Reply With QuoteNew Out of the Game is up. Fifty minutes in and the only game they've talked about is Call of Duty 2, albeit humorously. It's a lot of Walking Dead talk.
I discovered Idle Thumbs kind of late in their run, but listening to the old episodes is a pretty timeless experience. I'm new to 8-4 as well and I'm liking the new perspective. Aside from some of the more popular ones, Brainy Gamer is great but certainly speaks to a certain audience. I didn't see it mentioned here recently. I've also been checking out Flap Jaw Space from the digitalchumps site, the last few episodes are decent and sometimes pretty wild and they could be hitting their stride.
New Out of the Game is up. Fifty minutes in and the only game they've talked about is Call of Duty 2, albeit humorously. It's a lot of Walking Dead talk.
The GWJ guys seem to really not get Fallout NV at ALL. I get tired of how uninformed they are before they start talking about a game, it's happening more and more lately.
And on Giantbomb, was anyone else turned off by guest Alex N's constant negativity? That guy dislikes just about everything, apparently...?
Originally Posted by BleedTheFreak
Haha, if only he were here to get your first impression of him. He's always been like that, ever since the Gamespot podcast even.
I loved the Gamespy Debriefings this week. Topics included early 90s Nickelodeon shows, Ryan Scott cosplaying with his wife, and how drinking bum wines actually makes you start looking and acting homeless.
That's too bad, he was a real bummer on EVERYTHING. I think next time I see him attached to a podcast I'll take a pass that week.
Agreed on GWJ my favorite cast for sure, but sometimes I just want to be able to IM then or something and explain a very basic idea of a game.
Back when Fallout 3 was released they ranted endlessly about how it wasn't like their rose-tinted memories of Fallout 1 & 2. I stopped listening to GWJ at about that time -- they basically don't play games anymore, and when they do they are usually unable to say anything intelligent about them. It's like they completely lost interest in the hobby but can't let go of it for some reason.
If it makes you feel any better, after a while you get used to it and start to pick up the beats. I've been listening to the Screened podcast for a while now and after initially having been put off, I've started to figure out when he's being him.
Yep, this is one of the reasons that I haven't listened to GWJ in a year or so. They are wrong often, and it is all coated in a very off-putting pretentiousness.
Yeah. I've mentioned this before, but I ditched GWJ ages ago because at one point their snootiness about games becomes less than enjoyable to listen to. I don't mind the PC-centric coverage, Idle Thumbs is still a favorite of mine and it hasn't been on in months. What I couldn't stand was a combination of pretentiousness and bullheaded ignorance. Really, I can deal with a bit of pretention, but when it's immediately followed by someone asking if Ocarina of Time was the cel shaded one, it's time to turn it off before the migraine starts.
Listened to the new Out of the Game podcasts over the weekend. I'm not sure if it's because the Gamespy guys have taken his schtick and gone way overboard with it, but Shawn Elliott's not quite as funny as he used to be. A lot of his jokes just fell flat. Still, I listen because Jeff Green could be one of the most charming dudes in the gamine business, and even if I don't always agree with him, everything Robert Ashley has to say is worth listening to.
Edit: If someone were to setup a feed to upload the old CGW/GFW podcasts in the order originally aired, one a week so as to recreate the original run, would there be a possibility of them ending up in trouble? Would 1up shut them down with speed?
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Nor will it be. Theoretically. Until another con where they all show up, anyway.
Thing is, Hot Scoops just took a job with Irrational, so now you've got Big Bird, Boost, and Scoops on the East Coast (though one's in Bethesda, which I assume is a non-trivial distance from Boston, but I live in Texas so any two cities that are within a four hour drive of one another seem "close" to me) along with Shawn Elliott. I assume that Remo and Elliott are both getting their talking rocks off with the Irrational podcast and Out of the Game, but now I'm kind of rooting for Video Games to quit his job and move out there so that I can start pestering all of them incessantly to start casting again.
I'm about to do another podcastening (since so many of my shows seem to have been canceled - I've only listed to, like, one and a half episodes of Fall Damage and it's gone now) - is there anything that I'm not listening to that I absolutely need to be?
No. Boost is in Irrational, Hot Scoops is in 2K Marin in CA, I think. They're pretty much split equally among the coasts. At most, we can hope to instigate an East Coast/West Coast rivalry and document the events.
Nope. Recent development.
I'm still enjoying the GWJ podcast, and don't get any the snootiness our pretentious vibe that some of you are feeling. They do make an effort to get the hosts that been playing more recent games on, but it's not always possible.
On the Gamespy Debrifing I'm probably out for good, since they became an all comedy podcast I've listen to very few episodes, and while occasionally there is a funny bit, most of the times there stories just fall flat with me and I find the overwhelming amount of personal stuff that Scoot and Brian share with the world a bit unconformable. I have to point out in contrast the Out of the Game podcast they do there funny bits that I find more entertaining than the Gamespy, and although they don't always work for me they don't over do it and provide other interesting discussions about games and other stuff. A warning if you are following the Walking dead series and haven't read the comics episode 18 can be a bit of a spoiler.
Yeah, I put his snarky sniping down to his being the substitute on that podcast. He may have felt compelled to speak up, and sarcasm is the go-to mode when you're trying to break into a conversation for the sake of breaking in. I like him on the Screened podcast just fine.
Speaking of Giant Bomb, anyone know what actually happened to "injure" Ryan?
Watch the Kinect quick looks. It's somewhere in there.
Stevie Case has a podcast? Who is Stevie Case? I dare one of you to listen to it.
http://www.stevieftw.com/
Huh, didn't know about this. That's really nice.
I don't think its that they're 'pretentious'... well maybe a little. More like some of these gaming podcasts, not just GWJ, they really don't sound that excited about games or gaming... more about the culture at most. Plus some of the hippy indie cred... or contrarian view of games. maybe a bit too much posturing with little about games it seems.
These days, seems I'm listening to podcasts from less 'professional' gaming sites.
Right now the two general gaming podcasts I listen to are Giant Bombcast and Weekend Confirmed. Both podcasts pretty much follow the same formula: a small group of guys talk about what they've been playing, the news, and reader mail. But I love the Bombcast while I seem like I'm always on the verge of canceling WC.
I recently realized the reason for this disparity in my enjoyment of the two: Weekend Confirmed has too much of an antagonistic tone to it relative to the Bombcast. Consider, for example, this week's discussion on the Bombcast about simultaneous digital and disk releases. This is a nuanced and controversial topic, but the GB crew talked it out, joked with each other, let everyone have a say, found some common ground, and while they disagreed on some stuff, it was civil if animated.
Now consider the recent discussion on Weekend Confirmed about the closing of Bizarre Creations. They're bickering like children, and each one of them seems more intent on presenting an opposing viewpoint than they are on having a discussion about the topic. They just couldn't grasp each others' point of view. This is endemic to that particular podcast, where they generally rag on each other, call each other out on verbal flubs, and question each other on the legitimacy of their opinions.
So basically Giant Bombcast is like a group of friends hanging out and having a conversation about games. Weekend Confirmed is like three people reading Internet forum threads in real-time.
Which is why, despite being a Shacker, I dropped Weekend Confirmed.
Agreed on Giantbomb - the "friends hanging out" vibe is what keeps it as my top "immediate listen" 'cast.
GWJ used to be that, but either I've changed or they have - Cory and/or mtkafka have the problem nailed down pretty squarely. I still listen to them, but only after the bombcast and it's easier and easier to skip chunks of "discusssion"
I also MUCH prefer a podcast that doesn't have a pre-canned topic - I'm a fan of a more free form discussion, and letting a topic come around naturally. Many of the GWJ topics feel forced or don't interest me.
On that note, I do like the IGN Gamescoop and the Gamespy Debrief (even though the latter isn't very game related) - those guys also feel like a bunch of close friends just talking, and they get a laugh out of me more often than not.
Lastly, the PC Gamer UK guys seem cool too - though they update very infrequently, sadly. The US PC Gamer crew also seems like a decent bunch, but I've only recently added them to the rotation.
Weekend Confirmed is definitely lacking in the drunken video game rambling that made 1UP Yours fun to listen to. The Bombcast is my favorite of the regulars, but I feel like if Garnett brought in some liquor occasionally, like almost every episode of 1YU, it'd be a better show for it.
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Hey, the unrestrained ranting is the best thing about Weekend Confirmed!
Recommended while you're basting the turkey is the new Three Moves Ahead, as Troy, Bruce, Rob and guest star Dan Stapleton wax nostalgic about X-Com.
Have to agree about this. WC is a slog after listening to the vastly superior Giant Bomb and Game Scoop casts every week. It just doesn't have "it."
I really groove on Three Moves Ahead. Troy's such a genteel host!
I feel like some liquor (but not getting hammered while recording) adds a bit of fun to the discussions. I do enjoy WC because I like Garnett, and I feel the show only gets better through each recording.
I dropped TMA from my rotation a couple of months back because I was just listening to too many gaming podcasts each week. But a roundtable on X-Com? That's what I listen to gaming podcasts for! Thank you.
Oh, and another thumbs up for the Bombcast.
What's in your rotation besides Bombcast lately? I'm hoping to find something new.
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