Tonight's moment of "Jesus Christ I need more sleep": I saw that the latest Oh These Those Stars of Space was titled "The Planet with No Chocolate." So startled and alarmed was I by the idea of a planet without chocolate that I earnestly -- earnestly -- gasped and said "Oh no!"
Never go to Mars.
Or really any other planet in our solar system.
Or probably 99.9999999999999% of planets in the universe.
...I'm sorry, i can't help it, I got bitten by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Mars is the only other planet guaranteed to have chocolate though
Looks like the studio Austin Walker was working at laid everyone off
The CEO's having a normal one and blaming all the workers and like a Kotaku article? They were unionized too! This sucks so much to have happen at this point in the employment market.
Tonight's moment of "Jesus Christ I need more sleep": I saw that the latest Oh These Those Stars of Space was titled "The Planet with No Chocolate." So startled and alarmed was I by the idea of a planet without chocolate that I earnestly -- earnestly -- gasped and said "Oh no!"
Never go to Mars.
Or really any other planet in our solar system.
Or probably 99.9999999999999% of planets in the universe.
...I'm sorry, i can't help it, I got bitten by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Mars is the only other planet guaranteed to have chocolate though
he implies at the end of his "you're all fired" letter that he's retiring to spend more time with his family
e: oh it was posted in another thread, lemme find it and repost it
The former CEO of Prytania Media, Annie Delisi Strain, has said that the project Crop Circle Games was working on could not attract investment.
In a post on the studio's now-offline site – spotted by GI.biz – the ex boss said that the developer had a load of talented staff and had received "kind words" from potential partners, Crop Circle's title was seemingly not what the industry wanted now.
"The Crop Circle team was incredibly likable, their chemistry and enthusiasm for each other absolutely delightful, and the game had a whimsy and playfulness that was hard not to root for. I loved this team and the game beyond measure," Strain wrote.
"In the end, despite the kind words of everyone we pitched to for two solid years, the game did not have core features that have emerged as requirements to be competitive in today’s hyper-aggressive market. I know it’s painful for all us who love the game and this extraordinary team to acknowledge, but the game was just fundamentally out of touch with emerging player tastes and not aligned with the portfolio strategies of any publishers or investors. As a result, in contrast to our other studios, there was not a single organisation of any kind willing to invest in continued game development."
Established in 2021 around an experienced team of game industry veterans, Possibility Space is bringing the freedom and fun of roleplaying with your friends to video game players everywhere. We are built from the ground up as a distributed studio, allowing developers to live and work where they are happiest. With robust development operations and financial support from Prytania Media, we empower developers to fully immerse themselves in the joy of creation.
In a bizarre studio closure and layoff message to staff, Possibility Space owner Jeff Strain blamed the studio closure on employees leaking information to the press.
“Welp an investigative reporter contacted me asking questions a reporter would find out by doing investigative reporting work, time to close up shop.”
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Everybody ready for Penguin Baseball season?
BLM - ACAB
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DepressperadoI just wanted to see you laughingin the pizza rainRegistered Userregular
oh my god, I need that Chicago COOL BIRDS shirt
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I legitimately think the Gorilla Flow commercial is a brick in the wall of understanding modern masculinity. The sheer violent disgust leveraged toward selling a solution to mild bladder issues.
It's a commercial for piss pills where the pitch-man brags about how he was ready to kill himself and his father and how he fights with his wife every night
Also really what I want is a Buried Treasure podcast. I want to hear people tell me about games I've never heard of and why they're interesting. Too many of them just cover relatively popular stuff which I don't need.
Not really a podcast but you should check out Sean Seanson's Obscure and Forgotten PS1 Games and Japan Only PS1 Games videos.
For those of you who enjoy horror or new weird fiction, The Silt Verses goes pretty hard. I've really been enjoying it.
Thank you for this- I haven't listened to all of it but I've just burned through the first season and I'm a few episodes into the second now. What an incredible show. Really glad you shouted this one out.
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Tynnanseldom correct, never unsureRegistered Userregular
For those of you who enjoy horror or new weird fiction, The Silt Verses goes pretty hard. I've really been enjoying it.
Thank you for this- I haven't listened to all of it but I've just burned through the first season and I'm a few episodes into the second now. What an incredible show. Really glad you shouted this one out.
I'm glad you're enjoying it! Thanks for saying so.
I discovered it from someone shouting it out on the Friends at the Table discord.
hey, android folks
Google shut down Google Podcasts and now made me switch to YouTube Music to listen to podcasts. I use YTM for music, but it's annoying for podcasts because it's buried in a menu and it gets rid of the music I was listening to when I start listening to a pod
What's the podcast player of choice on the Play Store? $5 or less if possible
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I just checked and I have 29 episodes left of Rude Tales season 1. I just somehow completely forget it exists for weeks until someone mentions it here, I listen to 3 or 4 episodes, rinse and repeat.
The latest Rude Tales is somewhat astonishingly relevant to the ongoing forum flare-up
Cool I'm only like 80 episodes behind
Season 2 is episodic and disconnected from Season 1, you could probably jump right in
The episodic structure probably suits them better and makes it easier for them to have guests, which has been fun, but I do gotta admit i kinda miss having a long term story
hey, android folks
Google shut down Google Podcasts and now made me switch to YouTube Music to listen to podcasts. I use YTM for music, but it's annoying for podcasts because it's buried in a menu and it gets rid of the music I was listening to when I start listening to a pod
What's the podcast player of choice on the Play Store? $5 or less if possible
PocketCasts is always my answer, but I'm wary about what it's like to recommend them to a new user nowadays since they started with the subscription and got bought out. Paying the fee lets you listen on the web and sync listening positions with the phone app so if you're only listening on one device then it's not really necessary. I subscribed back when it was "pay once" so have a lifetime pass and don't worry about it.
It's got the best interface I've used for a podcast app and has nice "auto download and add to playlist" functionality so you don't ever have to manually queue anything up.
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
hey, android folks
Google shut down Google Podcasts and now made me switch to YouTube Music to listen to podcasts. I use YTM for music, but it's annoying for podcasts because it's buried in a menu and it gets rid of the music I was listening to when I start listening to a pod
What's the podcast player of choice on the Play Store? $5 or less if possible
I switched over to PocketCasts, which has a paid version, but the free one has everything I need.
Spotify is ok, if you can stomach all the shit they do as a company
I have surrendered myself to Spotify it's just... it's just so convenient, pretty much all music is on there!
I used Podcast Addict until I decided to ditch it and just use Spotify. the thing about Spotify is that it doesn't like, automatically resume playing the latest episode, you gotta scroll and find it and start it, which is mildly annoying
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hey, android folks
Google shut down Google Podcasts and now made me switch to YouTube Music to listen to podcasts. I use YTM for music, but it's annoying for podcasts because it's buried in a menu and it gets rid of the music I was listening to when I start listening to a pod
What's the podcast player of choice on the Play Store? $5 or less if possible
I use Podcast Republic. The ads are shockingly low impact on the free tier, plus the interface is nice
Spotify is ok, if you can stomach all the shit they do as a company
I have surrendered myself to Spotify it's just... it's just so convenient, pretty much all music is on there!
I used Podcast Addict until I decided to ditch it and just use Spotify. the thing about Spotify is that it doesn't like, automatically resume playing the latest episode, you gotta scroll and find it and start it, which is mildly annoying
Same here, nothing else quite works as well as Spotify for me. It’s suggested smaller bands and artists to me who I absolutely love, that I’d never have found otherwise.
I try and mitigate by purchasing tracks directly from artists I dig, but now that band camps whole thing is being fucked by venture capitalists I’m not sure of the best way to even do that. Shit sucks
Picked up Rude Tales where I left off, and it was an episode where all the crew had swapped bodies. Not at all a confusing way to get back into it.
Oh God that one was insane even if you were streaming on release. The game mechanic they used made it worse, something about switching the characters around between the players?
I think eventually I gave up trying to remember who was playing who and just nodded along until a fight happened
Picked up Rude Tales where I left off, and it was an episode where all the crew had swapped bodies. Not at all a confusing way to get back into it.
Oh God that one was insane even if you were streaming on release. The game mechanic they used made it worse, something about switching the characters around between the players?
I think eventually I gave up trying to remember who was playing who and just nodded along until a fight happened
Yeah I think they all just swapped their character sheets to the left. I thought they all did a good job impersonating each other. It's almost like they're professional improv comedians.
It makes me wonder how much prep they do for some of this stuff. Like does Brandon give them a heads up about things that will happen, or is there a ton of faffing about edited out while they figure out how things work.
And at the end of the episode when Ally(I think? Cordelia's player, I'm really bad with everyone's names), who is playing Cordelia trapped in Albie, manages to undo the curse. That must have been pre-planned with Brandon, I assume?
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Mars is the only other planet guaranteed to have chocolate though
The CEO's having a normal one and blaming all the workers and like a Kotaku article? They were unionized too! This sucks so much to have happen at this point in the employment market.
Poor Austin, I remember he was so excited when he announced he was leaving Waypoint for that studio
You'll find brownies in Uranus.
It was only ever going to be a tragedy but I love him for fighting the good fight.
Probably nothing that would reflect badly on him, surely. Not like he hadn't shuttered another entire studio last month or anything.
He just stated a couple in like August.
e: oh it was posted in another thread, lemme find it and repost it
Not that you need more convincing, but look closely at the hat
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hey-riddle-riddle
Not really a podcast but you should check out Sean Seanson's Obscure and Forgotten PS1 Games and Japan Only PS1 Games videos.
All hail the glorious and infallible wheel, for the wheel will provide.
Thank you for this- I haven't listened to all of it but I've just burned through the first season and I'm a few episodes into the second now. What an incredible show. Really glad you shouted this one out.
I'm glad you're enjoying it! Thanks for saying so.
I discovered it from someone shouting it out on the Friends at the Table discord.
Cool I'm only like 80 episodes behind
Season 2 is episodic and disconnected from Season 1, you could probably jump right in
Google shut down Google Podcasts and now made me switch to YouTube Music to listen to podcasts. I use YTM for music, but it's annoying for podcasts because it's buried in a menu and it gets rid of the music I was listening to when I start listening to a pod
What's the podcast player of choice on the Play Store? $5 or less if possible
The episodic structure probably suits them better and makes it easier for them to have guests, which has been fun, but I do gotta admit i kinda miss having a long term story
http://www.audioentropy.com/
PocketCasts is always my answer, but I'm wary about what it's like to recommend them to a new user nowadays since they started with the subscription and got bought out. Paying the fee lets you listen on the web and sync listening positions with the phone app so if you're only listening on one device then it's not really necessary. I subscribed back when it was "pay once" so have a lifetime pass and don't worry about it.
It's got the best interface I've used for a podcast app and has nice "auto download and add to playlist" functionality so you don't ever have to manually queue anything up.
I switched over to PocketCasts, which has a paid version, but the free one has everything I need.
Never had an issue with the free version or needed anything from the paid one
Spotify is ok, if you can stomach all the shit they do as a company
I have surrendered myself to Spotify it's just... it's just so convenient, pretty much all music is on there!
I used Podcast Addict until I decided to ditch it and just use Spotify. the thing about Spotify is that it doesn't like, automatically resume playing the latest episode, you gotta scroll and find it and start it, which is mildly annoying
It is incredible how the narrative of the bed sheet ads keeps getting more and more insane.
I use Podcast Republic. The ads are shockingly low impact on the free tier, plus the interface is nice
Same here, nothing else quite works as well as Spotify for me. It’s suggested smaller bands and artists to me who I absolutely love, that I’d never have found otherwise.
I try and mitigate by purchasing tracks directly from artists I dig, but now that band camps whole thing is being fucked by venture capitalists I’m not sure of the best way to even do that. Shit sucks
And it started with a man lost for days in a giant corn maze
Oh God that one was insane even if you were streaming on release. The game mechanic they used made it worse, something about switching the characters around between the players?
I think eventually I gave up trying to remember who was playing who and just nodded along until a fight happened
Makes sense to start with some kind of universal experience to get people on board
Yeah I think they all just swapped their character sheets to the left. I thought they all did a good job impersonating each other. It's almost like they're professional improv comedians.
It makes me wonder how much prep they do for some of this stuff. Like does Brandon give them a heads up about things that will happen, or is there a ton of faffing about edited out while they figure out how things work.
And at the end of the episode when Ally(I think? Cordelia's player, I'm really bad with everyone's names), who is playing Cordelia trapped in Albie, manages to undo the curse. That must have been pre-planned with Brandon, I assume?