgden Dailen's Store: www.etsy.com/shop/dailenogden DIE, by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton…
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DIE-compressed Episode 10: Watch Me
Gen and Drew read issue 10. The one they've been waiting for. Join them as they forget how to podcast correctly after 1 whole year of doing this thing. Cut for time, the many minutes spent googling a character we've already spent half a podcast episode talking about. Our Tumblr:...
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 5: The Secret Keeper
Content warning: Descriptions of gory combat The gang visits a grave and talks about their feelings. Avery messes up and Erin gets hurt. Drew had to cut many quality jokes out of this episode to make it coherent/emotionally resonant. Mourn for the many funny things said that will never hear the...
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 4: Avery and the Exile
The gang is staring down the barrel of a snake. They meet some familiar faces, and we learn some new information. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] Dailen's Twitter: @DailenOgden Dailen's Store: www.etsy.com/shop/dailenogden DIE…
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DIE-compressed Episode 9: "Consumption"
Gen and Drew read issue 9. This one messes them up. Like a lot. Join them as they discuss their new favorite issue of DIE, and try to articulate how weird the addition of magic to the Bronte siblings story is. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email:...
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DIE-compressed Episode 8: Her Tiny Text
Gen and Drew read issue 8. They delve deep. Join us for our all new headcannons about the shape of Matt's sword, the identity of the Warden, and the potential for Ash to have another secret child. We gush about Stephanie's foray into the color green, and the drama that is Isabelle's life. Our...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 7: The Fancy-Pants Ruler of Angria
Gen and Drew read Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondol, a collection of stories by the Brontë siblings. Are you wondering who Lord Zamorna is? Look no further! We have all the details on this strangely athletic fuckboi. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our…
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 3: Erin and the Shapeshifter
A storm hits, and the party is out of luck. Someone gets hurt, Holly uses the Voice, and the gang spends the evening in a Fruedian murder house. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed Our Email: [email protected] Dailen's Twitter: @DailenOgden The Liminal:...
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 2: Holly and the Queen
The gang gets a limp-Glen-corpse from point A to point B. They meet some familiar figures and barter for their friend's life. Drew attempts to describe a character as looking like Castiel from Supernatural, and accidentally describes Contantine from Hellblazer. He apologizes. In his defense, he…
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DIE-compressed Episode 7: Real real
Gen and Drew read issue 7. They develop sympathy for Chuck. Join us for a three-fold desert in the Realm of Three. Gen maps the DIE, Drew has a theory about Ash, and we reveal the totally not google-able secret identity of Lord Zamorna. Audio Transcript to follow, on our website:...
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 1: Glen
While avoiding their 10th high school reunion, Holly, Avery, Erin, and Glen sit down for a fun evening of reconnecting and maybe even reconciling, while playing a mysterious ttrpg. Unfortunately, the game has other plans for them. Our Tumblr: DIE-compressed.tumblr.com Our Twitter: @diecompressed...
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DIE-compressed Episode 6: Cathedrals of Consumerism
Gen and Drew read issue 6. It makes them sad. Join us as we discuss binary aliens, potential love triangles, and the best god-damn comic panel in history. Drew has a couple of rants about a ship he doesn't agree with, and about behavior on the DIE RPG discord. Audio Transcript to follow, on our...
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DIE-compressed Death of the Faewilds 0: Setup
Gen and Drew are joined friends of the show Gigi and Dailen. Together they sit down and create the drama-ridden lives of Holly, Glen, Avery, and Erin for our first actual-play session. In this setup episode you'll find out who has a dark secret, learn whose ex died dramatically, and discover the...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 6: Rule the Rules
Gen and Drew read Fantasy Heartbreaker and the DIE RPG Beta rules (Which can be found here http://diecomic.com/rpg/) They have many good things to say about both! Join us as we finally figure out why Joy Knights are terrible people, Gen hunts for changes to the comic, and Drew relishes in the…
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 5: Serious Academic Looking Book, Part 3 - An Embodiment in Fantasy Side B, Core Fantasy
Gen and Drew FINALLY finish reading Dangerous Games, by Joseph P Laycock. Here's part four, of three. This is the one where they actually talk about Tolkien vs Le Guin, not-very-nice symbols, and what kind of suit Satan might wear at a wedding (which immediately derails them into talking about…
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DIE-compressed Episode 5: Existential Survivor
Gen and Drew read issue 5. Things spin out of control, and we reach the conclusion of Fantasy Heartbreaker. Join us while we talk exclusively on the lettering, ad the eye gore counter finally pays off, and Kieron creates the RPG of our dreams. Apologies, as we are both more congested than usual...
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DIE-compressed Off-Week 4: Serious Academic Looking Book, Part 3 - An Embodiment in Fantasy Side A, Wrestling with Tolkien
Gen and Drew continue to read Dangerous Games, by Joseph P Laycock. Here's part three, of three, finally. Wait, I'm receiving a note, uh… I guess this is part three of four, actually. These two really have a lot to say about this book. Join them as they talk Tolkien vs Le Guin, discuss Laycock's...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Comic book creators Gen Ainslow and Drew Wills talk about the comic DIE, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. Additionally, they delve into the research surrounding DIE, do periodic interviews, and occasionally play the DIE RPG.
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DIE-compressed currently has 51 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Comic book creators Gen Ainslow and Drew Wills talk about the comic DIE, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. Additionally, they delve into the research surrounding DIE, do periodic interviews, and occasionally play the DIE RPG.
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