Episode 1: Interesting NPCs

August 13, 2014August 10, 2017 Kris Takahashi Podcasts 5 Comments

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for another podcast, or Modcast, as it were. That is what the French call a portmanteau baby, and as far as they go, there is no way anyone has ever thought of this one before. Nope, Modcast is a completely original name, no need to Google it, trust me on this one, seriously.

While there are tons of shows dedicated to mods, most of them are reviews as opposed to interviews and discussion, which is what we’re shooting for with Modcast. Of course, convincing notoriously shy modders into going public may be difficult, but hopefully the fact that our subscriber base is puny will help matters. Unfortunately, it did not help this month, which is why your hosts – Christian Gaughf and Anna Castiglioni – chose me as their first guest.

In this episode, the three of us talk about Interesting NPCs, mods we don’t have time to play, and why control over all the schlong sizes in Skyrim is too much power for one modder to have. Hope you enjoy.

Open NAT – Episode 1: Just a Small Town Girl

July 30, 2014October 29, 2015 Kris Takahashi Podcasts 3 Comments

It’s Wednesday, which means a new podcast for the three or four of you who enjoy them. This is the first episode of Open News and Talk, or Open NAT, hosted by Will Handford and Ronja Monto.

This show will tackle on news and controversial topics in video games, but the hope is to do it in a way that will be funny and entertaining even if you disagree with the things being said. Given Ronja’s passion for social issues and Will’s offbeat humor, pairing them was an easy choice.

In short, I think they’re both awesome, and awesome together.

For listeners on the go, here’s the downloadable track:

Now if I can just figure out why Youtube is being a dick right now. I just want to change the thumbnail, damnit.

Episode 1 – In Soviet Russia, Arstotska Glories You

July 23, 2014October 29, 2015 Kris Takahashi Podcasts 14 Comments

I think I want to release a podcast every Wednesday to at least to give this blog a semblance of a schedule. Then again, it will depend on whether there’s enough content, but we got a lot of shows in the works so it shouldn’t be too difficult, including a news podcast with Will Handford (Skjel, Korrilan) and Ronja Monto.

In this episode, it is just me and Alice Bell talking about…we’ll say history? However, it does go off on tangents like GoT and Alice distaste of ocean loving adolescents. In fact, the only Beach she wants to see these Boys on is a deserted island. And for that matter, why they are called boys? They are clearly full grown beach men. If they lie about their age, who knows what else they’re hiding. We cannot be sure if they’ve even seen a beach. By the way, these are all the stupid jokes that came to me hours after we recorded.

Anyways, this podcast is a show about history or something, I do not know. In this episode we review the pseudo-Soviet Russia border game, Papers Please. Next month we will probably cover something like Valiant Hearts or some other non-fiction game like Quantum of Solace.

Edit: Click for the downloadable version here