In Other Worlds - A LitRPG, GameLit, and Fantasy Podcast
Every other week, I will be sitting down with the authors and audiobooks narrators that bring the litrpg, gamelit, and fantasy genre to life. We will be doing a deep dive into the inspirations for their stories, their introductions to the genre, and a little bit of eveything else.
God Stone series & Wrack and Ruin w/Otto Schafer
A hidden journal in the wall of a Victorian house. A dig site that jumps from Mexico to Oak Island. A treasure chest that doesn’t hold what everyone expects and the moment it opens, magic comes roaring back into the world. We’re joined by author Otto Schaefer to unpack the ideas behind his YA fantas...
Rickshaw Riot w/ Ben Wolf & Luke Messa
A VR MMO launches with a promise that sounds impossible: one game where you can play everything and finally live inside the “ultimate gaming experience.” Then the doors slam shut. The creator, Eric Shaw, wakes up trapped in his own stitched-together mega-world alongside 1.3 billion other players and...
I'm Not the Hero w/Tommy Kerper AKA Sourpatch Hero
The most dangerous person in an isekai world might not be the hero, it might be the friend who knows every trope and can see the disaster coming. We’re joined by Tommy Kerper, also known as Sour Patch Hero, to talk about I’m Not the Hero and why making the “background character” the lead opens up fr...
The Amatherean Tales w/Bosloe
This week we’re joined by Bosloe, author of The Ametherean Tales, to talk about One Flew Over the Dragon’s Nest. We dig into SJ’s background as a forensic accountant who actually reads the terms and conditions (when the typical person wouldn't) and accidentally breaks the system by not signing them....
Celestial Twins Gemini w/CJ Astrea
A LitRPG tutorial with a 5% survival rate is brutal. We sit down with CJ to talk about The Celestial Twins, starting with the tower-clearing Weave system, then digging into why this story hits harder than a typical system apocalypse power trip. We get into why CJ chose twin main characters instead o...