Independence
Posted on : 21-08-2009 | By : Alex Shaw | In : Podcasts
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This is a collaboration between twelve separate podcasts and websites comprising multiple interviews produced by Tony Atkins and Alex Shaw and arranged and edited by Alex Shaw of The Digital Cowboys.
Its not only a festival of independent video game podcasts, but also a very personal one. Everybody on this production has been asked the same thing; Why do you do what you do? Independent podcasting pays no money so there has to be a very specific reason why each of us gets up there every week and puts out a show. Some of the answers may surprise you, and all of them are fascinating and entertaining.
We’d like to thank everybody who took part in this project. This material belongs to all of you.
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Shawn Andrich, Julain “Rabbit” Murdoch, Sean Sands and Rob Borges of Gamers with Jobs
Edie Sellers and Tim Wilsie of Gamehounds and The Widget
Neil Brooks and Leon Cox of Gamerdork
Chris and Kelly Brown – The Married Gamers
Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia of Big Red Potion
Daniel Floyd of Talking About These
Steve Artlip of Platform Nation
Chris O’ Regan and Patrick McTie of Superhappyfuntimeshow
Elaine Stryker and Leah Haydu from Some Other Castle
Tony Atkins and Alex Shaw of The Digital Cowboys
And Bobby Blackwolf from Allgames Radio
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Music provided by Mark Tschanz and Marian Call.
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[...] There’s nothing more likely to give you an inappropriately swollen ego than being asked to talk about what you do, so I’ll try my hardest not to sound too smug in this post. Nonetheless, Joe and I would like to point you in the direction of our friends over at The Digital Cowboys, Alex Shaw and Tony Atikins. They asked us, and members from eleven other podcasts including our UGN friends GamerDork, about our reasons for podcasting. They’ve compiled all the answers into a package that they’ve called Independence. [...]
Really interesting episode. Enjoyed it very much, guys.
Very excellent episode. I really enjoyed it. Best podcast I have listened to in a while.
Absolute classic show guys. Great to hear everyones thoughts on the matter, and also quite personal insights from the two of you. Thank you for this.
Wow. I mean really, wow. You’ve outdone yourselves here my friends. What you have done here is a great service to podcasters and their listeners. Well done!
Great show I love the massive collaborations you guys do this & room 101 are up there in my favourite episodes of any podcasts
Great episode, if it weren’t for you guys I would have gone crazy a year ago.
Something great about podcasts of any topic is that they allow you to be included in a conversation when you can’t talk with anyone else about it (well… sort of).
I live and work in a tiny little flat in a tiny little town, where no one is interested in games (as much as me). I have another 1-1/2 years to go before I can return to civilization. I hardly ever venture outside except to do grocery shopping, I’m not interested in interacting with 99.9% of the town and there’s only so much music you can listen to while you work before you get bored. Also I hate TV and won’t watch it.
When my head isn’t buried in code, I crave listening to conversations that make you sit up and take notice. The only way I can do this is through podcasts. The closest person I can have a decent conversation with about games is over 800kms away. So listening to you guys and other podcasts keeps me from going crazy.
The only other thing keeping me from going crazy is video games themselves. And my cats. Oh and my wife…oops (who I hardly ever see during the day).
Keep up the great work and remember your efforts are contributing to at least one person’s sanity all the way over the other side of the planet.
When I saw the title I really wasn’t sure that I would enjoy the podcast.
I don’t know what reasons for podcasting I was expecting to hear, but it certainly wasn’t the disarmingly honest, open and at times just plain funny incite into the worlds of these podcasters.
Another excellent show that really illustrates that podcasts can be so much more than the norm, and that the medium still has a lot of growing and diversifying to do.
I’ve been dipping in and out of this podcast, hence it’s taken a long time to listen to it. I think Morose Duck has said it all for me, though.
Bobby Blackwolf made me cry.
This was a very intersting show, thanks for the work.
An interesting variant