5podcast Episode 0: The Pilot

eRabbit · Post by **eRabbit** » September 1st, 2010, 9:45

I listened to the first half on the train this morning and will listen to the second half tonight. First half was good though, was twitching with silent laughter next to a concerned stranger so that's a result in my books!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 1st, 2010, 10:16

Finished listening now and I thought it was pretty good overall. Props to Wiggy for his audio editing efforts. A shorter one would be preferable, approaching 90mins is a loooonng podcast and it meanders a bit towards the end. For the article type section it'd be best to check the facts you're planning to state or you going to alienate the listener(s).

I want to play Fallout 3 again.

Is this the game that someone mentioned? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Fargoal
There's a iPhone remake which is supposed to be good and I've purchased.

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » September 1st, 2010, 10:37

spoodie wrote: Is this the game that someone mentioned? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Fargoal
There's a iPhone remake which is supposed to be good and I've purchased.

im fairly certain they where talking about the iphone remake

Legoshoes · Post by **Legoshoes** » September 1st, 2010, 11:00

spoodie wrote:Is this the game that someone mentioned? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Fargoal
There's a iPhone remake which is supposed to be good and I've purchased.

I think i mentioned it. I picked up the iphone remake when it was free for a day and it was a pretty good example of how developers can keep audiences interested past the point of getting bored with a purchase in a similar way to how minecraft continues to add new elements that keeps the community involved.

The point i was trying to make is that constant and/or episodic free updates and patches, opposed to paid expansions, keep more people interested in a game.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » September 1st, 2010, 14:15

Well done chaps!

Took me 3 sessions to listen to it all but did enjoy it, although I almost joined in a couple of times, would have been a bit odd had I shouted 'HORSES!' or something at work though

Think it definitely needs to be shorter, 1 hour max I'd say, I liked the randomness but with the backup topics to bring it all back in line.

Maybe it was a bit too much like a 5punk TS conversation for external ears though, would be good to get non-5punk opinions.

The odd bit of non-gaming stuff is good but I'd be wary of going too far off on a tangent if the target audience is gamers.

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » September 1st, 2010, 20:31

i listened to it all over a couple of days and i think my faviroute part was the stuff about and paper rpg's to me it seemed like the most naturally funny part

i think a good subject for another episode could be the merits of pen and paper games to digital games and visa versa

also another thought that i had after listening would be to have either 1 very broad subject matter to discuss or a few (3-4) fairly related topics rather than just a long list of different stuff just about gaming in general, could help it flow a bit better

Post by **HereComesPete** » September 9th, 2010, 13:26

Finally listened to this last night.

Pro's

- none of it sounded shit, no huge silences or nervous laughing etc. I imagine some fine editing by Wiggy helped.
- genuine lols more than once.
- very natural speaking from most in general, flowed nicely (again I think thanks to wiggy).
- The mix of rambling chat and direct topic covering I think was nearly perfect.

Con's

- Grimmie, I think you need to be a bit more forceful on pushing the intended conversations to the fore. When we had a chat last night you mentioned this and didn't want to seem un-spunky by doing so. Generally we only get shit organised when someone does grab the reins and shout a bit. I don't think that's un-spunky, more of a necessity.

- I think some people got too shitfaced and talked over the others a lot. Detracted from the quality imo.

- Occasional mic in teeth noises and rustling of paper, plus the occasional I've wandered away from my microphone moment.

- I think this would work better being shorter, but at the same time I can't see it being edited to a lower time without detracting from the quality. So perhaps cover less topics per 'cast but release them more frequently?

Also - You totally didn't mention the dragon age 2 trailer properly! It did however lead to some very good conversation about classes in rpg's.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 9th, 2010, 13:55

So when is the next one?

And I also think a more masterful Grimmie (or whoever) would be a big help.

Post by **Grimmie** » September 9th, 2010, 14:06

I'm happy to have another go and be a bit shoutier.
This Saturday's off bounds for me, as is next saturday unfortunately.

Anyone fancy giving a Friday a go?

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 9th, 2010, 15:52

My 5pudcasting times are now limited to non-family times, so no more 8:00 starts for me. After 10 on a friday or saturday I can more likely do.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » September 10th, 2010, 6:31

My weekends are all pretty much out from now until the end of October I'm afraid, but I'd love to do more of these once I'm able.

Post by **Roman Totale** » September 10th, 2010, 18:56

I rather enjoyed last time. If you want me back, I have some topics that I would like to discuss.

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 10th, 2010, 19:03

Have we a bit more of a schedule this time then? Limiting the time to make editing easier and the end product shorter, for example? I made a few notes for future topics too.

Post by **Grimmie** » September 10th, 2010, 22:40

* Grimmie gets a special Don't interrupt button and a I'm talking button.
* We choose one main gaming topic, and a backup if we run out of tangent power (which seemed to be popular)
* We choose something else from one of the other boards, entertainment, hardware, general etc
* Set a soft time limit of one hour's recording, to be trimmed roughly in half
* Produce shownotes for us to refer to to avoid mid-recording link searching
* Produce shownotes afterwards to provide links to listeners in some sort of structured list
* Instrumental intro/outro

Someone suggest a question for the 'introduce yourself' section at the start.
Game related or non game related.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 11th, 2010, 9:54

Grimmie wrote:Someone suggest a question for the 'introduce yourself' section at the start.
Game related or non game related.

You could use the obvious: "What's your favourite game and why?" or "Why's your favourite game?".

Post by **Dog Pants** » September 11th, 2010, 10:20

What's your favourite boiler?

The Shutting Downs

what are we doing?

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 11th, 2010, 10:28

What's that smell?

The Shutting Downs

Do we regret asking members of the Forum for questions?

Legoshoes · Post by **Legoshoes** » September 13th, 2010, 16:15

The new skype beta has multiple webcams, just FYI. in case we want to raise our hands to pose questions or something.