Taking a week off from the show to recuperate from this, that and the other thing. See you next time. Thanks to to Steven Lewis of In Latte Veritas and The Rules for the audio clip.

Steven's shows:

• The Rules
• In Latte Veritas

Working from home for a few days, so it's back in the home studio for another Sturgeon's Law in the quiet. This week's a response to voice mail left on someone else's show entirely. Chalk up another answer for "where do you get your ideas?"

Sturgeon's Law #045
19 August, 2006

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Opening Music - Save Me by The Napolean Blown Aparts
Closing Music - Merrigan's Reel by Jim Fidler from the Podsafe Music Network

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Big Idea: Text Adventure Games in the 21st century

• IFComp: Interactive Fiction Competition - http://www.ifcomp.org/
• Inform: interactive fiction design tool - http://www.inform-fiction.org/
• IFArchive: Interactive Fiction Archive - http://www.ifarchive.org/

Promo: Digital Flotsam - http://digitalflotsam.org/

Music: "Do What You Need" by The Cool Waters Band - http://www.coolwatersband.com/

• previously played the CWB on SL#3
• music from the Podsafe Music Network

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Need I say it? It's REALLY HOT! But 104 degrees didn't keep me from the Daily Grind this week, so it's back to the normal setting for a latte and a new Sturgeon's Law. Enjoy.

Sturgeon's Law #044
12 August, 2006

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Opening Music - Save Me by The Napolean Blown Aparts
Closing Music - Merrigan's Reel by Jim Fidler from the Podsafe Music Network

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Mail: Doug Rapson comments about City of Heroes

• costume maker
• game software actually practically free

Big Idea: PostSecret - http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

• "PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard."
• PostSecret book
• in support of 1.800.SUICIDE Hopeline - http://www.hopeline.com/

Promo: The Redboy Podcast - http://www.redboypodcast.com/

Music: "Throw Me a Line" by Kevin Reeves - http://www.kevinreeves.net/

• previously played Kevin on SL#28
• music from the Podsafe Music Network

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Yay, more heat exhaustion and dehydration, so this one's recorded from home while on leave instead of living it up at the coffee shop. A little shorter than recent ones due to no music, but plenty of content. Enjoy!

Sturgeon's Law #043
4 August, 2006

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RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/SturgeonsLaw
Email: sturgeonslaw "at" gmail.com
Phone: 206-6-NO-CRUD
Forums: http://www.sturgeonslaw.com/forums

Opening Music - Save Me by The Napolean Blown Aparts
Closing Music - Merrigan's Reel by Jim Fidler

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Funny: Doug Rapson's Geek Acres hits #42 as well

• promo for Geek Acres - http://geekacres.googlepages.com/

Top 10%: City of Heroes - http://www.cityofheroes.com/

• And City of Villains - http://www.cityofvillains.com/
• Naturally you can get CoH and CoV at Amazon

Big Idea: Scott McCloud's books on comics

• Understanding Comics about the art form of comics
• Reinventing Comics about the future of comics
• forthcoming Making Comics about the craft of comics
• Check out Scott's web site: http://www.scottmccloud.com/

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