Penny Dreadful season 2

Thanks to Anthony Pollock over on Soda and Telepaths for inviting me back to discuss season 2 of Penny Dreadful on his podcast.

Despite my bingeing the wrong season – and I outline why John Logan’s US-set revamp of the horror series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels disappointed me – and a quick digression on Rachel Pollack’s run on Doom Patrol, Anthony and I have a wide-ranging conversation about the ideas and themes of Penny Dreadful.

Vanessa (Eva Green) and Frankenstein’s Monster (Rory Kinnear) in season 2 of Penny Dreadful. Photo – Owen McPolin.

Talking Dragon Age

Now that COVID-time has flattened everything, I have returned to my comfort blanket – Dragon Age.

I’m mid-way through the game series at the moment, Dragon Age 2. While doing some further reading, I read Aimee Hart’s article for Gayming Magazine Here's Why You Should Play Dragon Age 2, Like, Right Now.

I reached out to Aimee who agreed to chat all things Dragon Age for the latest episode of Hopscotch Friday.

Dragon Age 2 from Bioware.

While I think of it, I want to feature some previous interviews I’ve hosted on the podcast:

• Craig Cormick and Harold Ludwick on their book On A Barbarous Coast

• Peadar Ó Guilín on his novels The Invasion and The Call

• Maura McHugh on her Midnight Movie Monograph about Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me

• Rob Lloyd on his one-man show Invasion of the Body Snatchers

• Christian Read on his novel Nil-Pray

• Paul Doherty on his book (with Cody Cassidy) And Then You're Dead – A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die