You could pick community questions to read early in the show, if they line up with topics you wanted to discuss anyway. Then save the rest for the end, maybe even after letting guest(s) go, if you happened to have any.
And if you get ridiculously long winded ones, just kindly point out you won’t be reading the whole thing and tell people if they are goinng to do that, they would be wise to frontload the part they most want to see addressed at the begining of thier post, as the rest may not even get read
As your newest patron, I already get that as much as you guys want to show appretiation, you don’t owe us huge chunks of your time by reading every last self-indulgent word we’ve typed
As the crafter of many an extended question I would say that initially I chose to do so initially since so many questions were based on “who will Microsoft acquire next” or “what studio should MS buy to make conker?” which in the early days was just unexciting.
Given I listen to the podcast for the personalities and fostering a sense of community I chose to craft my questions to encourage some levity, and hear peoples thoughts on life as part of a gaming community, or as parents as that kind of humanising content appeals more than listening to the same discussions we see here on the forum 24/7.
It feels like any really interesting or important “gaming” question would be spoken about as a matter of course during the podcast anyway.
Of course you should do what you feel is best, don’t feel beholden to stupid questions.
TBH as one who abused them herself I think Superchats are more distracting to the flow of conversation.
i can vouch that we should never ever get rid of Cerys questions, pure unadulterated, unfettered. It’s a mainstay and provides a much needed charm and life to these Q&A sections.
Huh… I just realized you have timestamps listed in your podcast posts here on the site. Any chance of getting those in your RSS feed? Or whatever it is that’s making your podcast show up in apps like Pocket Casts. That’s the app I use, and it does not show timestamps for your podcast, but does for plenty others that I listen to.
As someone who engages with a lot of podcasts over the course of a week, I find the growing lengths to be a bit of a barrier. I agree that perhaps cutting some of the questions, superchats, and miscellany would be beneficial, or perhaps putting them at the end and implementing good time stamps for all podcatchers.
Between XboxEra, Xbox Two, Defining Duke, and the occasional ILP you’re talking a lot of hours and a lot of the same folks asking the same questions across communities. That’s just the Xbox focused groups so then you start looking at the more general ones and it’s overwhelming so I skip over the longer ones which is a shame.
I certainly don’t envy the decisions and effort you all put into this stuff though and I’m just some idiot on the internet. Thanks for the entertainment, either way!
Quick question to everyone who watches or catches a lot of the podcasts, how do you listen/watch them? I always watch the XboxEra podcasts live, usually on a PC for easy keyboard typing in chat and run through my AVR/TV setup.
However, I haven’t listened to other podcasts because I want to get time in for gaming. I don’t think Xbox allows for playing of YouTube Videos in SNAP anymore (I miss that feature). I don’t think it will even play audio only from YT on the side-bar.
I suck at sleep so sometimes I listen then (which means I often miss a chunk, lol), or at work/commute/while cleaning. Don’t normally try and fit it in while gaming.
I rarely see it live, I will mostly play it later in spare time while playing something mindless. Sometimes I don’t get to listen to the latest podcast until just before they record the next.
I use my phone and overcast. I keep my headphones nearby and listen throughout the day when I’m working, working out, cleaning, making dinner, etc. It’s basically my music or audiobook replacement. I never watch live, but I don’t engage with most things live anymore as I don’t like to be tied to a certain place at a certain time whenever possible. That feels like work and I can’t hit fast forward!
Length is a bit of an issue, but if we can get time stamps out to as many places as possible it should help you focus on things you find interesting at least.
I work a lot so I watch them or listen while im working and driving. I still think the best time for a podcast is 1.5 hrs or less. Usually with the longer ones they have time stamps so I can skipp the parts I don’t care about. I usually always skipp intros. For iron lords thats like the first hour
I don’t listen to any other gaming podcasts since there is only a finite amount of “gaming news” in the world and only so much talking about acquisitions teasing future games and “killing sony” I can stomach
I generally catch up on “our” podcast on my laptop while I’m cooking or mondays while I sort through emails and stuff.
I do have a ton of other podcasts I listen to though, but all on my phone, normally while having lunch, shopping, cleaning, or cooking.
I really like variety gaming podcasts like DLC, MinnMax, Player One, 8-4 Play, Into the Aether or Rebel FM. The latter four don’t focus much on “news” so it’s a nice change of pace. I also listen to podcasts about gaming history from time to time, like Video Game History Hour or Retronauts. I agree that the constant discussion, questions, etc. centered around acquisitions or list/console wars can be annoying which is why I have a tough time with longer Xbox-focused podcasts.
I do really like Cane and Rinse too, since they talk about older games, free from new hype. I really liked Cool Ghosts when it was running or anything that had Matt Lees in it, since they always concentrated on what they were playing atthe time, which was always something different or old, so again free from hype and the tedious discussion of games they will come/may come/may be bought in the future, I appreciate glancing a look in the sausage factory as much as the next girl, but from a researched or interviewish PoV rather than constant speculation from outside…
Noah Caldwell gervais does epic length video essays and always from the world building/story and tie in to mechanics PoV which is much more satisfying.
Like your month by month Xbox thread its wonderful to discuss the medium without the rose glasses of launch I’ll have to remember to check your recommendations again. (I think you have mentioned some before).
and I can’t hit fast forward!
