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Impromptu Story Think Tank

Hey, sorry about the short notice. Now that the list video's out, we're excited to get working on the short story! But before we can do that, we need to get some feedback and suggestions from you. View Post

5 Science Fiction Eras of History — Sci-fi Month

In our first sci-fi video we came to a single unifying definition that we felt expressed the breadth of sci-fi. This time we're taking a look at the genre's history to show *why* we ch...

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Vote: H.P. Lovecraft Episode Topic

We're currently putting the finishing touches on our Sci-Fi List video and have a good idea about what we'll write for the story. We're looking to get a head start on the research for our H.P. Lovecra...

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Announcing October's Theme!

We're fast approaching the second installment of September's Sci-fi series, but it's definitely going to bleed into October. As a result, we want to get a steady handle on October's theme ahead of tim...

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Welcome: Karri Neves and Karl Schmidt

While we prepare for the next sci-fi month video and discuss our upcoming think tank session, it's important we keep things moving at a brisk rate, and the best way to do that is to keep the morale of...

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Welcome: KitVaneTempest and MrTwelvePips

The last several months have been rather slow for us, and Sci-fi month is also off to a rather slow start. We might find this discouraging, if not for you, our community, and all of your supp...

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Solving Science Fiction — Sci-fi Month

For such an important and well-loved genre, sci-fi is rather difficult to define. Is it space opera? High-brow philosophical parables? Serious speculation about the future of technolog...

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Vote: Sci-fi List Video Topic

We'll start posting visual sneak peeks for the forthcoming Sci-fi episode tonight. Before that, we need to decide on a topic for the list video that will follow so we can start researching and outlini...

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Update: Scripting + Audio done!

Wish there was more we could share with you guys so far, but we're officially done with the script and editing TB's audio for the upcoming Sci-fi vid!

I'm gonna be working on making assets toda...

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Welcome: Nik Maier, to the $25 tier!

Nik Maier just bumped his pledge to $25, which is a huge contribution to the show and means we'll have another top-tier patron beside the amazing Arch Di Angelo to thank on screen at the end of each s...

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If We Were a Picture Show — Don Quixote Month

Mankind stands at the brink of a new frontier: digital reality. An R&D team has developed a way for people to explore it, but who says they're ready? 

Subs...

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Vote: The Story's Name

Okay, we've still got a few finishing touches to put on our new short story before it comes out but it's for sure on the way. One of the last things we need to do is decide on a name.

So far, we've ...

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Quick Poll: Sci-fi Films?

So we're going up to the foundry soon to visit TB and talk about what we're going to do for sci-fi month. We got a bunch of great suggestions for films to watch while we're writing the script, now we ...

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Update: Finished Writing!

A rather small update this time: I just received word from Benji that he's finished writing the new short story! This is a great relief to me in particular, as I've been feeling somewhat out of commis...

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Welcome: Andrew, Ricky, Charles, and Nik!

With our humans returning from Gen Con and some delays to the production of our current story, things are chugging along rather slowly at the foundry right now.

Thankfully, we have a community...

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Reward Updates!

Very small update, but we didn't want to take you by surprise! We're looking forward to some merchandise rewards in the near future, but for now we've had to make some small cuts and ...

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Vote: September's Video Theme

Now that we're working on closing out our Don Quixote theme with a short story, it's time to start looking ahead to our next series! But things will be a little different this time, View Post

Welcome: Andrew, Big Red, and Lucas!

Prepare your rookers for back-clapping and multiplicitous rounds of applause, for we have three new humans in our midst! With their help, we're crawling ever closer to our second goal, which should be...

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Welcome: 7 new fleshy friends!

It's been some time since we've done a welcome post, which is a shame, because 7 new humans have joined us since our last! So allow us to rectify this here and now.

Everyone Welcome:
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Early Access: 3 Satire Styles of Don Quixote

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How Don Quixote Breaks Satire — Don Quixote Month

Long ago, before The Onion or Terry Pratchett, a Spanish author was playing with satire in ways the world had never seen before, and has hardly seen since. Miguel De Cervantes took the...

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Welcome: a bunch of lovely humans~

Within the last week, 6 new humans have stepped forward to help make sure the (figurative) gears keep turning here at the Foundry!

Everyone welcome:
—Gabriel Walton View Post

Reward Suggestions?

Hello everyone!

After much deliberation, we're considering some minor changes to our reward tiers. Specifically, the seasonal greeting reward for our $3+ patrons. We'd like to replace ...

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Update: Rewards!

Like I do every ...

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Welcome: Rachel, Shane, and David!

Since our latest welcome post, three new humans have joined our patreon community!

Everyone welcome:
—Rachel Reeves
—David Amador
—Shane Johnson

Fee...

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Welcome: ...Everybody!

We recently posted our first ever patreon promotional video, and in response dozens of incredibly supportive humans flooded in to help support our humans!

Because of all of you, we've surpassed...

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Giveaway Winner!

So a few weeks back we announced that we would be holding a giveaway for our fans and our patrons.

And the winner is... drumroll...

Arch di Angelo! Yay!!!

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Welcome: The Toms and the Brain

Everyone give a big welcome to the newest additions to our Patreon community: Tom Davies, Thomas Krull, and Psych! You guys are making it possible fo...

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Announcing July's Theme!

Hello all! It's finally time for the big announcement! July's theme is going to be...

Don Quixote!

April/June together have be...

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"Silhouettes"

"There's something wrong with grandma Kathy."
Miriam's grandmother has been insisting that all the lights in the apartment stay on at all times. It see...

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