Hobert Thompson

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 56: Speaking Dramatically

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 56: Speaking Dramatically

Greetings, dear listeners! Dimetra is in trrrrrooouble! As Mr. Lowe and Quinn remind her of the company’s very obvious attendance policy, Matt and June head to the hot, smokey office of Sean Burns, hoping to find some clarity on the recent employee survey and to continue to explore Matt’s well-established hatred of surveys. Get ready for a miraculous save via high-two and to hear our cast pull off a dizzying combo of movie, music and gaming references that would make Tony Hawk’s head explode.

Thirst for Adventure Live: The Opposite of Dracula

Thirst for Adventure Live: The Opposite of Dracula

Greetings, dear listeners! Please enjoy this audio version of our latest live show, Thirst for Adventure. In this topsy-turvy adventure, a team of adventurers set out to help the Opposite of Dracula, a kind sunflower farmer who just wants to make his hometown of Helsing a better place, but a cruel land developer and his treacherous former servant want him dead! Are they ready to defend Sunshine Farm from mean ol’ Mina Harker, or will the allure of cruel capitalism cause them to turn on the reverse-vampire they were paid to protect? Find out in this tale of blood drinking, bird vomiting, and a final battle that will have you saying “well, technically none of this happens in Dracula.”

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 55: Coin Toss

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 55: Coin Toss

Greetings, dear listeners! Whew, there’s a lot going on with the poor Green Team! June’s escaped Mama’s Records Department, Quinn’s gone survey-mad, Matt’s sore from answering questions, and Dimetra and Alan are trapped by the Lunch Bunch! Sure would complicate things if these disparate threads came together in a big warehouse brawl! And guess what? That’s exactly what happens! Tune in as worker turns on worker turns on Lunch Eater turns on team mate! Also tune in for a discussion of Steve Urkel’s many war crimes.

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 54: The Benefits of Soda

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 54: The Benefits of Soda

Greetings, dear listeners! Our heroes have finished lunch and resumed their tasks on a Tuesday afternoon. While most of The Green Team tries to make it work with Dimetra split between two teams, June submits to her punishment from Mama Storybrook. Can June survive her time in the dreaded records room? Will Dimetra be able to find a fashionable accessory for her dinner party with the Bloodskulls? And what happens when you leave an enthusiastic surveyor alone with an unwitting participant? Grab a soda, light a smoke, and tune in, adventure is a drug, and we’re your dealer, baby!

Thirst for Adventure Live: Hail Caesar!

Thirst for Adventure Live: Hail Caesar!

Greetings, dear listeners! We hope you enjoy an audio version of our latest live show! In this installment, four heroes set out to free the beautiful city of Bella Fine from the iron grip of a terrible Caesar. How bad of a Caesar is he? Well, he made wine illegal, fun forbidden, and all bar games banished! With the help of the citizens of the city (the audience) they come up with a plan to kill the hated leader and save the day, or maybe just sleep with him. But will an encounter with a mysterious spider-woman make them reconsider their course when they find out Caesar is more than he seems? If you could change yer fate, would yer?

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 53: Engage-Mint

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 53: Engage-Mint

Greetings, dear listeners! Our heroes’ strange Tuesday continues, but at least they get a chance to relax and consider their pasts and futures over lunch. Will some food and drink clear their minds and help them figure out what happened during the blur of the previous week? Or will they sink deeper into their new tasks, getting lost in supply room clean-ups, bowling plans, and survey distribution? Perhaps the advice of an older worker might come in handy, but everyone knows she hates being disrupted during lunch. Actually, she might just hate everything, all the time...

Thirst for Adventure Live: Gnomeo Mustn’t Die

Thirst for Adventure Live: Gnomeo Mustn’t Die

Greetings, listeners! Here’s another edition of our live show series Thirst For Adventure! In this adventure, four heroes have to help a hopelessly-romantic gnome who’s looking for love in all the wrong places! Like, really dangerous places. With the help of a god of chaos (and temporarily love) the heroes head to meet Gnomeo’s date, and hopefully not a terrible fate! Oooo, I love to rhyme! Get ready for an exciting and adorable adventure filled with passion, bloodshed, a magic goose, big boyfriends and one very cute squirrel.

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 52: Ones on a Tuesday

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 52: Ones on a Tuesday

Greetings, dear listeners! Our heroes have awoken to a brand new day, but not in the week they expected! What will they learn about what they did last week? Was everything super chill and there’s not rebellion forming, pissed off middle managers, social obligations and a terrifyingly boring employee engagement survey waiting for them at NPC Inc.? Or are all those things definitely waiting for them, plus some other problems I didn’t list?? It’s the second option! If I insinuate there might be a problem for our heroes, there usually is, I’m such a scamp!

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 51: Master & Commander: The Far Side of Monday

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 51: Master & Commander: The Far Side of Monday

Greetings, dear listeners! The Green Team is back, right where we left them in the heart of the sinister Elder Brain Symposium. If I remember correctly, everything was going great, right? Hahaha, just kidding. Dimetra and Daniel were in the clutches of the Shell Corp., Quinn was off with the Mad Doctor of Corporate Cohesion, and Matt and June were wrapped up in team building exercises with Bernard, who remains very hard to read! Whew, that’s a lot. I’ll let you discover the rest of the story in this thrilling episode, with an ending that will change the Green Team’s week forever (or at least a week).

Welcome Back, Green Team! (A recap & discussion minisode)

Welcome Back, Green Team! (A recap & discussion minisode)

Greetings, dear listener! The Green Team is (almost) back! Before we resume our tale of work and friendship, DM Hobert and the cast sit down to talk about the story so far, the characters, the NPCs, and all our beloved big bads. Tune in to reconnect with our story, I wonder what's going to happen next??

Thirst for Adventure Live: The Dragon’s Eye

Thirst for Adventure Live: The Dragon’s Eye

Greetings, listeners! First off an update, new episodes of NPC Incorporated are on their way! Until we check back in with the Green Team, here’s another tale of adventure from our new live show, Thirst For Adventure! In this one, four heroes join a pair of tiny treasure hunters to seek out a treasure in a lost tomb. Can they dodge traps and solve the most dreaded enemy in D&D: a simple puzzle? Find out in this surprisingly horny, lava-filled adventure! Apologies for some mic trouble we had with our NPCs!

Thirst for Adventure Live: Silent Night, Deadly Night

Thirst for Adventure Live: Silent Night, Deadly Night

Greetings, listeners! Sorry for being so quiet recently, but due to some travel and holidays and life in general, we had to take a pause on our NPC Inc story. We’ll be back soon, and miss playing around in the warehouse. Until we check back in with the Green Team, here’s another tale of adventure from our new live show, Thirst For Adventure! In this thrilling tale that is NOT A CHRISTMAS SHOW, four heroes set out into a dark, snowy forest to hunt a fearsome beast. Prepare for allyship, snow crime, and goblin juice!

Thirst for Adventure Live: The Thankswishing Day Feast

Thirst for Adventure Live: The Thankswishing Day Feast

Greetings, listeners! Sorry for being so quiet recently, but due to some travel and holidays and life in general, we had to take a pause on our NPC Inc story. We’ll be back soon, and miss playing around in the warehouse. Until we check back in with the Green Team, here’s another tale of adventure from our new live show, Thirst For Adventure! We’re still figuring out how to record in a huge room, so apologies for the rough audio, but we thought this tale of food and friendship (and then ditching your friends to be famous) was worth a listen. Tune in for some chaos, some shots, some cocaine, and a whole lot of wishing!

Halloween Interlude: The Deer King

Halloween Interlude: The Deer King

Happy Halloween, Deer Listeners! See what I did there? Well, you’ll get it after you listen to this very spooky Halloween episode! In this thrilling installment of our annual Call of Cthulhu game, four ne’er-do-wells venture forth to check out a really fun renaissance faire! But is the Crystal Faire hiding a dark secret? What roams the woods around the park, and why does it seem like a part of the show, but also so terrifying real? Give into fantasy and follow the Path of Crooked Bones in this haunting tale from Spooky Chicago, 1975!

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 50: GoldenEye (1989)

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 50: GoldenEye (1989)

The Green Team is scattered across the vastness of the Elder Brain Symposium! Separated from each other, they face the difficult decision of “continue with the escape plan” vs “see what these people are up to over here.” Guess which one most of them pick? As Dimetra and the newly statuesque Daniel try to exit the way they entered, June and Matt join some of the inner circle of Bernard’s Shield Society for some puzzles and memory games. Meanwhile, Quinn takes a trip to the secret lab of Dr. Orwing, who wants to teach them a new game…

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 49: Nerfect Pobodies

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 49: Nerfect Pobodies

It’s a Monday, somewhere in the depths of the Shell Corporation and our heroes are about to share their secrets with Mr. Holder in exchange for some mid-level blended scotch, dear listeners! Can they trust the menacing executive with their secrets? Eh, they’ll figure that out later! For now, it’s time to infiltrate the symposium and find Daniel amongst the tables of team building villains. Pour some whiskey in your mug and tune in for big reveals, annoying co-workers, and baby-girl energy.

Thirst for Adventure Live: King of the Hill Giant

Thirst for Adventure Live: King of the Hill Giant

Greetings dear listeners! We have some party members on vacation, so instead we thought we’d give you an audio taste of our new live show at Lincoln Lodge theater in Chicago! In this monthly show, four comedians put away their material and take up character sheets for an adventure set in and around the Wishing Well Tavern. Drinks will be had, quests will be accepted, and thirsts for adventure will be quenched! Enjoy our first ever show featuring Amy Do, David Carter, Caito Aase and Sage Huston, in which the “Apostrophe Bos” come to the aid of a big boy and take on his bigger bully!

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 48: Inside the Shell

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 48: Inside the Shell

Greetings, dear listeners! Our heroes are taking the stairs, accompanied by new party member Bernard Holder. Can our heroes trust the sinister business guru to lead them into the symposium to find Dimetra’s brother? What secrets is Bernard keeping from them as they descend into the depths? The true mission of H & H Business Solutions? The location of a super-bland break room? His favorite band and album? Find out in this exciting, pigeon-filled descent into Shell Corp!

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 46, Skeptical Spectators

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 46, Skeptical Spectators

Greetings, dear listeners! Our heroes are ready to help The Crushed Skulls impress the Fey Wilde crowd at the Genie Bottle. Can they help a rowdy punk band impress a synth pop audience, or will Fang and the boys be unable to win over these skeptical spectators? Get ready to dance, dodge pyrotechnics, and remember how basses work in this thrilling installment. Don’t forget to stretch for a punk show, folks!

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 47, Shell Games

Shipping & Receiving, Episode 47, Shell Games

Happy Weekend, dear listener! I hope you had a good Saturday and Sunday, I know our heroes did! Fresh off their success at The Genie Bottle, the Green Team grows in power, reconnecting with loved ones and facing off against sports rivals. Will the boost of confidence give them the tools (and weapons and armor) they need for the Elder Brain Symposium? Find out as our heroes head to the Host Building to see what’s going on at Shell Corp. And what happens when a malevolent force of management suddenly wants to help?