[24FrameDaVinci]

So, before all the rabid GAF faithful jump on me, would there be anyone interested in forming a gaming podcast made of the soundest, funniest, most rational minds on NeoGAF? Granted, it's a tall order getting people who live all over the world to come together for a few hours, then find someone to edit, but I think GAF has made bigger things happen before. The community would nominate other members to serve as the talent, then we could Kickstart it to raise funds -- don't think for a second we couldn't bring in the funds necessary for a great podcast; for all of the "thisisgafdude.jpg" you see, we're still one of the best, if not the premiere gaming forum on the internet. We make developers have meltdowns for Christ's sake.

The only podcast I listen to regularly is Weekend Confirmed and sometimes Bombcast, but it'd be cool to get a summation of the week's events from GAF's perspective. What do you think?

[Salvadora]

I think there was one.

[Kabouter]

No ddk, no GAFcast.

[Kyoufu]

It used to and it was awesome.

Though I consider 8-4 Play a semi-GAF podcast anyway.

[Fuzzy]

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n...st/id182142789

[Willkiller]

I'd love to do help out with something like this

[RoboPlato]

I would love to Kickstart/participate in something like this. I'm much better at communicating through speaking than I am through typing so I would love to be able to express myself properly to GAF. Although, there are probably a ton more members that would be better suited to a podcast than me.

[Tambini]

Let's kickstart it

[Xater]

We also had someone else trying to revive it and that went nowhere. Let it rest.

[LuffyZoro]

A representative podcast by GAFfers would devolve into mindless screaming.

[24FrameDaVinci]

We also had someone else trying to revive it and that went nowhere. Let it rest.

Kickstarter makes cool shit like this actually possible though.

[Galamauth]

The Cruncheons is all the gaming podcast I need. Just wish they updated more often.

[Haunted]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...46352007&hl=en

[Sunflower]

Everyone wants to be on it but not everyone should be on it. Not everyone is suited to talk and represent the community as a whole, not to mention that people can be excellent mods or admins (if you want to represent it as such) but that doesn't necessarily translate to the podcasting world (no offense, etc)

[Crewnh]

There was a GAFcast. There just hasnt been an episode in a long time.

[onemic]

I'd be so down to help out with a podcast. It's much less tiring to talk about stuff than it is to write the same thing a million items over.

[lethial]

A pod cast about what? Nobody here plays games, it'd be all weird shit like personal problems and bad girl advice.

[Vinci]

Hosted by Evilore, each time with different guests considered authorities on a certain gaming topic - each guest representing an alternative point of view and acting like a douchebag to the person with the opposing perspective. Only then would it be 'Official.'

[DMeisterJ]

A podcast full of NeoGAF posters?

Sounds like a recipe for disaster. For those involved and anyone who chooses to listen.

[24FrameDaVinci]

A podcast full of NeoGAF posters? Sounds like a recipe for disaster. For those involved and anyone who chooses to listen.

Read the post, we nominate the best posters, maybe have an audition process for people who want to do it?

[edgefusion]

Just get a room of say 5 people and have them all scream continuously into their mics for an hour, before ending on a half hour of sobbing. Gaf podcast done.

[thekonamicode]

Who did that that Neogaf News show on youtube recently? Just spin that out into podcast format!

[Sunflower]

Read the post, we nominate the best posters, maybe have an audition process for people who want to do it?

You can't do reasonable quality control on who's going to suck ass though. A lot of people can write well but can't talk for shit. Then people get in petty little shitslinging fits because someone said they couldn't be on the show, but ____ could, and bleh. I say give up. It's not going to start or end well.

EDIT: Also you don't need a kickstarter for funds, jesus. Sign up at libsyn, spend $15 a month (if not less) you don't need a Kickstarter for a podcast, period.

[Vinci]

Or perhaps the podcast could simply be dramatic readings of arguments between members on various subjects. That would probably be worth listening to and take very little actual effort to make entertaining.

[toythatkills]

Kickstarter makes cool shit like this actually possible though.

What do you need money for?

[Retro]

GAF is just too big of a community to have a few people represent it accurately. Instead, there are a few podcasts that target very specific niches within GAF. I think there's a HaloGAF podcast, for example (I remember reading they were starting one, dunno if it was ever done), and we're up to 4 Guild Wars 2 podcasts.

[NIN90]

Kickstarting a GAF podcast is asking for a disaster to happen. People who paid would be pissed as fuck if there wouldn't be regular podcasts like every week or so.

I don't see any need for money anyway. Skype quality and lag is more than fine for something like this.

[Sunflower]

Kickstarting a GAF podcast is asking for a disaster to happen. People who paid would be pissed as fuck if there wouldn't be regular podcasts like every week or so.

The thing is you don't need much money at all to make it happen. So forget that, that's ridiculous - if you feel strongly about the community enough to record a podcast about it (which I question whether or not this is a niche that needs to be filled besides people self-fellating) then you're able to spend $10 a month on hosting.

[GQman2121]

Podcasts where everyone is online typically suck. You need people in a room together for it to really work. Most importantly, you need one person to direct/produce the whole thing. It's not easy moving conversations alone and keep the listeners engaged.

[earvcunanan]

lol @ Kickstarting a GAFcast

[frontieruk]

Or perhaps the podcast could simply be dramatic readings of arguments between members on various subjects. That would probably be worth listening to and take very little actual effort to make entertaining.

Sir your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your news letter.

[Haunted]

So has the OP actually listened to some of the GAFcast episodes now?

Or perhaps the podcast could simply be dramatic readings of arguments between members on various subjects. That would probably be worth listening to and take very little actual effort to make entertaining.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227681 Close enough. :p

[Vinci]

So has the OP actually listened to some of the GAFcast episodes now? http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227681 Close enough. :p

Yes, but... done regularly, it could be very timely. It's not like GAF is ever far behind when it comes to gaming news. It might be relatively entertaining, for example, to hear a dramatic reading of the DICE thread with all of Opiate's posts sounding like a British professor.

[LiK]

A podcast full of NeoGAF posters? Sounds like a recipe for disaster. For those involved and anyone who chooses to listen.

most Gaffers are normal decent human beings IRL. i have no proof

[EvilMario]

No, I don't want to listen to you people.

And none of you want to listen to me.

[KageMaru]

Read the post, we nominate the best posters, maybe have an audition process for people who want to do it?

I've always wanted to start a podcast and have even tried a couple times. The discussions about games and hardware my friends and I have while playing games can get quite interesting tbh. The problem is it's hard to find people are are committed to such a project.

Unfortunately I don't have any hardware at the moment since my gaming laptop died a month ago and haven't been able to save up to replace it. =/

[Yeef]

*cough*

[snoopeasystreet]

I always wanted to produce an "A Life Well Wasted" style podcast that featured GAFers submitting audio recordings on a topic. Some day I'll make it.

[wondermega]

Getting some people from this forum together for a regular (weekly) podcast sounds like a great idea; having it be an official "gaf-sanctioned podcast," however, does not. Unofficial on the other hand, sounds more reasonable/likely.

Agreed, one person would need to be a hardcore producer/editor. Everyone else should be consistent and representative of their different disciplines (indie gamer, mmo'r, business/politics) but all should have the same roots of course (basically, playing whatever the big current games are). It could be very interesting - but even if it did somehow manage to get started, I would be surprised to see it persist for very long, unless there were at least a couple of particularly hardcore people keeping the thing going strong.

I always wanted to produce an "A Life Well Wasted" style podcast that featured GAFers submitting audio recordings on a topic. Some day I'll make it.

ALWW was really an excellent (and different) podcast, wish there were more productions out there along those lines

[DCharlie]

most Gaffers are normal decent human beings IRL

Some feed back i got after doing the GAFCast :

"Hey... you aren't that big of an arsehole on the cast!" ;)

Life caught up with us and we're now all over the place in terms of location. I guess Jonnyram and I live close by, but ddk and Blackace are some distance away. I miss doing the cast just for having everyone around as it was always a good laugh. Hiyoshi would piece it all together.

Having a family also makes it hard to find time - especially as my wife works so kind of hard to dump the kid on her for the 5-6 hours or so to get the podcast done and out.

As others have said, in my mind GAF has -two- goto podcasts : Red Sun Gamer and 8-4play. If you haven't listened to either, you should. Both are excellent.

[LiK]

Some feed back i got after doing the GAFCast : "Hey... you aren't that big of an arsehole on the cast!" ;) Life caught up with us and we're now all over the place in terms of location. I guess Jonnyram and I live close by, but ddk and Blackace are some distance away. I miss doing the cast just for having everyone around as it was always a good laugh. Hiyoshi would piece it all together. Having a family also makes it hard to find time - especially as my wife works so kind of hard to dump the kid on her for the 5-6 hours or so to get the podcast done and out. As others have said, in my mind GAF has -two- goto podcasts : Red Sun Gamer and 8-4play. If you haven't listened to either, you should. Both are excellent.

guess i'll check out Red Sun. thanks

[Lactose_Intolerant]

All the stuff would have been discussed on neogaf before the podcast would be out. Then it would be gaf>gaf. I guess you can cut out the internet in that case.

[Overdoziz]

HaloGAF just recently got a podcast.

[LiK]

All the stuff would have been discussed on neogaf before the podcast would be out. Then it would be gaf>gaf. I guess you can cut out the internet in that case.

live shows. new topics as new threads are made. the show would never end.

[Sunflower]

Really the only way to go about this is to find the niche, as HaloGAF did for instance, and cater to that audience as a jumping off point and don't use the NeoGAF name. It gives you a built-in audience that will hopefully keep you alive as you explore other avenues.

[Medalion]

Cuz image memes don't translate as well over audio broadcasts

[Ketch]

A representative podcast by GAFfers would devolve into mindless screaming.

NO IT WOULDN'T!!SHUT UP



I've listened to a couple of the GAFcast before, and I always download the monopod. But I feel like you can't really represent GAF in podcast form unless topics and speakers and voted on by the community or if the mods or Evillore host it themselves.

Edit: It would be cool to have a rotating cast from recent topics and community threads but who's going to organize it? And how do you make sure the "right" people/topics/communities are represented?

[ShockingAlberto]

I always wanted to produce an "A Life Well Wasted" style podcast that featured GAFers submitting audio recordings on a topic. Some day I'll make it.

I'm actually working on this right now.

With the exact same concept except not necessarily GAFers. Lining up guests and looking for people to write the music as we speak.

[toythatkills]

Cuz image memes don't translate as well over audio broadcasts

"Colon L-O-L"

[DCharlie]

Cuz image memes don't translate as well over audio broadcasts

we had audio based memes! ;)

DDK signing "un un un Dota" was in almost every cast.