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    • Miserable Podcast of Secrets #3

      by
      Nick
      Published on 17 Nov 2011 12:59 AM
      29 Comments Comments


      "It's almost too real for its own good."

      This week, we focus on open world games, but we talk about dozens of other topics as well. With the release of Saints Row: The Third and the recently revealed Grand Theft Auto V as inspiration, we look over the genre and even some of its not-so-obvious precursors.

      There are a lot of improvements coming to The Miserable Podcast of Secrets. There are some unmistakable things to fix: compression, sound levels, stuttering, pacing, direction, research. None is glaring, but all are significant.
      • Introductions - Eric, Nick, Chris, Mzo, Chuck
      • The-nextlevel: that damn hyphen
      • Forum and contest news
      • Need for Speed: The Run - Q.T.E. with my M.P.H
      • Zelda nerdrage and number ratings
      • How reading spoilers is like eating peanuts
      • Is Enslaved better than you think?
      • D&D Anthology: The Master Colection and the dwindling art of game dialogue
      • Does The Legend of Zelda need spoken dialogue?
      • Grand Theft Auto 3 and the revolution of open-world games (with bonus nose-blowing)
      • How did GTA: San Andreas and later games contribute to the open-world genre?
      • The overworld in L.A. Noire
      • Is Elder Scrolls too open a world?
      • The self-destruction of point-and-click adventure games (and Mzo)
      • Is Saints Row too goofy?
      • How Modern Warfare 3 takes the series back on track
      • Cave Story 3D and Super Mario Bros. 3D Land (with bonus meowing)
      • Roving gangs of Raccoon Marios
      • The joy of Oto X (shopping for a shapely shooter)
      • Witcher 2 and its quality choices
      • Chris's bizarro take on Sonic Generations
      • The glorious absurdity of littering and one-shot kills in Skyrim
      • Chuck lives Metal Gear now
      • Why are you playing inFamous?
      • Even jaded folk want Skyward Sword
      • "Wang camo"
      • Uncharted 3 gripes
      • [An Athena mention]
      • A defense of Otomedius Excellent (but not the horrible documentation)
      • Scribblenauts Remix - nagas and Paris (well, Odysseus)
      • and a lot of stuff in between
      On the way:
      • Better sound
      • Intro/outro music
      • iTunes link
      • The lost episodes
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      Categories:
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      2. Wii
      3. PS3
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      Comments 29 Comments
      1. Chux's Avatar
        Peas Walker... so bad.
      1. dave is ok's Avatar
        I listened to a bunch of the last one. How long do these go each? Like two hours?

        You should trim it down to a tight/entertaining one hour.
      1. bbobb's Avatar
        LA Noire overworld? Are we stealing topics from my posts now? Cause that would be an unfortunate turn for the podcast to take.
      1. bbobb's Avatar
        Quote Originally Posted by dave is ok View Post
        I listened to a bunch of the last one. How long do these go each? Like two hours?

        You should trim it down to a tight/entertaining one hour.
        This is very true, one hour is really the optimal time for a podcast.
      1. Chux's Avatar
        We have every intention of doing that, but we end up going on tangents.
      1. dave is ok's Avatar
        So stop talking about Metal Gear for 20 minutes every episode, and please never talk about Kinect Disneyland
      1. Nick's Avatar
        I'll do more editing starting with this next one, and I've toyed with the idea of not having everyone participate in every segment every week.
      1. Some Stupid Japanese Name's Avatar
        The length is fine you ADHD children.
      1. Chux's Avatar
        I like longer podcasts myself, because I just listen to a bit of it each day during lunch. However, I can appreciate a more focused podcast as well.
      1. sleeve's Avatar
        I like longer podcasts as well. As long as the conversation is good, I don't care how long they are......to a certain extent. Shidoshi and Nick Rox's podcast is a little long for me (4 1/2 hours?!).
      1. dave is ok's Avatar
        I can listen to Ron and Fez or Opie and Anthony for 3 hours, because they go through news stories and take callers and have been doing radio for decades and know how to make a show fun to listen to for that long.
      1. Some Stupid Japanese Name's Avatar
        Hey jerkfaces, the download link is the last show!
      1. Nick's Avatar
        Thanks for spoiling the secret. Anyway, it's not the jerkfaces' fault.
      1. Some Stupid Japanese Name's Avatar
        It never is.
        Smoke and mirrors.
      1. Nick's Avatar
        No, this one was my fault. The jerkfaces are in the clear.
      1. bbobb's Avatar
        What makes you assume you're not a jerkface?
      1. Nick's Avatar
        The Raccoon Marios would've said something.
      1. bbobb's Avatar
        PETA released them into the wild to be eaten by bears before they could say anything.
      1. Nick's Avatar
        It-sa meat!
      1. Some Stupid Japanese Name's Avatar
        GTA WAS THE FIRST OPEN WORLD GAME?! Have you never read any of Neozeedeater's threads on open world games? You've learned NOTHING!! No wonder he left! (I may be exaggerating what was stated)

        edit: GTA IV came out shortly after 9/11. That's why they took out the flying. Priceless.
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