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Up his own ass really is the best description of Shawn. I loved listening to him on GFW until I realized that nearly every story was him being an overall shithead to people for playing games he didn't like. Mention a book/comic he didn't like? You/it gets shit on. Have an opinion he doesn't like? It gets "the voice" (not that a decent number of those people didn't deserve it). If he's writing or talking about something he likes? He's great, otherwise he pretty much becomes the worst forum troll ever.
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Wow, dude. Look, the discussion about the importance of video games (they're fucking great and I love 'em, but important?) is not for this thread.
But, Jesus, man. Shitting on the podcast just because of it's name is just petty. The name fucking blows. It's been terrible ever since they've joked about it when the name changed from 1UP Yours to Listen UP. It will never be funny. Fuck me, I don't even think Ellis thinks it's funny. It's the curse of mentioning a joke name and having it stick. But you seem to have a massive hate-on for Ellis and anything associated with him. There's plenty of media out there with terrible names that rock. Will the podcast rock? Who knows. But to just flip it the bird cause of some childish name...
As for Out of the Game, I think the biggest problem is it's a Skypecast. Those dudes are cool and funny and have been before but having what is essentially a recorded phone conversation does it no favors. You can almost hear Jeff or Robert and especially Luke surf the web whenever the other two gentlemen start to ramble.
Look, Green and N'Gai make Out of the Game. Shawn just makes stupid jokes and craps on discussions. It is his schtick and no one call him on it.
Also, Ellis embraced that name. He could of changed it. Garnett even suggested that on the last show, but Ellis brushed it off.
Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey and Ray Barnholt, with Shane Bettenhausen as guest.
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Indeed. With this and Retronauts I really don't need any other podcasts.
'cept maybe Bombcast for the absurdity. Parish seems to run a pretty tight ship in comparison.
Gamer Tag: LeeWay0
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Where did I even call videogames important? I was making fun of you because you seem to think movies are important. They're both entertainment mediums that are ultimately useless.
Do you just exclusively watch terrible movies, or do you have a condition where you're unable to pick up meaning in art?
Please don't feed the troll.
Neither. I just think that if you're going to start calling different mediums important or unimportant, most would fall under the unimportant category. That doesn't mean they can't inspire, excite or teach you, just that they're not necessary.
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Still had some good bits though.
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Also, the DSiWare segment was fantastic. Can't wait for Sparkle Snapshots!
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I do not even like fighting games, but the crazy amount of detail these guys obsess over kills me.
My faves right now are Idle Thumbs (
Gamers With Jobs has more PC stuff than most, but there aren't really any PC-focused podcasts that I can think of.
He's not a weeaboo, he's a fighting game junkie. Mentioning an anime in passing does not a weeaboo make.
Anyway, from Nick's twitter:
Goodnight sweet [strike]prince[/strike] Wizard.
Someone can't read.
But heck, I could be wrong. I'll listen to the (final?) podcast later.
I mean, there are the 2 PC gamer podcasts and the IGN one (which I'm not sure if it's still going since the main editor left?), but none of them are particularly great.
The Tekken discussion was the highlight of my commute yesterday. The Sparkle Snapshots discussion was the highlight of my commute today!
I just listened to the cast, and this seems to be exactly what is happening. So that's great!
BIRD NOISE
I agree that Jared fits in just fine on the Bombcast. Wasn't he the guy on several weeks ago who was making the movie trailer jokes? Those were mostly funny. "Michael Cera is...Halo."
If I have the wrong guy, I guess both are good fits.
Thanks to whoever recommended Another Castle. It got on my nerves at first, but I'm glad it's in my rotation now. That's pretty much how every podcast has worked for me, maybe except The Brodeo, which I liked from the start.
Also, on the somewhat dated topic of Shawn Elliott: Smart guy, glad he's making games, largely enjoy his podcasting. The only thing that bugs me is when he allows himself to generalize the gaming audience. The most recent example was on Out of the Game, maybe two episodes ago. It was when Jeff Green said he could return to writing about games, knowing that most of his readers were not the morons bombarding console-exclusive reviews with comments, while Shawn seemed to have convinced himself that the only people who looked at anything he wrote were only checking the score to plan their nerd rage. There have been plenty of other times that he gave me the impression that he thought gaming culture was most accurately represented by the worst of it.
Things just haven't been the same since we lost the Brodeo.
Awesome. And I guess Parish is going to be a regular. I think I may end up liking this far more than Listen Up.
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In the final cast they said they'll do intermittent casts with Hot Scoops when they could get them together, but they probably won't be too often and definitely won't be weekly. The 'real' Thumbs cast is gone for good.