A Life Well Wasted: One of Apple's Best Podcasts of 2009

Congrats

Someone get Ira Glass on the phone and tell him to buy some stories from one of the top podcasts of the year!

If they can have a segment on people standing outside a fast food place all night wasting their life TAL might as well play some stories of a life thats well wasted
 
What They Play has had...two? episodes since the buyout? And the second one was basically a forum for masters theses that was boring to the entire target market of the podcast, i.e. parents looking for information. Still don't know wtf that was about.

But congrats to Robert, now maybe more people will hear the podcast.
 
Hurray for me!

I have no idea how this list works, but I'm going to treat it like an Oscar.

Or at least a Grammy.

Who's the unemployed bum now, ma?
 
Robert Ashley said:
Hurray for me!

I have no idea how this list works, but I'm going to treat it like an Oscar.

Or at least a Grammy.

Who's the unemployed bum now, ma?
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Please Robert, don't put yourself down like that.

Love the show, congrats.
 
Congrats, Robert.

Not that you needed Apple's approval to know that.

My only complaint is that he doesn't have a way to make them weekly, or even monthly. No knock on the man, of course.
 
So well deserved. Every episode has me grinning from ear to ear from beginning to end!

Congrats, dude. Hope this gives you some more deserved traffic.
 
I hadn't listened to this podcast before today, only to listen to 3 of them back to back. This "podcast" is amazing - i take my hat of to you mister Ashley. The interviews are excellent, and the way you use music is very unique, which really makes it stand out. It also does wonders for the pacing of the show. Really, this is bar none the best gaming podcast out there.

Once i can think of someone/something interesting for you to cover i'll definitely drop an you email.

I really feel stupid now for missing out on some of the posters :-( Could you please maybe do a reprint of all of them at some point?
 
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Great job Bobito, it's good to see such a great podcast get the recognition it deserves.
 
Congratulations, Robert. A Life Well Wasted is an amazing podcast that fully deserves a place on the list.

RiggenBlaque said:
Let's all ignore the 5 year gap in between episodes
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Quality over quantity, friend.
 
JCtheMC said:
I hadn't listened to this podcast before today, only to listen to 3 of them back to back. This "podcast" is amazing - i take my hat of to you mister Ashley. The interviews are excellent, and the way you use music is very unique, which really makes it stand out. It also does wonders for the pacing of the show. Really, this is bar none the best gaming podcast out there.
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Yeah, thanks to this thread I discovered this podcast. Amazing stuff, really enjoyable to listen to, so relaxed and off the cuff.

Thanks Mr. Ashley.
 
KHarvey16 said:
Let's all ignore RiggenBlaque.
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I've been there for months. Welcome to the club! We have exclusionary cookies!

On topic, holy shit. Dr. Max Chill, you have truly earned this. ALWW is by far the most thoughtful, stunningly produced, genuinely interesting gaming podcast out there today, and your careful selection of topics lets each episode be interesting to just about everyone, not only the "gaming community". It's a tremendous feat, and I can't wait to see what 2010 has in store for you and your work.
 
HamPster PamPster said:
Congrats

Someone get Ira Glass on the phone and tell him to buy some stories from one of the top podcasts of the year!

If they can have a segment on people standing outside a fast food place all night wasting their life TAL might as well play some stories of a life thats well wasted
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Hey I loved that Chick-fila segment. But I was thinking the other day what type of theme could be applied to videogames/stuff surrounding gaming. Heck upon hearing the theme of the last episode (Mindgames), the first thing I thought of was games.
 
GhaleonQ said:
I honestly don't think so. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/12/aughties-nostalgia-200912

"6. Gamer Culture
Behold the emergence of Red Bull–quaffing World of Warcraft players, shut-in Second Lifers, and Halo die-hards. The sheer unbridled geekery of gamer culture, where sophisticated graphics and motion-capture interfaces created a dazzling alternative to boring ol’ human existence, matured into a nationwide obsession, hastened by user-friendly innovations such as Wii Bowling or Guitar Hero, the latter of which allowed a generation of tipsy Uncle Bobs to unleash their inner Jimmy Page, to the quiet discomfort of all."

People already know that gamer culture exists (The King Of Kong would be another example), but Robert profiles it rather than making an argument for it. I think it makes for a better, more inviting show, but it certainly won't change minds about the quality of the object of attention.

I like comic strips and comics generally, but find the most commercial stuff worldwide (which would include superhero comics) irritating more than intriguing. I listen to Quiet Panelologists At Work and Funnybook Babylon all the time, though, because they're inviting, funny, intelligent shows. My disposition toward superhero comics hasn't changed.
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off topic but is vanity fair well respected on GAF?
 
Very nice, very glad to see this. ALWW is getting better as time goes on. I truly enjoy listening to it. It's honestly the only gaming podcast that sounds out in a sea of "watcha been playin'" conversations.
 
faceless007 said:
Never heard of this podcast, what's it about, and how is it different from other gaming podcasts (most of which bore me)?
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It's a bit like This American Life or Radio Lab applied to gaming, specifically the culture of gaming not just the sequel-hocking, graphics-drooling retail side of it. Put simply, it's about people, not discs and cartridges.

And if you've never heard of TAL or RL, well, you should get with the program already.
 
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