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I listened to it on Halloween when both episodes dropped. It has potential, plus they got a lot of bigger named people for the voice acting.
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I'm listening through Limetown now and Lia's acting is pretty mediocre as well. The one-off survivors are pretty convincing though and sound kinda familiar. But the story does have me interested. I'll give the Magnus Archives a shot today after I finish Limetown. EDIT: Is there going to be more? Please tell me there will be more! 
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calandryll posted:I listened to it on Halloween when both episodes dropped. It has potential, plus they got a lot of bigger named people for the voice acting. Yeah the first two are intriguing. I'll give it a few more episodes to find out if it's something to keep up with.
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Liking TMA so far. I like that it's a series of creepy one-offs. They remind me of Poe, especially the one with the coffin. I also like the narrator's accent.
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They do a few callbacks to previous episodes. I'm about 30 episodes in and it sounds like they're going to establish some sort of meta-plot but it hasn't been overwhelming. If anything, it adds a bit more tension to everything. One of the descriptions of a creature was one of the most horrifying and grotesque things I've ever heard, which is really saying something.
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New Leaf posted:They do a few callbacks to previous episodes. I'm about 30 episodes in and it sounds like they're going to establish some sort of meta-plot but it hasn't been overwhelming. If anything, it adds a bit more tension to everything. One of the descriptions of a creature was one of the most horrifying and grotesque things I've ever heard, which is really saying something. There's a lot of metaplot, but a most of it you have to search for while the other parts are handed to you. Give the whole thing a listen to and then go to their forums where the superfans have done episode by episode threads. They pulled out some really good info that went right over my head. "Oh, person who brought the book on ebay is XXBookLoverYYYY, well YYYY means Z therefore XX is the initials of This person. Right?" And then looking at it, you're right. Duh obviously. But I never would have seen it myself since I'm on semi autopilot and the name like that was just a placeholder in my brain.
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I thought as much. As long as they spoon-feed me the important stuff, I think I'll be alright. I have picked up on certain names as recurring, but I don't always remember their episodes completely.
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Nov 4, 2016 16:49
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D34THROW posted:I'm listening through Limetown now and Lia's acting is pretty mediocre as well. The one-off survivors are pretty convincing though and sound kinda familiar. Does anyone else think Max Findlayson sounds like Norm MacDonald? DoctorWhat posted: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. I think you're the one who said I should listen to "Jubilee," and you were right. D34THROW posted: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 think my biggest problem with Tanis was that there never seemed to be any urgency in Nic's actions. He was drugged and almost raped once and completely shrugged it off. Every time I heard "We'll talk more about this next week, but first let me tell you about Bombas Socks," I rolled my eyes. If you're in the middle of a massive conspiracy and you're personally being targeted, you publish everything you've got as soon as possible before they can shut you up. You don't tease and hold stuff off until the next episode.
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Jurgan posted:Does anyone else think Max Findlayson sounds like Norm MacDonald? I thought Dr Totem was Owen Wilson when I first heard his voice
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Jurgan posted:Does anyone else think Max Findlayson sounds like Norm MacDonald? I almost thought it was James Urbaniak since his mannerisms reminded me so much of Dr. Venture. Jurgan posted:I think my biggest problem with Tanis was that there never seemed to be any urgency in Nic's actions. He was drugged and almost raped once and completely shrugged it off. Every time I heard "We'll talk more about this next week, but first let me tell you about Bombas Socks," I rolled my eyes. If you're in the middle of a massive conspiracy and you're personally being targeted, you publish everything you've got as soon as possible before they can shut you up. You don't tease and hold stuff off until the next episode. Yeah I think that's an issue with the writing in PNWS podcasts. The situation may be tense, but they'll default to being the narrator over being in character. Then again that may just be Nic's character, given how all of MK's early findings were met with "ummm okay?".
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Do I have to listen to The Black Tapes to get into Tanis? Or can I jump right in? Also, I think I'm wrapping up on all the good podcasts  On my completed / in progress list I have: Wolf 359 Welcome to Nightvale Kakos Industries Alice Isn't Dead The Bright Sessions Within The Wires Scoop Hound Archive 81 King Falls AM The Magnus Archives The Lift The Orbiting Human Circus Edict Zero: FIS Scotch EOS 10 Alba Salix, Royal Physician I mean what is even left that people have made that I might like?
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Turtlicious posted:Do I have to listen to The Black Tapes to get into Tanis? Or can I jump right in? Uncanny County, Synesthesia theater, and Ars Paradoxica are all good. As for Tanis, you don't have to listen to Black Tapes for it. Despite the same characters being in both, there's really no crossover other than light references to "You're making a podcast about _____". (Which kinda ruins the immersion- within each story, is the other podcast treated as fiction? But that's easy to ignore if you don't listen to both.)
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Turtlicious posted:Do I have to listen to The Black Tapes to get into Tanis? Or can I jump right in? I'm a big fan of Greater Boston. It tells the stories of a number of entwined characters in Boston, and has a magical realism feel to it.
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Starting Welcome to Night Vale...what the gently caress am I listening to? This sounds like somebody's bad acid trip. I'm intrigued though.
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D34THROW posted:Starting Welcome to Night Vale...what the gently caress am I listening to? This sounds like somebody's bad acid trip. I'm intrigued though. A fun little NPR from the twilight zone until mid year 2 then it switches to focus more on Cecil rather than the creepy town stuff.
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I've tried to listen to Welcome to Nightvale twice and both times I tune out almost immediately because the first episode straight up just sounds like this dude made a bunch of monkeycheese bulletpoints about wacky things and reads them down a list with virtually no cohesion. I'm assuming they figure out an actual format, but I didn't want to sit through enough of the episodes to find out when, and none of my friends listen to it. I know it's generally well regarded, so I keep wanting to give it a shot since it must actually get good at some point. Is there a generally acceptable "jumping in" point where a story about the town actually starts, or is it just two years of creepy bullet points?
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Aerox posted:I've tried to listen to Welcome to Nightvale twice and both times I tune out almost immediately because the first episode straight up just sounds like this dude made a bunch of monkeycheese bulletpoints about wacky things and reads them down a list with virtually no cohesion. That's pretty much what it is. Cute creepypasta stuff that has a fandom
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New Leaf posted:It's mundane public radio of a weird desert town. I don't know what you were expecting. I guess I don't know either. From the gushing online I had thought it had some sort of overarching narrative or story about what was going on in Nightvale that picked up after the first set of episodes. Totally understand there's an audience for that and it's enjoyable, just not my thing, I guess. Edit: I also listened through Alice Isn't Dead in full, which was generally great, so I think I also assumed that that was an improvement on a format they had figured out in Nightvale and i just didn't know when that started. Aerox fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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Night Vale does go through arcs, but it's a slow burn. Tiny little things come back. There are some wild turns, you just have to stick with it.
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Jurgan posted:
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Aerox posted:I guess I don't know either. From the gushing online I had thought it had some sort of overarching narrative or story about what was going on in Nightvale that picked up after the first set of episodes. It does have those, but they don't really start until year 2. Len, how much have you listened to? Years 2 and 3 are a little more focused on Cecil, but it goes back to desert town weirdness after a while. There's still a bit more of a focus on characters in general though. EDIT: \/ fair enough, you did get a taste of what it's evolved into then. Though after that point, it goes mostly more episodic again thankfully. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Mokinokaro posted:It does have those, but they don't really start until year 2. I jumped off when Kevin named the desert other world the new Desert Bluffs
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Aerox posted:I guess I don't know either. From the gushing online I had thought it had some sort of overarching narrative or story about what was going on in Nightvale that picked up after the first set of episodes. It's very much in the Buffy style: start each season with episodic stories, with subtle background elements that build to a major confrontation at the end of the season. The story arcs get stronger later on in the series, so you might like that better. Of course, then some fans of the early episodes say "I liked it better when it was just creepy stuff being narrated and not so much story." *shrug* Can't please everyone.
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Ornamented Death posted:Small Town Horror gets worse with each episode. The main guy is just completely useless within the story, and his voice sounds like he's always drunk. Yeah, couldn't really stick with it because of the dude's voice Is there an "episodic fiction" thread? I found one called Knifepoint Horror, which is a different short story every episode and updated very sporadicaly, but the back catalogue is good.
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peter banana posted:Yeah, couldn't really stick with it because of the dude's voice I love Knifepoint (doubly for its lack of Mailkimp-squarespace-mattress advertising) but I'm pretty sure it's done now, or at least that's the impression I get from the description for the last/latest episode.  Some of the narrators are pretty awful, I will say that. Marbles-in-mouth bad. Anyone listened to LifeAfter? It was pushed pretty heavily in the ads of the last episode of Heavyweight and I was wondering if it's any good before I invest the time. The reviews seem to waiver between "omg best podcast" and "poorly acted, scripted, produced and doesn't live up to premise". Snuffman fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Nov 16, 2016 |
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peter banana posted:Is there an "episodic fiction" thread? I found one called Knifepoint Horror, which is a different short story every episode and updated very sporadicaly, but the back catalogue is good. Snuffman posted:I love Knifepoint (doubly for its lack of Mailkimp-squarespace-mattress advertising) but I'm pretty sure it's done now, or at least that's the impression I get from the description for the last/latest episode. I went through about 9 episodes of Knifepoint Horror and I want to like it, but all the narrators sound like text-to-speech programs. The beta versions. Snuffman posted:Anyone listened to LifeAfter? It was pushed pretty heavily in the ads of the last episode of Heavyweight and I was wondering if it's any good before I invest the time. It's not great, but I enjoyed the first episode well enough.
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I found and went through a series called Help Me the other day it wasn't bad. It's only like 15 episodes long and they're short. A girls friend killed herself and she found a tape recorder of the events leading up to it and then spooky stuff happens. It's worth listening to imo
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Len posted:I found and went through a series called Help Me the other day it wasn't bad. It's only like 15 episodes long and they're short. A girls friend killed herself and she found a tape recorder of the events leading up to it and then spooky stuff happens. It's worth listening to imo Yeah, it's rough and amateurish in places, but there are some real bright spots.
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So far I've enjoyed LImetown, The Black Tapes Files and Archive 81. Any recommendations on those lines for others along these lines? I love creeping dread.
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Slamhound posted:Yeah, it's rough and amateurish in places, but there are some real bright spots. I'm not sure if the audio mixing was off or my cars speakers are garbage but the music was louder than the voices at times.
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Talmonis posted:So far I've enjoyed LImetown, The Black Tapes Files and Archive 81. Any recommendations on those lines for others along these lines? I love creeping dread. Tanis and The Magnus Archives definitely. Tanis is The Black Tapes people, and Magnus are newcomers who put on a really stellar show, albeit with some audio issues.
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Talmonis posted:So far I've enjoyed LImetown, The Black Tapes Files and Archive 81. Any recommendations on those lines for others along these lines? I love creeping dread. You might like Wolf 359. It's very goofy for the first 8ish episodes but picks up a serialized plot and a much darker tone after that and sticks to it. Really impressive production with some competent acting too. There's also the Deep Vault by the guys who did Archive 81. I finished the last episode for it yesterday. All in all I felt like it was a lot weaker than A81 but it wasn't terrible. LordZoric fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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Len posted:I'm not sure if the audio mixing was off or my cars speakers are garbage but the music was louder than the voices at times. Talmonis posted:So far I've enjoyed LImetown, The Black Tapes Files and Archive 81. Any recommendations on those lines for others along these lines? I love creeping dread. I just started Spines which has a similar feel to Alice Isn't Dead. "Two months ago, Wren woke up covered in blood, suffering from memory loss, and surrounded by the remnants of some strange cult ritual."
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Like people have mentioned before I really enjoyed the Bright Sessions, EOS10, Archive 081, and Hello from the Magic Tavern. And I agree with the posts here about We're Alive it's pretty solid until season 3 and the story starts to just linger with no real purpose. Apperantly there is a new podcast by them but if I have to finish the first series I'm not sure I'll be tuning in. Alright so two podcasts I haven't seen mentioned here are: Dreadtime Stories with Malcolm McDowell (there are also audiobooks for purchase that I would recommend) is a well produced cheesy horror podcast. Some of the stories have they eye roll of "they're sersiously suggesting that" but somehow, maybe it's the production quality, I don't mind it. Only two episodes so far but I'm a big fan of the audiobooks so excited it's now for free. The other that I just started listening to but not gotten far is Hunt the Truth (iTunes/Soundcloud) normally wouldn't listen to a spin off podcast (espicially a Halo spin off), but I'll admit after the first episode I'm intrigued. No knowledge of the game seems to be needed, kind of curious if anyone listened to it, do you think it's any good? Anyway just added ars PARADOXICA, Wolf 359, The King Falls AM, and Our Fair City so looking forward to listening to those. Nude fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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