Do people really send you guys hate mail?

Yet again. Who is the mysterious person they respond to but I can't hear? I think it's Stan.

I think its interesting that you guys talk about something besides just what (insert cash in game here) but i think 2 episodes of PR talk is good enough, a third may be pushing it.

I'd like to see you guys tackle other issues such as some state's legislators trying to ban games and what gamers can do about that (http://www.videogamevoters.org/). Or how about a topic about racism and stereotypes in gaming.....for example name one major character that is asian besides fighting games, the only one i can think of is the guy from Shenmue.

Actually id really like to see u guys try stereotyping as a topic, i think id would be interesting what you guys might come up with.

SK, those are some cool topics, and I'll talk to Stan about it. Nintendo Pirate Radio's got plenty of show ideas, but I'd really like to tackle some of the stuff you mentioned. It may take a while, since NPR's just an occasional feature, but I'll definitely lobby for it.

I don't know if it is just the way Karl and Stan have to record their podcasts, but each voice can only be heard out of one of the stereo speakers. That is, I can't hear both voices when I only have one of the two headphones in my ears.

I'm not sure if there is an easy way to fix this, but when I listen to my iPod at work, I generally only have one headphone in (so I can hear my boss yell at me from his office next door). The other podcasts with Mike and Evan work fine and have been great as far as I am concerned.

Not a big complaint, but just something small that kind of caught me off guard.

This is something we can change; Stan edited them that way so that it would sound more even. I'll bring it up with him so that it'll be resolved for the next NPR.

I like the stereo, but I'll see if Obi will allow for a mono-only option. If not, then I'll have to go with mono so everyone can hear both Karl and me.

Which ear is Karl? That's all we really need.

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Wow. I just found out my machine must only be doing mono.

Damn, Stan. That's a mighty fine pirate voice you got there. Were you draining a barrel of Mount Rum that day?

I doubt it, Renny. Stan just naturally sounds like Satan. The first time I spoke to him on Skype, a thunderbolt hit my street with every syllable.

Seems like I may be in the minority, but I like the stereo mixing. It makes it so much easier to tell who is speaking, and it makes crosstalk less of a problem. Of course, when I'm mixed into both channels, it also makes me sound twice as important. ;-)

and softer...

I did some minor research and found that in 1881:

"Clément Ader demonstrated the first two-channel audio system in Paris in 1881, with a series of telephone transmitters connected from the stage of the Opera Garnier to a suite of rooms at the Paris Electrical Exhibition, where listeners could hear a live transmission of performances through receivers for each ear."

That's over 100 years of stereo! Surely if it's good enough for the French, it's good enough for the pirates.

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Surely if it's good enough for the French, it's good enough for the pirates.

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As annoying and arrogant they may be, if it wasn't for them, we'd have remained a British colony. And any culture who invents stereophonic sound is A-OK in my book (plus, in the 1880's they were pretty cool, they hooked us up with the bad-ass Statue of Liberty in that decade.)