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Listen to Limetown for sure. it was recommended to me in the Night Vale thread
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Limetown is probably the best serialized fiction podcast that I've listened to so far, (still in the middle of listening to Magnus Archives, which is also pretty good). It's extremely well-paced, got some great voice acting and voice design, and has a really interesting premise that delivered when you get to the reveal. So I second that recommend. My only nitpick is that I was hoping for (general spoiler for Limetown, don't mouse over it if you haven't finished it) more of a horror story rather than the science fiction bent. But the way they explained the disappearance of Limetown residences and why Limetown needed to be covered up is pretty drat good because of how mundane it is. It's good old fashioned human nature They are still working on Season 2, right?
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Oct 25, 2016 18:43
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Season 2 is an eventuality yes. The project is currently on hold because it's been picked up to be a TV miniseries or something.
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Oct 25, 2016 18:51
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Yeah, just did a bit of research myself, on the Limetown reddit, the creators also mentioned that they are working on an entirely new podcast, as well as that TV pilot, which should be good I suppose since these guys are obviously talented. EDIT Listening to Magnus Archive is freaking me out, in a good way. There just something about the way the narrator delivered the stories and the random nature of each of the stories that's getting to me. I consumed quite a few horror media (movies, games,etc) and not all of them get to me but when it does, it usually stay. The davidHalestorm fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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Oct 25, 2016 18:54
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...I just realized, I was totally wrong about the Order of Saint Benedict w/r/t Eastern Orthodoxy - it's just a different Order of Saint Benedict, ie: not the Catholic one. Mokinokaro posted:Listen to Limetown for sure. it was recommended to me in the Night Vale thread Yeah, it's genuinely superb. Much better acting than Black Tapes IMO. Majorian fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Oct 25, 2016 |
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Oct 25, 2016 19:43
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Limetown is being downloaded, along with The Magnus Archive and We're Alive, as suggested by Reddit. Think I'm set for a while!
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Oct 25, 2016 20:22
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I just finished Limetown (was great) and noticed the release dates for the episodes. Boy am I glad I didn't find out about this as it first came out, because waiting a month or so and getting only a 1 minute long episode? Rough. At least it appears to pick up as it went on
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Oct 25, 2016 20:42
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I'm not done with it yet but Big Data doesn't suck. It's genre aware but not laugh out loud funny. It does the investigative podcaster bit better than black tapes / Tanis and knows its protagonists are stupid.
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Oct 25, 2016 20:55
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New Leaf posted:Limetown is being downloaded, along with The Magnus Archive and We're Alive, as suggested by Reddit. Think I'm set for a while! We're Alive is dumb but I had fun with it.
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Oct 25, 2016 21:34
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Drunk Tomato posted:We're Alive is dumb but I had fun with it. We're Alive should have ended sooner than it did. After a point it felt like they were running out of ideas. And the fact that what 16 years after the apocalypse (small spoilers on who lives/dies) Burt is still alive and well training the troops seems really off.
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Len posted:We're Alive should have ended sooner than it did. After a point it felt like they were running out of ideas. And the fact that what 16 years after the apocalypse (small spoilers on who lives/dies) Burt is still alive and well training the troops seems really off. Season three went right off the rails. I liked the first two very much, though. I thought they were fun. Tanis and Black Tapes really suffer if you listen to them as they're released. I binged them both and enjoyed the heck out of them, but as soon as i was caught up and beholden to their release schedule, I had a hard time following them. Black Tapes was excellent, though. Very enthused for December to roll around again.
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I guess I just like the world of Tanis more than The Black Tapes. They're both strikingly similar, though - weirdness in the world, portals to a different land, people going crazy and doing things they wouldn't normally do, weird cults, CEOs of mega-corporations.. I listened to the first half of Limetown episode 1 and decided I better wait for my wife and listen to it together on a road trip - she'd eat that sort of thing up, and I want to be surprised right along with her. I started The Magnus Archives and I'm really digging it so far. It's like listening to really good ghost stories. The narrator is kinda funny to me.. he's not just reading the entries as an archivist, he changes the tone and speed of his voice and really acts out the emotions and inflections of the first hand accounts.
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Oct 26, 2016 15:19
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New Leaf posted:I started The Magnus Archives and I'm really digging it so far. It's like listening to really good ghost stories. The narrator is kinda funny to me.. he's not just reading the entries as an archivist, he changes the tone and speed of his voice and really acts out the emotions and inflections of the first hand accounts.
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Oct 26, 2016 16:34
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Finishing Ep112 of TBT now. Coralee's alive?! What the gently caress is happening here?  Even if it's not the greatest and some of the acting is definitely cringeworthy, the storyline has me hook, line, and sinker. I'm discovering a love for radio drama now!
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Oct 26, 2016 17:43
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D34THROW posted:Finishing Ep112 of TBT now. Coralee's alive?! What the gently caress is happening here? Yeah the acting isn't great, but I really only care about the story. Strand is pretty consistently good, but a lot of the extras are pretty bad. Not atrocious, but no great. Community Theater level. That's one of the things I prefer about Tanis - to me TBT seems 100% scripted, but Tanis some of the interactions and awkwardness with Nic makes it feel more off the cuff, like they knew the premise but weren't given word for word how to say it. The conversations with him and Geoff are always pretty solid. Even MK comes around after a while.
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Oct 26, 2016 18:21
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New Leaf posted:If you like them, try Tanis instead. It's Nic narrating instead of Alex. There's an early interview that has some pretty cringeworthy acting, but I think overall it's a superior show. I'm a recent adopter of both of them (started and finished Tanis before even touching The Black Tapes - and just finished that on the way to work this morning). Small Town Horror is similar. Guy decides to go back to his home town to look into the weird stuff that happened there.
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I gave up on Tanis midway through season two, when it felt like they were just going through a Wikipedia page of conspiracies and mysteries and throwing them in. Apparently Tanis is connected to Charles Manson, the Voynich Manuscript, and 9/11. Preposterous- Tanis can't melt steel beams.
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Going to post this comment from the writer of the Magnus Archives, in terms of his thoughts about how he approaches writing the story, and vaguely what can come to expect. No real spoilers for upcoming episodes (though some minor spoilers for season 1). Definitely worth a read though http://rustyquill.proboards.com/thread/210/file-40-consumed?page=2 quote:1) One of the main tightropes to be walked with this series is the one stretched between Horror and Mystery. It's a common problem with stories like this, because Horror and Mystery work FANTASTICALLY well together at the beginning, as both thrive on the unknown, but as any story goes on they become bitter enemies. If you reveal too much then the horror loses all its power: the sinister, terrifying presences simply become characters with known qualities and motivations. But if you keep too much hidden, then the audience you've taunted with shreds of mystery feels cheated, because they're never going to actually get any real answers. I for one am looking forward to it 
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I think I'm about done with Small Town Horror. I put up with the bad voice acting and crummy music for the first season but this season's plot is so meandering and dull that I just can't anymore. I couldn't even finish episode 3.
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Have you guys found anything that has that "Evil Dead" feel, where it really toes the line between Comedy and Horror.
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Turtlicious posted:Have you guys found anything that has that "Evil Dead" feel, where it really toes the line between Comedy and Horror. Night Vale's the closest I've found personally, but how much horror in it varies by episode.
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Turtlicious posted:Have you guys found anything that has that "Evil Dead" feel, where it really toes the line between Comedy and Horror. Maaaaybe King Falls AM. It's way more comedy than horror, but can get creepy on occasion. It starts out very similar to Night Vale but pretty quickly becomes its own thing. All the characters who call into the show are pretty great.
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Oct 27, 2016 13:44
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LordZoric posted:Maaaaybe King Falls AM. It's way more comedy than horror, but can get creepy on occasion. It starts out very similar to Night Vale but pretty quickly becomes its own thing. All the characters who call into the show are pretty great. Basically this. Two or so episodes back had a bit that was some of the scariest audio drama I've heard.
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Montalvo posted:I think I'm about done with Small Town Horror. I put up with the bad voice acting and crummy music for the first season but this season's plot is so meandering and dull that I just can't anymore. I couldn't even finish episode 3.
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Slamhound posted:Yeah, it's just not doing anything. And the guy sounds like he has a headcold or something. I was thinking a mouth full of cotton balls.
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Writer of The Magnus Archives recommends Knifepoint Horror and says it was one of the main inspirations for his show.
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Does anyone else have volume issues with Magnus Archives? This is all kinda anecdotal, but I only listen in my car.. I keep my volume at 10-12 for normal podcasts, but Magnus I have to crank up to 17. At that volume the intro music is blaring, but once he puts on that tape recorder filter I can barely hear him unless I turn it up.
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New Leaf posted:Does anyone else have volume issues with Magnus Archives? This is all kinda anecdotal, but I only listen in my car.. I keep my volume at 10-12 for normal podcasts, but Magnus I have to crank up to 17. At that volume the intro music is blaring, but once he puts on that tape recorder filter I can barely hear him unless I turn it up. Same. My speakers are old and stock so I have to crank it up into the 50s but the intro is loud as hell in the 30s
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Len posted:I was thinking a mouth full of cotton balls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BNNRnjgJgI
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Oct 27, 2016 19:58
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Has anyone listened to The Orbiting Human Circus? I'm kind of surprised that's flown under the radar so much given that it's a Night Vale Presents podcast with a number of celebrities involved. Edit: Oops, just noticed people are talking about it in the Night Vale thread.
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Oct 30, 2016 23:33
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Yeah it's one that's really hard to get a handle on so far. I still don't really like the janitor's voice for instance. It's grating.
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ars PARADOXICA's last episode was very nice/tragic but I'm not sure where they're going with it. Seems like they finished the story of Sally Grissom and are now just doing vignettes of ODAR employees getting their lives ruined in various interesting ways. also, Wooden Overcoats is back baby! Kraps fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Oct 31, 2016 |
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Finishing up S2E11 of TBT and  Chills when Strand said "I'd like you to meet Coralee" and chills typing it. What the absolute gently caress! I don't want to finish it today! I don't want to wait another 4 months for a new season! Aagh! I mean, yeah, I see a lot of it coming, but not that. gently caress. EDIT: So we're all infected by the darkness that ends the world because we heard the pieces of the Mysterium in order?  While I again got chills, it's a little eye-rolly.
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Nov 1, 2016 17:35
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The special Halloween episode of TBT is exceptionally creepy. It was morning and I was driving to work and it creeped me out...
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New Leaf posted:The special Halloween episode of TBT is exceptionally creepy. It was morning and I was driving to work and it creeped me out... I could swear I heard weird breathing or growling or something in the background when Alex wasn't talking. At least it's only another couple months if they release in January again. Then 2-week waits between. TBT was my constant work companion and I just can't get into Tanis. I don't like Nic's voice as much as Alex's. I wish they did more radio dramas these days...something about picturing the horror in my head makes it worse than seeing it on a screen.
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If you like/can tolerate Doctor Who, there's a seventeen-year backlog of radio dramas from Big Finish, many of which are available for just 3 dollars for two hours of radio.
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Nov 2, 2016 14:48
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D34THROW posted:I could swear I heard weird breathing or growling or something in the background when Alex wasn't talking. It's hard to keep up with who listens to what, but if you don't already, you should give The Magnus Archives a listen. I'm about 20 episodes or so in and holy poo poo, some give me the heebie jeebies... Also, I'm totally the opposite on TBT/Tanis.. I think Nic is much better suited for the job than Alex, but I like them both. Nic seems much more genuine and off the cuff in his chats with people. Unless she's acting surprised, Alex sounds like she's reading from a script to me.
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I think they're both pretty mediocre actors and the writing is often eye-rolling on both, but I still listen to both because the story has me hooked. Especially Tanis, for a pretty strange reason. Around 18 years ago I was working on a scifi novel I later abandoned because I couldn't figure out how to end it. It was about number stations, a mysterious archeological site in the desert southwest, the church of Scientology, and a cabal of scientists trying to conceal the secret of an interdimensional doorway that was ultimately the origin of all the world's mythology and religions. To say that Tanis bears some similarities to it is an understatement. Even the use of a firefly fanfic board is close, although in my story it was "battlestar Galactica" (the original one). I only had the barest outline and about forty pages written out, and the outline was all in my head. I never told anyone else about it, so it's just entertaining as hell to hear someone else telling essentially the same story only with Washington state instead of Arizona.
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It saddens me that Magnus Archives doesn't even make the top 100 podcasts in the Arts category. Sounds like it's pretty cheap to produce, so there's little concern of it stopping. But this really deserves more exposure. Few fictional podcasts are it's equal or superior.
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/darkest-night/id1163871694?mt=2 Has else listened to this? I went through the first two episodes today and it's got potential to be okay?
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