Honestly? After the Night Vale audiobook I'm pretty good with whatever.
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Fictional Podcasts |OT| - "You mean it isn't real?"
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Honestly? After the Night Vale audiobook I'm pretty good with whatever.
I really liked it too. The kind of...I guess I'll call it a rising action moment of the first episode really creeped me out. I don't even know what to think of the antagonist of this series. So disturbing in its believability right up until the moment they pushed it over the edge.
I felt phantom pain twinges from the description of what he did to that truck driver. Had the creeping willies all over everywhere when the podcast was over.
Given they have a set date for when this podcast will end, I'm guessing they've got a story planned all the way out from beginning to end too, so that's good.
Seems really great.
Halcyon
Member
I am hooked on Hello from the Magic Tavern. I gave it a go awhile back but was more interested in information based things, but for some reason with Spring looming and the warm weather I've really gotten into Magic Tavern.
I love their interactions and when something is so absurd that they start breaking character and laughing.
I love their interactions and when something is so absurd that they start breaking character and laughing.
brotkasten
Member
Alright, alright. I'll try to get back into it. I just didn't like the vibe early on that much. I was hoping for scary stories and not three headed dragons driving cars or something like that. Very weird stuff that didn't click with me all that much.
I still can't wait until I get to Alice isn't Dead. My podcast backlog is kinda long right now (27 hours), so it might take another week. What's the release schedule?
I'm also giving the recommended No Sleep Podcast episodes a shot and I was pretty let town by the Season 6 episode (Black Magic, The Doll and something else). The way it's narrated makes it feel like spooky campfire stories for little kids and the host hamming it up to the max definitely attributes to that. The way it's overacted kinda destroys the immersion for me.
Luckily I got the chance to listen to "Security Cameras", which was way more up my alley. While super predictable, the story (and narration) was pretty good. The sound design, too. It gave me chills and I like that, it's exactly what I'm looking for.
That said, the format might still not be for me. The stories are very short and the quality between each story varies a lot. But if you guys can recommend more episodes, I'm all for it.
More_Badass
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Ha, you and me both. I have like a revolving playlist of Night Vale, The Dollop, My Brother My Brother and Me, The Short Game, etc., with the occasional Hardcore History thrown in. I actually don't watch that much TV week-to-week anymore, beside Flash and TWD, so now podcasts give me that weekly anticipation
You'll like Alice Isn't Dead; it's unsettling and creepy in a way that Night Vale never was. Well, the first episode anyway
More_Badass
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Second episode of Alice Isn't Dead is out
RepairmanJack
Member
Anyone have an issue with Alice Isn't Dead where you fast forward and somehow it skips back like 10 minutes? It's happened to me with both episodes when I skipped through the commercials and hasn't happened with any other podcast. The annoying thing is it's sometimes hard to catch because of the nature of the podcast and clips being cut off and started abruptly.
What is this commercial you speak of?
RepairmanJack
Member
Not really a commercial but the sponsor stuff near the end of the podcast. I'm so used to just skipping between podcasts that as soon as the guy starts talking I hit skip and all of a sudden the podcasts skips backward about 10 minutes. It's very weird, but it's only happening with this podcast.
That's a good way to miss stingers.
do podcasts do stingers yet?
Like half of my next update has stingers. Apparently they were in vogue in the aughts.
RepairmanJack
Member
Eh, I'll take that chance. There's like 10 minutes tacked on to that podcast for very little reason.
Ivan A Nguyen
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This post made me check it out and I have to say it has been great so far. I'm up to the electrocolipse and Jack in the Box Jesus.
No need to apologize. I need to update this anyway, but Kingdom Hearts.
More_Badass
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Anyone been keeping up with Alice Isn't Dead? It's up to episode 4
brotkasten
Member
I already dropped it after episode 3. I thought it was fairly boring and not really creepy. Certainly not what I was looking for.
E: The scene on the parking lot and in the diner before it was pretty good, but after that it just didn't feel as good anymore. The constant rambling was also starting to get on my nerves. Alice this, Alice that, oh Alice, you lied to me, yadda yadda.
RepairmanJack
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Haven't listened to 4 yet, but it seems to be going nowhere any time soon.
It was because of this comment I started listening to this and omg I'm addicted. I'm on episode 22. It feels like I'm listening to (incredibly witty and talented) friends chatting. And every episode so far contains at least one joke that makes me laugh out. Those characters have so much great chemistry, including the guest stars. I'd highly recommend this too.
Oh hey a thread for all these weird podcasts I like! *furiously adds more to Pocket Casts*
Anyone else listening to King's Falls A.M.?
I'm going to listen to it this week, along with the new episode of Night Vale! Can't wait for Sunday when I'll be at the Philly live Night Vale show!
Anyone else listening to King's Falls A.M.?
I'm going to listen to it this week, along with the new episode of Night Vale! Can't wait for Sunday when I'll be at the Philly live Night Vale show!
Don't even talk to me about podcast backlog
*screaming internally*
It's going the wrong way.
I'm still into it. Listening to chapter 4 right now, thanks for reminding me.
So far, I've really enjoyed it. I almost question the order of the first two chapters though. I kind of feel like chapter 2 would have better set up the main character and her motivations and then the Thistle Man could've been brought in on chapter 2. The way they did it is more mysterious and menacing up front, but I feel like caring about the narrator is probably of the greatest imperative and chapter 2 is so much more about her and her drives and her life.
But maybe that'd make for too much Thistle Man back to back. Would maybe make it seem like the whole podcast from then on out would be Narrator vs Thistle Man with no interruptions.
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Just finished chapter 4. Very interesting. This show is very bleak and austere. Both of their non-Thistle Man episodes have been about existential dread over the passage of time. I guess that ties into the sense that the narrator lost Alice and she's not exactly sure when it happened. Like, listening to her talk about Alice, it seems like from her perspective Alice was there and then, suddenly, she wasn't. When stopping by the town that's always the same no matter how she finds it, the narrator blamed Alice for its presence. I wonder what that's all about...and also, why she didn't accuse Alice of whatever happened at the Factory by the Sea. I wonder what Alice has to do with any of this stuff. I wonder why any of this is happening. I'm not sure this is the kind of show where I'll get answers though. Not all of them, anyway.
brotkasten
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Tanis is back! Season 2, episode 1! Out now!
Jest Chillin
Member
Hello from the Magic Tavern and King Falls AM are both great. Still don't like Night Vale. Tried the book too, hoping the stronger narrative direction might make it work for me. Nope.
It just meanders too much.
It just meanders too much.
The book is kinda awful though.
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I definitely just spent two days typing a massive update to the list only to lose it all in abriwser crash.
Update will be delayed.
The book was great for the description of the Library, but that was kinda it. Definitely meh about it.
The new episode was great, finally they're moving to the main plot with the new bad guys. Still hoping that the five headed dragon breaks out and dies fighting them, both to just be done with that dumb character and to give him a fitting end, since that plot has gone on too long to just drop unceremoniously.
There is a new podcast by Adal Rifai (Chuntttttt in HftmT) called "Siblings Peculiar"
https://siblingspeculiar.com/
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Cool concept. I had an idea kind of similar to it for a podcast once. I'll definitely check it out.
rukland
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Amazing list, so glad I saw this thread. I am on such a podcast kick these days. Since I have given up TV completely. I had been trying to find things like this, subscribed and can't wait to dive into some of these. Starting with The Black Tapes now and really already digging it.
johnnywheels
Neo Member
Awesome thank you Malyse!!!!
You say that now, but let's see how you feel when you have some 5000 podcasts in your backlog.
And a lot of these are really really good.
Damn that's some work. Thanks!
I'm currently catching up on Friends at the Table (after catching up on The Adventure Zone). But once I do, I'll have to start diving into these recommendations in earnest...
rukland
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Awesome work thank you so much for this list.
