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The Idle Thumbs Podcast

Idle Thumbs GDC 2011

by Jon Cole in Games330 days ago

It’s been made pretty clear over the last year that the CastMedium staff members are big fans of (The) Idle Thumbs (Podcast), despite the fact that their feed has remained dormant for almost six months. Fortunately, that fact has recently been dashed by a couple of “Conf Grenades” that the guys released during this year’s Game Developers Conference. Since these podcasts have managed to fly under some of our radars despite nearly rabid fandom, we thought it might be useful to bring them to the attention of both Idle Thumbs...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Ross’s picks

by Ross Adams in Features406 days ago

3)  The Sound Test A combination of two of my favourite things, Ray Barnholt and video game music. Every two weeks Ray would lovingly craft a playlist of game music that was always a dream to listen to. Often incredibly eclectic each weeks musical selection could contain anything from the newest triple A title to an obscure game never released outside of Japan. Sadly when Ray was let go of 1UP The Sound Test went with him, we can only hope that when he finds his feet the show can return in some form. Until then the 16 archived episodes are a must...

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The Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 4: Super Expert Pro

by Jon Cole in Games687 days ago

Prepare yourself for a hot scoop of Thumbs, starting things off with discussion of the bizarre press rollout for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS.  Chris talks about the strange press release with arbitrary bolding, font styles, and text sizes that announced the future announcement of the future handheld while Steve admits he might be interested in affordable 3D technology that doesn’t require the use of stereoscopic glasses. The multiplayer beta for Starcraft 2 has captured the hearts of many, especially Chris and former Thumb Nick Breckon.  The...

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The Idle Thumbs Podcast 1: THE GREAT GATLING-GUNSBY

by Jon Cole in Games728 days ago

If you’ve somehow missed the word on the virtual street, Idle Thumbs is back, reanimated in the form of the “Idle Thumbs Podcast” starring Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, and Steve “Hot Scoops” Gaynor.  With Steve’s work on Bioshock 2 dominating the last few months of his life, Jake talks very briefly about his recent playthrough of Bioshock and Chris discusses his time with System Shock 2 at length.  For more of Chris’s thoughts, check out the most recent Idle Thumbs blog post. Mass Effect 2 has been tightly in focus for the gaming...

Idle Thumbs 50: “Farewell, Video Games” or “The Shitty Wizard”

by Jonathan Downin in Games826 days ago

Dragon Age starts-off this epic last episode of Idle Thumbs. All 3 of the guys have torn themselves away from Torchlight to get some time in with the game, and they are enjoying it. There are some quirks to it, but the dialog has the guys interested and they taut the PC version as the way to go. Torchlight has Chris completely hooked in its net of loot and gear enchanting. Herein is a classic wizard story for the history books, and Chris does not come out unscathed. The recent Modern Warfare 2 issues get some time before the regular show portion...

Idle Thumbs 49: Bargo Busters

by Jonathan Downin in Games834 days ago

It’s a Torchlight extravaganza. After their special “podblast” interview with Runic Games’s Max Schaefer, the Diablo successor is again the center of attention. Chris is loving the game and it shows, with a full 30+ minutes spent discussing the game. It sounds like the Runic crew have put together a worthy update of the dungeon-crawler formula, and it is a steal at $20. An MMO version is in the works as well, so there is a lot to look forward to. Uncharted 2 receives some more discussion time. This leads into a focus on voice...

Idle Thumbs 48: In Space

by Jonathan Downin in Games842 days ago

Infinity Ward has announced that the multiplayer in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will not have dedicated servers support. The guys speculate that this is a way for them to stave off piracy. This decision has the Call of Duty PC fanbase up-in-arms. Our own Jon Cole wrote an article on this very issue which was featured on Bitmob.com, so check it out. Chris is still enjoying Demon’s Souls despite its rigid difficulty. He describes it as meaningful difficulty though, as it is not just cheap kills, but rewards actual skill. Chris has written...

Idle Thumbs 47: “The Lord of the Donk” or “And That’s Who the Lord of the Donk Was”

by Jonathan Downin in Games850 days ago

Chris quickly touches on Risen at the beginning this week and then the group moves onto Brutal Legend. They point out the polarizing effect that it has had in the press with the wide range of scores which it has been receiving. The games seems to fall into the good to great category with the guys here with them talking up the well constructed and atmospheric world as the real draw. Nick attended a Left 4 Dead 2 event and is sharing his experiences with the new Scavenger mode. The new mode has the 4 player team collecting 16 gas cans to power a centrally...

Idle Thumbs 46: First Annual Year

by Jonathan Downin in Games856 days ago

Chris finally got around to firing up Red Faction and he is loving it. The guys are talking about the game here in a context that hasn’t been touched on too much in the games press. They point out how ridiculous the story is, yet the game doesn’t acknowledge it. This is the norm for games and the discussion here points out that we are almost always put in a position of controlling some sort of psychopath in games, yet we have been so conditioned to this that we rarely notice anymore. The developers of Dead Space and the forthcoming Dante’s...

Idle Thumbs 45: Episode Forty-Five

by Jon Cole in Games862 days ago

Nick Breckon returns to video games this week and tells some tales of going home and gaming with the family.  The conversation quickly turns to the latest Mass Effect 2 trailer, which highlights the character “Subject Zero” and the airborne contagion that the Dragon Age’s “Violence” Trailer brought to Bioware with symptoms of terrible hard rock music and “edgy” “adult” “themes”.  It’s dismaying to see the ME2 enthusiasm sapped from the previously ME giddy Chris Remo, but hopefully...

Idle Thumbs 44: Salacious Thumb

by Jonathan Downin in Games868 days ago

The quirky humor of Idle Thumbs continues to entertain with Chris being inspired by ODST to noir-up the edit this week. The Halo ODST discussion starting out the cast leaves an impression that is equal parts positive and negative. While Chris praises the Halo series as being one of the tightest FPS experiences around, Nick and special guest Steve Gaynor aren’t quite convinced. The renaming of ODST as “Odious Tea” is brilliant though. Scribblenauts sparks the now common sentiment that the second entry in the series may make the...

Idle Thumbs 43: Jeff “Gone” Goldblum

by Jonathan Downin in Games875 days ago

Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, has stirred up a storm with his recent comments during a conference call about using “skepticism, pessimism, and fear” to increase the productivity of developers.  He also stated that his goal is to “take all the fun out of making video games.”  This has obviously not gone over well in the press and the guys share a few thoughts on the situation here. Details about Modern Warfare 2 have been coming out after the recent Infinity Ward event for the game.  The guys make note that although IW...

Idle Thumbs 42: The Dreamcast

by Jonathan Downin in Games884 days ago

Get ready for a whole show dedicated to Sega’s opus, the Dreamcast– or so the Idle Thumb guys would have us think.  Nope, not here.  The title actually refers to the final segment that has the guys reading emails about game-related dreams sent in by listeners.  Those silly wizards. PAX game impressions start out the game talk with the indie hit of the show, Shank, garnering some praise for its art style.  Left 4 Dead 2 gets plenty of time as well with the updated Source engine getting a lot of attention, but the all-daytime setting...

Idle Thumbs PAX 09: BioWare’s Mac Walters

by Jon Cole in Games885 days ago

The Idle Thumbs crew brings their PAX coverage to a close with a concise interview with BioWare’s Mac Walters.  After being a lowly member of the original Mass Effect writing team, Mac decided to climb the company ladder by murdering Mass Effect’s lead writer Drew Karpyshyn, so he naturally has a unique view from seeing both the formative and evolving stages of the Mass Effect trilogy.  Bioware is well known for their proficiency in telling stories and Mass Effect is no exception to the rule.  The series’s development of voice-over...

Idle Thumbs PAX 09: Valve’s Chet Faliszek

by Jon Cole in Games886 days ago

The normal crew adds two more thumbs to the mix thanks to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, who’s making a video game.  On the floor, the Valve guys are showing the “Dark Carnival” campaign of Left 4 Dead 2, so it naturally capitalizes the conversation.  The series has never really been known for its serious nature, so it’s not a huge surprise to hear that the carnival games around the in-game campaign environment are actually playable.  With a couple mini-games actually contributing challenges that give chances to earn achievements,...

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