The anchor podcast party continues to grow and more and more
episodes from anyone in the gaming universe are dropping every day. But the newest
comer on this new block has got me out of the house and working on one of my
game books in the parking lot where a lot of the local transients camp for the night.
Scourge Books has caught my attention with its glib attitude
and basement living bombast which gets me thinking of overflowing ashtrays,
empty liquor bottles and a corner of the room stacked with amps where the “band”
practices. Where I’ve seen brevity reign (my podcast included) with gamer
podcasts on anchor dropping in at fifteen minutes or less, Scourge Books
plopped down an hour and half long first episode. A rambling bull session between
“Scourge” and his “Woman”, keeping names and background absent, only revealing
themselves through the dialogue; the gaming, video, music topics the two bounce
through, the new show feels like a cut up four track mix reminiscent of DIY
Heroin-Punk from the late eighties, except it is about table top gaming. And it
is on the internet so immediately accessible. I’m sure someone can tell me in a
red-hot minute who Scourge is, but for a brief moment the weird world of online
content delivered me a dirty, underground thrill like reading Naked Lunch for
the first time.
If Scourge and the Woman can keep it up, keep the topics
revolving all hipster and eternally young and ultimately disposable Scourge
Books podcasts could easily become a favorite listen of mine while I toil away
on my own obscure DIY role playing projects. In a van. Down by the river.
