Alex O'Keeffe

Alex is a regular cast member, and co-editor of Budgens and Dragons.

## Show Bio and History

Alex was asked to join and edit a new podcast by his younger brother, Eddie in late 2021. Eddie had created a new game that was a spin on Dungeons and Dragons, and had asked people in the Facebook group chat to trial it. Alex had some prior knowledge playing D&D with Bacon, Reece, Gemma, Oli, and Emmy during the lockdown period of 2020, so he saw this as an chance to get back into character creation and role-playing.

During the planning of the first session, Alex and Eddie came up with the idea to give characters Positive and Negative traits to help make role-playing them be more fun, and give the DM something to work with. These were later called Pros and Cons.

Alex's PC had problems between episode 7 and 19, which is why he did not appear in any episodes between then.

## Characters

List of Main Characters created and played by Alex. (will add tag e.g. AlexChar to cast's characters)

### Notable Characters

* Our Ste - was his first character. He was fairly tame compared to some of his future characters, as he was testing out what the show could offer. He has plans to expand Our Ste's range in the future.
* Alto Goeman - Alto Goeman used to be afraid of crossing the road in his first few appearances. This was abandoned, as it was often ignored when role-playing.
* The Shiba Inus - Alex created these characters to add an element of surprise on both Eddie, and the other guests. They were one of the first winners of Budgens and Dragons.
* Thomas - Thomas was an evolution of I Can't Believe It's Not Butters, as Alex felt he didn't really stand out enough. He does a very poor impression of Ringo Starr, which is why the AI voice was used to dub over his audio. Thomas also has different haunting buddies planned for the future.
* Edgar Allan Tinky Winky - It's the best pun. He was robbed at the Budgies! Alex came up with this character during one of Bacon's Streams. He was part of the second group of winners of Budgens and Dragons.

## Episodes

List of Episodes Alex features in. (will add tag e.g. AlexEp on episode pages)

### Episode 1 - The Battle of Roy Keane

* Alex's first episode, and first experience at being on a podcast

## Editing

The complete list of episodes Alex has edited is here. (Tag AlexEdit on appropriate pages)

The first episode Alex edited was Episode 3. It was the first time he used Adobe Audition. This was the first episode to feature a post-credits scene. It was during either his second or third edit, that Alex suggested that Mother needed a theme song during the introduction to the task, as it would help give that moment more significance. He also suggested that Mother should talk to the characters individually during this section, so they could figure out what they were going to do, or give them a chance to do something else around the house.

In episodes 18 and 19, Alex introduced the Love Theme, and the Skyrim Dragon Fight themes for Mother's Proposal, and crossing the roundabout respectively.

## Trivia and Other Info

* Since the introduction of the Toll Booth event, Alex has taken a liking to ringing the bell as many times as he can get away with
* He has said that some of his favourite characters are already established people, but they are now a random animal. E.g. Master Beef
* Alex likes to sneak in Will Smith and September references in his edits whenever possible
* Alex loves burritos, sushi, ramen, One Piece, and hip hop
* His favourite movies include; Pulp Fiction, Kung Fu Hustle, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder, Cannibal: The Musical, The Evil Dead series, Battle Royale and Tokyo Gore Police
* His favourite games include; Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Metal Gear Solid 1, and 3, Red Dead Redemption, and Banjo-Tooie
* He currently has 10 tattoos
* The Taker Tubbies song was made immediately after that session ended, and was snuck in as an easter egg in one of the episodes Alex was editing at the time
* Alex is the only member of the OG Crew to have not appeared on Sit-Canned, to date
* Alex wanted to be a palaeontologist as a kid, until he had nightmares about the Velociraptors from Jurassic Park
* Alex's favourite Pokémon are Charizard, Mimikyu, Stufful, and Leafeon
* Alex is the first player to indirectly kill Mother, with his character Alto Goeman