I like Epileptic Gaming. It's some guy that goes by the name "DJ Wheat", which I'm assuming is a gaming handle, and several friends - usually "Nice Guy Ed" and "Force".
It's basically a bunch of immature late-twenty something dudes sitting around shooting the shit about games. It reminds me of conversations I routinely had with my gamer friends. Back before I got old and lost touch with all but a few of them.
Anyways, most people here will probably find it to be a bit puerile and their motivations banal, but I get a bunch of laughs out of each episode.
Did anybody listen to the Mobcast this week? The Atomic Gamer guy was trying so hard to be funny and he really wasn't. The show works really well when they've got good guests but when they've got mediocre or bad ones, it's really terrible. And while I don't really like Shoe, he's a far, FAR better host than Aaron Thomas.
I just listened to the Bombcast, how is this good? If I wanted to listen to a bunch of dorks make dorkey jokes for hours on end I'd talk to my friends...
Edit it gets a bit better when they actually start discussing games but still it was real annoying
I just listened to the Bombcast, how is this good? If I wanted to listen to a bunch of dorks make dorkey jokes for hours on end I'd talk to my friends...
Edit it gets a bit better when they actually start discussing games but still it was real annoying
Stop listening now and just get an RSS feed
It's obvious you need your news presented in a deathly professional fashion
While the Giant Bomb quick looks are often hilarious I think it should be noted they are one of the best ways to tell if you'll actually like a game aside from actually playing it. Crap is quickly identified as such.
To be fair, people here seem to love that Demon's Souls and that seemed to be a QL where Jeff and Ryan were just dumbfounded that anyone could find this fun.
Cryostasis too, which they seemed to be sort of mocking for its slow ass pace. Even though the game is supposed to be good (and ended up getting a good review anyway, even if not from Ryan and Jeff).
Dave loves Cryostasis, though.
Still, I find it's usually pretty easy to spot a game I'm going to like in a quick look, even in whoever's commenting isn't thrilled about it. Everybody over there has relatively predictable biases.
I think when it comes to the Giant Bomb guys, you know the kind of game those dudes will like. Yeah, Demon's Souls is definitely not it.
I would expect them to be the kind of people that think TESIV is better than III. That's not a bad thing, it just says a lot about their tolerance for things, I think.
Well it's kind of a bad thing but I like those giant bomb boys.
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I honestly don't understand how people can't enjoy the Giant Bombcast. When they're not talking about games it's funny, and when they are talking about games it's funny and informative.
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Oh it's such a nice day, I think I'll go out the window! Whoa!
I honestly don't understand how people can't enjoy the Giant Bombcast. When they're not talking about games it's funny, and when they are talking about games it's funny and informative.
Some people just hate FUN. Fun-haters!
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I'm about to leave for my fortnightly 4-hour trip to visit my fiancée and will be listening to Giant Bomb's GOTY Deliberations podcast. This might be the first time a single podcast takes up most of the trip.
I'm about to leave for my fortnightly 4-hour trip to visit my fiancée and will be listening to Giant Bomb's GOTY Deliberations podcast. This might be the first time a single podcast takes up most of the trip.
That one... that one's intense. We don't get to hear those guys' disagreements often, so it's a different part of their personalities that comes through there. I have newfound respect for Brad and his ability to only make sensible points throughout an entire 4 hour linguistic tug of war.
Also, I still find it funny that there are incidents related to Vinny's disapproval of Flower.
The Giant Bomb guys (bomb squad?) are very good. I've been listening to them since the podcast was called "Arrow Pointing Down" and they have gotten a lot better over time - and they were good to start with. I like the fact that they do not harp and pontificate on the state of "game journalism" at all, even though if anyone has a right to bitch it's Jeff Gerstmann. The Shawn Elliott ceaseless banging of that drum dragged down GFW Radio.
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The Shawn Elliott ceaseless banging of that drum dragged down GFW Radio.
Shawn Elliott is Shawn Elliott. Eventually, you get inside his head and realize that he's a much smarter and more sensible guy than he comes off as, and then his weird awkward dickishness gets kind of amusing in some kind of post-ironic way. Which is what he's going for. Or something. It's all very confusing and maybe a little scary.
Basically, just just go "Oh, that Shawn!" and everything's peachy.
When Brad started talking about spoilers on this weeks Giant Bombcast I immediately thought of this forum.
Which is funny because the Bombcast is normally Spoiler Central. They seem to think that if you haven't played a game after it's been out for a couple months, you're never going to.
Don't really care about ME2 either but it didn't seem like that big a spoiler?
Meh, I fucking murdered Wrex's stupid ass in the first game anyways so yeah
If you haven't played a game within months of release, just get used to the fact that you're gonna hear spoilers though, Vegan. At release, you have a small window in which you might hear something. With every passing day, the window gets bigger.
Most podcasts either put spoiler timestamps in the notes or interject in the audio itself to tell you when to fast forward to. That would be nice, is all. They're welcome to talk about whatever they want but they very often drop S-bombs without so much as a "hey, spoiler warning".
Also, the spoiler they mentioned made me REALLY want to play the game. I got to really liking Wrex and Shephard's interactions, even if it was just "Wrex." "Shephard."
Most podcasts either put spoiler timestamps in the notes or interject in the audio itself to tell you when to fast forward to. That would be nice, is all. They're welcome to talk about whatever they want but they very often drop S-bombs without so much as a "hey, spoiler warning".
Yeah, that's sort of just lazy on their part if they spoil without so much as a warning. In the type of job they have, they should be more forgiving to that sort of thing.
Also, the spoiler they mentioned made me REALLY want to play the game. I got to really liking Wrex and Shephard's interactions, even if it was just "Wrex." "Shephard."
There's a hilarious part in this week's bombcast where they muse on what it'll be like to visit the krogan homeworld.
I get pissed off at spoilers in a podcast, but if someone does it by mistake, or apologizes for it or something, that's fine.
I do not appreciate it when they get all snarky over it and go "ooh, maybe you shouldn't be listening to the podcast, OOOH" - well, no shit, I wouldn't have if you had actually told me about it beforehand. If you can't take 0.5 seconds out of your valuable time to say "spoiler alert": fuck you. At least give people the choice.
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So I tried episode 4 of Host Migration this week. I am not sure who this podcast is for, but it is not for me. A 20 minute conversation on why Call of Duty is broken is really too much.
Anyone still watching Co-op? I'm starting to get annoyed at it. The last two weeks were just a 2009 recap, with most games getting a minute or two each, Ryan talking for like 50% of each episode (where he admitted that his dislike of Demon's Souls was based off like 10 minutes of playing it) and a lot of games getting skipped over/dismissed. That while games like Bayonetta, Darksiders and Mass Effect 2 are getting released.
Now it seems like they're going live or something:
For now, the best way to participate in CO-OP Live will be to follow the show's Twitter at http://twitter.com/coop_live. We're going to try to have a live chat active as well. For now, the community participation part will come in at the end of the show. Ask us (and the guests that agree to stick around) questions at the end of our show or just comment and agree/disagree with our assessment of the games we cover. We've got plans for whole new slates of content above and beyond the normal CO-OP offerings for CO-OP Live. Make sure you head over to Area5.tv for a full blog-post update on how things are going to change for us and for you!
Nope. I've brought up my dislike of David Ellis a few times but I've still listened to a couple of episodes. Last one I tried was the Ellis/John Davison one and it was just them making stupid predictions up and patting themselves on the back for a couple of hours. Really not interesting.
Is anyone still listening to 4 Guys 1 Up, for that matter? It seems to get more boring and square by the episode.
I stoped listening to them at least a year before 1up yours ended. Garnet had no control as a host, and just let the other people constantly spew forum level fanboyism everywhere. And while I can tollerate 2 hour giantbombcasts, the podcasts had no concept of restraint and were usually about twice as long as they needed to be.
Also, I think that the last 3 Co-ops were just stuff they pre-taped before christmas. They used to take breaks back during the 1up show days too. Plus, it's not like they always cover the latest games the instant they come out anyway. Dragon age came took 2 weeks before they covered it, for example.
Giant Bombcast is pretty awesome. I'm still looking for a second podcast that I like though, because I like listening to that on my commute and I'd like more good content to listen to.
For now, I'm just listening to NPR podcasts until I figure out one I want to listen to on a regular basis.
Rebel FM just feels like a sad empty shell with 2 men and a cat farting into a microphone for an hour and ahalf every week talking about what chinese food there ordering for takeout.
People here pointed me to the Some Other Castle podcast which I like. Also, Kotaku just relaunched their podcast. I also listen to Game Scoop and This Week in Tech, but that is mostly just filler.
Oh god, another thing that's been annoying me. Fitch on the Geekbox. I can (usually) tolerate his weeaboo rubbish, but it's the insistance that's he's 29 that really annoys me. No one gives a crap if you're in your 30's you goose. Oh and while I'm fine with someone saying that don't like Avatar, saying its CG is bad is absolutely ridiculous.
If I didn't like Burn Notice so much, I'd probably just drop Geekbox (leaving the Bombcast as my only podcast). They need to make Brock a regular though, he balances out Fitch's complete lack of a penis.
All videogame podcasts are universally terrible. Just not enough stuff worth talking about each week.
Monthly ones aren't much better, but there are a couple of "radio" style specials worth having a listen to.
Wrong, Bombcast is always great.
Retronauts is very good as well (though not weekly), and I've only listened to one episode of Active Time Babble but I liked that a lot too. As much as he hates it, Jeremy Parrish does excellent podcasts.
Edit: I tried Player One, but I cannot stand Greg Ford and they also spent 30 minutes talking about NASCAR games. Come on.
I don't mind going on at length on obscure topics, but I think that if they are going to do that for a half hour, they should go all out and dedicate that episode to that topic, giving listeners a primer on a topic a week or so. Doubt there's anything like that out there, though.
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It's basically a bunch of immature late-twenty something dudes sitting around shooting the shit about games. It reminds me of conversations I routinely had with my gamer friends. Back before I got old and lost touch with all but a few of them.
Anyways, most people here will probably find it to be a bit puerile and their motivations banal, but I get a bunch of laughs out of each episode.
Kotaku's also got a new studio podcast rocking. Sound quality is an improvement over their previous podcasts, and Jeff Gerstmann is guest star!
Edit it gets a bit better when they actually start discussing games but still it was real annoying
Stop listening now and just get an RSS feed
It's obvious you need your news presented in a deathly professional fashion
I think when it comes to the Giant Bomb guys, you know the kind of game those dudes will like. Yeah, Demon's Souls is definitely not it.
I would expect them to be the kind of people that think TESIV is better than III. That's not a bad thing, it just says a lot about their tolerance for things, I think.
Well it's kind of a bad thing but I like those giant bomb boys.
Oh it's such a nice day, I think I'll go out the window! Whoa!
Some people just hate FUN. Fun-haters!
Not talking about Andale (SPOILER: They're cannibals) was a bit much, but what he did last week was kind of Not Cool.
Also, I still find it funny that there are incidents related to Vinny's disapproval of Flower.
Apparently I'm the only one that wasn't bothered by that.
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Basically, just just go "Oh, that Shawn!" and everything's peachy.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Which is funny because the Bombcast is normally Spoiler Central. They seem to think that if you haven't played a game after it's been out for a couple months, you're never going to.
Don't really care about ME2 either but it didn't seem like that big a spoiler?
Meh, I fucking murdered Wrex's stupid ass in the first game anyways so yeah
If you haven't played a game within months of release, just get used to the fact that you're gonna hear spoilers though, Vegan. At release, you have a small window in which you might hear something. With every passing day, the window gets bigger.
He totally did.
Also, the spoiler they mentioned made me REALLY want to play the game. I got to really liking Wrex and Shephard's interactions, even if it was just "Wrex." "Shephard."
Yeah, that's sort of just lazy on their part if they spoil without so much as a warning. In the type of job they have, they should be more forgiving to that sort of thing.
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There's a hilarious part in this week's bombcast where they muse on what it'll be like to visit the krogan homeworld.
Shepard. Shepard. Shepard.
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Shepard. Shepard. Shepard.
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Shepard. Shepard. Shepard.
Shepard. Shepard. Shepard.
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I do not appreciate it when they get all snarky over it and go "ooh, maybe you shouldn't be listening to the podcast, OOOH" - well, no shit, I wouldn't have if you had actually told me about it beforehand. If you can't take 0.5 seconds out of your valuable time to say "spoiler alert": fuck you. At least give people the choice.
So I tried episode 4 of Host Migration this week. I am not sure who this podcast is for, but it is not for me. A 20 minute conversation on why Call of Duty is broken is really too much.
Now it seems like they're going live or something: http://revision3.com/coop/co-opepisode-316
I really can't see that working too well.
I stoped listening to them at least a year before 1up yours ended. Garnet had no control as a host, and just let the other people constantly spew forum level fanboyism everywhere. And while I can tollerate 2 hour giantbombcasts, the podcasts had no concept of restraint and were usually about twice as long as they needed to be.
Also, I think that the last 3 Co-ops were just stuff they pre-taped before christmas. They used to take breaks back during the 1up show days too. Plus, it's not like they always cover the latest games the instant they come out anyway. Dragon age came took 2 weeks before they covered it, for example.
For now, I'm just listening to NPR podcasts until I figure out one I want to listen to on a regular basis.
I'm rather suspicious of Co-op going to a live show...I'm afraid it will lose the personality/style that has defined their show since the 1up days.
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Rebel FM is also still decent, but that's it. God damn it.
Edit: I tried Player One, but I cannot stand Greg Ford and they also spent 30 minutes talking about NASCAR games. Come on.
And it isnt as nearly fun as I describe it above.
Monthly ones aren't much better, but there are a couple of "radio" style specials worth having a listen to.
People here pointed me to the Some Other Castle podcast which I like. Also, Kotaku just relaunched their podcast. I also listen to Game Scoop and This Week in Tech, but that is mostly just filler.
If I didn't like Burn Notice so much, I'd probably just drop Geekbox (leaving the Bombcast as my only podcast). They need to make Brock a regular though, he balances out Fitch's complete lack of a penis.
Wrong, Bombcast is always great.
Retronauts is very good as well (though not weekly), and I've only listened to one episode of Active Time Babble but I liked that a lot too. As much as he hates it, Jeremy Parrish does excellent podcasts.
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I don't mind going on at length on obscure topics, but I think that if they are going to do that for a half hour, they should go all out and dedicate that episode to that topic, giving listeners a primer on a topic a week or so. Doubt there's anything like that out there, though.