The Confabulators!

Welcome Voidwalkers! This week, the team talks Time Travel, Star Trek, the methods of time travel, Star Trek, the consequences of time travel, Star Trek, time travel across different stories and franchises, Star Trek, and more! Okay, they do talk about more than just Star Trek, we swear! Have a listen. We're sure you'll have a good TIME!

Welcome Voidwalkers! This week, join Liz, Dave and E as they talk about the loveable animal companions of Science Fictions! From heroic robot animals to fuzzy, warp-traveling felines, this episode has plenty for animal loving sci-fi fans!

Welcome Voidwalkers! Join Liz, Dave and E as comedy takes the stage of science fiction this week! We look back at some of our beloved genre-fusions like Galaxy Quest, The Orville, and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as we explore the earnestness of taking a beloved genre and finding the humor and fun that dwells in its heart.

Welcome Voidwalkers! Liz is back as Dave takes the crew on a trip back down memory lane to discuss Nostalgia this week! Just what is nostalgia, what is it that pulls us back to those bygone days, and in the grand scheme of things are we better or worse off for those nostalgic feelings?

Welcome Voidwalkers! Liz is still on break this week, so Dave and E take this week to tackle one of the more haunting science fiction films they've experienced: Rupert Sanders' 2017 live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. Dive into their nets as they recount their experience with the film, the stumbles it made and how the film compares to the iterations of the Ghost in the Shell that came be...

Welcome Voidwalkers! Liz is out on break, so join Dave and E as they dive into the seedy underbelly of the corporate dystopia life of the 2020 CD Projekt Red hit RPG Cyberpunk 2077. From living a Nomad's life to untangling some of the troubled development of the game, they explore the things that made this game, despite its inconsistencies, a memorable story that sticks with them and brings them b...

Welcome Voidwalkers! This week, the Confabulators discuss and vote to determine the top 10 BEST—correction: WORST—places to live in Science Fiction. Want to know where NOT to go? They'll answer that for you in detail. Enjoy!

Welcome Voidwalkers!

 The crew is out this week, so to keep the ball rolling we’ve got a Rough Cuts episode drawn from our Resident Evil stream. Join Dave, Liz and E as they break down the 2021 Resident Evil film adaptation “Welcome to Raccoon City,” figure out where it went wrong, what it does right, and also better, Barry-er uses for its core cast. See you next time!

Welcome Voidwalkers! Join the crew on another before-the-show bonus episode as they delve into what they've been watching lately! Dave gets lost in the Backrooms while Liz takes a trip back to the quaint little mountain town of South Park, and E finds themself in the midst of a rapidly oncoming alternate present with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

Welcome Voidwalkers! The team is back! This week, we discuss the influences between science fiction and science reality, and vise versa. Who informs who? Which came first? What has fiction inspired? Have a listen and enjoy as we explore this vast topic!

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! Following close on the heels of their discussion of Dystopias in SciFi, the team takes a conversational journey into POST-APOCALYPSES. The near and far, the dark and broody, the deceptively whimsical, and more! Join us for another deep dive discussion! Enjoy!

It's a new Bonus Pod everyone! Join the Confabulators as they talk what recent game announcements they're looking forward to in the coming year!

Welcome Back Voidwalkers! This week, the crew journey through the harsh and uncaring worlds of Dystopias. Join them as they navigate through what is it that makes a setting dystopic, the relation between author, audience, and philosophy, and how these worlds reflect our anxieties, fears and our hopes to overcome them.

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! This week, join Dave, Liz and E as they snack down on the the tastiest of sci-fi junkfood as they discuss the Arnie brand of Science Fiction blockbuster in the 80s and 90s. Action! Explosions! Questionable cultural artifacts of a bygone era! Tune in for these, plus a couple of fuller-bodied sci-fi entrees, in this double decade decker of an episode!

Want a little more Confabulators to tide you over, Voidwalkers? We got you! Check out this short little check in with the crew as they talk about what games they've been playing lately! Foggy Towns full of trauma, Gambling Roguelikes, Abandoned extrasolar colonies? We got it all covered as we touch base with each other before this week's episode!

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! This week, The Confabulators discuss what happens when a science fiction story just doesn't work. What is it that makes a scifi story bad? And what is it about some "bad" scifi that still resonates with audiences?

Welcome Voidwalkers! This week, join Dave, Liz and E as they traverse the arid lands of the Western genre in Science Fiction! How does the genre explore ethical and philosophical divides? What function does adventure and the power fantasy play? And just what is our relationship to the very idea of the Frontier itself? Don your Stetsons and dusters, Voidwalkers, and let's hit the trail!

Welcome Back Voidwalkers! This week, join Dave, Liz and E as they explore longevity in the science fiction genre! What stories have stood the test of time? What is about them that keeps audiences returning to them again and again? And how is it that storytellers manage to make a tale that not only lasts but truly resonates across the generations?

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS VOIDWALKERS! In this special stream event, Dave leads Liz and E through "Pretty Little Mistakes," by H.E. McElhatton! What adventures await them as they drop into the role of a young woman trying to find her path into the world of life after high school? College adventures? Backpacking through Europe? A thrilling adventure in martial arts action as they drop into an illicit death...

Welcome back Voidwalkers! Join Liz, Dave and E this week as they dive into the world of science fiction in video games! Explore strange alien worlds, augment your body with the latest chrome, explore ancient ruins from lost civilizations, fight for everlasting peace and pitch a questionable community simulator or two with the crew as they analyze just what makes sci-fi work for us in the medium of...

Welcome back, Voidwalkers! Liz, Dave and E return this week with a discussion about their favorite stories across Science Fiction. Just what is it that makes those tales loom so largely in their hearts? And what does this year have in store for adding to those personal classics? Tune in and find out!

WELCOME BACK, DEAR VOIDWALKERS! Well, we did it, Season 1 of The Confabulators is complete, we all took a break for the holidays, and Dave, Liz, and E are back and ready to go! Join us as we reflect back on our first season and our time off from production and—most importantly—look forward to the coming adventures of Season 2 as we delve into the vast world of SCIENCE FICTION!

Hello Voidwalkers! We've done it! The end of the season, just in time for New Years! So before we ring out 2025, join Liz, Dave and E as they discuss the intersection of Science Fiction and Horror and how these two genres blend together to help us explore the thornier parts of the human condition! See you for Season 2 in 2026 Y'all!

Hello Voidwalkers! This episode, the Team enters the world of survival-horror with the franchise that kickstarted a love of horror gaming for many: Resident Evil!

Welcome back Voidwalkers! This week, the crew explores the art of color, atmosphere, writing, characters, story and more through the intersection of where beauty and horror meet!