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EGSM 2 - So Many Feelings

In this episode, we talk about Marvel! Lowri, Martyn, and April join Helen to discuss the ups and downs of the X-Men franchise, thoughts about Avengers: Endgame, and most of the current MCU (but everyone forgets to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy). 

Disclaimer: This episode does contain some inaccuracies (we do know that Gambit is Cajun, promise!). We are enthusiasts, but not experts.

Top quote: “I just want to sit here and get excited and scream about things.”

P...

[KNIGHTS] The Clone Swole Lifestyle

CAUTION - SEIZED CONTRABAND

Recording discovered in Ventilation Purge duct 558-5BG with gooey wadded exercise gear and some sort of sliding whistle.

Recommendation: Destruction of contraband and immediate recycling for anyone caught with a copy.

Content Warnings
- Exercise
- Existential dread

Transcript attached.

Created by Tim Meredith and Ben Meredith
Produced by Katie Seaton
Executive Producer: Alexander J Newall

Performances...

MAG 184 - Like Ants

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An examination of hive mentality.

Recorded by the Archivist in situ.

Content warnings:

• Insects & infestation (inc SFX)
• Claustrophobia
• Anxiety / Panic / Pleading 
• Pain (inc SFX)
• Trypophobia
• Non-consensual supernatural actions
• Mentions: Blood, body horror, crushing, loss, futility/inconsequence

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Dakota Hardy, Julie Forsberg, Haven, Michael Panko...

RQG/STL Halloween Crossover Special 2020 - Part 1

Join Helen, Ben, Lydia and special guests Tim Meredith and Imogen Harris as they band together to survive a haunting adventure in Grant Howitt's Beautiful Space Pirates. 

This week we meet an eclectic and extensive cast of characters including Spinglewald Tasethorp, Erogenous Rakewell, Countess Underscore Starcluster and a familiar Stellar Firma character...

Content Notes:  
- Innuendo
- Spiders
- Mild body horror

Editing this week by Lowri Ann Davies, Mar...

Nominees, impostors and Stranger things

Hi folks,

Merry Monday from Rusty Towers! Hope folks have had relaxing weekends. Things continue to progress here as we make our way to Hallowe’en and the various treats we have to offer.

(Note: we are showcasing some horror-related art in this newsletter, so folks may want to take care when scrolling. Content warning for masks & distorted faces)

In stream news, Anil will be trying to get the better of the tech issues that bested him last week, and attempting...

EGSM 1 - Taking the Cake

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Enthusigasm! In our first episode, Helen chats to Nico, Anil, and Elizabeth about cakes and bakes we have known and loved, the scandals of the Great British Bake-Off, and our various disasters in the kitchen.

Top quote: “Just put the slop in a container and be like, here’s the slop I made!”

Content warnings:

• strong language
• mentions of food

Directed and Hosted by Helen Gould

Featuring: Elizabeth Moffa...

[NOBLES] Letter from Hamid to Saira

Hey folks - slight change of plan for this week's content release. For technical reasons, we've had to bump the 4Thought Special AMA back a bit, but instead bring you this RQGaming letter...

The following letter was written prior to the events of Rome in Season 3.

[Transcript]

Saira,

I'm sorry I don't have time for a longer message. I've found Ishaq. He is safe for now but trapped    elsewhere. I will get him but it may take weeks ...

MAG 183 - Monument

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Considerations of knowledge.

Recorded by the Archivist in situ.

Content warnings:

• Altered reality / Spatial disorientation
• Futility / Inconsequence
• Spatial disorientation
• Mental instability
• Self-injury
• Body horror & wounding
• Physical violence / Graphic injury (inc SFX)
• Mentions of: blood, falling, murder, isolation

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Nicole Perlman, Devon, ...

RQG 174 - Impact

Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia, and Ben as the Vengeance touches down.

This week Hamid digs, Azu searches, Zolf keeps busy, and Cel finds a way.

This is a heavy episode, but we strongly urge listening to the episode fully as the ending is very important to the context. 

Content Notes:

• Falling
• Aircraft failure (inc SFX)
• Graphic injury
• Character death
• Grief / Loss
• Trauma

Thanks to this week's Pa...

Building up

Hi folks,

Happy Monday from Rusty Towers! It’s been a frantic and mirthfully murdersome weekend with the RQ Crew as those who tuned in yesterday to catch the 5K Twitch Followers celebration in Among Us will have seen – thank you to everyone who tuned in to see such shenanigans take place and supported us in getting there. As ever, it’s your generosity that keeps us able to do such fantastic things and have so much fun together.

If you missed this spacefaring spectac...

[NOBLES] MAG Outtakes - Alex the Lonely

The man, the myth, the enigma – at long last, Alexander J. Newall provides a masterclass in how to provide a perfect first-take, each and every time.

Featuring: Alexander J Newall

Stellar Firma Behind the Scenes

Tim chats with editor Maddy Searle and producer Katie Seaton about making Stellar Firma. 

Special thanks to this week's Patrons:  Nick Vega, Tyler Dzuba, Pendragon, Becky Gregory, Rachel Meresman, Melissa, Connor Ferry, Wednesday, Briar and Brine, Oya, Omnia, Wonderwomeme, Sasha Radula S., Cinthya J, Isy, William Hess, Megan Lim, Maggie Hoffman, MizFrenchname, Floatingspacetrash, Andy Grimaldi, Erinna, Michael Prideaux, Naomi Taylor, Syn (pronounced sin), Piper, Gabe!, Nicole H.,...

MAG 182 - Wellbeing

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Notes on healing.

Recorded by the Archivist in Situ. 

Content warnings:

• Hospitals
• Surgery (inc SFX)
• Extreme medical malpractice
• Involuntary commitment & treatment
• Body horror
• Torture
• Character death
• Suicide (inc assisted) / Suicidal ideation
• Mentions of: Mental deterioration, chronic pain, needles, stillbirth imagery, strokes, rot
• SFX: screaming, high-pitche...
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RQG 173 - Mixed Blessings

Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia, and Ben as they plunge once more into Wild Magic.

This week Cel checks the engine, Hamid dives, Azu keeps an eye out, and Zolf finds some cheerful party decorations!

Content Notes: 

- Dysmorphia / Dysphoria
- Mind / Body swapping
- Aircraft failure

Thanks to this week's Patrons: demoneyes nightkiller, Gray Dodgen, Jessica Rowden, Katharine Brinker, Lina Vargas, Morgan Souza, Myoungjin, Zooglemoof, 10_a_knut, Alexandra Iles, And...

Tricks and treats

Hi folks,

Merry Monday from Rusty Towers! October has opened its doors and invited us to partake of the frightsome month, as we wend our way to Hallowe’en – and who are we to turn down such an offer. Getting into the spirit of things, join the crew as we offer up plenty of treats (and maybe a trick or two) to help the season’s festivities along.

And this is going to be very evident on RQ Streams! In homage to the month, and his own noted general aversion to games of the scar...

[NOBLES] Azu's Backstory

Azu is a Priestess of Aphrodite in the first year of her Holy Quest of Benevolence, travelling the world to prove herself through good deeds. Defending the weak, healing the sick, helping the downtrodden…she will make the world better all by herself if she needs to.

She grew up in the mountains of Kenya, raised in a traditional orc village by loving parents; but always knew something was missing. When a wandering priestess of Aphrodite happened to visit, she knew what that thing was. ...

[KNIGHTS] Rusty Bits #15

The Boss is hard to please....

Featuring: Casper, Alexander J Newall

MAG 181 - Ignorance

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Preparation and recuperation. 

Audio recorded by the Archivist, in situ.

Content warnings:

• Dissociation
• Memory loss / Mental deterioration
• Schadenfreude / Vicarious embarrassment
• Mentions of: suicide, alcohol, excessive drinking

Thanks to this week's Patrons:  L Lunovick, Clay Cameron, Krisp Dreemurr, Robert Hubert, Zoe Dapore, Lindy McLosin' It, Moriah Day, Shay Topaz, Ida Karoliussen, Patrick Lus...

RQG 172 - Back in the Box!

Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they prepare to re-enter the aurora.

This week Hamid learns to sound authoritative, Azu wards off trouble, and Zolf and Cel have a heart-to-heart. 

Content Notes: 

- Dysmorphia / Dysphoria

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Michael Sebba, Ally Miller, Ben Milne, Quill, Mari Long, Angela Walters, Anna Piskadlo, Carolyn Thraves, Clara, Felix Kaisar, Jennifer Haskell, Skoegul, sophieZbx, AlexandraThePosh, Ali Melody McGowan, ...

A better way of working

Hi folks,

Happy Monday from Rusty Towers! As the weather begins to turn more blustery here in the UK, we’re making sure we’re wrapped up warm against the cold and the dark. Blankets might not do much in the Magnus-verse, but I am very grateful for mine right now 😄 

Some staff news this week, and I’m very pleased to announce that Helen Gould is our new Lead Sensitivity Editor! As mentioned in our recent Operations Update, this is a new position to hop...

[KNIGHTS] David 7's Relaxation Track

Take a break from your stressful day and join David 7 in taking some deep, calming breaths with no gun walls and absolutely no invisible gun walls. A world without gun walls. Doesn’t that sound nice?

Performance: Ben Meredith as David 7

Editing by Maddy Searle and Alexander J Newall

SFX by StephenSaldanha and jackmax via freesound.org

Music: David's Relaxation Music Bed by Tim Meredith

Stellar Firma Season 2 Outtakes (Part 2)

Gosh darns and fiddlesticks 

CLIENT - They can’t all be winners 

Consultant recommendation: I’ll be in my trailer - also, can someone please buy me a trailer?  

Content warnings:

• Repeated loud beeps
• Overtly sexual noises
• Discussion of medical conditions and procedures.

Special thanks to this week's Patrons:  Rudy Urroz, Stacy Falcon, Ariana, Eleanor Smith-Dufresne, Ken Yuen, Bruna R. Scheuer, Ben Nothing, Sa...

MAG 180 - Moving On

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Considerations of grief and respite.

Audio recorded by the Archivist, in situ.

Content warnings:

• Second-person perspective
• Death & mortality
• Violence (inc SFX)
• Undead (zombies)
• Religious abuse
• Child abuse (descriptions of)
• Mentions of: knives, gaslighting
• SFX: persistent droning

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Mary A., Rave, HatsuneMoocow, Moth_Lad, Salem Wicker, Neil H...