Posts tagged SquatchCast
Squatchcast Season 2 Begins!
Feb 7th
It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? The last podcast we recorded took place when Mass Effect 2 was still new. We certainly have a lot to catch up on.
We’ve used the last year to do some hard thinking about what worked and what didn’t with our first run of podcasts, and I think we’ve got some good stuff in store for you this time around.
For our second season, we’re going to be producing podcasts on a weekly basis that will be released every Monday morning. Our topics will vary depending on whatever we think is pertinent and interesting at the time, but our plan is to keep things shorter — think 30 to 45 minutes per episode. We’re also recording podcasts in-person this time around to help avoid problems like disjointed conversations and desynchronized audio stems.
This first episode has the three of us discussing preliminary information on the two major upcoming handheld game systems, Nintendo’s 3DS and Sony’s NGP. We assess what we know about pricing, features and market strategy and weigh the relative strengths and weaknesses of each in the rapidly evolving portable gaming marketplace. After all, you have to wonder what does a several-hundred dollar dedicated portable gaming system means in the age of Android and iOS.
Enjoy the new podcast, and please let us know what you think of the new format! If you’d rather not leave a comment, feel free to drop me an email (nick at siliconsasquatch dot com) instead. I really want to make this podcast as awesome as it possibly can be, and your input is invaluable.
Cheers!
- Nick
Intro music: The Black Keys – “Everlasting Light,” from Brothers
Outro music: Girls – “Laura,” from Album
2010: The Year We Make Contact…and subsequently go broke
Dec 8th
Well, would you look at that — another podcast! And this one’s blessedly much shorter than the previous, meaning you get plenty of on-topic discussion and analysis without having to meander through dozens of games and several months of backlogged news to cover.
This podcast picks up where the last one left off, with the gang discussing the myriad top-tier releases of the first quarter of 2010. A near-complete list of titles is available after the jump for your perusal.
As always, thanks for listening, and let us know what you think!
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The massive catch-up show
Dec 2nd
We were called back to life by the gods of Olympus to fight through a terrible side-scrolling action game "classic". Let death be quick and merciful.
Welcome back to the show, everyone! We’ve been absent for a couple months, but the whole gang is eager to start producing shows on a more regular basis.
Because we’ve been negligent in recording over such a critical period of time for major game releases, this episode features us playing catch-up on the infamous fourth quarter onslaught of top-tier blockbuster games — and it doesn’t even cover all the bases.
Initially, we’d planned on a show with three thirty-minute segments:
- Reflections on the games of the past few months
- A debrief on the controversies surrounding Modern Warfare 2 (“No Russian,” lack of dedicated server support on PC)
- A look ahead at the major releases waiting in the first quarter of 2010
After more than two hours of discussion, we only made it through part two. That was when we decided it was best to call it a night and give people a chance to actually listen to this episode.
We’re hoping to get together and record the final portion of this discussion soon, but this hefty hunk of Sasquatch-y goodness ought to provide you plenty of entertainment and keep you warm at night. Let us know what you think, and thanks for listening!
SquatchCast: Now on iTunes!
Jul 28th
We’re pleased to announce that the Silicon Sasquatch podcast (irksomely referred to around these parts as the SquatchCast) is now available for your downloading and subscribing pleasure through the iTunes Music Store. For a one-time price of nothing, every podcast we produce will download straight to your computer and mp3 player of choice.
In other podcast news: We’re set to record episode 2 tonight, and with any luck it’ll be posted sometime on Wednesday.
Please give it a listen and let us know what you think. We’d love to hear from some of you; for all we know, nobody else besides us ever reads the site, so even just a “hello” would work wonders for our self-esteem.