Em 🕸️🧵 & 💄
@em_being
i’m mostly on bsky now at http://polarbearsummer.online. trans communist. they/she. replying to my kamioshi and making a rare plug now and then
A new Around the Long Fire! We celebrate episode 100!! A century of excellence with more Berlin Alexanderplatz, talking about our history with games crit online, and … a surprise announcement??? abnormalmapping.com/around-the-lon…
A new Around the Long Fire! We reach the harrowing episode at the heart of the story, and on the other side mostly talk about manga and Dune to keep it nice and chill after All That abnormalmapping.com/around-the-lon…
A new Around the Long Fire! Berlin Alexanderplatz gets harrowing as it hurtles towards its conclusion so we get extra silly, assigning each other evil fursona, talking about manga, and celebrating new NANA art abnormalmapping.com/around-the-lon…
A new Around the Long Fire! We get to one our favorite chapters of Berlin Alexanderplatz, we talk about Gura’s looming graduation, me and Autumn go on a tear about the double standards around the BDS boycotts, and more! abnormalmapping.com/around-the-lon…
There's a new episode of up on the patreon! @poyfuh joins Connor and Niamh to discuss our disappointments with the final 6 episodes of Dear Brother (the final 4, really). This episode is great! Listen to it now by joining at exportaud.io for just $1 a month.
the audience is mid, where’s “Taisho Twink”?
Your votes are in… 🗳️👀 Introducing the winning titles for the RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Player Title Campaign! These titles will be added in a post-release patch in early July.
Please enjoy my guest appearance on Divey this week where I talk at length about why I relate to Fukiko, Nanako’s increasing swag, and which side characters we most want to see go on a road trip
There's a new episode! I balled too hard and collapsed on the court. Knowing they were down their ace player, I called in @em_being to join @rabbleais and @poyfuh to talk about Dear Brother, eps. 15–20. Listen at exportaud.io!
Weekly schedule! No Stairwells because I was super sick the weekend we were supposed to watch the movie, but it's okay because 2WBY debuts this Monday! Also ALF finishes our Berlin journey, Pootan finished Volume 7, and Divey has a special guest (again because I was turbo sick).
This week on Stairwells, Autumn and I talk about Kikujiro, Kitano Takeshi's heartwarming story of Beat Takeshi befriending a kid! We also talk a bit about Autumn's first day at Combo Breaker, ENReco, and knitting. Listen now by becoming a patron at exportaud.io!
Putting up Around the Long Fire early to celebrate the (American) day off but also we just have a crazy packed week! Please look forward to it!

Schedule for the week! Around the Long Fire took the week off due to general malaise and poor health so it’s a lighter week, hopefully people still enjoy the shows!

The first discussion episode covering episodes 1 through 7 of Dear Brother is now up for patrons! @poyfuh joins us to talk about class violence, childhood development, towers of gay longing, dunking girls in toilets, and zen mantras. Check it out at exportaud.io.
I'm too sleepy to do a write up for a schedule this packed, just get excited for all my pods please.
Schedule for the week! For once, we are having a light week. Please enjoy the pods!

Ornate! Stairwells! Autumn & I watched Throw Down and also I surprise them with a bracket that destroys them so hard they just wheeze for a bit before they can start answering it. Listen to find out the Actual Best Movie Of All Time by joining exportaud.io!
I had so much fun writing this piece
Every JRPG hero needs a weapon, which is why merchants are a crucial part of the genre. Here are the best merchants in JRPGs. pastemagazine.com/?p=402129
Weekly schedule! Around the Long Fire gets to one of our favorite scenes from the book, Pondering Pootan goes synth-pop, and Ornate Stairwells has a blast with a very fun judo movie (and the Non-Homophobia Zone has a surprise you won't want to miss)!
Schedule for the week, we have an astonishingly stacked set of pods this week, please look forward to them! Double guest spot from Nora and a rare @YerFriendMolly on VoIP!

The end of my time on Ghost Divers! These questions were really fun. Taco Bell sauce preferences, Code Geass Fate classes, G Gundam characters getting Persocoms, and much more!!
Today we wrap up our coverage of Chobits with a dive into the question bucket! Connor, Em, and I answer all your pressing questions and are truly on one with this episode. Listen now on the patreon at exportaud.io or in the free feed at exportaud.io/ghostdivers!