Author Topic: Brand New - PGC Podcast, Episode 1 (Read 9420 times)

Svevan · « **on:** May 16, 2006, 09:50:17 PM »

No one asked for it, but you got it: PGC has started a PodCast. It's roughly a half-hour show starring Mike Sklens (Striker Obi) and myself, Evan T. Burchfield (Svevan). We talk, talk, and talk some more, almost entirely about E3 and Wii.

Interested? Click here.

MP3 Version Now Available! Click Me!

This is our first attempt, and we had to overcome some major technical hurdles. We'll be improving sound quality with subsequent shows, and constantly refining format. For now it will be Mike and I, but expect guests from the staff and...elsewhere...to pop up often.

And we want to know what you think! Should we keep doing this? How often? What worked and what didn't? Did you like it? Feel free to engage in discussion in this thread, and also to e-mail us at podcast@planetgamecube.com. Be critical, but be nice; it was our first try.

IceCold · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2006, 10:05:05 PM »

Podcast, eh? Seems interesting - I'll definitely listen to it later and maybe give some feedback..

wandering · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2006, 10:27:26 PM »

Just finished listening. I really enjoyed it - thought it kicks the snot out of your average videogame podcast, actually.

Evan sounds sort-of sounds like Quentin Tarantino.

My only complaint is that the audio quality could be a bit better.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2006, 10:49:35 PM »

Any chance of this coming in a MP3 format?

Crimm · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2006, 10:50:13 PM »

Smell the grass...

nemo_83 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2006, 11:44:33 PM »

In five years, maybe we will get to smell the grass. Nintendo is making a statement with their speaker in the controller that the game doesn't stop at the TV screen.

What do you guys think Nintendo's long term strategy is with Wii? As in, what comes after Zelda and Metroid at launch, Mario Galaxy six months later (hopefully two player), and Red Steel if they delay it a year to turn it into a good game? What will Mario Universe be like in two years, will Spore go Wii exclusive, what about a radically new kind of Zelda in 09, will there be any big new IPs, what will be the game that makes everyone say, "oh, that is how you control a game with the remote(s)," will we get a proper Star Wars game with 3D saber control, and will the next Metroid after Prime 3 make a departure from Prime to become something more epic (like Spore and Mario Galaxy).

BigJim · « **Reply #6 on:** May 17, 2006, 12:32:00 AM »

I've been asking for a radioshow/podcast for years. Before everybody else was doing one. Before "podcast" became the term for it.

Better late than never.

I enjoyed it.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #7 on:** May 17, 2006, 12:46:14 AM »

I like, I like! While I would love for you guys to do these things weekly, I wonder how feasible that would be. Like this first one and the next one, you'll be talking about E3. There's a TON of crap to discuss about E3. But what about in a month when there's not so much news or going-ons? What will be discussed then? I guess that's where my awesome ideas come in. What I would enjoy is other members of the PGC staff do audio reviews of games that someone else posted on the site to give more then one opinion on said games. Clearly, audio reviews would be different then the written variety because you can curse a blue streak on the podcasts. Also, I would like to hear debates between staffers on whatever the hot topic issues in gaming are these days. I dunno, that's rather basic stuff, but I will definitely listen to more of this.

Requiem · « **Reply #8 on:** May 17, 2006, 03:02:30 AM »

You guys said something that intrigued me. Something about how the dev kits were used to play the demos and games. However, over at Nintendo-wii.blogspot.com, Falafelkid had a different opinion (fact, maybe).

"Finally, some people were still wondering what system wii games were running on. I have said this before: all 27 games were running on the actual console. No dev kits were necessary."

Who should I trust?

Also Pale --- I was waiting for you to say something out of Pulp fiction cause GOOOOOOOOOD DAMMMMMMN! You even laugh like him!

hahahaha, nothing against you though

Switchblade Cross · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2006, 03:49:39 AM »

YEAH! I listen to a bunch of diffrent Tech/Gaming related pocasts and videocasts, and I was actually just wondering if you guys here planning on doing something along those lines. I'll listen to what we have here, and I'll be back with what I think!

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 17, 2006, 05:32:17 AM »

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Originally posted by: Requiem
You guys said something that intrigued me. Something about how the dev kits were used to play the demos and games. However, over at Nintendo-wii.blogspot.com, Falafelkid had a different opinion (fact, maybe).

"Finally, some people were still wondering what system wii games were running on. I have said this before: all 27 games were running on the actual console. No dev kits were necessary."

Who should I trust?

I posted pics in the "Sony using PC's at E3(NOT PS3 hardware)" thread;

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
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Originally posted by: Pale
I don't think any of the Wii games were running on actual Wii hardware either even though the console seemed to be sitting out front. Whenever a freeze up happened, the reps would reboot them from something down on the floor. I dunno.
What they were actually running on looked like GameCubes, annd must have been the "souped-up" Gamecubes(Rev Dev kits) that have been mentioned b4.

OMG!!! Is that a GC under there?

I think you're right, Wii = GC 1.5

Nintendo is doooomed!!

PS360 = FTW....

Looks like a bunch of GC's to me, but I'm sure they are Dev Kits.

Requiem · « **Reply #11 on:** May 17, 2006, 05:42:28 AM »

Nice find. You got a good eye. I would have never seen that.

Svevan · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2006, 06:37:51 AM »

Requiem: I don't know who you thought was Pale, but it was neither of us. The staff actually got him and I mixed up when we all first met at E3, which I find funny. But don't worry, we'd be stupid not to include Pale in future broadcasts.

MP3 format is something we're considering - I'd expect it by the next broadcast.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2006, 07:21:36 AM »

OH MY GOSH! Obi and Svevan now have volume control.

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2006, 08:44:48 AM »

Well the good news is that means that the final graphics will be a bit better than what we saw at E3, plus the overall hardware quality will probably be higher, since they were using Dev kits at E3 rather than fianlized Wii consoles.

Requiem · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2006, 09:07:18 AM »

OOPS

I meant

Also Evan --- I was waiting for you to say something out of Pulp fiction cause GOOOOOOOOOD DAMMMMMMN! You even laugh like him!

But ya...put Pale on next time.

Pale · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2006, 11:34:24 AM »

Well I finally listened... Media Player classic does play your crazy format... =P (MAC ATTACK)

Don't worry about confusing us.. I'm thankful for E3... now I can easily remember who most people are =P

Also, one key difference between Evan and I.... I LIKE WII CONTROLS IN TP! =P

StrikerObi · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2006, 12:05:03 PM »

Let me explain the audio problems. I had my headset mic plugged in, but somewhere along the line I got things reversed and ended up recording my half of the audio from the speaker built into my Apple Powerbook. As such, it picked up some ambient noise (such as the laptop's fan). The white noise in the background should be gone next week, seeing as I'll be using the correct microphone.

I'm the one mixing it, if anybody is interested. I'm recording my half direct into GarageBand and then importing Evan's half in. Then I like up the vocal sand edit out the parts where we talk over each other, and other flubs. I finish it with intro/outro music, and ship it off to iTunes in AAC (m4a) format. I can convert it to mp3 from there no problem, and will do so for the next one.

StrikerObi · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2006, 01:40:52 PM »

Due to popular demand, I have provided an MP3 version!

MP3 Version Now Available! Click Me!

IceCold · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2006, 02:03:45 PM »

I believe this is the first stickied thread ever in the Wii section..

Louieturkey · « **Reply #20 on:** May 17, 2006, 02:43:49 PM »

Dang it, the MP3 version is not being found. Link is broken.

StrikerObi · « **Reply #21 on:** May 17, 2006, 03:02:12 PM »

Fixed. I had the wrong URL in for the mp3 feed.

StrikerObi · « **Reply #22 on:** May 17, 2006, 06:05:53 PM »

I'm a gangster. Here's an RSS Feed for you to subscribe to (It's for the AAC/m4a version, all nice and iTunes friendly)

nintendoworldreport.com/podcast/feed.xml

Jonnyboy117 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 17, 2006, 09:39:18 PM »

Ooooooh I do love me some podcast RSS feeds. So I guess we'll be listed in the iTunes Music Store soon!

Also I have been asked to provide some new intro/outro music. We'll see what happens.

Garnee · « **Reply #24 on:** May 18, 2006, 03:51:05 PM »

It owns, and that's pretty much all there is to it.

AWESOME GET!

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