This episode was originally released to our Patrons back in 2018, here it is again ahead of it's public release!
Content Warnings:
Edited by Alexander J Newall & Brock Winstead
Written by Sasha Sienna
Performances
Soundeffects this week by: Anthousai, deleted-user-7...
2020-08-05 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they continue to navigate the skies toward Svalbard.
This week Azu breaks hearts, Hamid has a chat with Wilde, Cel comes to the rescue, and Zolf discovers a secret.
Content Notes:
- discussion of global disaster
- unwanted romantic interest
- Vicarious embarrassment
- emetophobia (spitting)
Thank...
2020-08-04 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Best wishes from Rusty Towers this Monday! Hope that everyone is staying safe and well. Not a huge amount to talk about this week, as we continue to work on the shows and company operations as usual.
I do have one exciting piece of news on the Patreon front, though.
As you might imagine we’re always thinking about new things we can do and offer you all, for the won...
2020-08-03 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Case #0161301
Statement of Naomi Herne, regarding the events following the funeral of her fiancé, Evan Lukas. …
2020-07-31 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I.M.O.G.E.N. Internal Log - Filtered Partial Transcript (2)
I.M.O.G.E.N. Internal Log request approved, filtered partial transcript provided.
All redactions and amendments must be submitted to the sub-committee for partial transcript redactions (disbanded).
This log may not be distributed to anyone for any reason or under any circumstances. If found return to ...
2020-07-30 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Take a peek behind the curtain at Rusty Towers as Alex sits down with various members of Rusty Quill Ltd for insight into what we do and the values we work towards as a company.
Featuring:
- Alexander J Newall
- Jonathan Sims
- Helen Gould
- Tim Meredith
- Mike LeBeau
- April Sumner
- Hannah Brankin
- Anil Godigamuwe
Ed...
2020-07-29 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they begin their voyage north!
This week Hamid gets to know the crew, Cel wants juicy backstories, Zolf considers a self-care mutiny, and Azu does the weather.
Thanks to this week's Patrons: Ron Dempsey, Ashlee Coles, Cassafrassaian, Pawpotato, Inga Iversen, Grace Tallman, mikey reid-cain, Francesca Monti, Bailey Moore, Katie Dibb, Algi...
2020-07-28 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Best wishes from Rusty Towers this Monday! Hope that everyone is keeping well.
In case you haven’t seen, a lot of the excitement and general activity around here centres on last week’s big news – that Rusty Quill has signed with WME, the prestigious international representation agency and one of the world’s largest talent agents! This is the compan...
2020-07-27 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A snapshot into the lives of the audio magicians behind the scenes of The Magnus Archives. (At this point, we're thinking that Brock might be an A.I.)
[Transcript]
Elizabeth Moffatt (SFX)
"I've been working for Rusty Quill for about 3 years now. My sample edit was created mid-flight/transit between the UK to NZ, which was not ideal, and yet somehow I managed to impr...
2020-07-24 15:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This show recording of the 'Anglerfish' (MAG001) and 'Do Not Open' (MAG002) statements was recorded live at the London Podcast Festival Presents... Audio Drama event, at King's Place, London, on 30th November 2019.
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall
Produced by Lowri Ann Davies
Edited by Maddy Searle, Nico Vittese and Alexander J Newall
Performan...
2020-07-22 15:32:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they get to building!
This week Azu has opinions about chairs, Cel is pretty chill, Zolf breaks the news to Amelia, and Hamid gets crafty!
Content Notes:
- recreational drug use
Thanks to this week's Patrons:
Jessica Specht, Natalie Logan, Emily Simmons, Paige Morgan, Clarissa Olivares, Lana Roberts, Emma, Rhiannon T...
Hi folks,
Best wishes from Rusty Towers this Monday! It’s another reasonably short update from us this week, though there’s a lot on the schedule, so there’s plenty going on that that we hope that you can enjoy.
We’ve got a jam-packed RQ Streams for you, as we continue to experiment with the schedule. As well as our regular shows, we are pleased to welcome 2020 Hugo Finalist...
2020-07-20 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Trexel Geistman's Unarguable History of the Earth moves to a new location to deliver you more indisputable ins and outs of Earth's forgotten past.
Today we learn about: The French Revolution
Recorded live on location at the Astral Bar
Content Note:
- Alcoholism
- Historical parody
In 2017, we launched our Patreon with a milestone, where we pledged to create a Tabletop Roleplaying Game of our very own, roleplaying being something that is near and dear to many of our hearts at Rusty Towers.
And we know that many of you share that love for games, which is why we are very pleased to bring you the first look at what we've been working on! It's taken a while, but the de...
Tim and Ben do SCIENCE Again!
Welcome to this bonus episode of Stellar Firma, where Bryn Monroe (Hamid on Rusty Quill Gaming) delves into the symphony of factual inaccuracy that is Season 2 to find out just how much Tim and Ben know about science… take 2!
Correction: At one point Bryn makes a slight error and says that a Planck length is "10 to the -34 metres"; a...
Case ########-16
An examination of pack tactics
Audio recorded by the Archivist, in situ.
Content warnings:
Hey folks,
As if to give us just cause for the upcoming mid-season break, I'm afraid to say there'll be a delay to today's early access episode of The Magnus Archives. We apologise for this and are hopeful that it will be out tonight at some point, though it's unlikely to be before 9pm BST.
As I've mentioned previously, the move to remote recording has thrown up a number ...
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they navigate difficult arrangements before taking flight.
This week Hamid outfits the kobolds, Azu's got ALL the marbles, Cel shows off their model kit, & Zolf takes up the new mantle of chief mediator.
Content Notes:
- racism / biological essentialism
- depression
- arguments
- recreational drug use
Thanks to thi...
2020-07-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks,
Good wishes from all us to you all at the start of another week! We hope you’re continuing to stay safe and well in these difficult times. Here at Rusty Towers, we’re doing a little remodelling to make some room for new crewmembers, who I look forward to introducing to you soon!
And speaking of introductions, I hope you’ve been enjoying seeing some new ...
2020-07-13 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
"You know, funny you should mention it, but there's all sorts of things you can do with some paper, or parchment, some extruded resin shapes, and a bit of pencil lead - but, of course, it's not *real* lead, that would just mean you had to have huge hand muscles if you were writing anything for long periods of time... but that gives me an idea! Say, pass me that potion..."
With a mastery ...
Case ########-15
An inventory of what comes after.
Audio recorded by the Archivisit, in situ.
Content warnings:
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they find an old acquaintance in bad shape...
This week Azu makes a bunch of people cry, Hamid gets domestic, Cel has the best build team, & Zolf is not great at this...
Content Notes:
- Loud High Frequency SFX
- Trauma
- Depression
- Alcoholism
- Malnutrition
- Grief/Discussion of Death
- Self-Recrimination
...
Hi folks,
Best wishes from all of us at Rusty Towers and hope you had decent weekends. It’s another generally busy but quiet week around here, so not much on the update front this week, I’m afraid.
Thank you to everyone who shared or applied for the role of Communications Assistant – we have received a lot of very good applications so it’s going to take a wh...
2020-07-06 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Another look into the process of an RQ Streams Title Card!
It's 'Cronch or Nonch' time as April shows us how Mike and the crew of space survival game Tharsis handle the sometimes brutal variance. In space, no-one can hear you roll the dice...
Art by @VeraRaeArt (Twitter)
SFX by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) and Sinjohnt of Freesound.org
...
Stellar Firma Season 2 Q&A
Tim and Ben answer some of the questions that have been sent in by the fan community.
Special thanks to this week's Patrons: Elizaveta, roswyrm, mirsa, eet, Amy Prehm, Christian Otholm, Toni, Ellis Beale, Jaderz, A.Ninja, a New name, Sharon Grafton, Eloise Sherrid, Leslie Safran, Mars, Stewart Smith, CirrusGrey, Emma Sandgren, Nicole S...
2020-07-02 16:30:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Case ########-14
An examination of scale
Recorded by The Archivist in situ.
Content warnings:
- Insignificance / Diminuition
- Arguments
- Body horror
- Falling
- Dissociative amnesia
- SFX of deep impacts, destruction and 'pressure wave' distortions
Thanks to this week's Patrons: Teo Qvillberg, cussbunny, Emili...
2020-07-01 18:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
Quick message from the production team to say that today's early access episode of The Magnus Archives is going to be a few hours delayed. Unfortunately the combination of remotely recorded episodes requiring more editing work and other meetings overrunning, has put us a little bit behind today. Apologies for this, and we'll get the episode out as soon as we can.
Best w...
Join Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they actually get some R & R and explore the city!
This week Zolf goes shopping for Wilde, Hamid heads to the bank, Azu finally gets to enjoy space her size, & Cel has eyes on a new project!
Thanks to this week's Patrons:
theflyingpiano, Ana, Christian Nabli, thisistrashking, Catherine N., Shane Crowley, Robert Johnson, ...
Hi folks,
Best wishes from all of us at Rusty Towers and hope you had decent weekends. We’ve got our heads down at the moment with a number of internal projects and reviews, though it’s fair to say that trying to produce things through an ongoing pandemic is proving somewhat challenging.
With regards to one of our recent new Patreon milestones, that of finding a new part-time Co...
2020-06-29 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Due to some unforeseen issues, we're unable to release the third of the TMA fluff pieces as intended this week. We apologise for this and are replacing it with a new Rusty Bits from the deep Archives.
Thanks for your patience & understanding!
Anil
Community Manager
Spoilers for the Season 1 Finale of the Magnus Archives
Featur...
2020-06-26 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post