Hunter: The Parenting - Marckus & Kitten Podcast (send in questions!) (Patreon)

Straight from Warhams, Norfolk...It's the SECRET HUNTERS SHOW!!!

That's right, Marckus and Kitten are back (in a manner of speaking), to do more gamer podcasting in the year 2006.

But, there's a catch...This time, they've decided to begin their hunt for a REAL HAUNTED VIDEO GAME.

Can they do this deed?Will they truly be able to find the genuine article?

Only time, and myriad horrific tales of failure and interpersonal drama, will tell...

Audio is available here, attached to this post, with regular audio AND EXCLUSIVE 2006-ERA QUALITY FOR EXTRA IMMERSION!

So, for context.We decided we wanted to do more silly podcast shit with Marckus and Kitten.Last time we did one of these it wasn't exactly popular, but among those who did delve in and dug what it was trying to do, it was quite well-received.

This time, we're intent on making more of a format out of it.Not quite as scattershot, but rather, focused on a singular goal; find a real haunted video game. An exploration of the still-developing scene that was the idea of what a haunted video game could be, and what it would eventually evolve into in the years to come.If you've been in the general video gamey internet creepypasta urban legend scene anywhere within the last 15 or so years, you should likely be able to tell where we draw inspiration from with each of the games that end up within these little audiologs.We intend of continuing to do these from here-on, and our intent is also, and I want to be very explicit about this... to make it the series we put the least amount of effort into.We always tend to brutally fail at attempting lower effort endeavours that are easier and faster to produce (see, Audiologs, NWG, shorts)...But this?We feel we have a firmer handle on it, as the audio is much simpler to produce, and the visuals, when it releases on YouTube, will be much more limited in scope.

Obviously, we want to release things that we believe are qualitative enough for you to actually enjoy.But, here, the focus will lie mostly in the writing and the character dynamic, as opposed to absolutely anything else. It will stand or fall by the power of our scriptists and voiceworkers, and that is where these things will have this stay.

What's more though!Q & A SEGMENT IS BACK.

Finally, FINALLY, we are bringing back some measure of AUDIENCE INTERACTION!!!WOW!!!!

This is something we regularly dabbled in, and quite enjoyed, when we were doing TTS.And we've been looking for a way to reimplement it.This, obviously, is the easiest way of doing so!

So...If you have any questions you'd like to ask Kitten or Marckus (or, uh, Boy?) you can post 'em here, or in the question-megaphone chat in our Discord if you are of the appropriate tier (holy shit that chat is finally being used its been years!!!)

Questions will be answered starting NEXT EPISODE.However!The questions answered in that next episode are old, and were asked long before we even had an idea of how to implement a Q&A segment in HTP. Perhaps, even before HTP even existed...So, technically?Your questions here today will be reviewed for inclusion in Gamer Podcast Episode 3 and beyond!

IMPORTANT FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING QUESTIONS!We will, in all likelihood, mostly accept questions that have a reasonable amount of verisimilitude about them. That is so say, as you write, do not break the 4th wall. Assume that you are in the year 2006, and you are writing to two freaks you only know through this extremely niche internet show.Or, perhaps you too are a freak, and you know them through the so-called "Mangledteeth Forum" (context in the episode itself).

We could accept some creative writing or fun lore applications on your end though, we're not super demanding about our specifications here.Just saying, we will likely go for the kind of questions that are easiest to actually answer within the context of the universe.

And, hey, if you want it to roleplay your own WoD character sending in a question for whatever reason? More power to you, that's always fun. Just don't go overbroad and pretend to be, like, a lore-brained Arete 10 Virtual Adept downloading the vast secrets of the universe into the skulls of our poor little Hunters against their wills.We'll not engage with people explaining a bunch of lore, no "game-jacking" shit, nothing that'll make our storytelling harder on us!

... With that all being said, hope you enjoy this little thing, and hope you'll enjoy more of this stuff to come in the future.Of course, especially if this in particular isn't your jam, know that all the "regularly" "scheduled" "programing" still is very much getting the lion's share of the attention and energy!

That is it!

KILL.