Yeah, beta. Our technical issues persist and this episode sounds frustratingly awful to my ears. For timeliness' sake, I'm posting a mostly unedited version up now, so some of the cuts before and after the breaks might sound strange.
Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #4 (right click and save as)
(recorded: Saturday 4/5, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike) duration: 1 hour 13 minutes, 35.1mb)
Show notes and properly edited version to come later.
EDIT: Nope, not going to bother. Sorry guys, we'll get the next one right.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
All Things Awesome Episode #3
Episode 3 is up!
Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #3 (right click and save as)
(recorded: Saturday 3/8, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Shawn) duration: 1 hour 38 minutes, 45.0mb)
We had some more technical issues on this one. The quality came through better, but whenever Shawn talks, you can hear some crackling static. It's mostly just a minor nuisance in the first hour, but then gets horrendously bad. Unfortunately it was unfixable, so for some this will only be an hour show. Eventually we'll get all this crap worked out.
0:00 - 11:15: Intro, Mike and Judge are dead, more importantly, Gary Gygax is dead, our role-playing beginnings and influences: Schmitty's Raistlin, Tim's middle-school D&D, Shawn's boxes (gotta catch 'em all), the legacy of Fosberry torment, "Juvenile" vs. "Mature" D&D
11:15 - 22:00: Nerd Heroes: Jeff Hannes of Inquest, FRP vs. LARP, Joss Whedon, Monte Cook stories - he has real magic power
22:00 - 31:40: Gamer rituals, Tim's annual/semi-annual Evathon (Neon Genesis Evangelion marathon), camping out, geek hierarchy, dark side gamers, why do we hate things that people like?
31:40 - 40:00: Flavor vs. Mechanics vs. Style in games, Tim remembers to talk into his mic, Deadlands, Doomtown and HKAT, flavor in 4th Edition
40:00 - 54:45: Flavor vs. Mechanics continued: Magic vs. Legend of the Five Rings TCGs, Tim grows as a person, lack of flavor and frustrating mechanics and WoW?
54:45 - 1:00:00: Researching flavor outside of games, L5R's metaplot, Tim dishonors his family, AEG gets a thumbs up
1:00:00 - 1:05:50: Flavor vs. Mechanics: Video game and movie edition: Silent Hill, Crackdown, From Hell, The Matrix, Sin City
After our second break, Shawn's mic issues intensify significantly and he sounds like a staticy robot. You can still understand him for the most part, and everyone else comes through clearly, but it may be unlistenable in parts, as Shawn does have a lot to say about 4e. Nothing we can really do for it at this point though. We'll make sure it doesn't happen again.
1:05:50 - 1:21:00: More D&D 4th Edition talk from the D&D Experience, roll vs. role playing, Robo-Shawn attacks!, striking the balance between simple and interesting, Tim's guns, the CCG-ificiation and MMO-ification of D&D, Vancian spellcasting
1:21:00 - 1:38:30: The problems of high-level D&D, "quest rewards" and magic items in 4th, the chicken-standard economy, more complexity concerns, 4th Edition and OGL
Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #3 (right click and save as)
(recorded: Saturday 3/8, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Shawn) duration: 1 hour 38 minutes, 45.0mb)
We had some more technical issues on this one. The quality came through better, but whenever Shawn talks, you can hear some crackling static. It's mostly just a minor nuisance in the first hour, but then gets horrendously bad. Unfortunately it was unfixable, so for some this will only be an hour show. Eventually we'll get all this crap worked out.
0:00 - 11:15: Intro, Mike and Judge are dead, more importantly, Gary Gygax is dead, our role-playing beginnings and influences: Schmitty's Raistlin, Tim's middle-school D&D, Shawn's boxes (gotta catch 'em all), the legacy of Fosberry torment, "Juvenile" vs. "Mature" D&D
11:15 - 22:00: Nerd Heroes: Jeff Hannes of Inquest, FRP vs. LARP, Joss Whedon, Monte Cook stories - he has real magic power
22:00 - 31:40: Gamer rituals, Tim's annual/semi-annual Evathon (Neon Genesis Evangelion marathon), camping out, geek hierarchy, dark side gamers, why do we hate things that people like?
31:40 - 40:00: Flavor vs. Mechanics vs. Style in games, Tim remembers to talk into his mic, Deadlands, Doomtown and HKAT, flavor in 4th Edition
40:00 - 54:45: Flavor vs. Mechanics continued: Magic vs. Legend of the Five Rings TCGs, Tim grows as a person, lack of flavor and frustrating mechanics and WoW?
54:45 - 1:00:00: Researching flavor outside of games, L5R's metaplot, Tim dishonors his family, AEG gets a thumbs up
1:00:00 - 1:05:50: Flavor vs. Mechanics: Video game and movie edition: Silent Hill, Crackdown, From Hell, The Matrix, Sin City
After our second break, Shawn's mic issues intensify significantly and he sounds like a staticy robot. You can still understand him for the most part, and everyone else comes through clearly, but it may be unlistenable in parts, as Shawn does have a lot to say about 4e. Nothing we can really do for it at this point though. We'll make sure it doesn't happen again.
1:05:50 - 1:21:00: More D&D 4th Edition talk from the D&D Experience, roll vs. role playing, Robo-Shawn attacks!, striking the balance between simple and interesting, Tim's guns, the CCG-ificiation and MMO-ification of D&D, Vancian spellcasting
1:21:00 - 1:38:30: The problems of high-level D&D, "quest rewards" and magic items in 4th, the chicken-standard economy, more complexity concerns, 4th Edition and OGL
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
All Things Awesome Episode #2
Hey everyone, Episode 2 is here!
Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #2 (right click and save as)
(recorded: Saturday 2/23, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike, Judge) duration: 2 hour 31 minutes, 69.1mb)
This episode went on a bit too long, so apologies about that. I guess. I mean, it occurs to me that people like these things to be concise, but I don't really get the point of complaining about too much content. Especially when there's very detailed show notes on exactly what you can expect in each segment. But anyway, I'll stop trying to alienate you all now. Seriously, thanks for listening.
We also had some technical issues and the sound quality isn't on par with the quality we had in the first episode, but we'll get that straightened out for next time.
0:00 - 13:30: Beer!, I'm a girly man, first beer experiences, good beer, beer, bad beer, foreign beer, also... beer, Tim's sack
13:30 - 17:30: Racism, revisited: an ATA PSA
17:30 - 24:30: The writer's strike is over, what's it's effect on TV this season?, "Reaper" and other shows get the "Fox treatment," the strike's effect on the Oscars?, Bruce Vilanch sucks (except for in Ice Pirates), Jon Stewart hosting the Oscars again
24:30 - 35:30: Oscar overview: Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Actor and Actress... and none of us have seen most of these movies, Johnny Depp love, Ellen Page and Diablo Cody love, Mike spoils Gone Baby Gone (maybe?), super brief book review of Cormack McCarthy's "The Road"
35:30 - 1:03:30: Movies we dug in 2007: Die Harderest, Transformers was dumb but fun, the G.I. Joe movie is an affront to America, Tim spent his childhood in the 70s (despite being born in the 80s), tangents: 90s cartoons and Mark Millar takes over writing Fantastic Four, back to movies: Superbad, lots of Cloverfield: Mike's existentialist take on the film and ARG discussion, Shoot 'Em Up is ridiculous/awesome, Ocean's 13 = Ocean's 11 > Ocean's 12, fun with the hilariously bad Dragonlance movie
1:03:30 - 1:36:00: Games we dug in 2007: love for Orange Box, Bioshock's awesome atmosphere and gameplay decisions, dissenting opinions on Crysis, Call of Duty 4, game length discussion, X-Box Live achievement pros and cons, Gears of War PC port
1:36:00 - 1:54:20: Looking forward: games we're looking forward to in 2008, Left 4 Dead, Spore worries and the nature of Sim-games, what games work better on PC than console?
1:54:20 - 2:11:00: Looking forward on movies: the new Indy, MPAA ratings, Tim's a Nazi sympathizer, Marvel movie universe, new Harry Potter, new Batman
2:11:00 - 2:22:30: Board game discussion: Tannhauser
2:22:30 - 2:30:00: More D&D4E
Thanks for listening,
Schmitty
Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #2 (right click and save as)
(recorded: Saturday 2/23, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike, Judge) duration: 2 hour 31 minutes, 69.1mb)
This episode went on a bit too long, so apologies about that. I guess. I mean, it occurs to me that people like these things to be concise, but I don't really get the point of complaining about too much content. Especially when there's very detailed show notes on exactly what you can expect in each segment. But anyway, I'll stop trying to alienate you all now. Seriously, thanks for listening.
We also had some technical issues and the sound quality isn't on par with the quality we had in the first episode, but we'll get that straightened out for next time.
0:00 - 13:30: Beer!, I'm a girly man, first beer experiences, good beer, beer, bad beer, foreign beer, also... beer, Tim's sack
13:30 - 17:30: Racism, revisited: an ATA PSA
17:30 - 24:30: The writer's strike is over, what's it's effect on TV this season?, "Reaper" and other shows get the "Fox treatment," the strike's effect on the Oscars?, Bruce Vilanch sucks (except for in Ice Pirates), Jon Stewart hosting the Oscars again
24:30 - 35:30: Oscar overview: Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Actor and Actress... and none of us have seen most of these movies, Johnny Depp love, Ellen Page and Diablo Cody love, Mike spoils Gone Baby Gone (maybe?), super brief book review of Cormack McCarthy's "The Road"
35:30 - 1:03:30: Movies we dug in 2007: Die Harderest, Transformers was dumb but fun, the G.I. Joe movie is an affront to America, Tim spent his childhood in the 70s (despite being born in the 80s), tangents: 90s cartoons and Mark Millar takes over writing Fantastic Four, back to movies: Superbad, lots of Cloverfield: Mike's existentialist take on the film and ARG discussion, Shoot 'Em Up is ridiculous/awesome, Ocean's 13 = Ocean's 11 > Ocean's 12, fun with the hilariously bad Dragonlance movie
1:03:30 - 1:36:00: Games we dug in 2007: love for Orange Box, Bioshock's awesome atmosphere and gameplay decisions, dissenting opinions on Crysis, Call of Duty 4, game length discussion, X-Box Live achievement pros and cons, Gears of War PC port
1:36:00 - 1:54:20: Looking forward: games we're looking forward to in 2008, Left 4 Dead, Spore worries and the nature of Sim-games, what games work better on PC than console?
1:54:20 - 2:11:00: Looking forward on movies: the new Indy, MPAA ratings, Tim's a Nazi sympathizer, Marvel movie universe, new Harry Potter, new Batman
2:11:00 - 2:22:30: Board game discussion: Tannhauser
2:22:30 - 2:30:00: More D&D4E
Thanks for listening,
Schmitty
Sunday, February 10, 2008
All Things Awesome Episode #1
Hey all, thanks for tuning in. If you've somehow just stumbled upon this site, All Things Awesome is a podcast about awesome stuff in geek culture. Movies, TV, games, music, comics, etc. are all things that we'll be running our mouths about it a hopefully entertaining and informative manner.
Download the first episode here: All Things Awesome Episode #1
(recorded: Saturday 2/9, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike) duration: 1 hour 32 minutes, 84.3mb)
(download link is down below the streaming player)
For the moment the name of the podcast comes up as "Turn It Sideways - All Things Awesome"... that's a simple mistake that I don't feel like fixing it just now, so just ignore that.
If you're as big a geek as we are, you'll probably find something to like throughout the whole show. If you're only a part-time geek, the show notes below should point you to sections of the cast that you'll enjoy. Also, the show notes include links to all the stuff we're talking about, so if you're unfamiliar you can catch up.
0:00-9:00: Show intro, "Wanted" trailer, tangents aplenty: Wachowski bros hating, Speed Racer movie, Mark Millar and "The Ultimates," Rob Liefeld hating
9:00-16:15: "Iron Man" movie discussion: casting, CGI or no?, guys in suits!
16:15-20:40: "Sales Genie" commercials, period racism, Gamecock!, more racism!
20:40-38:30: Guitar Hero IV songs, Aerosmith involvement in GHIV, what makes a good rhythm game song?, Tim makes up music facts, the "pussification of the Chili Peppers," what makes a good Rock Band/Guitar Hero song?, Guitar Hero III kind of sucked
38:30-43:45: "Star Wars: Force Unleashed," good Star Wars games in the past
43:35-55:00: "Super Smash Bros. Brawl," flirting with hardcore SSBM, SSBB Final Smashes, Inside Jokes #1 & 2!!!, Soul Calibur IV: Vader & Yoda, SCIV online capabilities, random multiplayer stuff
55:00-59:15: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray... and who cares?, brief Pixar talk, Tim hates laughter
59:15-1:00:40 : World of Warcraft 2.4 Patch notes discussion, BADGER WARDS!, Mike loves his cat more than his son
1:00:40-1:32:00: D&D 4th Edition discussion: too soon?, WotC's money-making schemes, the MMO-ification of D&D, high-level D&D sucks, we're about D&D 4th, D&D Core flavor, closing out the show
Notes and Corrections:
- You can check out Mike's movie musings at bandofoutsiders.org under the name Another Mike
- I checked after the fact and it turns out that the $32 price I quoted for the adventure supplement for 4th edition was actually in Canadian currency, and I'm just an idiot. The Core Books are, in fact, $35 US.
- "endemic" *was* the right word. I'm a good English Major after all.
- At the end of the show I said "next week" but I'm really not sure when we'll record the next episode. Probably in like two weeks to a month.
Thanks for listening,
Schmitty
Download the first episode here: All Things Awesome Episode #1
(recorded: Saturday 2/9, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike) duration: 1 hour 32 minutes, 84.3mb)
(download link is down below the streaming player)
For the moment the name of the podcast comes up as "Turn It Sideways - All Things Awesome"... that's a simple mistake that I don't feel like fixing it just now, so just ignore that.
If you're as big a geek as we are, you'll probably find something to like throughout the whole show. If you're only a part-time geek, the show notes below should point you to sections of the cast that you'll enjoy. Also, the show notes include links to all the stuff we're talking about, so if you're unfamiliar you can catch up.
0:00-9:00: Show intro, "Wanted" trailer, tangents aplenty: Wachowski bros hating, Speed Racer movie, Mark Millar and "The Ultimates," Rob Liefeld hating
9:00-16:15: "Iron Man" movie discussion: casting, CGI or no?, guys in suits!
16:15-20:40: "Sales Genie" commercials, period racism, Gamecock!, more racism!
20:40-38:30: Guitar Hero IV songs, Aerosmith involvement in GHIV, what makes a good rhythm game song?, Tim makes up music facts, the "pussification of the Chili Peppers," what makes a good Rock Band/Guitar Hero song?, Guitar Hero III kind of sucked
38:30-43:45: "Star Wars: Force Unleashed," good Star Wars games in the past
43:35-55:00: "Super Smash Bros. Brawl," flirting with hardcore SSBM, SSBB Final Smashes, Inside Jokes #1 & 2!!!, Soul Calibur IV: Vader & Yoda, SCIV online capabilities, random multiplayer stuff
55:00-59:15: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray... and who cares?, brief Pixar talk, Tim hates laughter
59:15-1:00:40 : World of Warcraft 2.4 Patch notes discussion, BADGER WARDS!, Mike loves his cat more than his son
1:00:40-1:32:00: D&D 4th Edition discussion: too soon?, WotC's money-making schemes, the MMO-ification of D&D, high-level D&D sucks, we're
Notes and Corrections:
- You can check out Mike's movie musings at bandofoutsiders.org under the name Another Mike
- I checked after the fact and it turns out that the $32 price I quoted for the adventure supplement for 4th edition was actually in Canadian currency, and I'm just an idiot. The Core Books are, in fact, $35 US.
- "endemic" *was* the right word. I'm a good English Major after all.
- At the end of the show I said "next week" but I'm really not sure when we'll record the next episode. Probably in like two weeks to a month.
Thanks for listening,
Schmitty
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