{"id":849,"date":"2011-07-31T08:20:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=849"},"modified":"2011-07-31T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T23:42:49","slug":"unspeakable-episode-2-dennis-detwiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2011\/07\/unspeakable-episode-2-dennis-detwiller\/","title":{"rendered":"Unspeakable! Episode 2 &#8211; Dennis Detwiller"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> The day this went live, Dennis Detwiller and his wife welcomed their second child into the world. Congratulations, Detwillers! And nice timing!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this long-overdue mega-episode we talk about Cthulhu, gaming, and a bunch of related stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Unspeakable! podcast feed: <a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?feed=podcast\">http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?feed=podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-unspeakable-oath\/id441232694\">Or subscribe at iTunes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your hosts are <strong>Toren Atkinson<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thickets.net\/\">The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.causticsodapodcast.com\/\">Caustic Soda<\/a>), <strong>Ross Payton<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/\">Role Playing Public Radio<\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombiesoftheworld.com\/\">Zombies of the World<\/a><\/em>), and <strong>Shane Ivey<\/strong> (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\">The Unspeakable Oath<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\">Arc Dream Publishing<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In this episode we interview <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/detwiller.wordpress.com\/\">Dennis Detwiller<\/a><\/strong>: partner in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\">Arc Dream Publishing<\/a>, art director for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\">The Unspeakable Oath<\/a>,<\/em> co-creator of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delta-green.com\">Delta Green<\/a><\/em>, author of the upcoming novel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?p=746\">Delta Green: Through a Glass, Darkly<\/a><\/em>, and IP creator for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playfirst.com\/\">PlayFirst Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunspeakableoath.com\/podcast\/unspeakable-episode02.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-719\" title=\"unspeakable-600x600\" src=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/unspeakable-600x600-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/unspeakable-600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/unspeakable-600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/unspeakable-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Show Notes<\/h1>\n<p><strong>0:00:00 THEME MUSIC:<\/strong> \u201cNyarlathotep\u201d by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy Divine Industries. Copyright 2011. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thickets.net\">www.thickets.net<\/a>. Also: Welcome! Who are we? Why does Shane\u2019s microphone still suck? <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=6&amp;products_id=33\">Road Trip<\/a>, Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity, The Unspeakable Oath,<\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcdream.com\/zencart\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=5&amp;products_id=30\">Progenitor<\/a><\/em> are up for Ennie Awards. Vote for us in the past!<\/p>\n<p><strong>00:05:55 SPONSORS:<\/strong> Bow down and sacrifice your money to them!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.atlas-games.com\/\">Atlas Games<\/a> (<em>The Antactic Express<\/em> by Ken Hite; <em>Cthulhu Gloom<\/em>, which Shane and Toren love).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.innsmouthfreepress.com\">Innsmouth Free Press<\/a> <em>(Historical Lovecraft: Tales of Horror Through Time,<\/em> 26 Cthulhu Mythos stories spanning the ages.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miskatonicriverpress.com\">Miskatonic River Press<\/a> <em>(New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley, Our Ladies of Sorrow.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hplfilmfestival.com\/\">H.P. Lovecraft Literary Film Festival<\/a> in Los Angeles, Sept. 16-17, 2011. (See <em>The Whisperer in Darkness;<\/em> challenge Guillermo del Toro on shoggoths; Toren and various Pagan and <em>Oath<\/em> people go way back with the HPL Film Festival.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>00:11:55 UNSPEAKABLE NEWS:<\/strong> <em>Oath<\/em> 19 is out. <em>Oath<\/em> 20 is on the way to subscribers and will be at GenCon. We talk about what\u2019s in them. A little about <em><strong>Delta Green: Through a Glass, Darkly<\/strong>.<\/em> We\u2019re doing lots of stuff at <strong>GenCon<\/strong>, August 5-8. Ross talks about <strong><em>Zombies of the World<\/em><\/strong>. <strong>The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets<\/strong> are writing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston_Molasses_Disaster\">new music<\/a>. A fancy hardback edition of the <strong><em>Call of Cthulhu<\/em> rulebook<\/strong> is coming. <strong>Joe R. Lansdale<\/strong> does a comics adaptation of &#8220;The Dunwich Horror.&#8221; The <strong>Kingsport<\/strong> expansion for the <em>Arkham Horror<\/em> boardgame. <strong><em>Black Bag Jobs<\/em><\/strong> for <em>The Laundry RPG;<\/em> we talk about its accessibility for non-British gamers. Ross loves <em><strong>Killing Floor<\/strong>,<\/em> a scary co-op FPS, and <strong><em>Cthulhu Saves the World<\/em><\/strong> on the PC. Toren loves <strong><em>Fallout 3<\/em><\/strong> but not so much the Vegas one. Also, Paizo\u2019s <strong>flipmats<\/strong>. Shane ran <strong>&#8220;A New Age&#8221;<\/strong> for <em>Delta Green<\/em> with some new rules and <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.rpg.net\/showthread.php?579894-Delta-Green-Cell-S-in-A-New-Age\">wrote a lot about it<\/a>. Graham Walmsley\u2019s <strong><em>Stealing Cthulhu<\/em><\/strong> has Shane working on an ancient and long-forgotten DG campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:20:20 INTERLUDE:<\/strong> \u201cShhhhh\u201d by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy Divine Industries, copyright 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:22:08 INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS DETWILLER: <\/strong>Inside <em><strong>Delta Green: Failed Anatomies<\/strong>, <\/em>a Delta Green anthology from the 1920s to the modern day. A couple of the stories are already online, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=797\">Punching<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=734\">Intelligences<\/a>.\u201d We talk about the fun of fighting the good but futile fight. Making familiar monsters new and horrifying. Long-term play in high-lethality games. How tabletop game design informs videogame design. The value of killing player characters without remorse. <em>Trail of Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark, <\/em>investigative play and the role of narrative control and resource management in horror gaming. The place of <em>Delta Green: Through a Glass, Darkly<\/em> in the Delta Green fiction canon. All about <em><a href=\"http:\/\/arcdream.com\/home\/?cat=6\">GODLIKE<\/a><\/em> and its ties to the <em>Oath<\/em> and our friends at Pagan Publishing. Other stories and things Dennis is working on. What\u2019s up with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/web.me.com\/drgonzo\/Site\/Welcome\/Welcome_files\/SOSOHM1.pdf\">The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man<\/a><\/em>. We remember <em>Coming Full Circle<\/em> and <em>Realm of Shadows<\/em>. Why Dennis loves <em>Masks of Nyarlathotep <\/em>\u2014 the old one, not the one with all the extra adventures. Shane needs a reminder to follow up on a conversation with <em>Masks<\/em> author Larry DiTillio. Thoughts on scenario design and picking your favorite work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:44:40 THE END:<\/strong> Rate us on iTunes!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:45:40 NYARLATHOTEP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4879\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-849-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theunspeakableoath.com\/podcast\/unspeakable-episode02.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunspeakableoath.com\/podcast\/unspeakable-episode02.mp3\">http:\/\/www.theunspeakableoath.com\/podcast\/unspeakable-episode02.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunspeakableoath.com\/podcast\/unspeakable-episode02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=849-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunspeakableoath.com\/podcast\/unspeakable-episode02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"unspeakable-episode02.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-unspeakable-oath\/id441232694?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The day this went live, Dennis Detwiller and his wife welcomed their second child into the world. 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