War with Art

War with Art

The weekly podcast that helps you fight your creative battles! Hosted by three professional game developers by day, and writer (S. M. Carter), musician (George Spanos), and artist (Eric Vedder) by night. See liner notes for each show at warwithart.com

Episodes

June 11, 2025 32 mins

Choirs and spirituality... ok guys? Where will this one go?

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George, Eric and Sheldon talk about all the effort and how that can turn to exhaustion.

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March 3, 2025 23 mins

Sheldon, George, and Eric sit down to talk about the vast landmine overthinking your art.

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February 14, 2025 20 mins

George and Eric discuss life and death as a creative.

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November 4, 2024 21 mins

George and Eric sit down for this one and discuss making a new kinds of things...all with a dash of creative insight and humor.

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August 28, 2024 33 mins

The guys discuss Kickstarter releases, tips for creating one, and the hype surrounding SM and Eric's new book, Aardehn: Awakening (which hit its funding goal in less than 24 hours!)

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July 9, 2024 20 mins

SM Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder talk about the pain of having to rework and rewrite and redraw and replay... like needles in your eye. But just maybe there is something to learn from it?

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June 25, 2024 26 mins

S.M. Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder get off their butts and actually record an episode... but, just maybe, procrastination is a good thing?

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July 26, 2023 27 mins

S.M. Carter, George Spanos, and Eric Vedder sit down with artist and entrepreneur Samantha Carter and artist and crafter Annette Miketic - Vedder to talk about starting a new creative project.

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Marketing and promoting yourself is such a hard part of being a creator. The guys sit down to discuss a few aspects of this vast part.

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January 16, 2023 30 mins

S.M, Threat Machine, and the Black Wolf come back to start the year off with a bang.

(That's Sheldon, George, and Eric!)

We talk about taking lessons and figuring out the way to improve.

Also... now featuring Greg, the fact checker

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November 23, 2021 24 mins
Eric and George talk about what they're up to on the heels of Sheldon's book release.
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October 26, 2021 39 mins
The guys sit down and let Sheldon talk about what he loves about his book. S. M. Carter --> Sheldon Threat Machine --> George Black Wolf --> Eric https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sheldoncarter/tsts
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October 19, 2021 29 mins
Earwigs and shenanigans... plus some actual information about trying to improve at your craft.
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October 12, 2021 23 mins
Let's dig into making art again.
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May 25, 2020 27 mins

Content from March that all the guys are still working hard on and decided to post: World Building.

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March 2, 2020 27 mins

The guys talk about how to be a good collaborator and how important it can be... even with yourself.

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February 18, 2020 23 mins

The guys talk about creation or more specifically how to restart.

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February 4, 2020 30 mins

Creative output can be crucially tied to creative inputs. The guys are back to discuss why and how.

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October 15, 2019 20 mins

The Warriors are back. Talking you through what we're learning as creatives... and people.

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