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Boatswain posted:Which other gaming podcasts is most like Idle Thumbs (& also recorded in a studio with decent audio quality)? I'm looking to add something to my rotation, but it usually takes so long to get into another podcast so I want to make sure I get it right. If you are just talking about the sound, CAG cast, 8-4 play, gamers with jobs and pc gamer are all very good and have decent audio quality.
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Captain Invictus posted:This rules BARONS 
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Oct 14, 2014 20:56
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Boatswain posted:Which other gaming podcasts is most like Idle Thumbs? Boatswain posted:(& also recorded in a studio with decent audio quality)?
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Oct 14, 2014 22:21
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Boatswain posted:Which other gaming podcasts is most like Idle Thumbs (& also recorded in a studio with decent audio quality)? I'm looking to add something to my rotation, but it usually takes so long to get into another podcast so I want to make sure I get it right.
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Oct 14, 2014 22:25
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I wish the Twin Peaks cast was more of a structured beat by beat rundown like some of the bad movie podcasts are (and WOFF too, to some extent), there are so many different moments in the show that merit discussion that could be lost just because they didn't immediately jump out as a weird or cool thing that happened.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:01
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Al! posted:I wish the Twin Peaks cast was more of a structured beat by beat rundown like some of the bad movie podcasts are (and WOFF too, to some extent), there are so many different moments in the show that merit discussion that could be lost just because they didn't immediately jump out as a weird or cool thing that happened. That's good feedback. We knew in the process of recording that we were bouncing around a lot, and intend to follow lines of thought (and plot) more consistently in future eps.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:19
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Thanks, I'll check them out. && I'd love to listen to Tom Francis (who clearly is the Mathew Goode of video game developers) and others but Skype and other VoIP podcasts lack so much in chemistry and debate compared to some people sitting together in a room. Poor quality also makes it difficult to engage with the people speaking, thus the lack of enthusiasm for the podcast itself.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:25
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ja2ke posted:That's good feedback. We knew in the process of recording that we were bouncing around a lot, and intend to follow lines of thought (and plot) more consistently in future eps. Otherwise I'm pretty excited about the show and an excuse to watch Twin Peaks a second time. It's weird to know that I'm not the only person who's fixated on that traffic light. When I think of the show visually the first thing that comes to mind is that loving traffic light.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:27
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I thought that last episode of Crate & Crowbar sounded better than usual. Maybe I just wasn't paying very close attention or (more likely) maybe it was because Tom Francis was back on the show. It really is a lot less interesting without him. I will also nth the recommendations for Video Games Hot Dog, though I suspect that some people won't be able to deal with all of the host's quirks. Edit: I hope someone one Thumbs or VGHD or C&C (re)plays TRON 2.0 now that it's on Steam. XenoCrab fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Oct 15, 2014 03:29
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ja2ke posted:That's good feedback. We knew in the process of recording that we were bouncing around a lot, and intend to follow lines of thought (and plot) more consistently in future eps. Twin Peaks feedback! I'd make the "Here Be Spoilers" break audio piece longer (5-10 seconds?) so people have enough time to scramble and pause/stop the podcast if they are busy doing some task (I like to fold clothes while listening to podcasts for example). I've already seen TP and am on board for spoilers, but it might help others. There was the period of emotionally overcoming the spoiler barrier this week, but maybe for the future!
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Oct 15, 2014 03:29
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MrMortisland posted:Twin Peaks feedback! I'd make the "Here Be Spoilers" break audio piece longer (5-10 seconds?) so people have enough time to scramble and pause/stop the podcast if they are busy doing some task (I like to fold clothes while listening to podcasts for example). I've already seen TP and am on board for spoilers, but it might help others. There was the period of emotionally overcoming the spoiler barrier this week, but maybe for the future! From the way every podcaster hems and haws about spoiling something I imagine they receive nightmarish amount of hatemail for spoiling anything to any degree always
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Oct 15, 2014 03:38
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Al! posted:From the way every podcaster hems and haws about spoiling something I imagine they receive nightmarish amount of hatemail for spoiling anything to any degree always I ripped off that band aid by just naming Laura's killer like 2 minutes into the spoiler section of the first episode. It'll reveal people's resolve to stop listening I guess... But a bigger more notable gap makes sense. ja2ke fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Oct 15, 2014 04:13
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ja2ke posted:I ripped off that band aid by just naming Laura's killer like 2 minutes into the spoiler section of the first episode. It'll reveal people's resolve to stop listening I guess... But a bigger more notable gap makes sense. Man, now I sorta don't want to listen to the episode. I don't know if I'd be able to stop my player before hearing something big. 
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Oct 15, 2014 04:21
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Maybe someone should split the parts up. Who's that youtube man who does all the fancy stuff with your podcasts? There's value in each half individually. Either you want to be spoiler free, or you just finished the podcast series on a first watch and want to go back and listen to the spoilers.
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Oct 15, 2014 04:25
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Yeah, I'm kinda surprised you guys didn't just have them be two entirely separate audio files. Seems like a far clearer way to handle things.
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Oct 15, 2014 04:33
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I dunno, I felt like they spent plenty of time wringing their hands and warning first-time viewers not to ruin the show. But maybe later when they don't have so much to say about the Spoiler Zone they could use a music bumper or something. Also Chris said Spoiler Zone once and I totally dig the name now.
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Oct 15, 2014 04:50
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Brother Entropy posted:Yeah, I'm kinda surprised you guys didn't just have them be two entirely separate audio files. Seems like a far clearer way to handle things. MAN just give us this one podcast that people who have already seen a thing can listen to people discuss it. They gave plenty of warning.
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Oct 15, 2014 05:09
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Al! posted:MAN just give us this one podcast that people who have already seen a thing can listen to people discuss it. They gave plenty of warning. I'm just saying with the amount of worrying they're doing about accidental spoilers, putting the onus entirely on the reader to download and double-click the spoiler zone half of the episode seems like a smart move. No idea what you're trying to say to me or what you even thought I was getting at here.
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Oct 15, 2014 05:43
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I appreciate spoiler warnings, thanks for putting them in and dancing around my delicate sensibilities.
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Oct 15, 2014 06:01
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Does it really matter considering the circumstances in which the killer is revealed (and not just in Cooper's dream, but the actual pilot where he's sitting behind the bed full frame)? Or maybe that was your point? I haven't listened to the podcast but sure dropping the killer's name in the first two minutes is enough to scare anyone off who doesn't know what's actually going on.
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Oct 15, 2014 06:06
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Boatswain posted:Thanks, I'll check them out. mmm im pretty sure in C&C its all of them sitting in the same room, drinking. since afaik they all live in the same city. audio quality is fine, i dont see what the problem is, better than something like quarter to three where theyre clearly doing it over skype.
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Oct 15, 2014 06:25
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I was making fun of how that person clearly has zero understanding about how Ebola is transmitted between humans.
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Oct 15, 2014 09:03
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Once upon a time I'd have said Arstechnica, alas they too have fallen to the skeletons.
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Oct 15, 2014 09:26
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Mierenneuker posted:I was making fun of how that person clearly has zero understanding about how Ebola is transmitted between humans. Noticed someone on my girlfriends facebook today sharing that apparently Ebola is an airborne disease and the Government is hiding it from us.
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Oct 15, 2014 10:31
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Which is why we're all dead and full of ebola. Yep
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Oct 15, 2014 10:33
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Captain Invictus posted:Which is why we're all dead and full of ebola. Yep You will be if you let them vaccinate you.
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Oct 15, 2014 10:35
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More insanity. http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/14/6978809/utah-state-university-receives-shooting-threat-for-anita-sarkeesian-visit
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Oct 15, 2014 14:55
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Jippa posted:More insanity. And here we all thought videogames didn't cause school shootings
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Zombies' Downfall posted:And here we all thought videogames didn't cause school shootings quote:USU police, in conjunction with several teams of state and federal law enforcement experts, determined that there was no threat to students, staff or the speaker, so no alert was issued.
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Pyromancer posted:Not even university believed that FOLLOW THE MONEY Edit: to be less snarky my understanding is the reason she cancelled is because the Utah carry laws allow people to pack heat on college campuses but bans patdowns which has nothing to do with whether the university could determine a specific threat Al! fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Oct 15, 2014 15:10
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If you're afraid of people taking your video games away it will happen if you shoot everyone because someone is speaking about video games. Dear idiots of the world: the more extreme and irrational you are the more you scare away people on your side who aren't. People on the fence and those who would agree with you no longer want to be associated with you. So keep on posting dumb poo poo like this, you are destroying your own cause from the inside out.
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Oct 15, 2014 17:13
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She's scheduled to speak at my alma mater. I hope it goes without incident but Texas doesn't exactly have the best record with guns or women.
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Oct 15, 2014 17:21
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Also how is this not making national news? People have been arrested and expelled for far less. Not even children are safe from overzealous no tolerance policies and here someone makes a legitimate threat and no one cares.
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al-azad posted:Also how is this not making national news? People have been arrested and expelled for far less. Not even children are safe from overzealous no tolerance policies and here someone makes a legitimate threat and no one cares. The US is a weird place. Like most people, it depends on the tolerance level of the person handling the situation and the level of response they give. The guy who posted that scare should definitely be detained until the talks were done and maybe be issued a court order to see a psychologist. Making it national news, though, probably won't help anything. Like I posted in the Giantbomb thread, giving these wackjobs massive attention only feeds into the cycle. Patrick's article on the Brianna Wu harassment is a pretty good example of how not to handle coverage. He basically slapped the entire twitter conversation of the jerk front and center of the article, bringing him into the spotlight instead of making the article completely about how this harassment can affect a person, appealing to a person's empathy. Instead we see how being an rear end in a top hat rewards you with media attention and can encourage more people to do it. Of course some people will read that kind of article and see how to push someone's buttons but I believe those kind of people are in the minority in the grand scheme of things. But yeah, giving celebrity status to those kind of people is a bad way of handling it.
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We're not talking about someone making threats to a single person on Twitter, we're talking about someone who claims they have guns and homemade explosives threatening to kill multiple people. In this post-Sandy Hook, post-Columbine, post-VA Tech, post-Boston Marathon, post-Gifford, post-Navy Yard, post-Aurora, post-Santa Barbara United States of America how is this not immediately being taken seriously? I didn't even know about the bomb threat in September. I hope the police or FBI or whoever is investigating find the person and rake them through the mud. This isn't something you're detained for, it's something you're arrested for. And if they're actually a student, expelled. I don't want to go to school knowing that person is in my class. Did the University even initiate any kind of warning to the students?
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al-azad posted:If you're afraid of people taking your video games away it will happen if you shoot everyone because someone is speaking about video games. They know that it won't convince anyone, they just don't care. Jezebel published an article about gamer gate's structure and behavior a couple of days ago. The researcher that wrote it says that: Jennifer Allaway posted:by deprecating the entire community under the guise of using "the enemy's words" [and stereotypes], they unite the entire group... if they have nothing to lose, the consequences don't matter. The only thing that matters is the approval and social interactions with your fellow members in the cause. In this way, they further radicalize their viewpoints in a way that isn't controlled or even conscious. The rest of the article compares gamer gate and the standard patterns that drive other hate groups.
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Oct 15, 2014 18:16
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Maybe Jack Thompson was right.
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Oct 15, 2014 18:18
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Gamer Gate has made me feel worse about this hobby than Sonic porn and Party Babyz combined.
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Oct 15, 2014 18:26
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People care way too drat much about video games. Yes I get the irony of posting on a video game forum on my lunch break to say so, and yes I know this mess has moved way past video games at this point (and that there's evidence it was never about them in the first place). For that matter, people care too much about loving up someone else's day too.
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Woffle posted:Gamer Gate has made me feel worse about this hobby than Sonic porn and Party Babyz combined. I don't know what party babyz is and it sounds like that's a good thing.
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