By Alec Meer on March 21st, 2012 at 3:00 pm.
The Electronic Wireless Show is dead. Long live the Rock, Paper, Shotcast.
Brand new! In theory weekly! More confused than ever because we thought conducting it via Skype was a good idea!
Jim, John and Alec are your talking-all-over-each-other hosts in this inaugural Shotcast. Discussed – videogames, mostly. Videogames like Wasteland 2, Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, Rochard, City of Heroes, Sins of A Dark Age, Natural Selection 2 and The Secret World. Also height, hair, crying, hot drinks and why John still can’t accept that he’s a bad healer even after all these years.
Right, if you’d like to listen to it right here, right now, here you go:
If you’d like to download it directly to some manner of device or just because you like keeping things, here you go.
Alternatively, you can grab it and former episodes of the late Electronic Wireless Show here. And, if you’d like to subscribe via iTunes (the worst piece of software in the known world), hopefully this should work. But it may not, because it’s gone wrong in the past. We’ll find some hammers to hit it with if it’s still playing up though.
21/03/2012 at 15:07 felisc says:
! Nice ! This will be my radio show for breakfast tomorrow. So i guess adam smith is shy ? Or is his voice of such purity that it would shatter our ears and melt our brains ?
21/03/2012 at 15:07 squareking says:
A podcast reboot? Likely as a cover-based FPS. Oh dear.
But…why is the Electronic Wireless Show no more?
21/03/2012 at 15:09 Dozer says:
Rock, Paper, Shotcast is a much better name.
21/03/2012 at 15:16 Berzee says:
It is two layers of renaming things cleverly!
22/03/2012 at 02:31 ninasbusal says:
Your accent – it’s so refreshingly BRITISH. No really, it’s nice to hear something that isn’t American English for a change. http://vork.us/go/hvs9
21/03/2012 at 15:40 Hoaxfish says:
I would’ve gone with Rock Paper Speaker or something. Shotcast sounds weird.
21/03/2012 at 15:51 squareking says:
I read it as Shoutcast initially.
21/03/2012 at 17:50 Fumarole says:
That’s kind of the point.
21/03/2012 at 18:22 squareking says:
Not sure why I thought a shoutcast had to accompany video. Carry on!
21/03/2012 at 16:59 Gnoupi says:
I expect Paradox to release a version of the podcast, better, closer to the original, named Computerized Cordless Representation, in the coming months.
21/03/2012 at 17:21 Alec Meer says:
This is shorter but more regular, is the idea. Like firing bullets out of a gun, or something. No, not really like that. It’s more for our own benefit really – the old show, the perceived difficulty in recording new episodes and the embarrassment that we hand’t felt like a bit of an albatross, so a reboot seemed like the way to go.
21/03/2012 at 15:09 OJSlaughter says:
The quality! Dear god the quality!
Hopefully your honeyed words will shine through although I am distrustful of this being weekly!
22/03/2012 at 11:25 Henke says:
There’s some slight echoy stuff going on in the background, but other than that it sounded just fine to me.
21/03/2012 at 15:09 Verio says:
Yes yes but where can I download a transcript…
21/03/2012 at 15:58 Apples says:
If they make a transcript they should faithfully transcribe every instance of someone laughing, like a proper RPS interview.
21/03/2012 at 16:10 McDan says:
Now THAT would be excellent, until someone puts the time in these words coming out of my screen will do me fine.
21/03/2012 at 16:14 MikoSquiz says:
I assume there won’t be one, so I was wondering if anyone knows a speech-to-text transcription program that’s any good.
22/03/2012 at 00:14 vivlo says:
I think this might exist in 3214.
21/03/2012 at 17:22 Alec Meer says:
Anyone is welcome to transcribe it and share it in comments or something, but we’re not gonna do it ourselves as that’s like three hours a week we wouldn’t be getting back in a hurry.
21/03/2012 at 15:12 Berzee says:
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
I’ve wanted one of these for a while, but I didn’t want to ask for it because if by some chance I forget to listen to it, I’d feel like a jerk.
But now that it has appeared on its own — yaaaaaay!
21/03/2012 at 15:14 Berzee says:
“the worst piece of software in the known world”
I have used the operating system known as TabWorks (where instead of folders you had tabs with words that were actually ROTATED NINETY DEGREES so you had to read them SIDEWAYS) and I STILL agree with your assessment of iTunes.
21/03/2012 at 15:15 Jams O'Donnell says:
This name is abysmal! Unleash the name-nominating hounds!
21/03/2012 at 15:23 Grayvern says:
Whats in a name.
21/03/2012 at 17:39 atticus says:
A recording by any other name would sound as excellent.
21/03/2012 at 15:18 Durkonkell says:
Noooooooooo! Not the Electronic Wireless Show! Replaced with yet another “Website Name with the ending bit replaced with Cast” type title.
On the other hand, more frequent podcasts, which is good.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK!
21/03/2012 at 21:25 alice says:
Paul F. Tomkins’s Paul F. Tompkast has completed the art of using ‘cast’ in your podcast title.
22/03/2012 at 11:20 alexheretic says:
Thank you for your Durkonkomment
21/03/2012 at 15:21 DXN says:
YES!
21/03/2012 at 15:22 Skusey says:
Wooo! I missed these, lots.
21/03/2012 at 15:23 DiamondDog says:
I tried not to visualise it, I promise you, but I now have a mental image of John’s hairy back and shoulders burnt into my mind.
Help.
21/03/2012 at 15:24 Nickless_One says:
Could we have a video? I have trouble following who’s saying what when there is more than two people speaking… Or is there some reason why this is audio only? Are you in reality some horribly disfigured monsters? or wanted criminals afraid of showing their faces in public? or just shy? awww are you shy? :P
21/03/2012 at 15:35 Hodge says:
A good way to make the voices easier to hear would be to spread them across the stereo spectrum. Depending on how they’re recording it, it might require each Shotgunner to locally record just the ‘mic in’ signal on his/her computer, with the resulting recordings mixed together later on.
Or maybe it’s possible to pan the voices with Skype, which would be much easier. I don’t know, it’s been ages since I used it.
21/03/2012 at 16:47 Smashbox says:
I strongly disagree. Podcast talk shows make way more sense in mono, as you’re not required to unnecessarily wear two headphones.
21/03/2012 at 19:05 Edawan says:
You might like listening with just one speaker, but I like being able to tell who’s talking. One does not make “way more sense” than the other.
21/03/2012 at 19:02 Edawan says:
+1 for a stereo mix !
25/03/2012 at 05:16 Reddin says:
Stereo podcasts are a terrible idea, which is why no-one does it.
25/03/2012 at 05:26 The Tupper says:
I do.
And so do I.
21/03/2012 at 15:47 alseT says:
+1 on video request. The Game Station Podcast with TotalBiscuit is a lot easier to follow with video, though it also helps that the speakers have different accents/genders.
21/03/2012 at 15:30 Alexander Norris says:
Bring back Kieron Gillen for these (preferably hungover Kieron Gillen).
21/03/2012 at 15:31 liquidsoap89 says:
Is there an RSS link I can find somewhere? I’d like to add this to my Zune.
21/03/2012 at 15:33 liquidsoap89 says:
FOUND IT!
21/03/2012 at 15:41 Jahandar says:
Where?
21/03/2012 at 16:06 gibb3h says:
where indeed!
21/03/2012 at 16:31 liquidsoap89 says:
Go here: http://rps.libsyn.com/webpage
On the the left side towards the bottom there’s a little RSS link, click it to get the stuffs.
21/03/2012 at 16:36 liquidsoap89 says:
Better yet why don’t I just link it here…
http://rps.libsyn.com/rss
DOI!
22/03/2012 at 08:34 gibb3h says:
thank yee kindly
21/03/2012 at 15:38 The Army of None says:
HUZZAHHHHHHHH. Looking forward to listening to this later today! :)
21/03/2012 at 15:40 Jahandar says:
Yeah, I’d definitely love to subscribe via RSS so I don’t have to use the aforementioned worst software ever made. I listen to podcasts on my Android phone and would love to add this to my playlist.
21/03/2012 at 15:42 Hodge says:
The old RSS feed is still working – I used it for all the old ones and I never had a problem with it.
http://rps.libsyn.com/rss
EDIT: That was a reply to a comment which has now disappeared. Oh well – I guess the sentiment still stands.
22/03/2012 at 16:17 Jahandar says:
thanks!
21/03/2012 at 15:43 Jams O'Donnell says:
Mister Walker’s “Hi” at 0:09 sounds like Abe.
21/03/2012 at 15:45 zergrush says:
There is a severe lack of Adam Smith on this podcast. Hope you guys get it fixed for the next one.
21/03/2012 at 15:46 airtekh says:
I’m assuming there are spoilers for Mass Effect 3 in the podcast, yes?
21/03/2012 at 15:47 Hoaxfish says:
not really, unless you think Garrus being in the game is a spoiler
21/03/2012 at 15:49 RagingLion says:
Thank the heavens!
Listening to podcasts is one of my main ways of ingesting gaming opinions and even very recently I was thinking what a shame it was that the set of people who’s writing I perhaps appreciate most and who’s views align with my own remain absent from the podcast scene. This is pleasing! (I might need to cull some other subscribed-to gaming podcasts now since I’ve found some other suitors just recently in RPS’s absence).
21/03/2012 at 15:53 Khemm says:
Your accent – it’s so refreshingly BRITISH. No really, it’s nice to hear something that isn’t American English for a change.
22/03/2012 at 12:39 Hidden Thousand says:
Ah, yes, I agree wholeheartedly. For quite some time I’ve been dreaming of a podcast where people I like would talk about something I find interesting…in British English.
21/03/2012 at 15:53 Keymonk says:
Is there no way to stream this? :(
21/03/2012 at 15:53 Scoops says:
You guys make me miss my UK friends… the only ones who could keep up with my witty banter… Why was I cursed with American heritage!?!?
21/03/2012 at 16:16 Paul says:
I already have 30+ idle thumbs to listen to….dammit.
Also, I tried to listen to you, but damn that accent is much harder to understand for me. All those US shows and games made me so accustomed to US one..
21/03/2012 at 16:21 bear912 says:
Have you lost Adam? I think you should go find him as well.
Also, I hereby request guest shows, where you invite on former RPSers, such as Quinns and Kieron to join in the fun.
21/03/2012 at 16:36 esoltys says:
Latest episode not showing in iTunes yet and they list your company name as “Rock, Paper, Shogtun Ltd” in the sidebar.
21/03/2012 at 16:43 Surgeon says:
That Jim lady is mighty fine.
I wouldn’t mind helping with her uploads some time.
21/03/2012 at 16:55 Gap Gen says:
Talk, Prattle, Shoutgun?
21/03/2012 at 17:01 Berzee says:
That was quite enjoyable.
21/03/2012 at 17:52 Cryptoshrimp says:
Oh gee, yes. Lovely that this is comming back. However, I’m going to be a killjoy and say I liked the Electronic Wireless Show better as a name, but hey, you people talking about stuff is good under any name.
21/03/2012 at 17:53 Vorrin says:
this was very nice, well done, please make more :)
21/03/2012 at 18:20 JB says:
Dear Sirs,
Please do go on and make a podcast about hot drinks. Many thanks.
Intrigued, Berkshire.
21/03/2012 at 18:31 faillord_adam says:
I sense a lack of RSS for non iTunes users…
And the comment below me just answered that.
21/03/2012 at 18:35 terry says:
I fully endorse this occurance.
21/03/2012 at 18:36 Tei says:
I am hearing this now, and I feel like a englishmen. With Two Monocles. Two bad I don’t understand english :-], but sounds funny :D
21/03/2012 at 18:47 piratmonkey says:
I never listened to the EWS but your voices are nothing like the ones I’d conjured up in my head; John’s is much more strangely seductive.
21/03/2012 at 20:15 Amnesiac says:
I’d love to hear RPS talk about Journey.
I played it through before playing Mass Effect 3 and have been constantly amazed how much more I cared for my robed companion than any of the characters helping me fight the reapers.
21/03/2012 at 20:20 Frank says:
Hey now, I hate Apple as much as the next guy (in fact, probably much, much more), but iTunes is excellent software. Its only faults are not playing more file types, being associated with an awful company and duplicating library/database entries left and right.
21/03/2012 at 20:24 LionsPhil says:
…also being a heaving pile of shite.
One of its most amusing failures would be a friend leaving it playing a playlist before plugging in their iProduct to be upgraded. This latter, lengthy action locked the interface, while still carrying out the former, leaving them with their Mac blaring out music that they couldn’t pause, stop, or change.
Quality software.
The annoying thing is that WMP and whatever rewrite of Banshee or Amarok the Linux world is using this week manage to be worse at actually managing a library. This despite iTunes writing half your metadata into its own proprietary database rather than the actual embedded ID3 tags. Gah.
21/03/2012 at 21:27 alice says:
You guys should record yourselves locally (in Audacity) and just dump all three audio streams together afterward (while still talking on Skype). This takes maybe 20 minutes of work per episode max and will yield much better sound quality.
21/03/2012 at 23:14 John Walker says:
That’s exactly what we did, and it proves to be a complete nightmare. Jim and I both picked up the other voices faintly, meaning when I laced us together there was horrible echo everywhere. I had to go through all three streams noise-removing each other’s voices as best I could, resulting in the horrible quality, and still leaving a bunch of echo all over the place.
I think we’re going to have to invest in some really decent quality headphones that don’t leak sound, and some fancy mics, if we’re ever going to get this sounding halfway decent, and not making it a horrible chore to edit together.
21/03/2012 at 22:32 dsch says:
John sounds completely different to what I’d expected!
21/03/2012 at 22:51 AndrewC says:
I *really* need to know how you thought he’d sound. This isn’t a trap or a joke or anything. And John doesn’t read the comments anyway, because he is a deeply selfish man, so you can be honest.
What voice did you have in your head?
22/03/2012 at 03:17 Skabooga says:
Heh, this claim is even funnier in hindsight.
21/03/2012 at 22:58 dsch says:
With rather more gravitas, perhaps. I actually thought his voice was Alec. This is going to completely change how I read their posts now.
21/03/2012 at 23:21 LionsPhil says:
I can’t listen to these, since they may rock my notion that he sounds like Sterling Holloway doing the voice of Winnie the Pooh.
21/03/2012 at 22:42 Skabooga says:
Good stuff, most enjoyable to listen too. Conversational pieces like this nicely compliment your more formal articles.
21/03/2012 at 22:58 Lenderz says:
Please bring out your iTunes hammers, as a oft scorned iDevice user I do appreciate iTunes actually managing my podcasts and the latest isn’t appearing yet. For some reason.
And yes I think iTunes for windows is awful at doing the thing I want it to do for me, manage my media, the hours I’ve wasted correcting its random entry duplication drives me nuts. But hey iCloud is pretty useful when you’ve got 65 gig of music.
Edit : Never mind, despite not showing in the list of casts if you subscribe in iTunes it actually downloads the latest Shotcast.
22/03/2012 at 02:23 KingKrapp says:
Listened to it while I was out and about today, very good stuff!
Looking forward to the next one.
22/03/2012 at 05:55 Hasslmaster says:
Dear RPS, please notice that spammers have now gone to copy existing coments and add their malware links underneath. So please if you find a mildly sensible comment with a short garbled link underneath, feel free to delete it.
22/03/2012 at 10:46 lynn_kraken says:
Decaf – really? Whats the next heresy? Low-fat muffins?
22/03/2012 at 11:32 alexheretic says:
“…the game landed on UK shores last week. I’ve been spending some time with her and this is Rock Paper Shot I Think.”
23/03/2012 at 11:32 Madlukelcm says:
I was so hoping one of you sounded like Morgan Freeman.
23/03/2012 at 14:00 ChainsawCharlie says:
Not lot of stucture or length. Still, looking forward to some more of this.
27/03/2012 at 04:34 polpolpolpp says:
http://www。goshoppingo。com