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ScentOfAnOtaku posted:I think the producer dude needs to turn down his mic. Either all the way or a lot, cause he's really loud. Yea even tho I'm not liking it as much as I hoped I would, Wiger's the sort of guy who is never boring so I'll keep tuning in each week. Unlike on Doughboys he seems a bit skittish wrt going on tangents and I can't help but think the show would be stronger if he did. Let's get into why he considers Pacman a bird, I want to hear his insane logic. Or heck, even simpler things like how they briefly mentioned anime this week and didn't really get into it despite having a guest talking about how much he loved Initial D.
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Srice posted:Really hoping that How Did This Get Played eventually cuts down on the conversations about what makes a "real game" because it has been driving me insane! I've only listened to one episode, but it did stick in my craw that the non-Wiger host took the indefensible position that a game where you can't die isn't a game. A player can still come upon an insurmountable challenge that doesn't outright kill them, and that's way more of an impedance than having their character momentarily flash off the screen and reappear a short distance back from where they died. It's a good enough show, but feels like they're trying to keep it to an about an hour with well-defined segments, and I prefer a free-flowing conversation that takes as long as it takes. I'll probably try listening again, hoping they work out some of the issues as they do more.
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Stupid question time. For someone who isn't huge into videogame culture and knows nothing about speedrunning, what was so funny about the thing Heather read? It kinda went over my head, although I guess the basic gist was that this guy was overthinking "Vroom"?
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Fiendly posted:I've only listened to one episode, but it did stick in my craw that the non-Wiger host took the indefensible position that a game where you can't die isn't a game. A player can still come upon an insurmountable challenge that doesn't outright kill them, and that's way more of an impedance than having their character momentarily flash off the screen and reappear a short distance back from where they died. She brought it up again this week and specifically mentioned Journey not counting as a "real game" again! I felt like I was in some sort of timeloop. It's a dumb argument that falls apart immediately when you remember that adventure games exist.
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Jul 22, 2019 18:16
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Those are entertainment apps, not real games.
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Riptor posted:Miel has been getting worse and worse on that show and she is just awful in this episode. She's just singing the chorus in a dumb voice without actually saying why it's bad sorry, let me just get this straight, you wanted the uh parody song to be an essay about why the chorus was bad instead of the bit where she was taking the name drops and making them very specif experiences which was goofy and funny
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Engineers Kevin and Yusong's joint-solo project is really enjoyable. I'm not sure if it has legs but that was a great pilot.
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Snooze Cruise posted:sorry, let me just get this straight, you wanted the uh parody song to be an essay about why the chorus was bad instead of the bit where she was taking the name drops and making them very specif experiences which was goofy and funny no not the punchup, i hadn't even gotten to that part. I mean throughout the episode she just sings "YOU GOT THE MUSIC IN YOU" in a dumb voice and laughs
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Srice posted:She brought it up again this week and specifically mentioned Journey not counting as a "real game" again! I felt like I was in some sort of timeloop. You could definitely die in the Journey video game 
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FitFortDanga posted:Stupid question time. For someone who isn't huge into videogame culture and knows nothing about speedrunning, what was so funny about the thing Heather read? It kinda went over my head, although I guess the basic gist was that this guy was overthinking "Vroom"? Essentially, yeah. Over time, as routes are optimized and essentially unbeatable records are set, speedrunners tend to create very specific rulesets for games to keep things fresh - something like Super Metroid's Reverse Boss Order category, where players have to complete the game after tackling the 4 major boss fights in the opposite order that the game intends for you to do them in. It's challenging for the player because doing so requires a good amount of skill and knowledge of the game to pull off, but also interesting to the casual viewer (anyone with a passing familiarity with the game knows how much time and gear you need before making it to the fight with Ridley, and an RBO run sends the player there first while they are woefully under-equipped.) With the HDTGP example, the guy seemingly put a lot of thought into coming up with rules categories for Vroom that would be viewer-friendly above all else, showing off the dialogue and other quirks while minimizing the repetitive stuff. When he put his ideas out there for the "community" to evaluate, though, the only response he got told him in so many words that nobody else cared about this game so he could do whatever the Hell he wanted. EDIT: Oh it wasn't just facetiously "You're mod now, go nuts," the guy responding actually made the OP the mod of the Speedrun.com Vroom page (And sure enough he implemented both of his proposed categories) JethroMcB fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Jul 23, 2019 |
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Thanks for the explanation! And the link, too.
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Riptor posted:Miel has been getting worse and worse on that show and she is just awful in this episode. She's just singing the chorus in a dumb voice without actually saying why it's bad She's really, really annoying. I hate that style of humor where people just yell everything and freak out all the time. It's especially jarring when its next to comedy pimp Hayes Davenport.
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The entire episode is amazing, but the Butt Juice segment on today's Teacher's
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JethroMcB posted:The entire episode is amazing, but the Butt Juice segment on today's Teacher's It’s just toilet water? CUT THAT PART
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I listened to the first episode of Spanish Aquí Presents. I liked it, but it is definitely a very high energy podcast. I feel like you need to be in a high-energy state to enjoy it, it's not something to just listen to while relaxing for a bit.
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I just really dislike how loud and energetic the ad is for that show. It feels really aggressive after listening to a low-key podcast.
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Still working my way through HH, came here to say "The Grease Knows Eggs Show with Jesse Thorn" might be the funniest podcast episode I've ever listened to. I had to pause halfway through because I was in danger of busting up too loud at work. (now that I think about it, the CBB episode where Victor & Tiny play their podcast is also one of my favorites... disastrous podcasts-within-podcasts is a thing for me, I guess)
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FitFortDanga posted:(now that I think about it, the CBB episode where Victor & Tiny play their podcast is also one of my favorites... disastrous podcasts-within-podcasts is a thing for me, I guess) The buzz kicking back in again almost made me pass out.
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https://youtu.be/K8DWUq1AXmk Brendon Small is a genius
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fadam posted:She's really, really annoying. I hate that style of humor where people just yell everything and freak out all the time. It's especially jarring when its next to comedy pimp Hayes Davenport. I also got annoyed when she was singing over the song clips they’re supposed to be talking about. I wish she’d dial it down just a couple notches since she obviously has a good sense of humor and her punch up on that ep was pretty funny.
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Only tangentially related to Earwolf but Jess McKenna and Jon Gabrus were the narrators on the latest Drunk History and Jess was just as entertaining a drunk as you might expect (Gabrus is good too but we've already got plenty of drunk Gabrus content)
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Gabrus' segment was the first Drunk History I've watched in a few years and boy did it break the illusion for me. I know it was naive to think so in the first place, but in the past I'd always assumed that the guest brought a historical story they loved to the table then conveyed it to the camera while drunk. But with this episode it felt fully like Gabrus was assigned a piece of history he had no real connection with by the producers, memorized the Wikipedia page, then just repeated it back to the cameras while trashed. Not to say it wasn't funny, but it just pulled the curtain back a little too much for me and now I'm afraid to rewatch any of the ones I loved in the past.
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feedmyleg posted:Gabrus' segment was the first Drunk History I've watched in a few years and boy did it break the illusion for me. I know it was naive to think so in the first place, but in the past I'd always assumed that the guest brought a historical story they loved to the table then conveyed it to the camera while drunk. But with this episode it felt fully like Gabrus was assigned a piece of history he had no real connection with by the producers, memorized the Wikipedia page, then just repeated it back to the cameras while trashed. I remember seeing it when it was a web series, and I legit thought at first it was actual historians getting drunk and doing this from memory. I fully know why that isn’t the case, but it always bums me out some that it isn’t that.
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They do the bit to camera sober, then drink, then do it again, then drink more, then do it again etc then the final thing is a composite of that. The British version differs from this in that they write a bad stand up version of it, then people who are usually funny come across as being rubbish.
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Teacher's Lounge is so off the rails at this point that it's just essentially four guys in a room who are constantly cracking up and doing bits with each other with no form or structure to keep it grounded. It was always absurd, but I miss the more coherent early seasons.
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Tacier posted:Teacher's Lounge is so off the rails at this point that it's just essentially four guys in a room who are constantly cracking up and doing bits with each other with no form or structure to keep it grounded. It was always absurd, but I miss the more coherent early seasons. I'm still getting a bit of joy out of Drew just completely owning how terrible he is at tracking the conversation while trying to come up with a joke, but it is getting close to the line. Like a couple of eps ago when he closed out the last 3-5 minutes explaining this fact was really exhausting, I felt as if I could feel the rest of the guys just glaring at him to stop. Im interested in seeing where it ends up going. I felt the first several seasons had a good balance between the characters and the bits they stuck with were generally funny premises, but they started losing creativity and chose unfunny character anchors that were a burden to carry all season. This probably pushed them into doing the minisodes where they could be more spontaneous. As a reaction, maybe they went too far in the other direction with no bit sticking around for any really period of time, good or bad. This post definitely had more thought put into it than the podcast...
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The minis season is quickly becoming one of my favourites. I miss guests like Ego, but I'm into the shortness and wildness. I especially love the 'failed' episodes they release under titles like "seriously don't listen to this" where they're more experimental with the form. They probably wouldn't have tried a whole 50 minute "backwards" ep. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Jul 28, 2019 |
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The Teachers Barge closing theme alone is better than most any other comedy podcast these days. Will not stand for the minisode slander (plus this is just a placeholder for when the full-effort show comes back in the fall, presumably with guests)
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Yeah, Teacher's Lounge minis have been a great placeholder while they prep for the...I dunno, relaunch? The hints they've given make it sound like it's going to be part of the main, free Earwolf offerings. I wouldn't be surprised if this run ends with them resetting the continuity. In any event, it's fun to just hear the four of them bullshit for half an hour a week, and it's especially fun to hear their experimental recordings.
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Yeah, the last two episodes have been Teacher's Barge and the "failed" subway one, and they both cracked me the gently caress up. The minisodes rule.
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Tacier posted:Teacher's Lounge is so off the rails at this point that it's just essentially four guys in a room who are constantly cracking up and doing bits with each other with no form or structure to keep it grounded. It was always absurd, but I miss the more coherent early seasons. That's always been what the Teacher's Lounge has been. And it's always been hilarious. Sure.....I wouldn't mind them getting some plot line back on track.....but they are clearly in transition. And they are still funny as all hell. Oh....and I never really liked the side episodes that they did. But I'm on my second listen through.....and The Creature's Lounge is great. The "Piece of poo poo Man" song right at the beginning cracks me the hell up. And then Besser coming in as old rear end Guitar George who doesn't have a birthday....because all you get for a birthday when you're poor is an empty box. Brilliance. RestingB1tchFace fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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The funniest moment in all of the Creature's Lounge is when Drew pimps Guitar George into being White. I also never really dug on the side episodes, but whenever I give them a relisten there's something that always jumps out at me as an all-timer. Listening to new podcasts from iToons in one of the Bleacher's Lounge episodes is one of those bits; just thinking about Jon as Andrew Dice Clay saying "Sippin' on the beeeeers" is enough to make me chuckle.
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Holy poo poo that Dobie Gillis joke might have been for me and only me but it was perfection. Also, thought the Magic Tavern folks weren't gonna bring it but this episode was a corker
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This week's The Perspective has 'Zouks and it's a blast. Jason: "Logan Paul, right? He's the shithead who has the YouTube channel, where he went to the Suicide Forest..." Erin: "A SUICIDE FOREST? What fairy tale is this?" Lauren: "So in Japan, there's this forest where people go t-" Erin: "Is it HELPFUL?"
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feedmyleg posted:Holy poo poo that Dobie Gillis joke might have been for me and only me but it was perfection. Yeah, I haven't been impressed by their past guest appearances on podcasts, but this episode is amazing. Really 300, Chef Kevin Episode Ideas 2 (Pro), and Magic Tavern are all big-hitting perfect episodes.
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so, i somehow missed last week's hh with moshe, this must have been a great listen for those of you who want to hear kevin drown
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cams posted:so, i somehow missed last week's hh with moshe, this must have been a great listen for those of you who want to hear kevin drown Sean saying "In many ways Chef Kevin understands the show more than anyone," hit really hard for me.
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JethroMcB posted:This week's The Perspective has 'Zouks and it's a blast. Erin came out with a couple of great lines, but that had me rolling.
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Franchescanado posted:Sean saying "In many ways Chef Kevin understands the show more than anyone," hit really hard for me. I feel like Kev is on the cusp of realizing what can come from paying more attention to the Coco stuff...
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Franchescanado posted:Sean saying "In many ways Chef Kevin understands the show more than anyone," hit really hard for me. I did not enjoy the Kevin and Yusong podcast because it was these people I've listened to for years get dunked on repeatable try and be main characters in their story. You people are plucky comic relief at best, stay in your lane.
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