http://grogheads.com/?podcast=the-grogcast-episode-11
Yep, here's #11 - in time for you to still listen while watching the clock at work...
Enjoy!
Other than the sound issues, another great episode! And now I want to play Star Wars: Rebellion. ;D
...and as one of the participants, all credit to the Mighty Cat for getting this thing somewhere approaching listenable. I was there ab initio and know what he had to work with.
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
I'm impressed that B_C was able to edit in the Death Star speech from Clerks
Shovin us into the ol' pigeonhole
Quote from: mirth on May 21, 2015, 08:09:40 AM
Shovin us into the ol' pigeonhole
Me no savvie ???
For my guy, MD as a side benefit :).
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 21, 2015, 08:39:11 AM
Quote from: mirth on May 21, 2015, 08:09:40 AM
Shovin us into the ol' pigeonhole
Me no savvie ???
Do you listen to your own podcasts? :P
It's something BC said at the start, a paraphrased version anyway.
ah... gotcha
I'll work on it. Anyone having a better suggestion for a tagline, bring it up.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 21, 2015, 10:14:17 AM
I'll work on it. Anyone having a better suggestion for a tagline, bring it up.
Do you really want to open the floor to our suggestions?
Would I have asked if I did not? You act as if you could impress me. :-*
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 21, 2015, 11:48:14 AM
Would I have asked if I did not? You act as if you could impress me. :-*
I was thinking "Into the ol' pigeonhole" worked just fine.
It's usually the simple things that work best...
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 21, 2015, 11:50:34 AM
It's usually the simple things that work best...
Lucky for me.
I think "ol' pidgeonhole" is probably something out of GILF pr0n. Or, "Tuesday night" as mirth calls it.
I middle aged, every night is GILF pr0n night.
"Middle age" is pretty debatable, though. That statement assumes you're in the middle of your life. Personally I think I'll be lucky to have 10 years left in me, and that's if I avoid the GILFs.
"Pounding it into the Ole Pigeonhole Since 2015"
Winner...
I think you've both given me something to work with. >:D
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 21, 2015, 12:07:49 PM
"Middle age" is pretty debatable, though. That statement assumes you're in the middle of your life. Personally I think I'll be lucky to have 10 years left in me, and that's if I avoid the GILFs.
Excellent point. By that reasoning, I'm in my twilight years. However, GILFs are still applicable.
While we don't want to complete neuter the spirit of the site in the GrogCast, let's also keep in mind that this is a very high-visibility effort for us, and a lot of people are finding us for the first time through the GrogCast. There's a fine line around here between an accurate impression of the place, and the wrong impression of the place :)
Oh, please. Do you REALLY think you'd let me get away with saying "Welcome to the GrogCast, the podcast pidgeonholing you since 2015"?
Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 21, 2015, 01:31:47 PM
While we don't want to complete neuter the spirit of the site in the GrogCast, let's also keep in mind that this is a very high-visibility effort for us, and a lot of people are finding us for the first time through the GrogCast. There's a fine line around here between an accurate impression of the place, and the wrong impression of the place :)
Again, do you even listen to the podcasts? :P
...or read the forums?
Considering what's IN the forums that we're trying to drive traffic towards...
:coolsmiley:
I thought we were trying to drive traffic toward the Mythical Front Page, not this wretched hive of scum and villainy.
(https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/starwars-speed-dating.jpg)
^Star last night?
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 21, 2015, 01:34:33 PM
Oh, please. Do you REALLY think you'd let me get away with saying "Welcome to the GrogCast, the podcast pidgeonholing you since 2015"?
I think you'd
try
How about substituting 'pidgeon' with 'corn'?
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmemecrunch.com%2Fmeme%2F18NDJ%2Fcorn-hole%2Fimage.jpg&hash=86f945a3a2c22c1ed805c10bdf233ebe8067bd74)
Just had a chance to listen to this weeks episode. Good to hear Cyrano again. He's an interesting cat (and an even better MAN for being a Zappa fan). And with all that Star Wars talk and minutiae, I never have to worry about being the nerdiest person I know. Thanks guys!
I found this one a bit lightweight. Maybe I was distracted by the audio problems. Skype can be aweful.
Not to be too confrontational, but I thought some of Peter Molyneux's early stuff (Populous, Syndicate, even The Movies) was quite good. Okay...never played black and white and Fable, but I think Cyrano's comments are a tad harsh...no?
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on May 25, 2015, 01:16:45 PM
Not to be too confrontational, but I thought some of Peter Molyneux's early stuff (Populous, Syndicate, even The Movies) was quite good. Okay...never played black and white and Fable, but I think Cyrano's comments are a tad harsh...no?
My personal opinion : If it has been more than two decades since the guy has actually managed to come close to pulling off what he claims to be trying to make, he either isn't that good at his job or he's somewhat full of it.
I meant to say this last time, but Cyrano's voice bears an absolutely uncanny resemblance to that of my friend Greg. So much so, in fact, that it's already almost impossible not to picture the two of them looking alike as well (even though I know better). ::)
I have always welcomed constructive comment even when, as in this instance, I stand by what I said. I'll basically +1 AB and say the downward spiral started with Black and White. That game also set the template for the disasters that followed: put out a killer tech demo, promise that the game will do everything but wash your garage, and then not deliver something that's actually a game. I say this as someone who almost killed his Amiga playing Populous. It was one of the four games I took with me to grad school. And, please remember, my mini-rant was in response to Brant's remarks about designers not really "designing" their games...that is almost certainly his problem.
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
Cyrano,
Fair enough...not trying to call you out on anything; rather I was just trying to get a sense of what Peter M. games may have precipitated the comment. FWIW, I have never liked anything by Will Wright after SimCity and SimCopter (which whetted my appetite for rescue-chopper games).
Oh, man, yeah, Will Wright. He and Molyneux are both folks who leveraged previous achievement into indulgence of excess far beyond what would have been granted to developers without their names.
By the by, the interview I refer to in the podcast is here: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/peter-molyneux/
I also observe that it's so well known that Googling "rock paper shotgun" will get you "rock paper shotgun Molyneux" for free...
Quote from: Cyrano on May 25, 2015, 08:43:26 PM
I have always welcomed constructive comment even when, as in this instance, I stand by what I said. I'll basically +1 AB and say the downward spiral started with Black and White. That game also set the template for the disasters that followed: put out a killer tech demo, promise that the game will do everything but wash your garage, and then not deliver something that's actually a game. I say this as someone who almost killed his Amiga playing Populous. It was one of the four games I took with me to grad school. And, please remember, my mini-rant was in response to Brant's remarks about designers not really "designing" their games...that is almost certainly his problem.
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
You forgot the last part to that template : Explain why THIS game will do everything the last one didn't, and that the last one sucked (now that it's no longer selling based on earlier promises that it was the game to fix everything...).