Talks Machina 27: Masquerade

is the twenty-seventh episode of Talks Machina. Sam, Ashley, and Laura discuss with Brian Wayne Foster. Sam wins the roll for hosting the After Dark segment.

Announcements

 * New setup for Talks Machina studio, inlcuding the reversed positions for guests (on the right side of the screen) and Brian (on the left).
 * For the After Dark segment, the cast will roll dice to determine the host for the rest of the episode.
 * Sam fell off a fast moving slide, suffering a moderate ingury.
 * Wednesday club episode
 * All 1,200 tickets to the Talks Machina panel at GenCon are sold out.
 * The recent episode of Signal Boost with Jeff Lewis.

Gif of the Week
Winner: @CaffeinatedGoldFish; GIF of Jon Heder holding Sam's ears and grinding on him.

Prize: Critical Role 8-bit mug (designed by Matt Abernathy), Critical Role logo pin, and HDYWTDT pin.

Fan art of the Week
Winner: Lauren LaMontagne (@rilaisseth on Twitter); Fan art of Vox Machina.

Prize: Cherry complete dice tower and tray system, from Wyrmwood Gaming.

Honorable Mention: Keelin Yes (@SailorHannibal on Twitter); Fan art of Vox Machina.

ThankMyGuests

 * Laura Croft Broom Raider
 * Stan Smeagull
 * Cash me outside, Don Johnson.

Second sign off
I've had a lot of fun tonight and I hope you have too. Remember Punisher it's a way of life not just a life of way. And that's the kind of sign-off that you'll get from Brian Foster in the future. A weird pun that kind of makes sense. I'd like to thank my guests tonight: Brains Posterior, Ash versus evil Johnson, and Laura Baily (in angelic voice).

Trivia
Maxwell James edited the photograph featured on the thumbnail for this episode.