DK Thompson is a writer I met at Viable Paradise, a great guy, and contributor to several magazine markets. He is currently podcasting his superhero novel, The Unbelievable Origins of Superspiff and the Toothpick Kid. He stretches his superhero wings - I think that’s a mixed metaphor, sorry - on this tale in Seventh City, [...]

 

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Although it’s not something I have explored a lot of in the actual writing, faith and how the heroes enter into is has been on my mind since the beginning of writing Playing For Keeps, and John Cmar offered to write about it in the radio show, Faith Matters.
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Let’s calm down from the political discourse to hear some gentle anecdotes from Bewilder Pond, just outside the Seventh City limits, told to us from Matthew Wayne Selznick.
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Christopher Lester and Bryan Watson of the Metamor City podcast created the show Political Heroes for us, a look at the Seventh City police force from two points of view.
Promo: Collapse at Hidden Verse 332
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The latest episode of Geek Survival Guide focuses on how to deal with super villains! Thanks a lot to Zach Ricks for dedicating his latest podcast to PFK!
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Promos from Natalie Metzger of Radio Isopod
Song: Superhero by Sherby
Super 107 by Casey Shultz of SciFi Surplus
Song: WoW by the Futuristic Sex Robots

Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network.
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We have Tom Rockwell from Sudden Death giving us a special Playing For Keeps-themed version of his podcast, Manic Mondays, the best podcast for funny music. Thanks Tom!
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In the original release of Playing For Keeps, I hid audio easter eggs in the PDFs. Being that they were hidden, I didn’t give credit to the fantastic contributors, and I wanted to put them here with some credit and some commentary.

Easter Egg #1 - by JC Hutchins of 7th Son and OBSIDIAN
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I ran into Feedback this past weekend at the Origins game convention and he remembered me and PFK. When I told him it was coming out in print, he was very gracious and open to helping spread the word!
Game on!
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Hi there!
Action in Seventh City may be over, but there are still files coming in to the site!
Firstly, my colleague in RPG writing, Rick Jones, wrote up some Open Gaming License stats for the characters in Keepsie. These stats are based on the characters at the beginning of the book. Share and Enjoy!
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This ends Taylor’s story, but hints at the beginning of a lot more.
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This week…a touching long distance dedication from an anonymous listener.
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An interview with White Lightning…erm…Squid Boy, a note for Barry Koleman, and some awful bloody good new music provided by iTom! (Song Copyright 2005 by Tom Smith - All Rights Reserved - Used With Permission)
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Today on WSVN: Sally Hendrix interviews Karl Duran of Superstar Games, designer of the controversial new game “Savant City Scramble.”
Featured Music:

My Secret Origin by Ookla the Mok

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Taylor gets grounded! This ends our holiday presents to you - next week we’ll have more chapters for you - and don’t forget the print version of Playing For Keeps! Happy New Year!
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