40 Podcasts and 10 Vidcasts
So we havent been able to get the equipment in time this week. We also both have obligations this weekend so even if we did have it we probably wouldnt be able to do a show. Great Timing, yeah i know we have zero to talk about anyway, just E3 and who really cares about that. E3 only really informs you on every major upcoming event or product in the next year in gaming. Any who. While Aaron and i complete our obligations this weekend (for me 3 assignments and 1 essay, for Aaron who knows that just one lazy prick) i thought it would be a good idea to take this time to better the show.
Like the title says we have done 40 Podcasts and 10 Vidcasts and are about 8 weeks out from our year milestone. So nows the time to suggest changes, we dont think we have changed our style much and we think its time to just subtlely tweek a few things about the show. This is where you come in. We need your help on ideas and suggestions to help us improve both the podcast and the vidcast. Below are some examples of some suggestions if you agree with any or have any others drop a comment or email us at tpngamingshow(at)gmail.com .
PODCAST TWEAK IDEAS:
- Back to one 40-50 minute show
- one shorter show 20-30 minutes
- two shows one news based one indepth discussion on an issue. Length?
- New intro music?
- No intro music?
- No segment music.
- Segment music but only if we can do it seemlessly
- Weekly game reviews
- More PC stuff
- More handheld stuff
- More console stuff (Seriously you want more?)
- Guest’s if so who?
- More Australian based news
- Less Australian based news
- More background information on companies and people involved in news items. E.G Explaining what Blizzard or RARE have done if they appear in the news. Or Who Jack Thompson is and why do we care if he makes waves again.
- Stop explaining so much crap we already know. E.g The opposite of the above point
- Podcast Chapters (if you dont know what this is dont worry).
- More detailed show notes
VIDCAST TWEAK IDEAS:
- Shorter show 10 -15 minutes
- Longer show about 1 hr.
- Less Trailers
- More Trailers
- Less News
- More News
- One show with the news and trailers and one with a game demonstration of an upcoming game
- Handheld games
- Less xbox 360
- More xbox 360
- Different formats (It took a long time to set up the 3 feeds we have currently we are unlikely to be able to offer another)
- Larger Hires file (currently i keep it in the 200mb range for 30mins)
- Smaller Hires file
- Larger LowRes/ipod file (Currenlty i keep it about 90mb for 30mins)
- Smaler LowRes/ipod file
- Guests.
- more Retro
- NO MORE RETRO
- Occasional retro
- new Background
- Less Distracting credits (eg. not playing over the top the outgoing trailer)
- No magic background. (eg . instead of us appearing against a moving background or any background image we just appear in the house we shot it, drawbacks are we cant appear on top of a game we are playing, and other small noticable problems wiht overlaying images about current news items.
- Content is fine but needs a better order E.G All news first then 3 trailers then discussion then game demonstartion then end.
These are just some ideas. We would like yours, and feed back on these. I mean if you dont speak up nothing will change. So if you have an opnion
please leave a comment or email us at tpngamingshow(at)gmail.com
May 18th, 2006 at 6:46 am
Okay I love the show the way it is but here’s what I like the best out of the above
PODCAST TWEAK IDEAS:
Back to one 40-50 minute show (cos it’s annoying having to get more than one file and I listen to show on the go so it’s just annoying in general)
Segment music but only if we can do it seemlessly - The dodgy sound was funny at first but now it’s getting tedious (no offense)
More PC stuff (being mainly a PC the more the better)
More background information on companies and people involved in news items. E.G Explaining what Blizzard or RARE have done if they appear in the news. Or Who Jack Thompson is and why do we care if he makes waves again. ( I love ur tangents please never stop them)
VIDCAST TWEAK IDEAS:
Longer show about 1 hr. (the more the better)
Content is fine but needs a better order E.G All news first then 3 trailers then discussion then game demonstartion then end. (that’d be perfect)
and the magic background is fine
keep up the great work :P
May 18th, 2006 at 6:54 am
Oh and more listener feedback!
guys wtf? c’mon I’m not the only listener and I feel like a stalker as of late with me being the only listener..
you at least owe them a thank you its in their free time and it stops you from having to google all the shit they talk about!
May 18th, 2006 at 6:54 am
Oh and more listener feedback!
guys wtf? c’mon I’m not the only listener and I feel like a stalker as of late with me being the only talking listener..
you at least owe them a thank you its in their free time and it stops you from having to google all the shit they talk about!
May 20th, 2006 at 8:48 am
hey I think you should make longer vidcasts and have more news and trailers.
June 1st, 2006 at 10:28 am
is this podcast ever coming back? :(
June 8th, 2006 at 2:50 am
i think they died =(
June 9th, 2006 at 3:18 am
i think the 2 shows is a good idea, one for news, and one for indepth discussion.. reminds me of the 2600 podcast which has off the hook, and off teh wall.
June 10th, 2006 at 1:19 am
Well, it’s been almost a month… Surely this delay can’t only be caused by a lack of a mic- if you guys can’t find one in a local store, try online.
Much longer without doing a podcast and I might take this off my RSS feeds to make room for something else. I don’t really want to, because I know I’ll miss hearing the Australian point of view on gaming and not to mention a fresh, more down-to-Earth perspective compared to game journalists.
Sigh. Oh well.
July 21st, 2006 at 12:24 am
Hey guys, going back through some of the old podcasts/vidcasts I realised that the “10 vidcasts” part of the heading is not quite right. Episode 10 doesn’t seem to have been uploaded properly (or been taken down) as it was never added to the RSS feed, and the website link produces the ‘Error 404 - Not Found’ page. So what happened, and how come no one else noticed?