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We're The +1 On This Week's Idle Thumbs Podcast

Hey, Jeff ain't the only one who can appear on other people's programming.

Breckon slums it with manual pizza consumption.
Breckon slums it with manual pizza consumption.
I (and by "I" I mean "Brad") took a trip into downtown San Francisco earlier this week to eat pizza and drink cola in the apartment of one Gamasutra editor Chris Remo. Then we did a podcast! The Idle Thumbs podcast, specifically, which is the new audio-only form that Remo's defunct game news/culture/thought-experiment site has morphed into. Also on-hand were Shacknews editor Nick Breckon and Telltale Games' jack-of-all-trades Jake Rodkin. (He gets a wiki page because he actually makes games.)

Their guest last week was Steve Gaynor, level designer on a forthcoming independent title by the name of BioShock 2. Clearly they decided their audience deserved less this week. Here's the show description.

Your old Xbox is about to become your new Xbox, but that might mean you just start using your Netflix account again. Special guest Brad Shoemaker of Giant Bomb gently guides us through the minefield of this week's industry scandals, helps us finally close the book on Far Cry 2, and rekindles our love of J. Allard.

They knew they'd need a J Allard expert in the house, so they called me ahead of time. Check out the show: it's episode 6, "Explode Mode" on the Idle Thumbs site.

Hey, I just noticed those dudes use the same shade of gray on their site background as we do. I'm calling our lawyer.

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Breckon slums it with manual pizza consumption.
Breckon slums it with manual pizza consumption.
I (and by "I" I mean "Brad") took a trip into downtown San Francisco earlier this week to eat pizza and drink cola in the apartment of one Gamasutra editor Chris Remo. Then we did a podcast! The Idle Thumbs podcast, specifically, which is the new audio-only form that Remo's defunct game news/culture/thought-experiment site has morphed into. Also on-hand were Shacknews editor Nick Breckon and Telltale Games' jack-of-all-trades Jake Rodkin. (He gets a wiki page because he actually makes games.)

Their guest last week was Steve Gaynor, level designer on a forthcoming independent title by the name of BioShock 2. Clearly they decided their audience deserved less this week. Here's the show description.

Your old Xbox is about to become your new Xbox, but that might mean you just start using your Netflix account again. Special guest Brad Shoemaker of Giant Bomb gently guides us through the minefield of this week's industry scandals, helps us finally close the book on Far Cry 2, and rekindles our love of J. Allard.

They knew they'd need a J Allard expert in the house, so they called me ahead of time. Check out the show: it's episode 6, "Explode Mode" on the Idle Thumbs site.

Hey, I just noticed those dudes use the same shade of gray on their site background as we do. I'm calling our lawyer.
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Hell yes Shacknews alumni and Brad Shoemaker make for a winning combination!

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Sounds cool... I will check it out

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Unless it has Brad asking to take a potty break every 45 to 90 minutes...not interested ;)

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Never heard of the site but I'm gonna start checking it out now if I like the podcast.

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It's always great to have an excuse to listen to more of Brad's sexy voice.

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Shacknews is awesome simply because its with Fileshack.

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You know what? no offensive to Jeff, but im sick to see it being just him appearing in other places you know? the world could use more Brad ok? OK!?

And yes, no one better than the J Allard expert himself *bows*

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i listen to enough podcasts

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Pretty sweet epaulet, pal. When did you get out of the service?

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might have to check it out

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Giantbomb.com owns the right to this shade of gray, cockbite.

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Listening now. These guys have a sick intro song.

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Thanks for checking us out, folks! And thanks for the nod, Brad. You should come on over again for more Allard reflection.

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There's at least two breaks in this podcast, I can guarantee it.

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@COV3RT : LOLed!

Will listen!  Brad usually has good comments to add to the discussion
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JAKE RODKIN FTW.