Monday, February 25, 2013

Pointless Side Cast: Episode 1

As you may already know if you've been reading this site for a while, there was once, in the mists of prehistory, a British-based videogame website called Robot Geek. In addition to being a writer there, I was part of their occasional podcast, Some Assembly Required. Robot Geek is no more, but I missed the old gang there. And so, I've been working  on bringing that podcast back in some form.

At last, I'm very pleased to announce the first-ever episode of Pointless Side Cast, featuring John Markley, Corey Atwood, and Jade Kimmel.

Now, I should warn you that the sound is not exactly professional quality. And that we'd all been out of the saddle for a while and take some time to start firing on all cylinders again. And that it was recorded a few weeks ago- Superbowl Sunday, in fact- and wasn't exactly on the bleeding edge of the news even then. And that Corey has an utterly filthy mouth. And that some of us were drinking throughout the show. And that the subject of the conversation sometimes wanders a bit. And that I have a weird, annoying voice that sounds sort of like somebody punched the G-Man from Half-Life in the mouth and started giving him amphetamines and barbiturates simultaneously.

Aside from that, though, it's a good show. You can download it here, as well as subscribe to the feed, or scroll to the bottom to play it without soiling your hard drive.

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You can also check out our (very rudimentary as of right now) page at Podbean.

So join us, if you like the sort of writing I do here at Pointless Side Quest and/or listening to three people in various stages of sobriety discussing such topics as:

Exciting new games of 2013!

Crysis 3's multiplayer beta, and how much I suck at it!

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky turning in his grave! (Special thanks to Musopen)

SimCity's new DRM!

The musical stylings of Master Chief!

Devil May Cry and Max Payne 3 fashion Dos and Dont's!

XCOM: Enemy Unknown!

Dolph Lundgren!

The cruel dramatic irony of Corey telling us about how much he's looking forward to the release of Aliens: Colonial Marines!

Chrissy from Growing Pains!

Watchdogs!

Decades of X-Men continuity fully explained in 15 seconds!

Tomb Raider!

Super Bowl XLVII!

Atlelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk!


The episode of Star Trek that revolved around how horny Spock was!

Shin Megami Tensei, cruelly taunting me once again!

Our impending deaths at the hands of NFL assassins!

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance!

Novel uses for your bathroom!

The Walking Dead, DayZ, and some of the ~400 new zombie-themed games coming out this year!

Star Wars 1313!

Yours truly laboring under the misapprehension that the Superbowl occurs under the auspices of something called "Major League Football!"

And much, much more.








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