Hello!
Welcome to the blog series where I (the writer) write commentary on each episode of Roy Kaplan. These are all written with the assumption that you’ve listened to the episode (and the ones preceding), so if you haven’t listened to (or read the transcript for) Bomber Blackout, check it out here!
With that out of the way, let’s get started.
Hello, friends!
After a very long wait and a whole lot of work on my part, the first episode of Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight is now out! If you haven’t had the chance yet, you can listen to it right now, right here on this website!
Moving forward, new episodes will be releasing every other Saturday at 19:00 EST with Patreon supporters getting access to episodes one week early, as noted on the release schedule on the Out of Sight main page. I decided to try the premiere feature on YouTube so people can listen to the episode together and live chat about it as it plays, which I think worked out decently well, so I’ll probably do premieres for future episodes as well. I encourage you to join in if you can! You can find the Out of Sight playlist here.
I have been asked whether there is a preferred place for you to listen to Roy Kaplan, given that you can listen to it directly on my website, or on podcast aggregators like Spotify, or on YouTube. The best way to listen to Roy Kaplan is whatever is most convenient for you–on the back end, all RSS listening (like Spotify or Amazon Music or this website or downloads) go into one pile of analytics while views on YouTube and Patreon are separate, but also the analytics don’t actually do anything for me because it’s not like there’s an algorithm recommending Roy Kaplan for people to listen to. Pretty much anyone who listens to Roy Kaplan will be doing it because of personal recommendation. Roy Kaplan is also an ad-free show–I don’t know if any streaming services will add pre-roll or post-roll ads or, god forbid, mid-roll ads, but if they do, I do not get any revenue from any of that. So I recommend that you listen to Roy Kaplan ad-free for the best listening experience.
So: how can you support Roy Kaplan if you want to? Now that the first episode of Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight is out and people can actually listen to what I’ve got to offer instead of just taking my word for it, it’s about time that I can discuss the money thing and what ways people can contribute if they want to make Season 2 happen.
Hello friends!
It’s been a little since the last time I posted (in my defense this is also the most I’ve posted on my website in literally years) but as holidays approach the more time-conscious of you might remember the trailer for Roy Kaplan I posted back in November and the fact that the launch date for Roy Kaplan is now less than a week away! So I thought it would be nice to do a little update about what’s been going on in the meantime.
I’m not going to talk too much about the project itself today–I think I’ve done enough of that. This will just be about what I’ve been working on and some personal thoughts as we head into the release of what has been a really big project for me.
It’s time, the post you’ve all been waiting for! Roy Kaplan is real and it’s here! (Or, it will be in only a couple short months!)
Cover art for Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight. Art by Jesse Peng.
There’s a lot to talk about under the jump, but if you’re just interested in the release information, the short version is: Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight is officially launching on December 28. Check the Out of Sight page for the full release schedule and the Roy Kaplan main project page for the full list of relevant links.
If you want to hear about the project and what I’ve been working over the last two years, keep reading under the cut!
Hello, it’s been a hot second since I’ve posted anything on here, but fear not, I am still alive.
Since the last thing I posted [checks notes] over two years ago, a lot of things have happened! A few game jams, a lot of writing, and of course the Big project :)
I have to make another post after this so I’ll just hop to it…
Cover Art for Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight. Art by Jesse Peng.
What is Roy Kaplan: Out of Sight? In short, it’s an audio detective drama taking place in the far-flung cyberpunk future, featuring Roy Kaplan, our titular private investigator, burglar, and psychic. Over the course of Out of Sight, Roy solves all sorts of cases from robot murder to phony psychic scams to petty theft by talking to ghosts and breaking into places he probably shouldn’t be going.
I’ve teamed up with Tiny Lunar Dragon Studios, which is currently running the podcasts Ultimate Tier List and Floodgate. They’re helping to bring in voice talent, music, and sound design to make my scripts real, and we expect to have a 12-episode season that will launch in mid-2022. I’m really excited to get this one out there for everyone to listen to.
That’s everything you need to know if you’re just interested in the podcast release information, but if you want to know more about the backstory on Roy Kaplan, read on!
Well, it’s been like two years since the last time I posted, but here I am, still alive. Considering the whole pandemic thing, that’s worth saying. I’m still alive and good health. I could say it’s because of the pandemic that I haven’t posted, but it’s mostly that I’ve been busy with unrelated things.
Here’s some stuff I’ve worked on since I last posted…
Happy November 1st! In case you don’t know, the first Friday of November (today!) is Fountain Pen Day, and incidentally, two years ago on this day, I got my first fountain pen and ink–the ever-reliable Pilot Metropolitan and Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku.
Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku and my first Pilot Metropolitan. How far I’ve come…
So if I’m going to talk about fountain pens, why not today?
Trick or treat, it’s media review time!
Books: Un Lun Dun, Goldenhand, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Red Harvest, The Assistant Murderer
Comics: Hands Off!
Games: Rhythm Heaven Megamix, The Red Strings Club
Here we go!
I could not possibly be more overdue with these, but I’ll get them done sooner or later. Let’s talk books (and game)!
Books: The High Window, Frogkisser!, The Lady in the Lake, Neverwhere
Games: Monsters’ Den: Godfall
You know the drill by now, so let’s go.