Episode 003 - 2008/07/25

As promised, Episode 3 is out now and ready for download/stream.

Not much to say about this one that wasn't said in the preview, but the general consensus among us here at Daikenkai is that it was the best episode so far. Hope you all enjoy it.


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Episode 3 is a wrap!

We just finished recording Episode 3, and in the process, added a 35-minute train wreck of a "lost episode" to our vault. We might release that one someday when we're bored. In the meantime, stay tuned this weekend for the actual Episode 3, where we will have...

-Reaction to Iwata's apology for Nintendo's E3 conference
-An update on the Itagaki vs Tecmo situation
-Talk of SoulCalibur IV, a week before its release
-Our take on the quasi-announcement of Marvel vs Capcom 3
-Response to Peter Moore's E3 blog and our vision of the event's future
-We get a good laugh from Kaz Hirai's Xbox 360 comments in Sweden

...and more.

I'm on board

Patrick first told me about Daikenkai when he and Fil had finished recording the first episode. The recording needed some post-production work and he decided to ask me if I could do anything. I could tell right off the bat Pat was serious about this thing, so I signed up to do work on the first episode. Before long Pat was asking me to stay on long term.

I am pretty busy most of the time with my main job, and the free time I have I spend with my girlfriend. So, I was a little apprehensive at first about devoting any time to something I wasn't sure about. But, Daikenkai has been a fun project to work on so far, and I really think it could turn into something pretty awesome.

So, I am announcing that I am committing to Daikenkai for the long haul as the Producer. My job will mostly be behind the scenes but Pat also wants me to eventually get in on some of the recordings too, but we'll play it by ear.

I just want to say thanks to whoever may be reading this for coming by and I hope you enjoy the show.

Episode 002 - 2008/07/17

First thing to note, next year, we give ourselves a couple days between the end of the show and recording. As drained as we were when things wrapped up, this show features plenty of mass-brainfarting and a general aimlessness near the end. We had a lot of fun making this episode, though, and there were a couple points that were nothing less than therapeutic. Hope you all enjoy it.

There will be...

-discussion and analysis of the E3 press conferences
-the verbal firing-squad execution of Nintendo
-Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour
-Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix
-Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
-Mirror's Edge

...and more.

Get it here.

Episode 2 coming early(-ish)

Our post-E3 episode is a wrap, and a few nights early, no less. We weren't entirely prepared to record, so this episode is extremely raw (in some good ways, some bad). I didn't get to see all the footage or read all the material I wanted to before we recorded, so the show gets a little aimless at a certain point, and I was even taken off-guard on a couple of occasions. Other parts were admittedly kind of forced, but I will maintain that the stuff that was shoehorned in did make the show better, and for what it was, we came up with a fun and solid E3 recap. And once again, we clocked in at almost exactly one hour, without even trying.

It should be going live tomorrow night or Saturday. Stay tuned.

Episode 001v2

We're getting better at this whole podcasting thing. Here's the remastered first episode. Thanks to Jeremy Yerby for getting this out as quickly as he did.


Download: LQ, HQ

Edit: 9:45 AM MT, links fixed, they were still linking to the original release.

Temp Producer Named, Episode 1v2 Coming

Now just a day after our premiere episode, Fil and I would like to welcome our new temp producer, Jeremy Yerby. I've known Jeremy for a long time, we've worked on numerous projects together, he will be a very capable producer and I already know he is an all-around good guy. He'll spend the next few weeks with us, trying the job on for size to see if he wants to stick around for the long run.

Jeremy's first job at Daikenkai was to fix the voice synching on the first episode. Although the Microsoft press conference, not surprisingly, outdated some of the information in the podcast (I did say FFXIII would be at E3 "in some effect" despite SquareEnix not listing it), we are dedicated to not only providing an entertaining current podcast for all of our listeners, but also, the highest quality show archive possible. I'm listening to the remaster now, and Jeremy did a brilliant job. I'll be uploading the new version shortly.

Jeremy will also be joining us next weekend for our E3 recap show.

Episode 001 - 2008/07/13

It's not perfect, we had some synching problems that ended up sounding like either I'm interrupting Fil or he's taking forever to respond to things I say, and my own train of thought derailed hard a couple of times, but putting all that aside, we hope you enjoy the premiere episode of Daikenkai. (Link removed as a remaster was since uploaded.)

If we find the time, we might try to resynch the audio and release a second version of the podcast.

Enjoy, and feel free to let us know what you think of it.