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The Maitre d'
Dining on our fine cuisine since November 19, 2007 09:19 PM
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Who is the Maitre d' of Chainsaw Buffet? That is an excellent question. Not much is known about this suave and debonair young man.
There are some who say he works at the buffet as a cover for his true identity: a spy working for Her Majesty's Secret Service. They say he is the man that supervillians hate and women love.
These people are morons, because they obviously have the Maitre d' confused with James Bond. Admittedly, it's an easy mistake to make. He does in fact look like a young Sean Connery. And he's as much of a jerk, too.
There are those who say the Maitre d' is a billionaire playboy who traded his fame and fortune away for the chance to live a normal life. And to work in a restaurant. And to carry around lawn care equipment at inappropriate times. I don't buy that, but if that's really the case, then he's an idiot.
There are those who say the Maitre d' is a wanderer from someplace not of this world. A traveler from the stars, come to learn about and partake of the mysteries of this planet. A traveler from the stars with a celestial chainsaw made of purest meteorite.
There are still others who say the Maitre d' lives in his parent's basement and spends all of his free time constructing scale models of the department stores of eastern Wyoming out of caulk, toothpicks, and used napkins.
These people are closer to the truth. Much closer to the truth that they would probably like to believe.
No, But Seriously...
Dylan is a programmer who has delusions that he's also an artist and writer. (As you can tell from the quality of his contributions, such beliefs are obviously the fever-dreams of a madman.) Despite being mainly a .NET/C# guy these days, Chainsaw Buffet runs on Python, MySQL, and Apache.
You can blame Dylan for the layout of the site, most of the character designs, the recording and editing of the podcast, and anything written by The Maitre d'. He also has the dubious (and unwanted, and unearned) distinction of being the title character in The Chef's series, Will Dylan Eat It?.
Dylan also works on GameMarx, a site dedicated to XBox Live Indie Game reviews and discussion.
Articles
2011: The Year In Review
Chad, Charlie, Dylan, and John are joined by Doctor from the SSAA Podcast to talk about their experiences in 2011, including conventions, video games, books, and their side projects (including Anime Fans Give Back to Japan).
GMXv3 Wrap-Up and Interview with Con Chair Lucas
Charlie, Dylan, Jen, John, and Liz sit down to talk about their trip to Geek Media Expo volume 3... if they can stay on topic! Then, we talk to Lucas Leverett, con chair of MTAC and GMX, about running two conventions, the future of GMX, and MTAC's upcoming move into the Nashville Convention Center.
Podcasting 101 from GMX 3
Live recording of the "Podcasting 101" panel at Geek Media Expo volume 3. "Do you have a unique point of view that you want to share with the rest of the world? Do you have an excellent idea for a podcast, but no idea where to start? The (demented) minds behind the Chainsaw Buffet podcast are here to answer your questions and guide you on your journey to master the art of the podcast."
Non-Fiction for Geeks from GMX 3
Live recording of Dylan, John, and Charlie's "Non-Fiction for Geeks" panel at Geek Media Expo volume 3. "There's more to the printed page than boy wizards and sparkly vampires--there's also freaky economics and the science of thinking. The guys from the Chainsaw Buffet podcast host this discussion where you can geek out on books about history, economics, religion, and psychology."
Fantasy Football Draft 2011
Dylan, Geoffrey, and John talk about the upcoming football season and their fantasy teams. Edit: Apologies to Joe Theisman. It was Joe Namath who hit on Suzy Kolber. A slip of the tongue on my part. -John
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To be fair...
But that's the overall quality, and it just made things sound a bit tinny. I can't do anything about your audio breaking up so much.
Not really.
In all fairness...
G4 I have no respect for. They apparently decided that having a lock on the teen-to-20-something male gamer niche wasn't good enough, and that they needed to capture the entire teen-to-20-something male niche. So, they gave up being the beautiful love child of Wired and Nintendo Power, and instead became a crappy version of Maxim or SpikeTV, with a few tech/gaming shows thrown in for old times' sake.
I'm probably a hypocrite for complaining, though, since I barely watch TV at all.
Did I?
Not really.
It's sort of like being able to hold your liquor really well, except sadder.