2009-08-27 Podcast Update

MJ Harnish writes about his Bi-annual RPG Podcast Round-up. Let me go through my podcasts as well... Most of them are about roleplaying games, obviously.

=> MJ Harnish | Bi-annual RPG Podcast Round-up

I usually listen to podcasts on my portable audio player, so I’m fine with low information density. If I’m at the computer while they’re playing, I will sometimes listen to a show two or three times in a row. That also means that I don’t care about video content.

I think that most interviews are sort of ok when they’re about the person behind a product. I find interviews with people trying to sell their product lame because we’re neither getting critical questions nor a review. It’s just advertising. I prefer a people story.

But now, on to the list:

• All Games Considered – I was unsubscribed for a while but resubscribed as it got nominated for the Ennies 👌
• Atomic Array – the hosts are funny, but the games they talk about are often not games I’d enjoy, sometimes it’s a bit heavy on the marketing :yellow:
• Brilliant Gameologists – not being a native English speaker, I was surprised by the “raunchy humor and sexual innuendo” as MJ Harnish puts it; I guess I stay subscribed because I treat it as a curiosity :yellow:
• Fear the Boot – at the moment John is back, so it’s funny enough; I don’t care for Battletech but at least some of the hosts are with me, haha; I really liked the various DM styles they presented a while back :green:
• Green Ronin Publishing Podcast – I’m interested in the company even though I play none of their games; I liked the few they did, specially the one about their favorite games; they hardly ever publish new episodes but I don’t mind :yellow:
• Have Games, Will Travel – short episodes, the games not quite my style, I find monologues less entertaining than a group chat :yellow:
• The History of Rome – historical stuff; awesome – also consider 12 Byzantine Emperors :green: ☆ ☆ ☆
• In Our Time – science and history, awesome BBC4 stuff :green:
• Kobold Quarterly – I guess this feed was replaced by the Open Design Podcast? :red:
• Midnight’s Lair – hasn’t published in a long time; I don’t even know what it was about anymore :red:
• Open Design Podcast – short segments by Monte Cook and others; I like it; doesn’t publish too often :green: ☆
• Order 66 – haven’t heard anything, yet; I subscribed because of the Ennies :question:
• Pulp Gamer Inside Track – they had some interesting interviews in the past :yellow:
• RPG Circus – an interesting mix of topics; I’m often on the brink of sending in an audio comment; very new :green: ☆
• Sons of Kryos – I loved them but then they switched to video and I can’t watch videos while walking or riding public transport; I don’t think they ever produced more than one video episode? Listen to the archives if you haven’t! Also note that Judd Kalrmann has appeared on the Cannon Puncture Show occasionally :llap: ☆
• The Canon Puncture Show – currently one of my favorite shows; I really like how they pick some of the recent RPG blog posts and discuss them – I can immediately relate since most often I’ve read the same articles and have my own related thoughts :green: ☆ ☆
• Thinking Allowed – usually two interviews relating to recent books published; not quite sure whether I like it :red:
• This Just In… From GenCon – I listened to it while GenCon was going on :yellow:
• The Voice of the Revolution – hear about new indie games since I don’t read any of the fancy forums (Story Games? The Forge?)
• 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction – if they’re not talking too much about the shop, I enjoy the show very much 🙂 – they made me buy Mongoose Traveller :green: ☆
• 3.5 Private Sanctuary – I don’t really like the class features where they delve into the rules, but I found it to be a cool source of thoughts on Pathfinder :green: ☆ ☆

=> All Games Considered | Atomic Array | Brilliant Gameologists | Fear the Boot | Green Ronin Publishing Podcast | Have Games, Will Travel | The History of Rome | 12 Byzantine Emperors | In Our Time | Kobold Quarterly | Midnight’s Lair | Open Design Podcast | Order 66 | Pulp Gamer Inside Track | RPG Circus | Sons of Kryos | The Canon Puncture Show | Thinking Allowed | This Just In… From GenCon | The Voice of the Revolution | 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction | 3.5 Private Sanctuary

• Unsubscribed* stuff still hanging around in my list: Dragons Landing, Gamer’s Haven, Geek Girls Rule!, Godzilla Gaming Podcast, Hackerfunk, The Podge Cast, !SanD Worldbuilding 101, The Tome Show, TrapCast. Maybe if someone convinces me that they changed a lot, I’d resubscribe?

Older lists → 2009-05-14 Podcast Summary.

=> 2009-05-14 Podcast Summary

• Update*: I forgot to list the Canon Puncture Show!! Oops! :cry:

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Hey, just out of curiosity - you listed Canon Puncture as a show you listen to in your post from May, but it isn’t in your August update (except in your mention of Judd). We hope you haven’t stopped listening to us - but if you have, feel free to let me know why, and maybe we can bring you back.

– Mick Bradley 2009-08-27 19:25 UTC

=> Mick Bradley

Yikes, this is an oversight! I fixed it: The Canon Puncture Show is one of my favorites! 😄

I’m also looking for podcasts to server as inspiration for my upcoming Traveller game. Does anybody have a suggestion?

– Alex Schroeder 2009-08-27 21:53 UTC

=> Alex Schroeder

Wow, thanks, Alex. We appreciate your very kind words. We’ll try to keep it up!

– Mick Bradley 2009-08-28 14:19 UTC

=> Mick Bradley

As always, thanks for listening. Good note about the shop talk, and glad you found our discussion of Mongoose Traveller to be interesting and useful!

– Brian Isikoff 2009-09-13 17:17 UTC

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