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Spouse Aggro #77
Tue, 26 May 2009 23:11:00 GMT [download/play]

"Isle of Dawn, Filthy Pigs and YOU"

So yeh, I lost the pic of our food. It looked delicious, trust me.

Me and Leala decided to talk a bit about Vanguards' trial and if we prefer quests in which you do crap or just really challenging stuff that makes you like die 200 times. (Good times?)
Essentially, I like to "do things" in game. I am kind of always role-playing, in the way that I take little breaks for my character, read everything and still use UI Immersion Project rules. But, quests that are just "doing stuff" don't last as long as quests in which you have to kill 4000 mobs, so how does a developer stop players from burning through thier much cooler, yet shorter, content?

Who knows. I ain't a dev.. Not yet.

The rain and "Dink!....Dink!..." sound comes from Mabinogi. I was standing near the blacksmith, hiding out from the rain. The sounds were nice. If you would like to record your in game sound, go get Audacity, hit "What U Hear" as your source, and send the MP3 to us so we can include it in our show!

The music this week comes from some weirdo band called "Bats for Lashes." Kinda' gothy, I guess. The song is a Cure cover from my youth. Well, the cover is not from my youth, but the original is. We used to love the Cure!

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Episode 77 Discussion Thread

'I haven't listened in a while' by Epicsound
Submitted on 2009-05-28 02:52:13 CST
Hi Beau and Leala,
I used to listen to all your podcasts but ever since you started recording while eating, I haven't been able to listen. Most of my listening is in the car while driving and I can't hear most of what you are saying because of the all the ambient noise. Sometimes the clank of a dish or a person talking in the background will nearly blow out my speaker because I have to turn you up so loud to hear. I just gave up listening because it was too frustrating. I know you probably aren't going to change your format for one listener but I miss your discussions.

Putting compression on the cast isn't going to help because the ambient sounds will just raise in volume between your voices. Mic placement may help. Sounds like you are using one mic for both of you. If you try 2 mics and place them closer to each of you then put a limiter on them instead of compression it may help to get your voices more clearly and avoid the possibility of a loud sound being too loud.

I would love to be able to listen to you two again. You are both very interesting people and I always enjoyed your shows. I wish you would consider not casting in public but I understand - it's your thang.

' Well, it's a money thang.' by Beauturkey

Submitted on 2009-05-28 04:12:42 CST
a) We are already hoping that people do not notice that we are recording, unless we tell them. Carrying around two mics would not be good! :)

b) We are just using her iPhone right now, but are looking into a device I used during my FF recordings, which works better. Again with the money.

c) Some places sound better than others, and while I can understand some of your issues, I have more people than not telling me that it sounds fine. Perhaps it might be in your settings?

I don't know, this is such an easy way to record, and when it's easier, real discussions come out. I cannot stomach doing anymore podcasting (after doing it for a few years) by reading patch notes and news. That's not my bag, baby.

So this show is supposed to kind of go hand in hand with the blog: the blog providing the "news" or commentary, the podcast an audio experiment.

Thanks for the comments, check back later after we get some cash-ola! :)

Beau