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Tune in every Friday for new episodes of "To Gamers, With Love" a Podcast that celebrates all things gaming and games adjacent. Join Justin Cary and his pals on a journey of love, heart and admiration for the games we all play and why we love them.

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The Blood Red Moon. A rare, celestial phenomena that paints Luna red as she moves into the Earth’s dark shadow and becomes enveloped by the halo of the sun’s fiery ring of light ensorcelling the parabola of Earth’s perfect circle like an endless, golden dawn. Even though our last episode focused on The Moon Tarot card, Episode 5 of Twin Peaks Season 1, the sixth episode of the season, “Cooper’s Dream”, this one begins at 4:28am as Cooper awakens under the watchful gaze of full, red, blood moon; a harbinger of so much to come this episode; of eclipses and shadows, of lovers torn asunder and brought together, of mysteries revealed and curtains, red like the moon, concealing the horrible truth that must see the light of day; devils hiding like cowards in the smoke of the fire. In this episode, a sleep deprived Cooper commits to his theory leading to his team up with his detective troupe as they head into the woods of Twin Peaks for an important encounter with the Log Lady who speaks of her former lover and husband and later, all the way to a red-curtained cabin. Audry Horne commits to actions of her own that take her to the perfume counter of her Father’s department store. Ben and Jerry Horne flit with danger, sex and disaster as they court new clients for the Ghostwood project and Ben courts Josie Packard in a devious triple-cross scheme. Dr. Jacoby counsels the Briggs family and speaks to Bobby of lovers, sex and commitment. Donna, James and Maddeline Ferguson form a new lovers triangle and commit to a plan to find Laura’s killer on their own. Shelly and Norma commit to each other; both jaded lovers trying to break the shackles of their lover’s bonds. And Leland Palmer, the lost lover, dancing still, looking for a partner, looking for a ghost that isn’t there, haunted by the same music in the air, dancing in the Smoke Room of the great Northern Hotel, and Audrey Horne, the lover of the story with, as Cooper cautioned her, ‘a heart that yearns’, appearing naked and afraid in Special Agent Dale Cooper’s bed at the great northern to end the this episode of lovers, commitments and total eclipses of the heart.

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Illusion and transformation; sometimes confusion which leads to transformation. Often, we must seek answers beneath the darkness; under the protection moon’s shadowy veil and conduct business wearing a dark cloak of secrecy. What is revealed when the bright light of the sun is gone can often scry into dark and deep parts of who we are; secret recesses of the soul that can only be opened when illuminated with moonlight, seen only by creatures of the night, the beast within, the owl, the jackal, the fish. Episode four of Twin Peaks, the fifth episode in season 1, is called “The One-Armed Man” and was directed by Tim Hunter and Written by Robert Engels. It aired on May 3, 1990. Confusion and Illusion run rampant in this episode as all of the characters run into befuddling and mystifying situations. Cooper’s usual infallible investigative techniques turn out to completely miss the mark. Deputy Andy seems confused and unable to perform his duties. Sarah sketches a long-haired entity she saw in a dream-vision and a befuddled Leland tells everyone she had ‘two visions’ while a bewildered Donna hears this with great confusion. Jacoby and Cooper sit in a conference room; Jacoby performs a magic trick; more illusions. The One-Armed man from Cooper’s dream turns out, for now, to be an ordinary shoe-salesman that leads the detectives to Bob Lydecker’s Veterinarian services that provides ‘aid to the beast incarnate’. James encounters Madeline Ferguson, Laura’s almost identical twin cousin, and is bewildered and confused. Bobby plants evidence at Jacque Renault’s apartment; further adding to the obfuscation. Nightfalls. Moonlight shines on the running river. Donna and James seek out the necklace and are spied on by an owl. Norma’s husband Hank is paroled and harasses Josie like a stalking bear; a beast in the night. Relationships unravel, confusion abounds and with the falling curtains of night, the eighteenth card of the Major Arcana takes shape as the investigation into Laura Palmer’s death continues and the mystery of Twin Peaks deeps once more, like a dark cup of coffee, black as midnight on a moonless night.

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Closed circles and never ending, open spirals. Maybe even black and white chevron patterns on the floor of the Red Room. The fourth episode of Twin Peaks Season 1 is Episode 3, “Rest in Pain” and was Directed by Tina Rathborne, Written by Harley Peyton and Originally Aired on April 26, 1990. This episode continues to deeper the mysteries around Laura Palmer’s death while adding a few new angles to the investigation for our team of detectives to pursue; illegal drugs being smuggled into Twin Peaks from north of the border and the revelation that a secret society of peacekeepers is at work in Twin Peaks and Special Agent Dale Cooper has earned his place among their ranks. As the fortunes rise for some and fall for others, we turn our attention to the tenth card in the Major Arcana for this episode, The Wheel of Fortune as we consider the rise and fall of lives in Twin Peaks, the meaning of the closed loop and the eternal return, the power of the number ten (the number of completion) and consider which wheels are turning and which are not. In this episode, Cooper discusses his dream of the Red Room with Truman, remembering every detail except the name whispered in his ear by Laura. Cooper and Albert continue the investigation and Albert’s complete lack of couth causes major disruptions among the denizens of Twin Peaks. Maddie Palmer arrives; Laura’s cousin, a dark-haired Doppelganger look-alike of Laura Palmer. Norma discusses her husband’s upcoming parole. Truman and Cooper interview antagonist Leo Johnson. Bobby Briggs and his father have a confrontational chat before Laura Palmer’s funeral. Albert delivered his final forensics’s report. Nadene expresses her love for Ed, Audrey spies on her family through a secret space behind the wall. The wind rustles through the trees. At Laura Palmer’s funeral,; tempers rise and Leland Palmer ends up going up and down on Laura’s coffin, up and down, a rise and fall. Copper is initiated into the Bookhouse Boys and brought in on a cocaine sting operation being run off book. Cooper confronts Jacoby in a graveyard. Leland dances along at Laura’s wake. Hawk and Cooper speak of lost souls and wandering forever in never ending circles, like a record player stuck on a loop.

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Transforming the self from within. The third episode of Twin Peaks (technically titled Episode 2 since the Pilot is episode 0) is called “Zen, or the Skill the Catch a Killer” and it aired on April 19, 1990. Written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and Directed by David Lynch, this episode presents the most wildly imaginative view of Twin Peaks yet and brings us to places both wonderful and strange as it challenges us to come face to face temptation, seduction, addiction and lust and poses the question: can real transformation come from within ones self, does Zen truly exist? The sudden arrival of a new member of the Horne family disrupts the Zen of a peaceful family dinner tempting Ben to One-Eyed Jack’s for a taste of Earth’s more carnal pleasures. Cooper continues the investigation into Laura’s death with an unusual investigative technique he learned from a meditative dream…Donna and James explore the mysteries of love and desire, Ed and Nadene stumble into grease soaked silent drapes, we receive an Invitation to love as Bobby and Shelly speak to each other as if in their own soap opera, Special Agent Albert Rosenfield arrives in Twin Peaks carrying a book on Tibet but lacking certain social niceties, Audrey dreamily dances in the Double R, Leland and Sarah dance and scream in the absence of Zen, Mike and Bob manifest themselves,…and as the town of Twin Peaks collectively sleeps after another day of lament and sadness, Special Agent Dale Cooper finds himself transforming from within another place…perhaps his own dream, or a deep state of meditation or perhaps Pan’s own labyrinth of merriment; a place where the birds sing a pretty song and there is always music in the air….Podcast Merch!

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Episode 1: "Traces to Nowhere" Directed by Duwayne Dunham || Written by Mark Frost & David Lynch || Original Air Date April 12, 1990

Staying at the Great Northern Hotel, Cooper meets Audrey Horne, the unruly teenage daughter of the hotel's owner, prominent businessman Benjamin Horne. Cooper and Truman interrogate James, who reveals he knew Laura was a cocaine addict, but that she had been recovering until a relapse in the previous week. In their jail cell, Bobby and Mike discuss money they owe to violent trucker Leo Johnson. After James, Bobby, and Mike are released from custody, James asks his uncle, mechanic Ed Hurley, to seek protection from the "Bookhouse Boys". Shelly Johnson, Bobby's secret lover and Leo's wife, is horrified to discover a shirt belonging to Leo covered in blood. Donna reveals to her mother, Eileen Hayward, that she and James had fallen in love while James and Laura were seeing each other. Donna visits Sarah to offer condolences, but Sarah has a horrifying vision of a grey-haired man. Angered that her brother's widow Josie Packard has control of the family sawmill, Catherine Martell plots with Ben to burn the mill down. Laura's eccentric psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence Jacoby, listens to secret cassette tapes she sent him, revealing he is the one who unearthed the locket (from wikipedia)

Log Lady Intro

"I carry a log, yes. Is it funny to you? It is not to me. Behind all things are reasons. Reasons can even explain the absurd.

Do we have the time to learn the reasons behind human beings' varied behavior? I think not. Some take the time. Are they called detectives? Watch, and see what life teaches."

Aired on June 18, 1993.

Episode OverviewThe first numbered Episode of Season 1 of Twin Peaks is called “Traces to Nowhere” and this episode aired on April 12, 1990. Written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, Traces to Nowhere picks up the day after Special Agent Dale Cooper arrives in the town of Twin Peaks to being his investigation into the mysterious death of local highschool prom queen Laura Palmer and this episodes sets the stage for many of the deeper this show will present more fully later. The High Priestess is the second card in the Major Arcana and so here, with Twin Peak’s second episode, we are greeted with characters who feel stuck in a strange liminal, transitory space after the collapse of their collective towers in the episode before. James, Bobby and Mike all struggle with the aftermath of their friend’s death. Ed, Nadene, and Norma all encounter liminal border guardians or confusing moments of fugue like torpor. Josie, Ben, Audrey, Catherin and Pete all have small moments of or feelings of being lost, confused or bewildered at what is going on. And our resident High Priestess herself in this episode, Donna Hayward, gives us a spot on description of the state of things as she reaches out to her own divine feminine figure for guidance. The episode ends with a half laughing half crying Dr. Jacoby; an image of the unconscious struggling with the conscious as characters in this show struggle to plump the depths of their inner worlds now turned upside down.

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Falling, Floating, Dreaming: The Magic of Twin Peaks Episode 1: The Pilot | The Tower

“Gone fishin’”, the very first words uttered by Pete Martell in the Pilot episode of Mark Frost and David Lynch’s seminal television masterpiece Twin Peaks followed by the sound of a distant horn somewhere and Pete observing “the lonesome foghorn blows.” Although not the first image presented to the audience of Twin Peaks,(more on that later), these first spoken words are essential sigils that can help us to unlock so many of the mysteries and deeper meanings that abound in this show and make up the complex and fascinating web Frost and Lynch weave over the course of this work. The fish, the idea, the slippery thing David Lynch dives deep to find inside his own creative mind and the thing he writes about in his own creative memoir “Catching the Big Fish”; how to live the Art Life and catch that big creative idea, juxtaposed here in the opening moments of Twin Peaks with the bellowing of a lonesome foghorne, interrupting the process of catching said fish, a dark and macabre harbinger of the shattering of foundations about the come for the Town Peaks. Indeed, it is this foghorn blast that causes Pete to turn around and see the body of Laura Palmer, wrapped in plastic, lying face down, naked, on a rocky beach, murdered, that will become the Tower moment for everyone in this story, the triggering event that will lead to so much pain, torment, struggle, fear but also rejuvenation, redemption, new life and the de-structuring of old forms; the very essence of sixteenth card in the major arcana presented here in the opening seconds of the Twin Peaks Pilot.

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Welcome to this week’s episode of Screen to Screen: a reel Podcast; my name is Justin Cary and I want to thank you so much for joining me on this wild ride through the latest season of True Detective Season 4: Night Country. The finale of Night Country brings the case of the murdered TSALAL men to a close and finally reveals the truth that has been buried in the snow covered ice of Ennis all along. This episode is a fast paced ride that brings everything full circle, as Liz and Navara literally find themselves riding along time’s flat circle, flickering along to ever present dancing lights and eventually Holden the Hatch. So grab those oranges folks, remember to eject your Ferris Buler’s Day off DVDs,and pour yourself some coffee in your favorite Hawaii themed mug….the investigation is on.

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Welcome to this week’s episode of Screen to Screen: A Reel Podcast. My name is Justin Cary and thank you so much for joining me on this week’s episode to discuss and breakdown the penultimate episode of True Detective Season 4: Night Country; as we finally breakthrough the ice and discover the secret that has been beneath our spikey snow boots this whole time; the real Night Country, and at least see some characters on the show really start to ‘wake up’ from the icey torpor they have been found themselves victim to during these long days of night. Like Liz and Navarro racing toward a thrilling climax in a mysterious, icy cave, this episode races us toward the conclusion of the Night Country mystery: a few questions get answered, true allegiances are solidified and the dead haunt in Ennis in much more real and visceral ways. So grab those ice axes, prepare for some category 4 weather and put on the coffee…the investigation is on.With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition

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By Jey Born, Aisha Turner, Emma Bowman

_______________________________________________________HBO’s ‘True Detective’ collaborates with Iñupiaq for Alaska accuracyBy Ava White, KNOM - Nome -January 22, 2024

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Welcome to this week’s of Episode of Screen to Screen: A Reel Podcast. My name is Justin Cary and thank you so much for joining me to discuss the latest episode of True Detective: Night Country; the fourth episode of season 4 and a really good one at that. This week, the mystery continues to unfold although not in the ways we might have thought. Like ice splintering in strange directions, the case breaks but not how we thought it would and we start to peel back skin of what’s really going on with Liz and Navarro like an orange rolling ominously from under the bed. In an episode laced with themes of disappointment, loss, unmet expectations, tragedy and regret we find ourselves dredging up some old memories as we explore a ghost ship of shadow; all of us lost down in the depths of the Night Country. So hang those stockings with care, put in your UV teeth whiteners, and grab some coffee…the investigation is on. Mental Health Support and Suicide Prevention Hotline

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On this episode of Screen to Screen, we breakdown True Detective: Night Country Season 3 Episode 3 and talk about some of the really strange and creepy things happening in Ennis, Alaska. Thanks for joining me this week!

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We discussion the new Season of True Detective: Night Country Episodes 1 and 2 and offer some interesting ideas about dreams, sleep and who is 'the one eye'.

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We made it! All 13 Halloween films, all October!  Thanks so much for the support and for joining me on the Screen to Screen Podcast!! Happy Halloween Everyone!


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This is one my favorite since the original; it has some really cool moments (and some not so cool ones lol) but I really enjoyed this!  Join me as we check out part 2 in the new trilogy, Halloween Kills!!


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Return with me to Haddonfield, Illinois forty years later as Michael Myers once again stalks Laurie Strode and her family.  This is one is good!   


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Join me for this interesting and very different take on Halloween with Rob Zombie's "Halloween 2".  


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Join me for this alternate take on the classic Halloween film from director Rob Zombie.  This one is my least favorite so far but I would love to know what you think!  Sound off in the comments and thanks for listening!


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Join me for this 2005 installment of the Halloween franchise as we explore the Michael Myers story through the lens of reality television.  And also, Busta' Rhymes electrocutes...body parts.  Does this one soar to new highs or hit the lowest lows?  Let's find out! 


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Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) returns to face off against Michael Myers for this 20 years later installment of Halloween!  How does this one fare?  Join me to find out! 


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Join me for the first '90s Halloween film (circa 1995) as we follow the legacy of Michael Myers into a new decade; and we get to know Paul Rudd! 


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Join me on this next part of the Michael Myers story as young Jamie Lynn struggles with her unusual connection to Michael Myers...also watch Dr. Loomis be terrible.  Thanks for listening! 

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In this episode of the "To Gamers, with Love" Halloween Special, we return to the creeping horror of Michael Myers and make our way back to Haddonfield in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers!  (Dr. Loomis is kinda nuts!)  Thanks for listening and thanks for all the support everyone!  

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"two more days 'till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween....."

Join me for this...interesting film as we go on a mad journey through a small, Irish factory town!  

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In this episode, I watch Laurie survive the rest of this fateful Halloween night as she tries to escape Michale Myers once more in the local hospital!  

Thanks for listening! 

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In the first episode of the "The Gamers, with Love" Halloween Special, I watch Halloween (1978) and discuss some ideas and observations about this horror classic.  

A few edits:

In the intro, I say "going back all the way to 1977" when the original film released in October, 1978.

I accidentally say "Hallowee Kills" is coming out this October 14, 2022 but the name of the film coming out this month is "Halloween Ends"

I mess up Tommy Dole's name several times and call him Billy Loomis lol; my brain does not work anymore!  

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Welcome to Episode 6: The MMO!  

This week, talk about two Massively-Multiplayer Online games; FFXI and FFXIV! 

What MMOs are you playing right now?  Call in or tweet me @justinrcary and let's chat!

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This week on To Gamers, with Love we talk about one of my most beloved video game genres; the Role-Playing Game!  And we get into some discussion and impressions of the new RPG for Nintendo Switch; Xenoblade Chronicles 3!  

IGN's Top 100 Role-Play Games of All Time: https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-rpgs

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In this extra long episode, I am joined by gaming friends TheMogHouse and Nate to talk about loot and why we love it!  We chat about Final Fantasy XI, Diablo III, Destiny 2 and more!  

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You can also find more cool stuff on all my socials and channels!  Thanks for all the support! 

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In this week's episode, we talk a bit about the power of magic and the Final Fantasy game series!  Plus, we check out some iconic magic spells from the series!  Thanks for listening and please consider subscribing to get new episodes every Friday! 

Music Links: 

B.o.B "Magic" feat. Rivers Cuomo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq-NShfefks

Bruce Springsteen, "Magic": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-ZGL0uJCA

Fleetwood Mac, "Seven Wonders": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4F_ppjnKU

The Police, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aENX1Sf3fgQ

Tyler Lyle, "California Magic" (from The Secret Lair Season 2, Subsricber Exclusive): https://www.tylerlyle.com/

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Dear Gamers, 

This week, we check out a really fun game called "V-Rising" and talk about all the fun vampire mayhem to be had in this new title from Sunlock Studios.  We also reminisce about another V-titled game!  

With Love, 

Justin 

Seasme Street Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNq2jl2Ptd0

V-Rising Website: https://playvrising.com/

Valheim Website: https://www.valheimgame.com/

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Hello there! and welcome to Episode 1 of To Gamers, With Love, your weekly love letter to all things video games.  In this first episode, we start where it all began with Dungeons and Dragons! We will also cover a few new video games coming out soon.  If you are into this kind of thing, do me a solid and follow the Podcast!  Want more?  Consider subscribing! 

Audio Clip from Stranger Things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4fwA4-yNkk

History of Dungeons and Dragons: https://dnd.wizards.com/dungeons-and-dragons/what-dd/history/history-forty-years-adventure

GameInformer Preview "Loopmancer" https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2022/04/21/blade-running