Guess what? Episode two is actually recorded people! That means that in a few more months, we'll have it ready for your consumption... the three of you who actually read this thing, that isn't me and Jeff.
Blazblue: Continuum Shift is awesome, as expected. Story is even more dialogue heavy than the first one, but more fleshed out and you get more background. There's even a 10 minute long "catch-up" style cutscene at the beginning, you know, in case you never played the first one. (And if you haven't, then you must not like fighting games, in which case... a part of me actually can't blame you).
Each character plays differently than one another, which is nice. No clones = instant win for me... well, win in a sense that I bought it, and am enjoying it. Also like the first one, you only unlock the True Ending story arc when you beat it with other characters. Unlike the first one, you only need to beat it with specific characters to unlock it. The first game you needed to actually do everyones story, which is alright I guess, except for Carl who I still can't figure out.
This post would have been longer, but I'm actually playing games for once, and I have a family BBQ coming up later today, so pleasent Gammage to all, and to all a good luck in defeating the evil menace that is Baak'laag..... I think that's how it's spelled. More on that later.
Showing posts with label podcast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label podcast. Show all posts
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Podcast and Randomness
Huzzah for a Room Mate with a discount. As you have probably read in an earlier post, I am flat out addicted to cheap games. If it is ten bucks or less, it might as well already be in my collection. It is with that in mind that games have been added to said collection. I don't know when I'll actually get around to playing them, since I've started a bunch of games already, but rest assured, sooner or later, I shall have them beat.
Jeff and I are going to be recording yet another version of Episode Two. For those of you that missed out on the first one (shame), here is a link:
Download E1F.mp3 from FileFactory.com
Enjoy, and don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments section below!
Jeff and I are going to be recording yet another version of Episode Two. For those of you that missed out on the first one (shame), here is a link:
Download E1F.mp3 from FileFactory.com
Enjoy, and don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments section below!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
The Thursday Post - What is that?
I was going to comment on Chris' post but then I figured I might as well do a post.
I don't really have anything to add to what Chris has already well explained except, yeah, I wish technology hadn't been such a pain because our first take on Episode 2 (Attack of the Podcast Softwares) was really good.
Anywho, the break is also because, it is summer, and I will be away from home from the next couple of weeks. I will be heading to New York, I shall thus try and type something game and NY related.
Now that we have regained control of the situation, what will be the Thursday post? Usually comments and the week's news. For instance, the NPD numbers for JUne came out. Red Dead Redemption keeps selling really strong. The 360 version was the best selling game of the month (as it was last month) and the PS3 version was the third best selling game. Super Mario Galaxy 2 managed to squeeze into the 2nd spot. These two May releases keep going at it strong. I cannot wait to see how StarCraft 2 will fare this month, especially considering its July 27 release.
I will conclude this brief post with a rather awesome picture, do you know where it is from?
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
I don't really have anything to add to what Chris has already well explained except, yeah, I wish technology hadn't been such a pain because our first take on Episode 2 (Attack of the Podcast Softwares) was really good.
Anywho, the break is also because, it is summer, and I will be away from home from the next couple of weeks. I will be heading to New York, I shall thus try and type something game and NY related.
Now that we have regained control of the situation, what will be the Thursday post? Usually comments and the week's news. For instance, the NPD numbers for JUne came out. Red Dead Redemption keeps selling really strong. The 360 version was the best selling game of the month (as it was last month) and the PS3 version was the third best selling game. Super Mario Galaxy 2 managed to squeeze into the 2nd spot. These two May releases keep going at it strong. I cannot wait to see how StarCraft 2 will fare this month, especially considering its July 27 release.
I will conclude this brief post with a rather awesome picture, do you know where it is from?
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Soft Reset
Hello there all. As you may have noticed, I have not posted in a while. Let me first assure the six of you reading this that I am indeed alive and well. The podcast on the other hand... not so much. Not for the moment anyways.
First of all, problems that only pop up when you first start doing something like this ... well, they popped up. Things like figuring out which recording software to use (I'll be bringing this up again in a little bit), what mike setups work and don't work, actually editing the damn thing.
No joke, Episode 1 became a Phantom Menace (haha, see what I did there?). After spending four and a half hours clearing out all the Umms and Uhhs out, the save file doesn't save properly, and cleared itself out. Considering we wanted the first Podcast up on Cananda Day, and I started editing on the Tuesday before, that added a little bit of over-stress to yours truly.
Episode 1 on its own was interesting all on its own. For one, we were using a One Mic setup. Passing a Rock Band USB Mic back and forth while trying to make things sound conversational, natural, and above all else, Interesting, that wasn't much fun. We were using Audacity, which while being easy to use didn't allow us to use two USB Mic's... or at least, not how we had things plugged in.
Episode 1 had a Second Take. The second take sounded more nautral, and ended up sounding a lot better. The problem was, we switched recording software. This time we used Kristal. While it allowed us to use two USB Mics, there was a time sync issue, which not only had us talking over each other, but cut out random parts of word and sentences, rendering the effort useless.
After posting Episode One, Jeff and I started trying to work out the kinks. We got some ideas together, and Episode Two looked to have a bit more direction. A LOT more direction. It wasn't going to just be about us talking about ourselves, we were going to give our Podcast some feeling, some personality. We got some topics together, and started recording, again, using Kristal since it was the only one that allowed us to use two mics and try to sound natural.
Episode two, I will admit, was our best outing so far. We still ramble a little bit, but lets face it, that's who we are. There's no denying or escaping it, when you have two guys in a room who are passionate about games, and have opinions about games, you're going to get sidetracked a bit. BUT, it never ended up being so off-topic as to render things random. Episode two would have been an excellent showcase of what was to come.
Alas, past tense.
Once again, thanks to a slight delay during the recording, our voices intermingled too much. Not as bad as E1 Take 2, but bad enough to again render things unusable.
Currently, the setup is one mic on a stand, with us sitting relatively close together, talking into said mic. Not as comfortable as a two mic setup, but the sound is good, and we're raring to go. Episode 2 Take 2... then take 3... 7.... 14. The harder we tried to make things sound as good as our first run of Episode 2, things spiraled downward. Either it wasn't as interesting, we veered off track too much, it just wasn't the same. It just didn't have the same feeling that our first take had.
So, where do we go from here?
We're taking a break from the podcast phase. It was harder than we expected, and we tried to go too fast before really preparing ourselves. So, a soft reset. A return to Title Screen if you will. Jeff and I will be posting regularly here instead of trying to push out a podcast, while still planning and practicing the recording process. I assure you, the new Episode 2 will be much better than it was before. For now, I'm going to quote a famous poet, a gentleman and a scholer, a man by the name of Frosty. For as it pertains to our podcast...
"I'll say goodbye, but don't you cry, I'll be back again someday".
... Alright, so he wasn't much of a poet, and yes, Mick Foley the pro wrestler did exactly the same thing when leaving his position (albeit short term wise anyways...), but still, the point still stands.
Thanks for reading that longer-than-normal post. The next ones will be Gaming related, I assure you.
First of all, problems that only pop up when you first start doing something like this ... well, they popped up. Things like figuring out which recording software to use (I'll be bringing this up again in a little bit), what mike setups work and don't work, actually editing the damn thing.
No joke, Episode 1 became a Phantom Menace (haha, see what I did there?). After spending four and a half hours clearing out all the Umms and Uhhs out, the save file doesn't save properly, and cleared itself out. Considering we wanted the first Podcast up on Cananda Day, and I started editing on the Tuesday before, that added a little bit of over-stress to yours truly.
Episode 1 on its own was interesting all on its own. For one, we were using a One Mic setup. Passing a Rock Band USB Mic back and forth while trying to make things sound conversational, natural, and above all else, Interesting, that wasn't much fun. We were using Audacity, which while being easy to use didn't allow us to use two USB Mic's... or at least, not how we had things plugged in.
Episode 1 had a Second Take. The second take sounded more nautral, and ended up sounding a lot better. The problem was, we switched recording software. This time we used Kristal. While it allowed us to use two USB Mics, there was a time sync issue, which not only had us talking over each other, but cut out random parts of word and sentences, rendering the effort useless.
After posting Episode One, Jeff and I started trying to work out the kinks. We got some ideas together, and Episode Two looked to have a bit more direction. A LOT more direction. It wasn't going to just be about us talking about ourselves, we were going to give our Podcast some feeling, some personality. We got some topics together, and started recording, again, using Kristal since it was the only one that allowed us to use two mics and try to sound natural.
Episode two, I will admit, was our best outing so far. We still ramble a little bit, but lets face it, that's who we are. There's no denying or escaping it, when you have two guys in a room who are passionate about games, and have opinions about games, you're going to get sidetracked a bit. BUT, it never ended up being so off-topic as to render things random. Episode two would have been an excellent showcase of what was to come.
Alas, past tense.
Once again, thanks to a slight delay during the recording, our voices intermingled too much. Not as bad as E1 Take 2, but bad enough to again render things unusable.
Currently, the setup is one mic on a stand, with us sitting relatively close together, talking into said mic. Not as comfortable as a two mic setup, but the sound is good, and we're raring to go. Episode 2 Take 2... then take 3... 7.... 14. The harder we tried to make things sound as good as our first run of Episode 2, things spiraled downward. Either it wasn't as interesting, we veered off track too much, it just wasn't the same. It just didn't have the same feeling that our first take had.
So, where do we go from here?
We're taking a break from the podcast phase. It was harder than we expected, and we tried to go too fast before really preparing ourselves. So, a soft reset. A return to Title Screen if you will. Jeff and I will be posting regularly here instead of trying to push out a podcast, while still planning and practicing the recording process. I assure you, the new Episode 2 will be much better than it was before. For now, I'm going to quote a famous poet, a gentleman and a scholer, a man by the name of Frosty. For as it pertains to our podcast...
"I'll say goodbye, but don't you cry, I'll be back again someday".
... Alright, so he wasn't much of a poet, and yes, Mick Foley the pro wrestler did exactly the same thing when leaving his position (albeit short term wise anyways...), but still, the point still stands.
Thanks for reading that longer-than-normal post. The next ones will be Gaming related, I assure you.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Press Start Two Play - Episode 1
So without further ado et sans tambour ni trompette, here is our first podcast. Let's just say that this was a real learning experience on many levels (technical, preparation, etc). We actually recorded a second version of our podcast, but that one, albeit better, was plagued with technical issues.
We'll "hear" you again in Episode 2.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email us at:
jeff.pstplay@gmail.com
chris.pstplay@gmail.com
P.S.: You'll hear at the end a medley of some of the best video game songs of our childhoud. We also invite you to visit Aldofo Baez's site for some really cool stuff done with the Mario Paint composer. You will be able to download the song mixed in as an mp3.
We'll "hear" you again in Episode 2.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email us at:
jeff.pstplay@gmail.com
chris.pstplay@gmail.com
P.S.: You'll hear at the end a medley of some of the best video game songs of our childhoud. We also invite you to visit Aldofo Baez's site for some really cool stuff done with the Mario Paint composer. You will be able to download the song mixed in as an mp3.
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