3601

I shall add to those who enjoyed the finalish Idle Thumbs. Watching them constantly interrupt each other and then stare at Jake works even better late.

As a Special Preview, here’s a bootleg recording I made of Chris singing “The Wizard” live, with special introductory prologue: http://doublebuffered.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/thewizardlive.mp3

3602

Thank you!

3603

I finally got around to listening to A Life Well Wasted after hearing a lot about it. I’ve only listened to the most recent one, and I’m very impressed. For a one man show it’s very slick and stylish and generally good.

3604

In an effort to replace the gaping hole in my podcast rotation left by the departures of Idle Thumbs and the QT3 games podcast, I’m going to browse the wilds of iTunes in search of adequate replacements. (I’ve listened to 2 Bombcasts so far and it seems like they’re trying to be silly like Idle Thumbs, but are not half as witty, and lack the insight and knowledge of Remo & company.)

The first batch: “Truthfully Geeking,” “Gaming for Geezers,” and “GamerDork.”

Truthfully Geeking
Despite the promising hex in their logo, this really seems like games for non-gamers, since 2 of the 3 hosts didn’t realize Rock Band 3 supports a real guitar, and the beginning of the show was merely a rundown of the next week’s releases. I made it almost 15 minutes in, but I doubt there’s anything here for me.

Gaming for Geezers
A 45 minute “review” of Dawn of War II. These guys are the anti-Tom Chick when it comes to RTSs: focused on the single player campaign, couldn’t get into multiplayer (after jumping straight into internet matches), didn’t even mention skirmish mode. I listened to the whole show, and the might be worth a listen since their perspective is a bit more distant than what I’m used to.

GamerDork
Ten minutes in and nothing more than a discussion of the (English) weather and oversize Star Wars action figures. I’ll pass.

The search continues …

3605

Just listened to the Giant Bombcast from PAX and thought it was pretty funny. One hell of a cringe-worthy moment when Jeff started to go off on how iPhone games weren’t “real” games and we don’t need that kind of stuff stinkin’ up the place, amirite guys? Guys?

Deafening silence. From a PAX audience presumably comprised of his biggest fans.

On the other hand, I hereby demand an Old Curmudgeons of Gaming podcast consisting of Green, Whitta, and Pachter. John Vignocchi can be the wacky, incomprehensible neighbor that drops in occasionally. ONLY occasionally.

3606

How desperately I want a Green/Elliot podcast.

3607

I was there live, and Pachter quickly veered between being amusing and really irritating. I do not think I could take a weekly dose of pachter, and he kept talking over Gary :( Gary + Green is a podcast I would subscribe to though :)

3608

According to twitter they’re going to actually record an out of the game this week. In theory. Totally.

3609

I think that a Pachter focused podcast would be splendid. They could call it Wrongcast and he could make predictions for the first half of it, then for the second half of it he could explain why it doesn’t matter that his predictions the week before were all completely incorrect.

3610

The final idle thumbs episode is out http://idlethumbs.net/download/idlethumbs051

And of course now I have to run out the door.

3611

Since when is the Qt3 Games Podcast over?

I agree with bahimiron that Ryan Davis’ response during the Metroid Other M discussion was ridiculous. Apparently being strong and capable are male features and fear and uncertainty are strictly the domain of females. Nice world view you’ve got there Mr. Davis.

3612

Since certain long time members of the QT3 “community” had a flameout.

3613

I must’ve missed that update. Last I heard Tom was planning to continue with the podcast for as long as there were people willing to talk.

3614

Start here and read on from there.

3615

Well I’m totally bummed about that development. It seems like a huge overreaction to me, but if Tom doesn’t feel like continuing to foster a great sense of community is worth it anymore because we’re all such dicks, that’s his prerogative. I love this place and I loved hearing from you guys. I mean, how else would I know that Athryn has a dog named Varro or that Matt Bowyer made Tom a sweet scrapbook? This is still a great place with great people, despite Mr. Chick’s apparent disenchantment with the lot of us.

3616

I guess that’s a way to put it. I mean, if you assume that Tom is only capable of reaction rather than action, I guess we can put this decision square on the shoulders of certain long time members rather than the guy actually deciding to end the podcasts. Seems kind of demeaning toward Tom, though. Why do you have such a low opinion of him, Rob?

3617

Most of us are bummed. I still hold out hope that something positive will evolve out of this.

3618

Hopefully everyone who loves this forum and likes supporting the world Tom likes will weigh in and show how much they value his vision of The Living Room.

That’s me, Tom, by the way. I LOVE this place, and what you’ve helped foster in creating it.

3619

So…

Giant Bomb…

50 bucks a year eh…
Sorry duder, it’s over.

How about you price it like a print mag? 20 bucks a year, or even 30.
5 bucks a month subscription?.. really?

3620

You’ll still be able to listen to the whole thing free, just a week late.

here is more info: