The Magical Talking Hat

Yes, we’re huge now. We’re major celebrities. Like rock stars. Or mechanics. Or Presidents.  So we spend the episode discussing the intricacies of an outdated RPG, and the merits of feeding raw milk cheese to cats. You know, like famous people.

QUESTIONS:

In city there are factions Vampires, Changlings, Mages, and Vampire Hunters (Church). Which city structures would each infiltrate as “day jobs.” Elaborate. — Stevan D. Grbik

Dear Hatlets, Ice cream or gelato? — Sir Guido

LINKS: In passing, we mention Sir Guido’s YouTube channel, which can be found here.

 UPDATE: Apparently, the episode is quite static-y, especially at the end. We apologize. There seems to be something going on with the mic. Will attempt to fix it before next time.

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It’s an intense episode tonight, folks! We discuss the upcoming 100th Episode Gala, the power of snacks on time travel, and William goes on a long, crazy rant about how “not weird” he is!

QUESTIONS:

If you had a time machine and could visit any historical event, which snack would you bring? — Anonymous

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Heya hatlings!  Producer here.  Tony’s got a bad case of the man flu or some such, so I’m posting the episode on his behalf.  Unfortunately I can’t tell you what this episode is about or what questions are covered, but I’m sure it is of the same high quality that you’ve come to expect.

If I’ve mucked up something important, I’m sure Tony will fix it in the morning.  In the meantime, here’s your episode!

UPDATE:

Thanks so much to the Producer for picking up what I dropped!

And thanks to Mark for giving us the question list:

Questions from this episode include:

Anon asks: “Do you foresee a time when currency is no longer requried, ala Star Trek?”

Kiya B asks: “Dear The Magical Talking Hat, is it better to be too warm or too cold?”

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It’s amazing, the other-dimensional powers of the Hat. Anyway, we had a recording conflict, so we borrowed this episode from the guys with the goatees.

Also, the guys with the goatees don’t write down the questions. Because they’re evil. Sorry.

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This may be the longest episode every, Hatlings. And it gets pretty intense in places. We discuss some video games, yes, but also SEVERAL films. And then we get into a very serious discussion about… well… stuff. The internet, and then emotions, and then.. just stuff.

Also, a Christmas present!

Enjoy.

QUESTION:

Dear Hatlets, President calls you to head a committee to end crappy enteretainment, foster good entertainment. Where do you start? * — Sir Guido

* = question was abridged

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It’s the final episode of 2012! We reminisce on the lack of apocalypse, and discuss all the cool swag Tony got for the holidays. Also, some questions from the Hat.

Happy New Year, Hatlings!

QUESTIONS:

Dear Hatlets, Doctor Who or Torchwood? — Sir Guido

What question would you most like to ask the listeners? — Anon

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So this is the final episode. The final episode of everything, because the world ends tomorrow. We talk about that quite a bit. Also, a fascinating (and angry) story from the Producer about yoga!

Questions : I lost them. There were three. The first was from Mark, asking about the source of Tony’s “the only podcast…” bit. The second was from Craig (I think), asking about cybernetic implants. And the final question (ever?) was from Sir Guido, doing a compare/contrast of TV and movies.

Alternate title : The Producer, who originally came up with the episode title, later put her weight behind calling it “Happy Chrismageddonkwanzucah!” or something similar, but was outvoted. By me.

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First rule of Apocalypse Club… don’t talk about the Apocalypse! So we won’t. We’ll save it for next week.

This week is a lot about video games (sorry, to those who hate that), and about character archetypes, and why we like what we like.

Oh! And we predict the winner in the 2012 Presidential election!

Questions:

(* indicates an abridged/digested question)

Oh great hat of hats, who will win the 2012 presidential election, and why? –Anon

When you play an RPG or Video Game, what kind of character do you play? (e.g. Fighter, Mage, Stealth, Social, High tech, etc). — Bloodsparrow

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It’s spooky and strange. It comes from where we know not. Or not where we know? Something like that.

Anyway, it’s a mystery episode. We don’t understand, and soon, neither will you. Enjoy!

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