Sega Nerdcast 1: The Beginning
Posted by Chris. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged with Sega Nerdcast.
Yeah, that’s right, now all you Sega Nerds have your very own podcast, ingeniously dubbed the Sega Nerdcast. Some companies pay millions for such creativity as that. Now you can get your Sega Nerds fix while on the go … and be bored to death by our ramblings at the same time!
In the Sega Nerdcast, we’ll touch on Sega news throughout the week, interview the beautiful people in the Sega community, review games and chat about life in general. Oh yeah, we’ll also eventually reveal the secrets of the Mayans, so be sure to keep listening!
Also, be sure to listen to the Sega Nerdcast to find out how you can win a free copy of Sonic and the Secret Rings! We’ll announce the winner on next week’s Sega Nerdcast.
After you’ve listened, please let us know what you thought of the show. Yes, we know we suck hardcore, but we still want to know what you think. And if you find it in your heart, could you please Digg us? If you don’t have a Digg account, you can register here.
Direct download - 48 minutes @ 45 mb
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Unfortunately due to a snafu, we can’t offer you guys streaming audio this week, but we’ll make sure to include it from now on. Hopefully, it won’t be too big of a deal and you can all enjoy the Nerdcast.
The Sega Nerdcast hosts:
Chris assigned to Guam: Read my articles | Myspace
Graham assigned to England: Read his articles | Myspace
Show notes:
Comments on this article
There have been 17 responses to this article.
I’m having trouble with the Direct link :(
lutfit
Posted February 25th, 2007 at 10:24 pm.
Have you tried right clicking it and “Saving As?”
Chris
Posted February 25th, 2007 at 10:48 pm.
I see the problem. It seems you can’t save as. I was trying and it would just go ’starting’ then it would say done. It worked when I clicked it though X.X
I’ll get it later, I’m on 56k atm.
lutfit
Posted February 25th, 2007 at 11:00 pm.
Ahhh well, next week’s Nerdcast may be available when you get around to listening to it then!
Chris
Posted February 25th, 2007 at 11:26 pm.
I downloaded it on 56k (4 hours X.X), I like it..
lol @ G though, its always weird hearing someone from UK land.
lutfit
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 3:17 am.
Glad you like it Lufit. I tell you I was wetting myself- I was so damn nervous.
Also I think I sound totally different in real life…but then agin we all say that when we hear a recording of our voice….
I think next weeks show could be more interesting- as we have now introduced ourselves, and we can talk more about games and such. We also missed out a couple of ‘features’ (nothing special don’t get too excited) this week -to make way for our introductions, otherwise it would have been a tad too long.
Stay tuned :)
p.s- Will you be entering the competition Lufit?
G
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 6:57 am.
Sure, I’m awful as shit at criticizing peoples work. Though I think you’re voice sounded fine…
I just think next time you should edit stuff down when it pauses to keep the flow moving.
(i’m assuming this is where this goes ;) )
lutfit
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 8:24 am.
Hey guys, I thought the show was very good, especially for a first one. I like that you guys don’t take yourselves too seriously, because it’s important that you have fun with it, cause we, the listeners, will then have fun listening.
Is there any way to improve the audio quality, btw? Graham’s voice seemed a little muffled at points (not sure what kind of setup you guys use for this). That’s not so much a critisism as it is an observation. :)
Anyway, I enjoyed the ‘cast and look forward to more episodes. Also, don’t be afraid to take a few liberties with time (unless you have a target timeframe you want to stick to).
P.S. Since every other podcast does it, you could also add a segment chatting about what games (Sega or otherwise) you’ve been playing during the week. Just an idea. :)
Fox the Sly
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 9:40 am.
Thanks for the input, Fox. We’re working on improving the audio quality for next week’s Nerdcast. That’s one reason why we couldn’t feature streaming audio.
I’m really glad you liked the show, and hopefully you keep listening!
Chris
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 11:41 am.
If you guys want to really appreciate Virtua Fighter, get one of the Virtua Fighter 4 games on the PS2 (they’re probably cheap by now) and play through the tutorial. It will open your eyes to how deep the game is, and once you understand it more you’ll really like it.
Nice podcast, but I hope for next time you can get G’s audio quality sorted. Try Skype next time if you’re not using it.
Blacker Omegalon
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 2:27 pm.
Where’s the tune at the end of the podcast from?
Blacker Omegalon
Posted February 26th, 2007 at 5:31 pm.
Cheers for the feedback guys!
-Regarding my poor audio: I got this free crappy little mic/earphone thing (it looks like an old handsfree kit for a mobile) with my copy of Skype (which my uncle gave me) And it actually broke the other day- I picked it up and it just fell apart (the mic piece). I did try to get a decent Mic/ headset - but PC World had sold out (seems everyone is doing a POdcast or WoW these days ;) )
-So I think it could be due to my shit mic. I hope to get a decent one by next week….maybe today.
Also- funny you should say that ‘Sly’- we were planning to do a ‘current games’ thing - but we thought because of the introductions the show might be too long.
But that is planned as a ‘feature’ for each week. Good to hear that you like that sort of thing though- because so do I :)
Well any more ideas, comments, problems- feel free to contact any member of staff any time. And thanks again guys!
*Scribbles on back of hand- “Buy decent headset”*
G
Posted February 27th, 2007 at 8:45 am.
It’s a good start, though I recommend you guys buy one of those $20 logitech headsets and just plan out the show a little more. Overall though I liked it, I hope theres gonna be one every week.
thunderscope
Posted February 27th, 2007 at 11:42 pm.
Alright the first thing is that you guys really need to get rid of the ntro, put something happy and upbeat. The other thing was it was hard to hear the best thing to do is use skype and get a real headset like the guy above me recomended.
I think this podcast was really well done for the first time. I enjoyed the DS vs PSP.
turok64
Posted February 28th, 2007 at 4:32 am.
Yeah- I think I’ll get my headset today, as I don’t have much to do. -After listening to it again, I really do think my poor sound was the fault of my rubbish, broken (but free) mic. But also the program we used did often sort of ’stretch’ some words as we were talking- but you don’t really hear it on the playback- thats why we had some random pauses. But Chris would be talking normally like “Hi, my names Chris and I like Sega” - But what I’d hear would be “Hi my names Chris and IIIIIIII like Sega”.
-Turok64 - when you say ‘Intro’ - Do you mean the basic introduction, where we said who we are and what we do? -If so, that was really just a one off, for anyone who doesn’t really know the site.
-If you mean the music at the start, that should be changing every week. As will the end music I believe.
But again, thanks- all these comments are helping and we do hope to iron out all the niggles by next Nerdcast.
G
Posted February 28th, 2007 at 7:29 am.
The music!
thanks
turok64
Posted February 28th, 2007 at 9:07 am.
Thanks for the input Turok. We tried a different VoIp client last week, and I really didn’t like the quality. So we’ve switched to Skype and have experienced a much better boost in overall audio quality.
Chris
Posted March 1st, 2007 at 4:11 am.