All Things Awesome

Hey all,Another minisode is up. This time, we cover Silent Hill: Homecoming, otherwise known as Silent Hill 5. In the first part of the show (about 20 minutes), we give a basic review of the game. In the second part of the show, we delve deep into spoiler territory and discuss the endings and symbolism of SH:H, and the implications of this game on the SH franchise. We're both Silent Hill fans, so we ended up rambling on about the story for a good 40 minutes.SPOILER WARNING! At around the 20 minute mark, you'll hear the Silent Hill sirens. If you don't want any spoilers on SH:H or other games in the series, stop listening!Download it here: All Things Awesome Minisode #2 (right click and save as)(recorded: Sunday 10/5, hosts: Schmitty, Netta) duration: 1 hour 3 minutes, 30.1mb)Remember, spoilers start at about the 20 minute mark.

Hey guys,Trying something new here. Since all of the primary cast is pretty busy most of the time, it's tough to do podcasts more than once a month or so. As such, I've decided to launch some shorter, but more frequently updated minisodes that I'll be recording with my girlfriend Netta co-hosting. These will generally be somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes long probably, but I'm not sure how often they'll be recorded. They'll probably focus more on specific video games, TV and movies.This debut episode is our review and discussion of Maxis' new game, Spore. We cover what happens in each of the phases, how they play, and what we think of each stage and the game's creation options.Download it here: All Things Awesome Minisode #1 (right click and save as)(recorded: Monday 9/22, hosts: Schmitty, Netta) duration: 36 minutes, 17.2mb)Additional Links:Robin Williams Demoing Spore back in '06Feeding FrenzyAs a side note, this minisode isn't an indication of any changes to the main podcast. There'll be no cast changes

Here's part 2.Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #6-2 (right click and save as)(recorded: Sunday 9/13, hosts: Schmitty, Mike, Foz, Tim, Shawn) duration: 53 minutes, 24.5mb)The times listed in the show notes may be about a minute off.00:00 - 49:00: Force Unleashed demo, Too Human demo, story elements in these games9:00 - 54:00: Castle Crashers, looting in multiplayer games14:00 - 1:00:30: Rock Band 2 peripherals, EMusic, peripheral compatability20:30 - 1:06:00: Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog, technology26:00 - 1:10:00: New movie lightning round! Bangkok Dangerous, Burn After Reading and other Coen brothers films30:00 - 1:16:00: Sam Jackson torments people as we skirt the edge of racism, Blindness and debating the quality of the Constant Gardener, Choke, grammar hour on ATA, Red Band trailers36:00 - 1:24:00: Saw V, Righteous Kill, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Tim doesn't know who John Cusack is, Zack and Mirri Make a Porno and assorted Kevin Smith stuff44:00 - 1:30:28: Max Payne movie, Schoene

It was recorded last weekend. Then I fell into a time warp and so here it is almost a week later. My apologies if this podcast seems very disjointed. It wasn't our most well structured effort.NOTE THE SPOILER WARNINGS.Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #6-1 (right click and save as)(recorded: Sunday 9/13, hosts: Schmitty, Mike, Foz, Tim, Shawn) duration: 40 minutes, 18.1mb)0:00 - 5:00: WotLK Beta talk: It's pretty! Robo-gnomes, DEHTA, Death Knights5:00 - 6:00: Spoiler Warning!6:00 - 13:00: Reworking of buffs in WotLK, WTF Core Hounds!, Training Dummies13:00 - 16:00: Beta Naxx info, Naxx story info16:00 - 17:00: Spoiler warning!17:00 - 23:30: Tirion Fordring, WoW Geekout Warning!: Naxx loot, WotLK release date: happy birthday Foz?23:30 - 28:30: WotLK collector's edition stuff, vanity pets, more DK discussion28:30 - 37:00: Class specific stuff: (more geekouts) Pallies, Hunters, Druids, Shamans, the new loot drama37:00 - 39:45: Raid accomplishments

And here's part 3, with an extensive discussion of 4th Edition now that's we've actually played the thing.Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #5-3 (right click and save as)(recorded: Sunday 7/27, hosts: Schmitty, Mike, Foz, Tim, Shawn, Judge) duration: 55 minutes, 26.3mb)0:00 - 11:00: Tim's racism drives Schmitty off, is 4th Edition still D&D?, thoughts on the new power system - does it focus the game on "roll" playing?, is 4th too complex for newbies?11:00 - 20:00: Some praise for the new DMG, more role vs. roll playing discussion20:00 - 29:00: Love for the new D&D monsters, turn flow and death and dying in 4E, using power cards29:00 - 35:30: More monster talk - bemoaning the lack of flavor in the MM, stupid Gricks, Bulettes in the restroom35:30 - 49:00: 4E miniatures, individual highs and lows of 4E, 4E "blockiness" too intimidating?49:00 - 54:45: Some parting comments: why the lack of gnomes, etc.

Here's part 2 of episode 5, featuring lots of general video game/E3 talk as well as some WoW discussion.Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #5-2 (right click and save as)(recorded: Sunday 7/27, hosts: Schmitty, Mike, Foz, Tim, Shawn, Judge) duration: 50 minutes, 22.8mb)0:00 - 9:00: Ambivalence for Final Fantasy XIII on 360, is Sony getting scared yet?, why bother with Lips when you could play Rock Band?, ambivalence about Gears II and FPS games, please let Mirror's Edge be better than Assassin's Creed9:00 - 16:00: Diablo III talk - it's got colors!, we lavish praise on Blizzard, PHYSICS!, how to break the WoW addiction16:00 - 20:30: Back to E3 talk with Fallout 3, some Spore talk, more drooling over Left 4 Dead20:30 - 26:00: GTA IV: The Best GTA IV yet, the no-PS2 club26:00 - 31:30: DS games: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, The World Ends With You31:30 - 35:00: The Penny Arcade game is fun time (especially if you like dick jokes), Garfield is dead?35:00 - 42:00: WoW talk, MRS' first Gruul kill/25-ma

Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #5-1 (right click and save as)(recorded: Sunday 7/27, hosts: Schmitty, Mike, Foz, Tim, Shawn, Judge) duration: 50 minutes, 22.8mb)Could it be? Our very first tecnnical issues-free podcast? Huzzah! Since we had a lot to catch up on and a big cast, we went pretty long this week, so we'll be dividing this episode up into 3 parts posted over the next few days. Stay tuned, and enjoy!0:00 – 1:00: We’re back! 1:00 – 7:00: Movie trailers, no one wants to watch Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Watchmen trailer gave everyone giant boners, Zack Snyder done good? (well except making women in look dumb in 300) 7:00 – 16:30: Hollywood’s getting comic movies right… why?, the new generation of comic movie makers and fans, we need a hero ‘cause the world sucks? 16:30 – 22:45: Marvel remaking failed properties: new Hulk, new Punisher, etc., diluting the marvel brand name? Pushing the Avengers Initiative 22:45 – 32:00: Heath Ledger a shoe-in for a posthumous Oscar?, different takes on th

Yeah, beta. Our technical issues persist and this episode sounds frustratingly awful to my ears. For timeliness' sake, I'm posting a mostly unedited version up now, so some of the cuts before and after the breaks might sound strange.Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #4 (right click and save as)(recorded: Saturday 4/5, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike) duration: 1 hour 13 minutes, 35.1mb)Show notes and properly edited version to come later.EDIT: Nope, not going to bother. Sorry guys, we'll get the next one right.

Episode 3 is up!Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #3 (right click and save as)(recorded: Saturday 3/8, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Shawn) duration: 1 hour 38 minutes, 45.0mb)We had some more technical issues on this one. The quality came through better, but whenever Shawn talks, you can hear some crackling static. It's mostly just a minor nuisance in the first hour, but then gets horrendously bad. Unfortunately it was unfixable, so for some this will only be an hour show. Eventually we'll get all this crap worked out.0:00 - 11:15: Intro, Mike and Judge are dead, more importantly, Gary Gygax is dead, our role-playing beginnings and influences: Schmitty's Raistlin, Tim's middle-school D&D, Shawn's boxes (gotta catch 'em all), the legacy of Fosberry torment, "Juvenile" vs. "Mature" D&D11:15 - 22:00: Nerd Heroes: Jeff Hannes of Inquest, FRP vs. LARP, Joss Whedon, Monte Cook stories - he has real magic power22:00 - 31:40: Gamer rituals, Tim's annual/semi-annual Evathon (Neon Genesis Evangelion ma

Hey everyone, Episode 2 is here!Download it here: All Things Awesome Episode #2 (right click and save as)(recorded: Saturday 2/23, hosts: Schmitty, Foz, Tim, Mike, Judge) duration: 2 hour 31 minutes, 69.1mb)This episode went on a bit too long, so apologies about that. I guess. I mean, it occurs to me that people like these things to be concise, but I don't really get the point of complaining about too much content. Especially when there's very detailed show notes on exactly what you can expect in each segment. But anyway, I'll stop trying to alienate you all now. Seriously, thanks for listening.We also had some technical issues and the sound quality isn't on par with the quality we had in the first episode, but we'll get that straightened out for next time.0:00 - 13:30: Beer!, I'm a girly man, first beer experiences, good beer, beer, bad beer, foreign beer, also... beer, Tim's sack13:30 - 17:30: Racism, revisited: an ATA PSA17:30 - 24:30: The writer's strike is over, what's it's effect on TV this season?, "R