Episode 256 - Using and creating weapons in fiction
Feb 1, 2016
Tantz Aerine, Banes and Ozoneocean discuss the topic of using and creating weapons in fiction and some of the pitfalls involved- all the things you can easily do wrong and do better! Stuff like using overly specialised weapons in too general a role, like giant swords where they'd be next to useless, or tricked out assault rifles with way too many things hooked onto them so they're oversized and weight a ton- also copying ideas and tropes about weapons usage without understanding why the exist and in the process making many of the same mistakes as others have in the past.
Topics and Show Notes
Topics and shownotes
Featured comic:
XTIN - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/XTIN/
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Links:
Quackcast 256 VIDEO - https://youtu.be/4lPSTIwehv8
/>Based on this Newspost: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2016/jan/07/advice-for-creating-and-using-weapons-in-fiction/
/>Hotchkiss machine gun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Hotchkiss_machine_gun
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Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
/>Banes - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
/>Tantz Aerine - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz Aerine/
Please contribute to help DD - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/drunk-duck-webcomics-improvement-drive/x/4410947#/
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The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
The Understanding - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_Understanding/ by Call Me Tom, rated M.
- See more at: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2016/feb/01/quackcast-256-using-and-creating-weapons-in-fiction/
Episode 255 - Drunk Duck Improvement Drive
Jan 25, 2016
We're trying to fix up Drunk Duck, adding the the comic statistics back in, fixing forums, adding notifications to PQs and MORE, but we need money to do it. In this Quackcast, Ozoneocean, Banes, and Pitface talk about the improvements we want to have on DD, and what YOU can do to help us out. Please consider donating to our Indiegogo fund-raising drive to help us pay our programmer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/drunk-duck-webcomics-improvement-drive/x/4410947#/ There are a LOT of cool perks you can have including your own Quackcast interview all about YOU, original art from The creator of Modest Medusa, Charby the Vampirate and others, a 126 page Modest Medusa comic for only $10 and much more! If you can't spare any change, please consider spreading the word to your readers. Remember, these fixes are for everyone, by donating to DD you're helping yourself. :D