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i'd like to think that, by this point, i have the taste of tcwlgs fans pretty well down, so why don't i offer yall some recommendations?

if you like: badass captains (like our very own Captain)

try: Felix: Space Pirate

if you like: podcasts that take place in space (or time-space, for that matter)

try: Felix: Space Pirate

if you like: unique ship crews full of fun characters

try : Felix: Space Pirate

so overall:

if you like: the cogwork logs

try: Felix: Space Pirate

and check out their tumblr here: @felixspacepirate

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what greek character is each tcwlgs character most like

captain - achilles

cass - icarus

nye - persephone

mavis - clytemnestra

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out of context spoilers for episode 4 of the cogwork logs!!

hope to see yall at the watch party 2night!!

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out of context spoilers for tcwlgs e3, the name of the captain

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Out of Context Spoilers for Welcome Change!!

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Out of Context Spoilers for Welcome Change!!

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I hope to see all of you at the discord watch party tonight!! And if youre not there, well...

that's just your loss

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What podcatchers/platforms are you on?

Currently, we are only set up on Spotify and YouTube, but we hope to expand that at a later date, if at all possible!!

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to the surprise of several people, including me, today is the release date of the second episode of the cogwork logs!!

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how does it feel to be the faggiest audio drama?!?>:)

feels great

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maeve/captain. It's real to me ok?

i-

okay

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incredibly late, but THE FIRST EPISODE HAS DROPPED!!

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I also love how audio fiction has always been a highly experimental medium, and likely always will be.

Financially, it has a low barrier for entry, a low point of diminishing returns, and a relatively small potential market. It's basically impervious to being taken over by giant studios - even the "big" networks like RQ would be considered indie in the film or game dev industries. With the exception of the BBC, they tend to dip their toes into audio fiction, figure out quickly that, although it's beloved by its fans, there isn't that kind of money in it, and proceed to leave us alone forever.

Then there's the fact that it propagates largely by word of mouth. Audio dramas owe everything to obsessive nerds forcing nearly everyone they know to listen to that podcast they just discovered.

So it's more about the thing being actually good, plus a decent amount of luck and persistence.

There's no optimally marketable success formula being relentlessly enforced by gatekeeping jellybean-counters because they don't exist here. So people make whatever they want. So it draws people to it who are looking for something different. And the cycle feeds itself, and the medium gets weirder (in a good way).

It may very well ALWAYS remain the wild west of storytelling.

So listeners tell your friends about that podcast!

And creators, make the weird thing! There are no rules! It can be an hour long or Breaker Whiskey short, or Re:Dracula all over the place length. It can be another tape recorder framing or another voicemail framing or basically just an audiobook. It can be any genre or blend of genres. This creative space gives us the opportunity to be our own target audience in a way rarely found elsewhere.

If you enjoy the thing you're making, odds are somone else out there will enjoy it too. I've already found this to be true, and my time as an audio fiction creator is still just beginning.

Peace and love on every planet, y'all!

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Is The Cogwork Logs going to be on Pocket Casts?

Not today, but I'll see about in the future!

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happy one year anniversary to the concept of the cogwork logs, and happy first episode of the cogwork logs!!

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mr gatsby?? it's seven o'clock in the morning

TODAY'S THE DAY🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉‼️‼️