On Pods, and the Casting Thereof
As I have been in the process of announcing for like 8 months, I am working on a podcast. It’s taking forever, mostly due to my tyrannical insistence on working alone when I’m also working alone on like 5 other things. I have solicited the help of several different people recently, however, and as a result, I’m getting much, much closer to what I want done. I hope to have it ready within the next month.
The format for the show will be kinda like the format I have for the site, in that I want it to be a blend of fiction comedy and hard news with a comedic slant. A portion of the show will be for discussion of headlines and news, and a portion will be prerecorded comedy bits and such.
Of course, we’ll open up with a panel discussion on various news headlines, just like every other video game podcast. However, I’m hoping mine will be distinct in that my friends and I don’t tend to share the same opinions as everyone else in video game journalism. I’m sure that’s what everyone else says, though, so who knows.
Mike Haggar, pictured heading to his neighbor's house to settle a noise dispute
Mike Haggar, as you all no doubt know, is the main character of the Final Fight series. I’ve asked Haggar to do a report on recent games of interest, and he’s agreed to help me as long as I get him a case of beer each show. He got kicked out of his favorite bar for his constant drunken violence. Not that anyone tells Haggar where he’s allowed to go. It just happens that he did a spinning lariat and wound up demolishing most of the bar, so there isn’t much for him to go back to.
I’ve also been working on a music segment. Pretty much all I listen to anymore is video game music, and there’s a lot about it I find particularly interesting. I also like to heavily analyze music, as does my friend Kady. So, we’re teaming up to analyze the hell out of the beeps and whistles you all ignore while you’re playing games.
Outside of these, the segments will be revolving. They’ll mostly be scripted comedy, though, with perhaps a few improv parts.
So that’s most of it. Does this sound good? Any suggestions?
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raddevon on 09.26.2009
I’m excited to see what you’ve cooked up!