Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to At The Table of Tom and Erica Podcasts, a show

about people who play games. I'm Tom. Hi there and I'm Eric. Our guest today is a multi-instrumentalist

composer and songwriter. He's also the host of the music podcast Strong Songs and a co-host

of the video game podcast triple click and the composer of the soundtrack for the upcoming

Aridia, The Paz We Dare Tread. He's also admitted to playing a board gamer too. Please welcome

Kirk Hamilton. Hello, Kirk. Hello, everyone. Hello, Tom. Hello, Eric. I'm so happy to be here.

I have been looking forward to this for a while. We're going to get into your history and the process

of writing a soundtrack for a board game. But before that, Tom, there's a slight major event that

I'm sure you want to mention. Thank you. I was going to interrupt the support of the channel.

Regardless, if you like the dice tower and you want to continue to support us, our Kickstarter's

running live. Right now, as we speak, just check out dice tower kickstarter.com. There's a lot

more information there. I don't want to waste your time here because I want to talk about music.

Also, this game is on my most anticipated games of the coming year. Actually, I think it was

on my most anticipated games of last year. But games get delayed. But we'll also talk about music,

which is something I like a lot. And video games, which I like a lot. Hey, I like those too.

So we don't need you, Eric. We can handle this from here. Yeah, you guys just go go running.

So we like to get some basic info down at the beginning right off the bat. Where are you right now,

Kirk? And where'd you grow up? I am in Portland, Oregon right now. And I grew up in Bloomington,

Indiana, in Southern Indiana, home of the Hoosiers. Very nice. So you're a Midwesterner, like myself.

I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. So far away from there. So looking back, what is your earliest

memory of playing games, either video or board? Well, I mean, I have a lot of board game memories

of being a kid and playing the game of life with my family, which I haven't played in a long time.

...