Hey folks! We’re planning on recording the annual Halloween episode of the GamesCast this Saturday, October 17th (Eastern time). We’re going to be discussing our gaming horror stories — console crashes, erased save files, fried graphics cards, and the like.

If you want to participate, please provide in the comments below:

1. Your Skype handle, if I don’t already have it.1See below for privacy-related disclaimers.
2. Which times on Saturday you’re available2Please remember to provide this. If you don’t, the podcast becomes very difficult to schedule.

Recording should take roughly 2 hours, maybe a little more, maybe a little less.

As always, the GamesCast welcomes participants from diverse backgrounds. Regardless of your age, gender, sexual orientation, or cultural background, if you have something to say, we’d love to have you. We would especially love to have more women+ on the podcast; please sign up if you’re interested. The only hardware requirements are a decent-quality mic for recording (the mic on a mid-range headset usually suffices) and a stable Internet connection.

Let’s chat about video games!

(Credit to Science is Bad for the header art.)

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1. You can create a second Skype handle if your existing handle contains your real name and you wish to remain anonymous.
2. Your Skype handle will only be shared with other participants.
3. You can provide your Skype handle in the comments, or if you’d prefer, you can email it to me at fork[dot]in[dot]the[dot]road[at]gmail[dot]com or add spanky[dot]merve on Skype.
4. I will only use Skype to contact you for GamesCast-related purposes, unless you indicate otherwise.

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