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Behind the Scenes
Josh:
One of the things I hate to see is people promise something and then have it show up late or not at all. So we don't do that as much as possible.
However, people can't see what we are doing behind the scenes here at BG so this thread is to just let you know whats going on.
Cohort - We are interested in the Cohort and similar projects however Zeke does not want to do them. So we are shuffling things around and hope to come up with a solution.
Reviews - I have been working on a new format for reviews that by hook or by crook will be done in time for Origins.
Food for thought - In my attempt to keep up with new material for the show I have started a series of discussions on gaming.
PbP - I have started a play by Post game. Bigger than that, we have been interested in all kinds of internet gaming from the beginning of the podcast.
Whats to Come? More Community Content, More Gaming Commentary, More Reviews, Better Reviews, Online gaming, and more!
The reason for the delay - Meg does the last step of the show, so when she gets busy in the real world the show cant get out. To alleviate that I have started editing some episodes.
Kai:
Thanks for letting us listeners know what's up. :D Looking forward to lots more content.
DMParagon:
I love the BG Podcast! I would marry it if congress would give us the same rights as the other married folk! :):) Thanks for all your hard work. I am a huge fan, can I stalk someone? :lmao
Kai:
--- Quote from: DMParagon on March 17, 2009, 10:10:29 AM ---I am a huge fan, can I stalk someone? :lmao
--- End quote ---
Absolutely. I suggest choosing Josh. ;)
Meg:
Josh definitely needs stalkers!
I want to add in the behind the scenes:
Josh spends 5-10 hours per week on content for the show.
Recording:
* We get together once a week after work. Each time we say "this one has to be quick, ok?"
* Approximately 1 hour goofing off as Josh finishes the notes and prints.
* I then groan and say my studio isn't accessible. 1/2 an hour spent moving laundry baskets so we can get into the room and clear off the table.
* About another hour looking for warm up material. Each of us individually having to go potty just as we are ready to go.
* Wrangle the dogs and convine my brother to watch them (20 minutes)
* Hit record
* More going potty
* Record again... wait- what was the "Brilliant Gameologists is... going to be? The Warning?" Debate. 10 minutes.
* Record. Get into the icebreaker/news. Get too into it. End up stopping recording and just talking about the topic on our own. Another 20 minutes wasted.
* Now we've forgotten the actual content. Re-read the outline Josh wrote.
* Of course when I have a problem with anything on the outline, this is when I bring it up. 20 minutes wasted.
* Hit record. Get into good groove.
* My computer crashes. 30 minutes spent recovering files.
* Re-listen to what we've done because we forgot.
* Record.
* Trivia! What was the question we were going to ask? Wait, what was last week's question? Relisten. 20 minutes wasted.
* Record- good groove.
* Need to potty. Or need something to drink. 15 minute break.
* Realize we forgot to say something important in the beginning. Spend 20 minutes finding where to cut it in.
* End the episode.
I spend 5-10 hours a week for post production work:
* Editing- requires approximately 2-3x the show length for first pass. Then I listen again and find the more minute details that I missed. 1.5x show length.
* Convert to .wav
* Levelate
* Add music
* Convert to .mp3
* Write show notes (can take .5-5 hours depending on the graphic)
* Upload episode
* Publish
I work approximately 50 hours a week in my day job. When deadlines come up, like there are now, that turns into 60-70. Which means I go home to sleep and that's it.
What we are working on now is what shortcuts can we take that have minimal impact on the show that will have major impact on getting the time down.
My votes:
* Keep the episodes to 30-45 minutes. I think it is easier to listen to personally and all of those show time modifies will drop the overall time significantly.
* Get tighter in our recording
* Ask for help from the community.
* The opener "Brilliant Gameologist is... either have you all help come up with ideas or let us know if it should just be a standard every time?
* The trivia questions- we have to break the show up throughout- every 15 minutes there should be a change. The trivia is relatively easy, but what is actually useful and entertaining?
* What else could we do, looking at the time above, to get tighter? Besides the things that are obvious like being prepared.
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