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Episode 86 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Ten years and eighty-six episodes later, and it’s all come down to this. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Made Of Fail in any way, be it as a fan, friend, guest, writer, host, editor, artist or more…thank you with all our hearts. Committitur alicui. IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: K. O’Shea Dayna Abel Jason David Frank Eliza Dushku Adam Griffith Tessa Jerz Weston Abney Noel Thingvall Devin Baker K.C. White Emily Whitten George Hatch Yeah, the celebrity appearances were shout-outs from conventions years and years ago but I never got to use them in-podcast and I really wanted to and it’s the last show so there. :P Any absences were not intentional and just a matter of various timing or technical reasons. Congratulations to Lewis “Linkara” Lovhaug for also making it to ten years of his own show, which is only slightly more popular than our own. ;) Visit him at Atop the Fourth Wall! Please do read our very own Kayleigh Donaldson’s articles at Pajiba, SyFy Wire and ScreenRant. She is also a host on Anglo-Filles, which we continue to proudly host on the Made Of Fail Network. Here is Kevin’s “résumés for nerds” thread which…took off just a little bit. DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint is coming back and it looks absolutely amazing. Read about it here at Comicosity! Our friend and guest Matthew Rossi has written some excellent books about queer people doing magic and coming together as a found family, and you can buy them here. You can even get a free EPUB of the first book in the Nameless series here! FINAL SHOW NOTE: Make sure you are registered to vote in November and then vote against everything that carrot-colored criminal conman stands for. -The Made Of Fail Podcast Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 85 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES It’s our 9th anniversary! HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN? It’s also a few days after Father’s Day, so we’ve recruited Dayna’s dad John to join us this month to talk about multi-generational geekery! Have a listen to his guitar wizardry at the following links: Slow Blues over a backing track Texas Blues over a backing track Noodling on a vintage 1961 Gibson SG Dirty Dan & the Boyzz “Too Wild To Tame” Apr. 19, 2008 @ Chicago’s House Of Blues Unfortunately, John desperately needs help for medical bills and living expenses. If our loyal fans could donate to or spread the word on social media about his GoFundMe, it would be an enormous help. (Note: the total will be off by $1,000 because he used his old GFM link rather than create a new one.) MOVIES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Blob (1958)/(1988) Clash Of the Titans (1981/2010) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)/(2008) Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers Godzilla/Gojira The Incredible Shrinking Man Invaders From Mars Jason and the Argonauts Tarantula Them! Hey kids! Do you want to revel in the glory of the Marvel monster comics? WELL GUESS WHAT: Monsters Vol. 1: The Marvel Monsterbus Coming August 15, 2017: Monsters Vol. 2: The Marvel Monsterbus Coming August 1, 2017: The A-Z Of Marvel Monsters Who doesn’t need a little Fin Fang Foom in their life? Learn about The War Of the Worlds because it’s really cool: War Of the Worlds radio program American Experience: War Of the Worlds Faceless by Matthew Rossi is now out on Amazon! It’s Book Three of the Nameless series and absolutely wonderful. Seriously, read Ms. Marvel. Music used in this episode: Akira Ifukube “Attack Godzilla!” Blue Voodoo “Godzilla” (live Blue Öyster Cult cover) (hey that’s my ex-brother-in-law on bass/lead vocals) (parentheses!) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail. Like our content? Please consider sponsoring us on Patreon!

Episode 84 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thanks to Matthew Rossi for joining us once again! You can find Matt’s books on Amazon, and his World Of Warcraft writing at Blizzard Watch. He also appears on the Lore Watch and Blizzard Watch podcasts. If you like him, support him on Patreon! H.P. Lovecraft’s racism and bigotry is well-documented, and there is an excellent article by Bobby Derie citing Alan Moore about this here. The Fandomentals put together the most well-written, respectful, bulletproof editorial about Supergirl and its problematic narrative in Season Two. It’s the most literate, eloquent “Fuck Mon-El” I’ve read yet. Please do give it a read. Jessica Cruz is so important to me and this is why. Our buddy Linkara reviewed possibly the two worst John Byrne Superman stories ever: Action Comics #592 and #593. Watch, and brace yourself. [Content Warning: sexual abuse] So the Jem and the Holograms and Misfits comics are – dare I say? – outrageous and incredible. There’s a great character focus which was missing from the cartoon and they’re all unique and diverse, so if you’re into that, I urge you to check them out. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail. Like our content? Please consider sponsoring us on Patreon!

Episode 83 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thanks to Tessa and Susan for hosting the last episode of 2016*, and also to Cara for putting together the header image for this episode! Games mentioned in this episode: -Pokémon Sun & Moon, X&Y and Ruby & Sapphire –LoveLive! School Idol Festival –Deemo –World Of Warcraft: Legion Companion App –Majora’s Mask 3DS The Avocado Story is here, since Susan brought it up. The Nifty Nerd links to several online resources for cosplay here. Susan recommends Cosplay.com! Need to craft cosplay armor? Click the links here and here. Do you need to cosplay but you’re broke as hell? J.R. Gordon has an article about cosplaying on a budget. Geek & Sundry talks about the benefits of cosplay here! How can cosplay help you deal with social anxiety? Stacey Arevalo has an article about that right here. IMPORTANT REMINDER: COSPLAY IS NOT CONSENT. Please enjoy cosplayers respectfully! Anime Central (ACEN) is the place to be for cosplaying or just enjoying the costumes! Happy Holidays from all of us here at the Made Of Fail Network! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail. Like our content? Please consider sponsoring us on Patreon! *AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO THIS YEAR, WE SAY!

Episode 82 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thank you very much to Arialynn and Jarrick for joining us this episode! Even if you don’t play World Of Warcraft, we assure you, this episode is more about how games and real life can affect one another. Stick around for this one, hm? If you do play WoW and are interested in role-playing, keep an eye on Templars Of the Rose (Earthen Ring-US, Alliance; Horde counterpart is Blood Of the Rose). As of this recording, recruitment is temporarily closed to the general public, but we do open up from time to time. We also have a presence in Star Wars: The Old Republic and Final Fantasy XIV. Ari can also be heard on the Lorecast podcast! Check it out at http://lorecast.org/. World Of Warcraft can be downloaded at https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ We touched a bit on introversion, shyness and depression in this episode. Since we can’t all have a Guild Mom or Raid Dad to watch over us, here are a couple of helpful links: –81 Awesome Mental Health Resources When You Can’t Afford a Therapist –Self-Care Master Post Thanks to Brandon and his Photoshop skillz for the sweet-ass image for this episode! Music used in this episode: Lion’s Pride Inn – David Arkenstone, Jason Hayes WoW Vanilla Login Theme (Rock Cover) – Husky By the Geek Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail. Like our content? Please consider sponsoring us on Patreon!

Episode 81 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Welcome back Adam, Tessa and Weston, the original Failcrew! Thanks so much for being on this episode! Adam recommends Stardew Valley, created by Chucklefish (@ChucklefishLTD on Twitter). Also by Chucklefish: Starbound! Stardew Valley was reviewed by our own Kate Spencer right here, if you’d like to read more about it. Tessa had a lot to say about Mighty No. 9. If you want to see what designer Keiji Inafune had to say about all the problems, Kotaku has an article here. There are a lot of places to discover and/or fund indie games and other projects. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these platforms, here’re links to fill you in on the details: –What is Kickstarter? –What is Patreon? –What is Steam Greenlight? This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: crowdfunding scams do exist. Elena Mikhaylova wrote a great article on Crowdcrux about ways to spot them. We have recommendations for you guys to check out: Weston – Dwarf Fortress and Unicorn Jelly Tessa – The Stanley Parable/The Beginner’s Guide and Thomas Was Alone Adam – The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl comic by Marvel; also we are all on board for the Wonder Woman movie because how great is this freaking trailer? Dayna – Shadowgate and To the Moon Other games mentioned this episode: Chronicles Of Elyria Cinders Friday the 13th Hatoful Boyfriend Hyperdimension Neptunia No Man’s Sky Undertale Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail. Like our content? Please consider sponsoring us on Patreon!

Episode 80 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES It’s our eighth anniversary! The traditional gift is bronze so we dipped Kevin in molten metal and set him on the shelf. It’s a real conversation piece, let me tell you. Okay but for real though we’ve gone back to the beginning – Kevin and Dayna live in one room for this episode, sorry not sorry. We’ve also updated the site with all the old episodes of Made Of Fail, so you can download them at your leisure! Links have been updated where applicable, and so has our podcasting guide! Dig around the website – everything should be nicely organized for your reading and listening pleasure! Our new opening theme was composed by Jason Froikin in Garageband and edited together by Devin Baker. Thank you guys! Marvel, you are Captain America-ing wrong. Reeeallly wrong. Jess Plummer wrote the definitive piece on why the Captain America twist is unconscionably deplorable. And yes, this DOES make Captain America a Nazi. See our image above. “Delete your account.” MA’AM. Peter David calls to Bernie Sanders supporters to come together with Hillary Clinton supporters for the sake of America’s future. We agree. John Scalzi writes about life’s “lowest difficulty setting” here. Voters can find sample ballots for their area here. SPECIAL NOTE: This recording took place before the tragic shooting at Pulse in Orlando. Lists of resources to aid the families of the victims are here and here, and here is how to find your congressmen if you want to tell them enough is enough. Made Of Fail loves and supports our LGBTQIA+ friends, family and fans. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail. Like our content? Please consider sponsoring us on Patreon!

Episode 79 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Happy New Year’s Eve! This episode we welcome Dayna back behind the mic as well as our Jessica Jones reviewer, Jamieson “Jamus” Mulash! Don’t worry, Cleo and Emily will be back next year. Or else. Ladies. :P SPOILER WARNING: We spoil a lot of Marvel’s Jessica Jones in this episode. Haven’t seen it yet? Go do the thing! We can wait. You kind of seriously want the comics, by the way. Both Alias and The Pulse are available on ComiXology! (Clearly superior physical book form here at Amazon.) Goddammit we said not to ask about the whiskey but here you go: Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye, 2015’s whiskey of the year. David Tennant in Broadchurch (we never got back to it later) Here is the original Women In Refrigerators site, and you can read more about it on Wikipedia and TV Tropes. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 78 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES The Storify collection of all episode links: https://storify.com/cleolinda/made-of-fail-episode-78 Your Glorious Producer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Cleo for making that Storify. Makes my job easier and lazier because ow ow ow headache ow ADDITIONAL NOTE: This was created after recording, but Dayna’s dad desperately needs assistance paying for his father’s funeral expenses as well as his own medical bills. Here is his GoFundMe; if you can’t help PLEASE at least spread around the link. Thank you. Opening/closing music: “Starting Point” by Jahzzar; used with permission. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Starting_Point_master Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 77 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES The Storify collection of all episode links: https://storify.com/cleolinda/made-of-fail-episode-77 Emily’s 2008 Interview with Sir Terry Pratchett: http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=9475 Neil Gaiman: “Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry.” http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/terry-pratchett-angry-not-jolly-neil-gaiman Emily S. Whitten: Terry Pratchett: Shaking Hands With Death: http://www.comicmix.com/2015/03/17/emily-s-whitten-terry-pratchett-shaking-hands-with-death/ Emily’s BBC interview about Terry (at 5 minutes from the end): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054p0f6 Emily S. Whitten: The Con-Runner’s Guide To the Galaxy: http://www.comicmix.com/2014/07/22/emily-s-whitten-the-con-runners-guide-to-the-galaxy/ Emily S. Whitten: ComicCon Prep 101: http://www.comicmix.com/2014/06/24/emily-s-whitten-comiccon-prep-101/ Storify of Cleo’s tweets during the convention https://storify.com/cleolinda/dragoncon-experience Cleo’s Great Red Dragon Con Tumblr tag, including pictures of cosplayers Cleo shamelessly accosted: http://cleolinda.tumblr.com/tagged/THE-GREAT-RED-DRAGON-CON Dragon Con convention map: http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/cleolinda/1427760/708481/708481_800.png Cleo’s flower crowns: http://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/95427673599/the-ginger-blossom-crowns-on-their-way-to-their A view from Cleo’s table in the Not-Comics and Pop Art Show in Grand Hall East West WTF Opening/closing music: “Starting Point” by Jahzzar; used with permission. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Starting_Point_master Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 76 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES The first episode of 2015 and the first full episode from new co-hosts Cleolinda Jones and Emily Whitten! Be gentle; they have very small shoes to fill. :) Athena’s Daughters anthology (featuring a story by Cleo): http://www.silenceinthelibrarypublishing.com/product/athenas-daughters-vol-1/ Janine Spendlove’s YA Fiction Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103879051/ya-fiction-from-silence-in-the-library-four-sequel The Aromaleigh eyeshadows, Hannibal collection: http://www.aromaleighcosmetics.com/product-category/eyes/le-eyes/this-is-my-design-collection/ The Aromaleigh eyeshadows, Blade Runner collection: http://www.aromaleighcosmetics.com/product-category/eyes/le-eyes/more-human-than-human/ Espionage Cosmetics nail wraps: http://espionagecosmetics.com/nailed-it.html The Baker Street Irregulars Weekend: http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/bsiweekend.html Emily’s ComicMix discussion on Keeping Up With the Latest Thing: http://www.comicmix.com/2015/02/17/emily-s-whitten-comics-new-and-old/ Awesome Con DC: http://www.awesome-con.com/washington-dc/ Emily’s ComicMix review of Quantum & Woody: The World’s Worst Superhero Team: http://www.comicmix.com/2015/02/03/emily-s-whitten-the-worlds-worst-superhero-team/ Cleo’s Storify Hannibal Hiatus links: https://storify.com/cleolinda/hannibal-hiatus-february-2015 Janice Poon, Hannibal food stylist, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/feedinghannibal Emily’s massive collection of ComicMix video interviews (featuring the Hannibal cast, etc.) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUQqXBGc_dsMeFqfXGVqkcHTKect-lzph Fifty Accents of Grey with Jamie Dornan (on the Jimmy Fallon Show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzS8ANZBRNo Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey (we forgot to mention it on the podcast, but OMG it’s hilarious and SO WRONG): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkLqAlIETkA Mara Wilson throws shade at EL James and it’s hilarious: http://media.tumblr.com/29672cdcbf7087fd4e219ac580bd40c8/tumblr_n9a9m5yYan1rnmxgto1_1280.png Speaking of movies to watch and livetweet while drinking wine: Emily’s review of Equilibrium! http://www.comicmix.com/2013/02/26/emily-s-whitten-awesomely-terrible-movies-i-love-equilibrium/ Emily’s enduring rants about Man of Steel http://www.comicmix.com/2013/06/18/emily-s-whitten-superman-and-man-of-steel/ MOAR Episode 76 links on Storify: https://storify.com/cleolinda/made-of-fail-episode-76 Opening/closing music: “Starting Point” by Jahzzar; used with permission. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Starting_Point_master Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 75 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Welcome to the NEW ERA of Made Of Fail! Kevin and Dayna are proud to introduce the new co-hosts Cleolinda Jones and Emily Whitten! Cleolinda is the author of the Movies In Fifteen Minutes book and blog. She is also known for her Twilight and Hannibal recaps, The Secret Life Of Dolls, Aromaleigh’s Hannibal eyeshadow collection and Varney the Vampire recaps. She can be found at @cleolinda and Cleolinda at LiveJournal. Previous Made Of Fail episodes: 7, 10, 19, 23, 25, 31, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 56, 59, 60, 64, 66 Emily is the former Program Coordinator of AwesomeCon, previous chairperson of the North American Discworld Convention, Ask Deadpool on Twitter, and frequent contributor of awesome columns on ComicMix. She can be found at @foresthouse. Previous Made Of Fail episodes: 25, 40, 66, 74 Say, how do you like that rad as hell new site banner? Thanks as always to the wonderful Benjamin (@SoulExoComic)! Made Of Fail has a new email address! Send us questions, comments, avocado pictures, whatever at madeoffailpod@gmail.com! Credit where credit is due to our sister podcast Anglo-Filles for the avocado story. One final pimping out of a thing from Dayna: if you’re in the mood for a spectacular point-and-click horror/adventure/puzzle game, you owe it to yourself to buy the Shadowgate remake, available on Steam or as a DRM-free Windows or Mac version, coming soon to mobile devices! (P.S. Scan the credits for her name!) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at madeoffailpod@gmail.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 74 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes (click for the hi-res version!) SHOW NOTES Happy 6th Anniversary to us! Thank you to Kayleigh (@Ceilidhann, Anglo-Filles and Bibliodaze), Emily (@foresthouse, ComicMix and AwesomeCon) and Benjamin (@SoulExoComic and SoulExodus) for joining us for the occasion! Extra kudos to Benjamin for that TOTALLY BITCHIN’ ARTWORK above, and to Tireless Editor Devin for the lightspeed editing! So! You like AWESOME stuff, right? Well, here are the links to everything mentioned on the episode! Cleolinda Jones’ Hannibal tag Espionage Cosmetics Nail Wraps The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Honest Trailers on YouTube I Know That Voice DVD MegaCon Night Film by Marisha Pessl Nightside series by Simon R. Green Radio Dead Air Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Talkin’ Toons Podcast with Rob Paulsen Tetris Lamp on Thinkgeek The Venture Bros. Thanks to all our listeners for being a part of the Made Of Fail family! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 73 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES WELCOME TO THE SUMMER OF GEORGE…HOPE YOU SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! Dayna will be taking the summer off. She will likely live to regret this decision. Thank you to our guests Matthew Rossi and Gavin Leaf for joining us this month! You can find Matt on Twitter, WoW Insider, the WoW Insider Podcast and The Warrior’s Onslaught, and be sure to order his books on Amazon! Gav can be found on Twitter, on Turducken Is Tasty every Wednesday at 7 pm Eastern, IWC Chronicles, and the upcoming relaunch of Transmission Awesome. The UCSB shooting happened just before recording. Dayna did a post on it. You should probably read it. Here is Polygon’s post on Rob Pardo’s comments on diversity in games, and here is Matt’s follow-up blog on it. For the love of all that is good, do not read the comments. The Mary Sue published a piece about the “I Hate Fangirls” t-shirt and the backlash it received here. David Goyer, writer of the upcoming Justice League movie, should probably not be allowed near superheroes ever because, well, this. Our Glorious Producer Kevin wrote a quick bit on reacting to being called sexist on Tumblr. Finally, just don’t go hating on your fellow fans, okay? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 72 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thank you to our contestants! Weston played for the NOH8 Campaign! You can follow him @WestonAbney. Cara played for the Hero Initiative! You can read her comic at http://www.gravityshift.net/colt/ and follow her @virtualcara. Tessa played for the Michael Morones Foundation, and you can find her at 1P Start and follow her @FGB_SugarCrash. Happy April Fool’s Day, and may you believe nothing you read on the internet! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 71 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thanks to Matthew Rossi of WoW Insider for joining us this month! You can follow Matt on Twitter at @MatthewWRossi, on the WoW Insider Podcast, at WoW Insider itself, and feel free to purchase his books on Amazon! Check out In Nomine from Steve Jackson games here, along with the rest of their games catalogue…for example, GURPS! It’s in its 4th edition right now, give it a whirl if you’re into tabletop gaming! Don’t know what the hell you’re doing in WoW? Head over to Noxxic (they also do Diablo III, Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic) and/or Icy Veins to help firmly but kindly guide you into how to play your class! Interested in Dungeons & Dragons? Mosey on over to their website and see what it has to offer! Admittedly, we were curious. F.A.T.A.L. is so much worse than you can imagine. Science proves it: internet trolls are dickheads. Science did not actually need to prove that, but it’s always nice when it’s on your side. Eight Years In Azeroth is a great look back on WoW through the eyes of a raiding guild that had been there since the beginning, and a tale of the trials and tribulations of being a guild master. Interested in joining OpenRaid for WoW raids at-level? Sign up with Twisted Raiders now! Have some Rifts…if you dare. Details on why Scott Lobdell is a piece of shit. Hey, maybe he plays F.A.T.A.L. And finally, for those of you creaming over Rocket Raccoon and Guardians Of the Galaxy, spare a few bucks for Bill Mantlo. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 70 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES This is an episode about depression and suicide. It was spurred on by the recent death of Justin “JewWario” Carmical, who took his own life last Thursday night. Given that both George and I both suffer from suicidal depression, we felt we needed to talk to our listeners about it. We hope it helps someone, somewhere. -Dayna The picture above was created by Made Of Fail house artist Benjamin Colón. The quote was from one of Justin’s livestreams, and it is up on YouTube here. There is a donation drive happening to assist Justin’s widow with funeral expenses and related costs. If you can, please donate here. Here is Justin’s final video appearance, collaborating with Jonathan Mann of Song A Day (formerly GameJew). There are many, many resources online if you or someone you love is suicidal. Please remember you are never, ever alone. Please just take a single moment to reach out to someone, anyone: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ (1-800-273-8255) http://www.helpguide.org/mental/suicide_help.htm http://www.helpguide.org/mental/suicide_prevention.htm http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=urgent_crisis_suicide_prevention http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Resources for those grieving after someone you know has committed suicide: http://www.suicide.org/suicide-survivors.html http://www.allianceofhope.org/ http://www.afsp.org/coping-with-suicide US Helplines: Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433 Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743 Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438 Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673 Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272 Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000 Exhale:After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253 Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453 UK Helplines: Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111 Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10:30am-8:30pm and Saturday 1pm-4:30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk b-eat youthline (for under 25’s with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4:30pm-8:30pm, Saturday 1pm-4:30pm) Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600 Drinkline: 0800 9178282 Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1 (open 2-2:30pm 7-9:30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight India Self Harm Hotline: 00 08001006614 India Suicide Helpline: 022-27546669 Kids Help Phone (Canada): 1-800-668-6868, Free and available 24/7 We encourage everyone to share your thoughts and memories of Justin, or even your own experiences with mental illness, in the comments. If you want to message us privately, our email is below. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 68 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES …wait, didn’t we spray for Kevins? Thank you to Sean McNab for guesting and for so generously donating to the Wyrd Sisters Kickstarter back in April! You can read Sans Voir Nocturne at http://www.studiobhwr.com/. Sean is on Twitter at @BlackHatWriter and SVN’s co-creators are at @PaleWhiteRabbit and lovelydagger.deviantart.com. Be sure to check out Jim Zub’s tutorials on comic creation, as well as Greg Rucka’s Lady Sabre & the Pirates Of the Ineffable Aether. It’s Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary! You can find “The Day Of the Doctor, as well as other 50th anniversary specials, right now on iTunes! Check out Blizzard’s upcoming MOBA, Heroes Of the Storm! CAN WE JUST FOR A SECOND WARLORDS OF DRAENOR YES ANYWAY Marvel Unlimited! All the comics you can read for $9.99 a month. Dayna had Things To Say about a Wonder Woman movie. Oh, and we weren’t joking about the pirate rapist Amazons. Read Shoshana Kessock’s article about it. Finally, this just in: white people invented anime. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 67 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thank you to Tessa and Cara for joining us this episode! We apologize for the long, long delay in the release of this episode. Technology is an ass sometimes. Greatest of thanks to our tireless editor Devin for fixing the audio of the Podcast Of the Damned. Seriously, this thing took three tries to actually get recorded. You can find Cara at @virtualcara, CKRussell.com, VirtualCara.net and VirtualCara on Tumblr. Buy/commission her art, and read her cyber-western-punk comic Colt at gravityshift.net/colt! There has been sooooo much rage over DC Comics’ idiocy that we barely know where to start. Has DC Done Something Stupid Today is the best barometer for this sort of thing. Here‘s basically what happened with Batwoman. (By the way, it’s actually gotten WORSE since recording. They are not letting Williams and Blackman even finish their story. No, really. Too much anger for one parenthetical.) The Mary Sue writes about a lot of the underlying problems behind this decision. Listener WearyKatie has written an excellent piece on the controversy and representation here Dan DiDio, publisher of DC Comics, is really really really bad at PR on top of decision-making. A lot of people want him fired. We at Made Of Fail support this movement. Here is the new Nintendo 2DS! What do you think, listeners? Oh, and by the way, DC is also making light of suicide and doesn’t know how to be clear about its context. Ever. And continuing to mess up Harley Quinn. At least they can multitask? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.

Episode 66 is live! Download Direct as an MP3 Subscribe in a newsfeedreader (right-click, New Window/Tab) Subscribe in iTunes SHOW NOTES Thank you all so much to everybody involved with Made Of Fail for the past five years! Thank you ESPECIALLY to our fans, and extra-special bonus thanks to George, who put the whole video together! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at made_of_fail@yahoo.com, or send us a message on Twitter: @made_of_fail.