Comments on: Podcasts Redux http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/ My games and other nonsense Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Olly http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/#comment-72 Olly Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:36:47 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/#comment-72 Major Nelson is on my subscription list but I can't help but feel like it's a big sycophantic PR exercise. It's nice to have someone who obviously is active in the community and his interviews are often great, but you're never going to hear anything bad about the Xbox on it. The Hotspot is there too and Gerstmann is the highlight, but all should bow before Gaming Steve when it comes to gaming podcasts. I'll try out some of the others either way. Major Nelson is on my subscription list but I can’t help but feel like it’s a big sycophantic PR exercise. It’s nice to have someone who obviously is active in the community and his interviews are often great, but you’re never going to hear anything bad about the Xbox on it.

The Hotspot is there too and Gerstmann is the highlight, but all should bow before Gaming Steve when it comes to gaming podcasts. I’ll try out some of the others either way.

]]> By: runtime http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/#comment-71 runtime Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:15:26 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/#comment-71 I'd also recommend Major Nelson's podcast but he has a tendancy to gush such that everything related to the Xbox 360 platform is 'amazing' or 'awesome'. Although he tries to present his opinions - the stuff he ommits, or cannot talk about beyond towing his employers line means his podcasts are usually less than informative; unfortunately the same constraints apply to his interviews he conducts with the rest of the Xbox team. That said, he does (IMHO) succeed in promoting the consensus that Microsoft is listening to its customers. I’d also recommend Major Nelson’s podcast but he has a tendancy to gush such that everything related to the Xbox 360 platform is ‘amazing’ or ‘awesome’. Although he tries to present his opinions – the stuff he ommits, or cannot talk about beyond towing his employers line means his podcasts are usually less than informative; unfortunately the same constraints apply to his interviews he conducts with the rest of the Xbox team. That said, he does (IMHO) succeed in promoting the consensus that Microsoft is listening to its customers.

]]> By: runtime http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/#comment-70 runtime Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:02:40 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2006/03/podcasts-redux/#comment-70 Wot no 'Hotspot'?! (Gamespot.com The Hotspot); surely listening to Jeff Gerstmann's repartee is worth it alone! :o) Other ones you should check out: Diggnation (with Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht) and 1UP.com 1UP Radio(at least whenever Garnett Lee is hosting - much more palletable than the girl that used to host it, also has some genuinely interesting things to say). Wot no ‘Hotspot’?! (Gamespot.com The Hotspot); surely listening to Jeff Gerstmann’s repartee is worth it alone! :o)

Other ones you should check out: Diggnation (with Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht) and 1UP.com 1UP Radio(at least whenever Garnett Lee is hosting – much more palletable than the girl that used to host it, also has some genuinely interesting things to say).

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