Heyo!

Wut? Website? No. We dont have one of those. Or hosts who post. Like me. Drew. Posting. Host posting. Wat? No. Maybe? No. Yes. Maybe? No.

Yes

Shows to come. In future time. It's gonna happen. Wait and see... it's coming.

On Roger

Because he makes crude gestures.

I cried.

Drew sucks, true story.

So he hasn't called me to talk about the show, or just call me in general.

He's too busy doing this. ---> 8=m=D ~ ~ ~ o:

Sorry Folks.

Hey Folks, it's Rodge. If you can't find this weeks show. It's because we didn't do it. Our host had "too much" to do. This also meant not calling me to let me know.

Then it also seems he had "too much" to do to post to let you peeps know, after telling me he would.

I have a few Ideas for next show, so maybe we could do a double header.

Howdy Folks!

I may not be the superior podcast personal. I am however, the superior Blog updater.

This is Roger.

Sorry for not having an episode last week. The host with the most had some serious business going on. But, he now has a job out from the mess. So, "WHOO!" for him.

If you haven't listened to it we now have a new episode from earlier today. I personally think we had a very rough take off, but had an epic flight (They played Plan 9 as the in-flight movie) and pretty good landing.

Basically, Add a revaluation that chips and salad are essentially the same thing. Put in a heaping dose of comic shop. Put it in some video game catch up, and have someone describe what a pickle with peanut butter tastes like. Stir for a while and BAM! Today's podcast.

NaNoWriMo!

So, this month is National Novel Writing Month, and I'm debating about whether or not I should join in, and try and finish one of the stories I've been writing. I've got 2, both of which would be fun. I'll get back to you folks on that, so lets get down to brass tacks. New show this week! We've been keeping on schedule! MADNESS! We also had a chance to actually get togeather in person this weekend, but we didnt record anything. Yea, I know we suck. But I'm sure we'll have pleanty to talk about this week. Hope you folks tune in.

Drew's gonna talk for awhile now...

So, as I'm sure that you're all aware of this already, I'm a bit of a huge nerd. NO WAI I NO RITE?! I mean, as I'm sitting here typing this, I'm scratching my Latverian tattoo (That's the nation that Dr Doom is monarch to) in an mc chris t-shirt, blogging. But, It's 2am, I'm bored, and I'm not particularly tired. So I got on the youtubes, as people do, and watched a video by brentalfloss, who is a pretty funny guy. Here's the video I was watching...

While this is a silly video, it brought up something I was thinking about a few months ago, as I was running through Chrono Trigger again. The writing of old squaresoft games (All of which are Pre-Squeenix) was disturbingly good. When you play through those games, you generate a real emotional investment in the characters. I genuinely felt for Frog, as he was on his path of redemption. The dungeon that was Robo's factory? That was gut wrenching. Same with Lucca's mom. And that's just one game!

Another perfect example, is Final Fantasy 4. The entire emotional upheaval that ends up on Cecil's shoulders is insane. The man basically has to turn his back on everything that he knows, fight his own soul, and spend the rest of his life trying to find redemption for the atrocities he committed. And dont get me started with Cyan from Final Fantasy 6. That character goes through so much pain, it's unbelievable.

Now, I'm not a big fan of Final Fantasy 7, unlike most people. I think it's one of, if not THE most overly liked game of all time. Now, I dont think it's a bad game, but I dont think it's nearly as good as alot of people do. It was one of those games that hit at just the right time for alot of gamers, and good for them. But I know people who openly admit to crying when Sephiroth and Aeris have their scene. Me? Not so much. Yea, it's sad, but I always felt that I didnt have much emotional investment in Aeris. I cared more about Tifa. But that's neither here nor there.

My point is, what happened to the character development and story telling in gaming. You now have MOVIE level budgets for games, and you just use rehashed story telling conventions. Why not find a REAL writer, and create a game that is truly magnificent. Im not saying that there arent games of that caliber still coming out, but the number has fallen WAY off, and I dont think I've felt as much as I have for an SNES game as I have for a game on any other system, save for Fallout 1 and 2. 3's a good game, but it's not the first 2, that's for sure.

I guess, I'm just waiting for the next game that's going to appeal to me like a novel. Give me real emotional investment. Until that time, I'm going to decide how I want to get my battling Cecils tattoo.

Andrew Mooney

Spreading the plague... I mean fun?

Well, in an attempt to spread Nothing Too Extravagant to more of the world and internet, I'm doing a media blitz and trying to get us out there. We're now on Itunes and on Zune, as well as podcasts.com. Please spread the word, if you can :)