The July 1993 issue (No. 2) of Other Hands magazine was published on June 20, 1993 (or thereabouts). Chris Seeman brought together the talents of artists Jeff Hatch, Tom Loback, and Kirsten Lopez with contributions from writers Jorge Quinonez and Anders Blixt. Here is the editorial from the magazine. EDITORIAL: so far, so good… Well,…
Author: Michael Martinez
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 17
October 20, 2009 was the day that co-hosts Hawke Robinson and Michael Martinez got together to record Episode 17 of Middle-earth Talk Radio. The talk show had been growing in popularity by this point and people were enjoying the musical selections that Hawke was featuring in edited shows. Here is an edited version of the…
Other Hands Gamer Magazine Issue 1
Chris Seeman published the Other hands magazine for Tolkien scholars and gamers from April 1993 through July 2001. Among the goals Chris had set for the magazine was a desire to assist fans of Iron Crown Enterprises (now defunct) Middle-earth Role-playing game (MERP) to improve upon the gaming system’s documentation and help gamemasters develop their…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 16
Despite a dearth of recent Tolkien-related news to talk about, on September 12, 2009 Hawke Robinson summoned co-host Michael Martinez back to the microphone to create another fantasy-laden talk show episode for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth. Thus was born Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 16. Discussion topics include the fictional “Harry Potter and the…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 15
September 1, 2009 was the day Hawke Robinson and Michael Martinez, co-hosts of Middle-earth Talk Radio, got together (via Skype) to record their 15th episode. By this time the digital duo had survived MERPCon (Tolkien Moot) V and were back in the saddle, ready to rastle with the latest issues concerning fans of J.R.R. Tolkien…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 14
MERPCon V was held the weekend of July 24-26, 2009 in Spokane, WA. This was the last convention held under the MERPCon name before it was rebranded to Tolkien Moot. This weekend also marked the first time that Hawke Robinson and co-host Michael Martinez did a live broadcast for Middle-earth Talk Radio. Gathering before a…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 13
July 13, 2009 Hawke Robinson and Michael Martinez convened via the technological magic of Skype to record the 13th episode of Middle-earth Talk Radio. As always discussion ranged across a variety of topics, including negative clichés associated with J.R.R. Tolkien and role-playing gamers; Hawke’s ongoing RPG therapy research project; the publication of Other Minds Issue…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 12
April 19, 2009 was the date that Hawke Robinson and Michael Martinez came together to record Episode 12 of Middle-earth Talk Radio. By this point in their co-career as co-hosts of the co-opted Middle-earth Talk show, the daring duo had trampled just about every topic possible: Andre Norton’s Witch World, the Peter Jackson movies, Babylon-5,…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 11
On February 8, 2009 legendary Middle-earth Talk Radio show hosts Hawke Robinson and Michael Martinez returned to their Skype-based studios to produce another non-award winning episode of Middle-earth Talk Radio. A service provided by Middle-earth Radio, the talk show brings fans together with two of the zaniest commentators on the Internet. Their quest for Gil-galad’s…
Middle-earth Talk Radio Episode 10
On February 1, 2009 Hawke Robinson and Michael Martinez walked into their ground-breaking studios and cut a new track for the album of Middle-earth Talk Radio classics. In other words, they used Skype to chat for a while about all things Tolkien and Hawke recorded the discussion from his home studio (yes, he really does…