[Aptorian]

Just received my tickets. October is going to by a weird Christmas this year.

Anyone else considered showing up at a show? After listening to live finale I think the experience will be something else.

This post has been edited by Apt Hoc: 04 August 2014 - 02:30 PM

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Apt Hoc, on 04 August 2014 - 02:29 PM, said:

Just received my tickets. October is going to by a weird Christmas this year.

Anyone else considered showing up at a show? After listening to live finale I think the experience will be something else.

They did live shows all over Canada and naturally I was in the US the whole time. If I hadn't been so hammered I would've been upset.Jealous. Enjoy!

[Morgoth]

I'm going to see the show here in Oslo in October.

[Traveller]

Jealous. I'm listening to about one episode every evening at the moment, it just gets better - and funnier.

[Illuyankas]

I am burning through the Thrilling Adventure Hour, by the way. There are a few duff sketches occasionally but Sparks Nevada and Beyond Belief are usually fucking great.

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Illuyankas, on 15 August 2014 - 08:09 AM, said:

I am burning through the Thrilling Adventure Hour, by the way. There are a few duff sketches occasionally but Sparks Nevada and Beyond Belief are usually fucking great.

With you there. I dl'd all the Sparks Nevada and related (Cactoid Jim, USSA, Troubleshooter, Robot Rogues...) eps to date onto my mp3 so I could listen to them sequentially and oh my fuck it's awesome fun. War of Two Worlds was for the most part so funny it hurt.
Beyond Belief is great fun. Amelia Erhart too. Captain Laserbeam is so formulaic it shouldn't work after the second ep but somehow it cracks me up again and again... And then they gave Phil Fathom his own series and I laughed to tears... The Bale bat voice is SO perfect.
Colonel Ticktock is the only one I skip or ffwd... While historical figures as portrayed by actors imitating popular celebrities has its moments (Tesla as done by Bowie!), overall it doesn't do much for me.

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New favorite catchphrase... "Dorothy Parker SMASH!!!"

[Abyss]

The WtNV/TAH crossover live show is available thru bandcamp and itunes.

It's pay-what-you-want > $1 and SO UTTERLY WORTHWHILE.

Seriously, it's great and if you're relatively up to date on both podcasts (say within the last three months or so), you must needs get this.

[Abyss]

Anyone listened to something called 'CRESCENT'?

... seems like Cthulhu in space done in 'podiobook' style - podcasts which are the first run of a book to be made public, no dead tree or ebook - which is apparently becoming a thing.

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Abyss, on 30 January 2015 - 05:18 PM, said:

Anyone listened to something called 'CRESCENT'?

... seems like Cthulhu in space done in 'podiobook' style - podcasts which are the first run of a book to be made public, no dead tree or ebook - which is apparently becoming a thing.

Finished it.


Decent start, but meh.

[Abyss]

Finished the earbook version of WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE A NOVEL.

The earbook is not quite a twelve hour episode of the podcast.... there is a running story with some mostly new characters, and frequent interludes of Cecil doing his thing that weave nicely through the story itself.


I have one critique.... the writers tried too hard to depict the very 'human' drama of their protagonists.... i appreciate that it takes some effort to make the residents of Night Vale more human, but they went way way overkill on the single mom and directionless teen agnst and at times it really really threw me out of the book and made me wish i could reliably ffwd.

And it's funny, because sometimes Cecil or Dana or Carlos or whoever's innate 'normal' is what makes them such great characters in the insanity of Night Vale, but too much normal and not enough insane just doesn't work.


Now... that aside...

...the book is a LOT of fun, and if you're a fan of the podcast, pretty much essential. Secrets are revealed, multiple running plots and one-offs from the podcasts are referred to, angels exist, mountains are real, Carlos is a science hero and you should damn well worship him for it and libraries are scary scary places, moreso than the Dog Park. One major running plot from the podcasts forms a key part of the story.

There are appearances by almost all of the usual players and bystanders, and we finally discover (that damn) Steve Carlsburgh's dark dark secret.



Overall it's worth your dollars and braintime.... it has some stylistic flaws that will hopefully be worked out if they do future novels, but i can't say that's any reason not to listen/read/inject/photosynthesize.

[Morgoth]

Serial just released the first episode of season 2. That came sort of surprising to be honest, but I'm excited to see what they've gone for this time.

[Morgoth]

So, the people behind Welcome Night Vale have started a new podcast: Alice Isn't Dead. I've listened to the first episode and it sounds very promising. I've found that Night Vale has lost some of it's, hm, draw lately, and this might be just the thing to fill the void.