Wow. Weekend Confirmed over Idle Thumbs?
I just kind of assumed Idle Thumbs was impossible not to love.
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Wow. Weekend Confirmed over Idle Thumbs?
I just kind of assumed Idle Thumbs was impossible not to love.
EternalGamer
Banned
Would never work since the required podcasters are now spread to the ends of the earth and busy with their own lives and projects.
Luke isn't necessary because he sucks now. He was own the Out of the Game podcast for like a year and all he did was play WoW and say "huh huh" every now and then. He liked the attention he got at 1up Yours and when he was no longer the star of the show, he was a crappy podcast personality who didn't care about listerners' experience. He was even the same way at the 1up Reunions.
However, you'd absolutely must have Shane, Garnet, and John Davidson and that's not possible. Shane's at Sony, Davidson is at Gamespot and Garnet is at Gamefly.
Frankly, I also think a lot of what made that podcast great was the time and place. It shined at the start of a generation when a lot of stuff was unstable and crazy things were happening at all three big console makers. And they were all at the same place and part of the same culture.
The best podcast these days in my opinion are Gamers With Jobs and Giant Bomb.
Maybe his heart is a shriveled up piece of cold coal? *Shrug*
EternalGamer
Banned
I've actually never listened to Idle Thumbs. Are there archived versions somewhere? Maybe I'll listen to one during my jog this afternoon. If I dig the show, I might toss in a few bucks.
EternalGamer
Banned
Thanks, I just found it on Itunes. Any particularly "classic" episodes?
Every single one.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Start from the first. The jokes snowball and grow larger and larger as the series progresses, and it's one of the few podcasts that stays excellent from start to finish.
But if you really don't want to start from episode nr 1 for some reason, you could try ( again they're ALL good each and every one of them ) :
-ep 24) April 8, 2009: Shadow and Colossus: Back in Action
-ep 8) June 14, 2010: A Castro Situation
snoopeasystreet
Member
he's the exception that proves the rule.
Maastricht
Member
Great news, congrats on the Idle Thumbs guys, and look forward to listening to their podcast again. Their podcasts always made me really happy. Currently, I don't really have a clear favorite podcast anymore - it just partly depends on what's being talked about, but the overal quality of all the talking on all the podcasts seems generally ... not something I'm as happy with as I used to.
Thanks for that stream of consciousness post.
Idle Thumbs is multiple levels of quality above Weekend Confirmed. It very good when it was Garnett/Leahy/Cannata, but the quality took a nosedive once Leahy left. That show is unbearable now.
MikeE21286
Member
wonder what podcast is next...
I just listened to two episodes. This is great stuff! I'm now happy that this has become successful.
I've always been impressed with how listenable the old episodes are despite their age.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
You're surprised at the fundamental conceit behind all economic activity?
Hopefully its enough for a sound bite from Jeff Goldblum.
Or maybe they'll use it to track down J Allard.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Chris Remo reporting LIVE from J Allard's Microsoft sex party!
Jex
Member
I'm not actually prepared, mentally or physically.
They swap Zunes instead of keys.
Technosteve
Banned
please fund a brodeo reunion with your internet money, 5 thousand of those dollars will go to jeff green to pay for his pc upgrade.
Ghost Dad the Whip
Member
the best thing about this is not the money earned per se, but the small amount of people needed to support something like IdleThumbs.
1200 people is not a lot, given the reach of the world wide web. But it only took 400 some odd people to help these guys meet their goal, and with 1200 people they have enough to do even more with this project that they and their backers love.
1200 people is not a lot, given the reach of the world wide web. But it only took 400 some odd people to help these guys meet their goal, and with 1200 people they have enough to do even more with this project that they and their backers love.
Working for that explicit tag on iTunes.
Ghost Dad the Whip
Member
comedian Nick Kroll looks/talks like Goldblum, he might be available for a lower rate.
http://www.nickkroll.com/post/11700940829/jeff-goldblum-is-playing-my-father-on
http://www.nickkroll.com/post/11700940829/jeff-goldblum-is-playing-my-father-on
acheron_xl
Member
I'm somewhat ashamed that I didn't see this until just now.
I put my Hamilton down.
I put my Hamilton down.
The Big Rig
Member
Contender for worst Idle Thumbs joke:
You've got your seamen in my ten year-old boy!
Rickenslacker
Banned
Agreed. It has the banter of the Brodeo, but, well, they also actually talked about games. They delved into games that would otherwise get overlooked on other podcasts, and had discussions about them that was really unlike anything else out there.
Hot Coldman
Banned
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wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Well, Shawn brought kind of a Gumbo angle to the podcast, so that was pretty unique, and entertaining in a weird way.
Despite my bitching earlier, I'm going to dive in, and give them a second chance.
FieryBalrog
Member
idle thumbs is like the PG Wodehouse of podcasts
In a very good way, so fucking clever. Who else would make a spontaneous joke about Dante's Inferno development pitch mapping onto a mandelbrot set?
Yeah, they are insanely self-referential and love to laugh at their own jokes, but that makes sense because their jokes are hilarious.
In a very good way, so fucking clever. Who else would make a spontaneous joke about Dante's Inferno development pitch mapping onto a mandelbrot set?
Yeah, they are insanely self-referential and love to laugh at their own jokes, but that makes sense because their jokes are hilarious.
FieryBalrog
Member
The Brodeo just wasn't nearly as consistent, mostly because of cast issues.
GFW Radio and Idle Thumbs, while very similar in a lot of ways, were still very much their own things in my opinion and as such it feels a little unfair to compare them.
Part of what I mean by that is that both podcasts were started for fairly different reasons. GFW Radio was started as something that largely was supposed to be, from what I've heard, a supplement to their magazine (R.I.P. CGW), meanwhile Idle Thumbs from what I remember was started because the fellas thought a few folks might be interested in hearing the conversations that they were having anyways. Of course GFW Radio almost immediately became it's own thing rather than a supplement to the magazine, but hopefully some of you get what I'm clumsily trying to say.
Nothing to with anything, but I only just realized that my two favorite podcasts also happen to have produced hilarious and catchy songs. Coincidence?
Part of what I mean by that is that both podcasts were started for fairly different reasons. GFW Radio was started as something that largely was supposed to be, from what I've heard, a supplement to their magazine (R.I.P. CGW), meanwhile Idle Thumbs from what I remember was started because the fellas thought a few folks might be interested in hearing the conversations that they were having anyways. Of course GFW Radio almost immediately became it's own thing rather than a supplement to the magazine, but hopefully some of you get what I'm clumsily trying to say.
Nothing to with anything, but I only just realized that my two favorite podcasts also happen to have produced hilarious and catchy songs. Coincidence?
Idle Thumbs probably bears the responsibility of getting me actively interested in game design on a theoretical level. During my university days, I never quite could figure out what topic I wanted to focus on for my master's thesis, but I ended up settling on the idea of interactive narrative - in large part due to Thumbs' views on game design.
Few people, inside or outside of the industry, manage to make this topic both interesting and insightful. Thumbs managed to make it downright inspiring, even to someone with no prior design experience. And it ended up working out, as I got a fair amount of praise for my thesis and I'm now a freelance games writer. So thanks for for doing what you do, messrs. Thumbs!
Few people, inside or outside of the industry, manage to make this topic both interesting and insightful. Thumbs managed to make it downright inspiring, even to someone with no prior design experience. And it ended up working out, as I got a fair amount of praise for my thesis and I'm now a freelance games writer. So thanks for for doing what you do, messrs. Thumbs!
Dude, this is awesome.
MehsterChief
Member
To be fair: despite all the insanity, the brodeo had very deep discussions on game design and the industry. I remember a particular episode where they dissected the level design of HL2: ep 2 which was pretty brilliant.
the brodeo did that too though. few other podcasts talked about il-2 sturmovic or stalker or even peggle, i remember shawn talking about some marble rolling game for the wii at length too, and when they covered the big games like crysis, metal gear solid 4, episode 2, bioshock, mario galaxy, etc they always brought interesting perspectives and measured criticism that stood out to me.
the two shows have their own feels to them in humour and idle thumbs talked about games more, but i really do feel like it's the spiritual successor to gfw radio. especially in talking about games that interest them instead of 'well this game got good reviews so we better talk about it and say the same banal shit that everyone else has already'.
PowderedToast
Junior Member
huh? GFW radio did all these things too.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Yeah, that's true. It's all coming back to me. Looking at the podcast page it's been a little over three years since it ended. Where does that time go?
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Well, at the time, the uncommon games were actually being talked about frequently in my rotation. Like, I had GFW, Thumbs and GWJ telling me about weird games.
Not sure why I'm pointing that out. Anyway, the differentiator for me certainly wasn't the choice of games to be talked about. More like the moment-to-moment interactions between participants.
Not sure why I'm pointing that out. Anyway, the differentiator for me certainly wasn't the choice of games to be talked about. More like the moment-to-moment interactions between participants.
I've just remembered A Life Well Wasted. Where the hell is Robert Ashley? I still have his album on my iPod regular rotation. He should kickstart his podcast back.