(Too many its/it's for whatever time it is.) Please enjoy imagining me explaining to an increasingly distressed English guy why there is no passenger rail between Edmonton & Calgary while pretending I was in an ep of #TheConcierge. @northmiststudios.bsky.social #GreatCanadianWritingRetreat #viarail

"Build a studio" they said, "make video games" they said. No one ever talks about how much of ones life gets lost to lengthy discussions, battles and dissertations about butts. To art directors everywhere, we solute you.

i get this was just experimental, but I really liked it. Little weird, little creepy. Definitely use headphones if you can. It's worth a listen.

I recommend listening when it gets dark out. (I'm over the moon at how great it sounds-Andrew Sutherland did an amazing job with the sound design and music, and we also have music by Chris Scott too. Blessed with two composers.)

If you're an artist who works with digital media, social media and commercial media it is literally impossible to escape the discussions around generative A.I. All we can really do as creative professionals is watch, learn and keep making the content we're compelled to make.

@sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social 's experimental audio drama Episode "Kinbasket" is now live! Strange and spooky, this is a wonderful jumping in point to the story as it's entirely self-contained. We'll resume Season 2 of "The Concierge" with Episode 2 coming next month! youtu.be/Jn3ZywLCABY?...

Thank YOU @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social for such a wild and weird story ❤️‍🔥(and directing the performance with grace and patience ahah)

Join us for a side story at the Vancouver Branch for the next audio drama episode of “The Concierge” Written by Sylvia Feketekuty, sound by Andrew Sutherland. Dropping Friday! youtu.be/Vh8wz92YnJU?...

There's a classic creative problem: When a simple project gains momentum, passion and intrigue, things can get... less simple. Next Episode of "The Concierge" is on its way! The home stretch is in sight now thanks to Colleen's hard work!

Sad but... actually good news? Is that a thing in this age? We'll be dropping down to one new Audio Drama Episode release per month in place of our bi-weekly cadence of 2025. Why? Because we're working on some... stuff...

Thanks so much for pointing this out, @plokia66.bsky.social ! It should now be corrected: youtube.com/playlist?lis... ❤️

Happy New Year! The North Mist crew is taking a break over the holiday season and thus no new Audio Drama episode today… HOWEVER we’ve got some seriously exciting stuff in the pipe for January, for which you can blame @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social because it’s SO GOOD we don’t wanna rush it.

And we're back! Season 2, Episode 1 now live on YouTube and everywhere else you get your narrative podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVK...

Got another dump of snowfall in Edmonton this morning. Season 2 Episode 1 is a little delayed today… because… of… snow? Yes. Snow. ❄️ 🍁

Question for the Audio Drama crowd: during the Holiday season if for -reasons- we had to add another bonus episode or two during Season 2 would you rather a limited cast short story (10-15mins) or more Behind The Scenes chats? Always good to have options 🗡️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

North Mist Studios, which has given me a little space to stretch my skills, just released the scripts for Season One of Concierge: Post Mortem on their Patreon (www.patreon.com/cw/NorthMist...) They're good as heck, friends

So you think you're emotionally prepared enough for this level of puns? @marykirby.bsky.social 's season 1 scripts beg to differ. As our profound THANK-YOU to our supporters, you can find them on www.patreon.com/cw/NorthMist... available to our members of the "Cup o' Brew" tier and higher! ❤️🗡️🍁

Edmonton just got hammered with snow last night. Since it’s the holiday season and all… Keep an eye out for this coming Tuesday when we add another Patreon Bonus of @marykirby.bsky.social ‘s The Concierge Season 1 scripts (.PDFs) with acting notes and all! Whaaaaaat?!

Creative brain waves really do be like that.

This is wild

Aw, thanks so much @ghildirthalen.bsky.social !! We are very much in the fundraising phase with more incentives to show shortly!

Love a good horror character! Especially one made in Alberta!

Going into listening to this: Oh boy, I wonder what they say! Coming out of listening to this: I have a visceral need to go the West Edmonton Mall.

Should also mention that the extended cut (2hr) Tent Talk is available on Patreon, free to tier members. We go into depth about crafting narrative, stories from our careers and more about a brand new video game that may or may not exist. Mostly we just laugh a lot. www.patreon.com/posts/season...

You asked. We answered! The last short story from Season 1.5 is out now! Followed by North Mist’s first ever Q&A round table we’re calling “Tent Talk”… you’ll find out why. 🤣 youtu.be/zJs-u0x3UVU?...

The Worst is coming... And by that I mean the finale of Season 1.5 of the Audio Drama: The Concierge! As promised we'll be adding a first ever North Mist "Tent Talk" (Q&A) at the end of the episode. "Plan for the Worst" drops Tuesday! Enjoy some cover art in the meantime 🍁

@corbenkushneryk.bsky.social and @liljbat.bsky.social hard at work! What are these guys doing? Why recording Season 2 of The Concierge: Post Mortem, of course! If full cast audio dramas written by former BioWare developers about Canadian spies and assassins are up your alley: come take a listen!

A little sampler on YouTube featuring Colleen's EXCELLENT radio voice (blown out levels and all) and Andrew's AUDACIOUS sound effects recording of himself actually driving around Edmonton. Why use Ai when you can have a million times more fun doing it authentically? youtube.com/shorts/msWum...

ANYWAY, please go and listen to THE CONCIERGE, brought to you by the real humans at @northmiststudios.bsky.social Season 2 (🎉🎉🎉) drops December 16, so you have time to catch up.

Mike is a just a man of the people.... by being multiple ones at once. Can't pass up a chance to give mad props to @corbenkushneryk.bsky.social (voice of Mike) and @marykirby.bsky.social (Mike's primary writer) for making such a delightfully Canadian miscreant.

Chris Scott composed our theme song (he's also the voice of Steward!) Should check out his stuff when you get the chance. Andrew Sutherland is our other composer who did the club music, pin ball machine music and a bunch of others in there! All super talented local Edmonton folks ❤️

Aaaaaand that’s it! Questions for the team to answer during the round table have closed. Thank-you to everyone for your excellent and well thought out questions! Stay tuned for our next episode “Plan for the Worst” releasing Dec 2nd. Late on the draw? You can always ask here and roll them bones.

It’s what the cool kids are doing.

Today’s the last day! We’ve received a bunch of unique questions about the Audio Drama (yay!) but the most repeated question thus far is about what this crew of ex-BioWare folks is doing with their video game making skills. So. Friendly reminder the cut off is in 12hrs! 🫵 bring it on 🍁

Remember the Chicken Cannon from Royal Canadian Air Farce? Goooood times

2nd to last short story of Season 1.5 is up! Full Audio Drama episodes featuring our Canadian Assassins returning December 16th! youtu.be/5vb84IHyMV0?...

Bi-Weekly proof our cover art is not Ai generated :) Sloppy? Yes. References used? Yes. Major love to the humanity of artists.❤️

Audio Drama fans rejoice! "Rest for the Wicked" drops tomorrow! Oh, and there's just 2 days left to get your questions to us to make it into our special Post Mortem, Post Mortem! ⌚🍁🗡️ Featuring: Mary Kirby Sylvia Feketekuty John Battye Colleen Perman Andrew Sutherland and Sarah Hayward

Should mention that cut-off is this Wednesday!

Hey folks! As we get ready to launch season 2 of The Concierge: Post Mortem the team has agreed (at sharp implement point) to do a "table-talk" session, around table Q&A and a Season 1, uh, post mortem. Our real human voices, answering your questions during our extra episode. So. Whaddaya got?

Office romances are... complicated... Do assassins even have HR? youtube.com/shorts/57IFz... The Concierge Episode 4, Written by @marykirby.bsky.social

Starting the process of getting our Patreon set up for those Patron perks! Core Episodes are, and will stay, as public/free membership accessible. Love you all! www.patreon.com/posts/post-m...

Quick question: when it comes to Audio Drama/Podcast Patreon perks what sort do you really go for? Exclusive stories/episodes? Artwork? Or that sneaky insider knowledge?

The audio drama short “Field Report” written by @sylviafeketekuty.bsky.social and directed by @liljbat.bsky.social is out now! A dusk drive back from Red Deer gives us a glimpse of what happened at the Donut Mill from Augury’s side. youtu.be/tnzuX9xsDO4?...

It used to be an epic battle of nerves presenting unpolished, sketchy, messy, works in progress to the world. But now it feels like presenting evidence that even a simple sketch was not made by Ai and that real humans still make art. Even if it's messy, or, perhaps *because* it's messy, it's human.

You were an absolute joy to work with! @corbenkushneryk.bsky.social , who performs Mike in “The Concierge”! Go follow him! For he is a walking pile of awesome sauce. 🎉💕

Season 1.5 continues with an exciting little update! (And some superb pinball action). "Phone Tag" written by @marykirby.bsky.social and directed by @liljbat.bsky.social Performed by Corben Kushneryk and John Battye Audio by Andrew Sutherland, Colleen Perman and Chris Scott youtu.be/BH9LMRGDTWQ

It's the Monday before an episode drop! You know what that means? More hype! By popular demand, The Concierge: Post Mortem is now on Amazon Music as well. music.amazon.com/podcasts/10f...

Hey! The people at North Mist Studios are gems, making games with their hearts. Give them a looksee. www.patreon.com/NorthMistStu...

Oh my goodness, good news exists?! We've got a steadily expanding list of extremely generous Patreon Patrons to thank who, with no expectations or perks have come out to support our efforts as we craft season 2! You guys are the freaking best! Thank you! A bit of an announcement next episode!