I wish I could help in a way that wasn't just pimping my own product, but the only gaming podcast I listened to other than the Bombcast was NoobToob, and they're done. I'm not sure I would've recommended them to anyone who hadn't already been listening, though.
Yes, I run my own gaming podcast, and I bet there are people sick of me promoting this podcast in these threads. If you're in the "no Skype" league, you might wanna skip straight to Season 2, as we recorded Season 1 over Skype because I was in Chicago and my fellow podcaster Jake was in Madison, WI. It seems to be going well, but I can say we're not going to be growing beyond maybe adding a new member any time soon. Jake and I are both attending college in just a few weeks, so we made the decision that it doesn't make sense to build ourselves a website or anything huge like that while we're still busy with classes. The E3 episode is also mired with audio issues, and there was one episode I wasn't present for that I didn't edit, so I don't know how that one was.
I'll say that I think the age of the older guys we all know and love might be coming to an end in podcasting, as many did it back when you had to in order to remain a gaming website with some push. Now, though, the press is becoming more faceless again, so podcasts matter less again. Of course, this is not true here at Giant Bomb, but it does seem to be happening other places. Podcasting can be an awkward experience; it's not so frustrating when you're recording, as the conversation eventually gets to where it needs to go. But there's this sort of obligation one feels to not talk to other people about a game during the week in any detail because you know you will be talking about it again in two or three days and other people will actually be listening. I can understand why years and years of that would eventually grate, leading it to be less for fun and more of a job.
But the interns being full of energy on the last couple weeks of videos kind of puts on display that the generation of people who avidly listened to people like Jeff and Ryan for many many years is finally old enough to get their own jobs in the industry and a second wave might finally be on the way. Again, I don't mean to say the Bomb Crew are "too old" or anything like that, especially considering the raise in quality they've seen over the last ten years beyond pretty much all of their peers. But the fact that the interns came out and released three series that many members of the site are avidly watching? Well, I'll just say new energy might still be refreshing too.
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