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Idle Thumbs Megathread | Indepth discussion inbetween horsebags and birdsounds
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NumberThree
Member
I was confused for several minutes at what was going on.
Wall Nick is the best Nick.
Chris Remo
Member
I didn't even realize until I watched it a few times that the painting Nick is a live video the entire time.
Wow that's amazing I totally missed that too.
I laughed a lot during the hawk discussion in the first episode of Important If True - great job team.
Also, umm, maybe spend your money other ways if you're wealthy enough to fly hawks around in a jet? this comes to mind: https://www.gatesnotes.com/2017-Annual-Letter
Also, umm, maybe spend your money other ways if you're wealthy enough to fly hawks around in a jet? this comes to mind: https://www.gatesnotes.com/2017-Annual-Letter
chrominance
Member
Hey, so, um, I'm perpetually six months behind in podcasts and so it was a huge surprise to me when Austin Walker mentions a "final-ish Idle Thumbs ep"? I read back through this thread and stalked the Idle Thumbs forums for a bit and I still don't really understand what's going on. It sounds like the show's not actually cancelled? Is the schedule being pared back? Apparently it's not going to be focused so much on video games anymore, which I'm 100% fine with, but does that mean Important If True is replacing Idle Thumbs, or do the two shows continue to co-exist, or...?
Sorry if this is all super old news to everyone, I tried to look up what was going on but didn't find any definitive statements.
Sorry if this is all super old news to everyone, I tried to look up what was going on but didn't find any definitive statements.
jediyoshi
Member
Their main, weekly podcast will be Important if True. Idle Thumbs isn't being discontinued and will be recorded off schedule when they feel like it. Next ep already announced for next week.
oh jesus fuck no
chrominance
Member
Chris Remo
Member
It has been so far but we could conceivably change it. We didn't really think about this to be honest! We probably should think about it.
Yep, have listened to them for even longer than Idle Thumbs
Yeah for years.
Craymen Edge
Member
I used to. I like the hosts, and was a listener for years. They have a nice community there.
I stopped eventually because it was getting a bit too boardgame-y for my tastes.
There's a new episode next week, and we're recording something at GDC for the week after. Scoops Not Guaranteed.
eot
Banned
I did since 2008 or something but stopped a few years ago.
I think our backend technically supports this but we never did it... Pretty classic, considering we wrote the backend management system ourselves...
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Does Idle Thumbs still do a promo code with Hover? I'm about to buy a domain and I heard about hover from the thumbs years ago so I figure it's fair to use their referral if they're still doing it.
That Nick Breckon podcast thing is one of the best/most frightening experiences Idle Thumbs has ever delivered on. Still blown away. I noticed something was off about painting Nick's face but I figured he replaced it with a photo or something, but holy shit at the painting actually being alive this whole time.
I kind of want a Resident Evil 7-like VR game where you're hanging around Nick Breckon's house with a bunch of Nick Breckons. Also I'm kind of glad that doesn't really exist.
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I kind of want a Resident Evil 7-like VR game where you're hanging around Nick Breckon's house with a bunch of Nick Breckons. Also I'm kind of glad that doesn't really exist.
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avengers23
Banned
Needed more Nick Breedon.
Just wanted to mention how's great it is that you guys are uploading the cast overnight Wednesday/extremely early in there morning on Thursday now (at least I think this is new as of last week?)! Waking up to a new episode for my morning commute is amazing and I hope you can keep it up! Thanks!
Love them. They're very different than other gaming podcasts, in my opinion. Yeah there are some board game talks, but they're few. I don't even play board games much but it's interesting to hear about. The hosts have great personalities
I wish they had a better online presence, like facebook/twitter so you could discuss them there. But they only have their message boards. So they sort of don't get noticed.
I think they're OK with that. A lack of visibility is what makes their community able to stay really friendly, and they're not doing the podcast for the money
What I like about Gamers With Jobs is that none of the hosts seem to be in the zeitgeist of game conversations at all. Meaning, they have no clue what all the big sites are talking about, what's popular, what's not, or what other podcasts are talking about.
They're kind of their own isolated bubble and that leads to different conversations about different games I often don't hear or read about elsewhere. Even when they talk about the New Hotness that just came out, they usually have a different take than the mainstream.
I think they're OK with that. A lack of visibility is what makes their community able to stay really friendly, and they're not doing the podcast for the money
What I like about Gamers With Jobs is that none of the hosts seem to be in the zeitgeist of game conversations at all. Meaning, they have no clue what all the big sites are talking about, what's popular, what's not, or what other podcasts are talking about.
They're kind of their own isolated bubble and that leads to different conversations about different games I often don't hear or read about elsewhere. Even when they talk about the New Hotness that just came out, they usually have a different take than the mainstream.
Yup, exactly. Though I do like to discuss gaming in other places online and there's no real way to involve anyone that knows about the show.
Chris Remo
Member
I was really pathetically pleased when it hit me the night before we recorded and I was excited to bust it out on the show.
chrominance
Member
I think they're OK with that. A lack of visibility is what makes their community able to stay really friendly, and they're not doing the podcast for the money
What I like about Gamers With Jobs is that none of the hosts seem to be in the zeitgeist of game conversations at all. Meaning, they have no clue what all the big sites are talking about, what's popular, what's not, or what other podcasts are talking about.
They're kind of their own isolated bubble and that leads to different conversations about different games I often don't hear or read about elsewhere. Even when they talk about the New Hotness that just came out, they usually have a different take than the mainstream.
I thought Cory Banks was with PC Gamer, but it turns out he left that job a while ago.
I very much appreciate GWJ as a well-reasoned and thoughtful cast of people. I still listen to them. The board game stuff is pretty easy for me to tune out when I want to because it only really happens a couple of times a year, like when they have RabbitCon and stuff. (but also I kind of like the board game stuff when I'm able to follow it.)
Captain Fish
Member
Nice editing during the Poirot bit.
Actually, I guess that makes me wonder, was all that audio done in post, or was some of it playing during the stream? I'm guessing at the end when you played the Poirot theme it was on the stream.
Actually, I guess that makes me wonder, was all that audio done in post, or was some of it playing during the stream? I'm guessing at the end when you played the Poirot theme it was on the stream.
Yeah that was the only part done live. The rest was Chris in post.
Have for years and years, probably pre-thumbs if they existed then. I think that might be how I found out about thumbs?
Have drifted away because I can't fit another show into my week after Giantbomb and Thumbs, but they'll rotate back in at some point.
Nice. I dropped GB after they started to hit 4 hours long.
You're in luck...
did they cut down the time? looks like there is now a "beastcast" too - as if they needed more time...
Most Bombcasts are ~2.5 hours. Beastcast is a separate group of people, usually shorter and the superior podcast tbh
I sacrificed GWJ to them.
USC Trojan
Banned
So how is the podcast now that they don't talk about video games anymore? I unsubscribed after that announcement.
Idk. I gave episode one of important a honest try.
When they spent God knows how long talking about animals driving cars all I could think was...this is what we needed a new show for?
This just feels like a riff show. Bring up a topic and see if they can make it funny.
And some people must love the robot sections but for whatever reason I detest them. And I'm a massive terminator fan.
I like the crew so much that I'm going to keep listening but I can see myself dropping off the same reason i dropped my brother and me. Comedy just doesn't do it for me as much.
Now that I've heard it I can understand why they went this way. They seem happy.
When they spent God knows how long talking about animals driving cars all I could think was...this is what we needed a new show for?
This just feels like a riff show. Bring up a topic and see if they can make it funny.
And some people must love the robot sections but for whatever reason I detest them. And I'm a massive terminator fan.
I like the crew so much that I'm going to keep listening but I can see myself dropping off the same reason i dropped my brother and me. Comedy just doesn't do it for me as much.
Now that I've heard it I can understand why they went this way. They seem happy.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
It's pretty much the same except the subject matter isn't video games. I don't see why you wouldn't just start listening to it to find out if you like it.
Idle Thumbs is still about games, but it's not weekly anymore. Resubscribe to it if you still like their video game talk.
Important if True is a different podcast which isn't about games, but is a new golden age.
BlueScrote
Member
I never understood the love for the robot topics. Normally they were fine for five minutes, but like most things they just went too self indulgent on it. The new show basically seems like their just indulging themselves on riffing content.
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