The halfling and the spaceman
a podcast for nerds by nerds
janet carden
The halfling
A geek girl from a very young age, she cut her teeth on the Lord of the Rings and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition) in High School. Sometimes called the “Queen Hobbit” due to being one of the few girls in her circle of geeky friends, and, she’s short. When not Podcasting, she goes by the name of Janet, and is the editor of “Crimson Streets” an online magazine dedicated to fiction in the style of the 1930s pulp magazines.
Her interests are:
Favorite TV Series: Stargate: SG1 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jurassic Park, Labyrinth, and The Princess Bride.
Favorite Anime: Kiki’s Delivery Service, Tenchi Muyo!, and Full Metal Alchemist.
Favorite Table-Top Game: Exalted (RPG) and The Settler of Catan (board game)
Favorite Computer Game: online jigsaw puzzles.
Roger carden
the spaceman
Weened on golden age science fiction, his table top adventures began with the little black book edition of Traveller. Formerly know as the “Game Buddha” due to having an unusual number of connections to the local table-top RPG community; and he was quite large at the time. When he’s not working on the podcast, he goes by the name of Roger, and is the publisher of “Crimson Streets” an online magazine dedicated to fiction in the style of the 1930s pulp magazines.
His interests are:
Favorite TV Series: Battlestar Galactica (1978), Space: 1999, and Star Trek: The Animated Series
Favorite Movies: Labyrinth, Highlander, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Wall-E
Favorite Anime: Whisper of the Heart and Macross: Do You Remember Love
Favorite Table-Tops Game: Legend of the Five Rings (AEG Editions), GURPS, FATE, and Gimme The Brain.
Favorite Computer Game: Skyrim VR (with lots of mods), Subnautica, and Half Life: Alyx