Quackcast 743 - Lore vs reality

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 10, 2025

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This is a weird one to encapsulate, but it was based on an idea I had while re-watching Star Trek the Next Generation and I had to explore it with my fellow Quackcasters, Banes and ...


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Writing unsavoury people

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, June 5, 2025



I've spent a lot of this year dealing with the fallout of the death of a close friend. For whatever reason he picked as his executor a woman that none of the rest of his friends and family get along with. Actually, that's downplaying it. Most of them ...

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Random Quail comics

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, May 22, 2025



The ‘Quail’s Random' list of comics on The Duck front page is a holdover from the early days of Drunk Duck. There have been occasional noises made about removing it, but when push comes to shove people have spoken up for the random list. Personally, I like it. It ...

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Quackcast 739 - Deferring to Experts

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 13, 2025

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Artwork from Key of Dreams

When you're working on a project with other people, a comic collaboration for example, it's usually best to decide on different roles for everyone according to what they ...




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Quackcast 734 - When love turns to hate

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 8, 2025

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When love turns to hate… It's a common trope in fiction: partners split up and their once loving relationship turns to one of bitter acrimony! We see hate turning to love frequently too, that ...


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Collective Lies about the Past

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, April 3, 2025



If you are setting a story in the past it can often be hard to get everything from the little things to the big picture right, especially if it's a period you haven't lived through yourself. Even then, your memory can play tricks on you.

It doesn't ...



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Quackcast 733 - Watch again: Rediscovering

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 1, 2025

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Watching, reading, and listening to things a second, third or even a million times can offer you a whole new experience. Why do we pick up the same thing to enjoy again? It could be ...


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Events, Ceremonies, and Gatherings

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, March 27, 2025



No matter what the characters in your story might be doing–fighting crime, resisting alien invasion, surviving in a harsh radioactive wasteland, or just working in an office–sometimes it's fun to remove them from their ‘regular’ activities and place them somewhere different and out of their social comfort ...

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Dungeons & Dragons as therapy

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, March 20, 2025



There was a recent article in the Guardian about how playing Dungeons and Dragons had helped siblings bond and cope with the death of their father. It got me thinking about the role that role-playing has played (now there's a phrase) in my own life.

For me role-playing began ...



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Quackcast 731 - Contrariancast

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 18, 2025

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I love those characters who bitch and moan and want to do things differently, although they don't usually take up the leadership role themselves, they just THINK they should be leader instead, but they ...


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