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Polygon launches new podcast 'The Polygon Show'
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Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
I wish they'd record (and write) more of their long reads. Those were the shit.
SunDimension24
Member
Nice to have another all female podcast! Will listen to later.
outunderthestars
Banned
I'm down for giving this a shot. I could use a second gaming podcast to go with the Beastcast.
A little short. Hopefully future episodes will be longer...
A little short. Hopefully future episodes will be longer...
digitalrelic
Banned
Looks like What's Good Games is going to have some competition. I'd be interested in giving this a listen, for sure!
RedlineRonin
Member
Will give this a go.
Always willing to bring new game podcasts into the rotation.
All female sounds very interesting.
Don't know anything about any of them (don't honestly follow Polygon much). I assumed every single game site had a podcast by now....
Always willing to bring new game podcasts into the rotation.
All female sounds very interesting.
Don't know anything about any of them (don't honestly follow Polygon much). I assumed every single game site had a podcast by now....
Zelda fan =/= Nintendo nerd
There are plenty of people who don't care about their other properties.
fake edit: Oh I thought you meant the second, hadn't finished reading the bios
Lister
Banned
I love it when podcasts are more diverse, and I don't necessarily mean in terms of gender and race, although that's great too!
The pure PC podcasts tend to be in their own bubble, and the console only podcasts are extremly boring to me as they tend to focus on the most boring AAA games imaginable (to me) and often show complete ignorance about where a lot of game mechanics/ideas come from (since many times it's from a PC genre or game or developer), and that's frustrating as hell.
But podcasts, like say GIant Bomb, that feature a nice mix of console gamers, PC gamers, mobile gamers, etc, never runs out of interesting things and games and ideas to talk about.
Any RSS feed yet?
The pure PC podcasts tend to be in their own bubble, and the console only podcasts are extremly boring to me as they tend to focus on the most boring AAA games imaginable (to me) and often show complete ignorance about where a lot of game mechanics/ideas come from (since many times it's from a PC genre or game or developer), and that's frustrating as hell.
But podcasts, like say GIant Bomb, that feature a nice mix of console gamers, PC gamers, mobile gamers, etc, never runs out of interesting things and games and ideas to talk about.
Any RSS feed yet?
Spaced Harrier
Member
Are they the Good or Terrible side of Polygon?
Also: How American are they on a scale of Videogamer.com Podcast --> Giant Bomb Podcast. With Easy Alies being = 5?
Also: How American are they on a scale of Videogamer.com Podcast --> Giant Bomb Podcast. With Easy Alies being = 5?
Never listened to a Nintendo podcast before? For better or worse AAA are hardly ever the topic of discussion.
AuthenticM
Member
Can we download the podcast in .mp3 format?
Give War A Chance
Member
Cool that this is happening. Rather uninspired name, but it is on brand I suppose?
Head.spawn
Junior Member
No Gies. I'm in.
TetraGenesis
Member
Seems like a super cool mix of backgrounds and interests! I'm into it!
I'll also agree with first post that I would absolutely love a podcast of their long reads. I've missed critical analysis of games in the audio format since A Life Well Wasted petered off.
I'll also agree with first post that I would absolutely love a podcast of their long reads. I've missed critical analysis of games in the audio format since A Life Well Wasted petered off.
The Citizen Kane of Games
Member
I know recognize nobody on this podcast, sticking to The Besties.
Fixed and agreed. It would have been great to have a This American Life style audio version of their feature articles.
I'll give this a shot and see how it goes. It looks like a solid line up. The only Friday podcasts in my rotation are Nintendo Voice Chat, The Beastcast, and 8-4 Play.
wipeout364
Member
I thought polygon had a podcast, I don't know for sure because I generally dislike their content but wasn't it called the besties or something like that. No problems with another one but the intro makes it sound like it's a new thing so I am confused.
You're missing out on Cool Games INC?
Visualante2
Member
Might be reverse sexism, but I'm going to listen just because it's an all women cast. I enjoy listening to Holly and Kate on the Toku podcast so maybe this will be similarly good.
entremet
Member
I don't get the hateboner for Polygon. Just ignore the trash. They have great features. No one does it better.
DagnastyEp
Member
The first episode is 40 minutes long. After listening to it, I don't think I'll be subscribing. I *might* listen to one more episode, because sometimes there's some first episode jitters that go away in subsequent episodes.
Perhaps it's just that I'm not acclimated to the style or it's just a style I don't care for, but the discussion is: fast, random, free-flowing, very informal, with lots of off-topic tangents integrated into the flow. I'm found it difficult to be engaged with the discussion, and even during the times they discussed topics I was interested in, I had a hard to following where the topic was actually going. I finished the episode minutes ago, and I'm not sure I could provide a summary of what was discussed.
Perhaps it's just that I'm not acclimated to the style or it's just a style I don't care for, but the discussion is: fast, random, free-flowing, very informal, with lots of off-topic tangents integrated into the flow. I'm found it difficult to be engaged with the discussion, and even during the times they discussed topics I was interested in, I had a hard to following where the topic was actually going. I finished the episode minutes ago, and I'm not sure I could provide a summary of what was discussed.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
I'll watch/listen to anything with Simone in it.
somecrazymember
Banned
give 5 bucks to Easy Allies Patreon and you'll get their Podcast on Wednesday https://www.patreon.com/EasyAllies
thehellofitall
Member
Immediately subbed. I'm so sick of hearing dude's voices.
yanipheonu
Member
Always up for more gaming podcasts. I still miss the Joystiq Podcast, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't wish there was a McElroy brother in there 
, but I'm down for an all female lineup.
, but I'm down for an all female lineup.LizardKing
Member
Why do people find this kind of random inane banter entertaining in a gaming podcast? I can't even listen to giant bombcast because of this. They just go off on these asinine tangents for a gaming podcast. I'm not one of their buds having a beer at the bar. And even then I'd look at them weird and tell them to stop if they started talking about some of that shit.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Not gonna sugar coat it. That first episode was pretty bad.
sixteen-bit
Member
Will give it a go
sixteen-bit
Member
Match 3 (R.I.P.)
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
ZiggyPalffyLA
Member
Player One is terrible and super biased against Nintendo. Glixel is still finding their footing but seems to be decent.
I'd recommend Game Informer, all of the different IGN podcasts (NVC for Nintendo, Beyond for PlayStation, Unlocked for Xbox, and GameScoop for general). IGN UK is great too.
For a good Nintendo specific podcast, try GameXplain Real Talk or Power Pros.
And for video game-related comedy, listen to Cool Games Inc.
This felt like they were trying too hard, but maybe that's just who they are. This is a 40 minute podcast and they talked about Helix's lore for over four minutes, and it really wasn't funny or entertaining. They also went BACK to this 'joke' later, and I almost shut it off right then.
Someone brought up if Nintendo is going for 'fuck money', which actually is a valid and interesting topic about how Nintendo seems to be leaning into attractive characters/waifus/husbandos (Fire Emblem, ARMS) lately, and instead of talking about it they just instantly drop the topic and move on.
It was just so scattershot and random. Could just be first episode jitters. Could just be nervous and they'll get into it, but...meh. I'll check back in in a couple months, but this first episode was pretty subpar.
Is this a joke? It doesn't seem like it, but...wut. Ethan is the biggest Switch fanboy in the world and CJ is right behind him. How can you even say this?
Someone brought up if Nintendo is going for 'fuck money', which actually is a valid and interesting topic about how Nintendo seems to be leaning into attractive characters/waifus/husbandos (Fire Emblem, ARMS) lately, and instead of talking about it they just instantly drop the topic and move on.
It was just so scattershot and random. Could just be first episode jitters. Could just be nervous and they'll get into it, but...meh. I'll check back in in a couple months, but this first episode was pretty subpar.
Is this a joke? It doesn't seem like it, but...wut. Ethan is the biggest Switch fanboy in the world and CJ is right behind him. How can you even say this?
More importantly, no Kuchera.
ZiggyPalffyLA
Member
Is Ethan the one that's obsessed with Vita? His voice is grating to me. He's super knowledgable about games but without the charm of someone like Jared Petty.
I gave it about a year and Nintendo discussion always felt like an afterthought, and when they did discuss it it was usually to bash it for one reason or another. To be fair, I haven't listened to it since the Switch came out so maybe they've been more fair lately.