Idle Thumbs
By Idle Thumbs Staff
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Podcast Description
Idle Thumbs casts its pod into your face with off-the-cuff, incisive, multiplatform video gaming discussion every week. No on-air schedules, no Skype. We cover Windows PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation (PS2 and PS3), Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and the Atari Lynx.
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ExplicitKickstarter Progresscast The Twelfth One | The Progresscast goes one-time, rule-breakingly meta, as we discuss recent events in our own day jobs. Sean and Jake talk about The Walking Dead, Chris talks about his new digs at Double Fine Productions, and we're joined by special guest Steve Gaynor to | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKickstarter Progresscast The Ninth One | Without a lot of concrete Kickstarter news for you, we fall back on old habits and decide to talk about games for the entirely of this week's Progresscast. We hope you don't mind. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKickstarter Progresscast The Eighth One | Join us, readers, for this public Progresscast as we descend into the dark bowels of Minecraft servers and secret holes, only to find the quietest place in the world. (That place is absolutely guaranteed not to be the Idle Thumbs office in its current sta | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2012: GDC '12: With Blasts | Picture a podcast which is itself made up of a series of smaller podcasts. Now, stop picturing, and start listening to our GDC wrap-up episode, featuring a series of quick interviews with Christina Norman (Riot Games), Tom Francis (PC Gamer/Suspicious Dev | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2012: GDC '12: The Death of Nick Breckon | Idle Thumbs starts to wake up, both literally and figuratively, with our first special episode from GDC 2012. We attended some sessions, we played some games, and we made up excuses to talk about all sorts of things together for the first time in years. W | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Kickstarter Update | Idle Thumbs is back! Sort of. All signs point to Idle Thumbs soon being back soon. Because we launched a Kickstarter campaign, and it seems to be working. Go to idlethumbs.net/kickstarter to pitch in! | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2011: GDC 2011: Games Kasavin | Another GDC come and gone, another Conf Grenade rolls down a hill. We're joined by bonus guest, Media Molecule's James Spafford. In the tradition of GDC episodes, this one has some slight audio wonkiness in places, so get ready for that. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2011: GDC 2011: Hold On To Your B.U.T.T.O.N. | Game developers confer, and we are there. Chris, Jake, and Sean discuss video games in these dynamics cast. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 51: Burnin' Down the Wolfman | Recorded in front of a live audience at PAX 2010's Wolfman Theater, Idle Thumbs presents what is either its third "final episode," or its first "reunion episode," available to the public for the first time in MP3 form. Hear us intermittently forget the au | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 13: Day One Perch | As Chris packs for Boston and we switch off the lights, the Idle Thumbs Podcast finishes up with a bunch of talk about video games, interspersed with loosely related distractions and stories. Thanks for listening! | 8/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 12: The Silken Goku | Don the Silken Goku. Enthusiastically pore over our collection of galactic maps, carefully curated battle decks, and lushly rendered hexagonal tiles, while we try to tell you about game development, girls, and sports. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 11: Diplomatic Pouch | In this far-flung cyborg future of video game discussion, nobody known where the cast ends and the break begins, when your last shred of humanity gives way to a robot soul, or why you're full of ants. One thing is for sure, though: you will pay to click a | 7/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 10: Nasty/Good/Badass | Though the above choices may seem limiting, we feel they'll be sufficient. Also discussed: space marines, branching narratives, childhood and the human condition. With special guest Sean Vanaman. | 7/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 9: Rolling With the Pope | In video games, you can trust no one. Everyone is in on it, everyone but you. In video games nothing is real. Or, if it is, we're pretty sure you're seeing it via the visions of a comatose police officer, through the projection of genetic memories hurtled | 7/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Announcement: PAX Panel 2010 | Idle Thumbs is going to PAX 2010 in Seattle, and instead of an informal meet-up, this year we've scored our very own official panel. Tell your friends, mark your calendar, and buy your tickets soon--they're going fast. Nick Breckon will return. | 7/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 8: A Castro Situation | As E3 approaches, as the music genre splits to offer the ultimate fantasy or the ultimate reality, as the future of games prepares to descend in a storm of cameras and holographic children, we talk about a bunch of things with little to no bearing on E3. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 7: Remember The Airfield | A minicast of rambling awaits you within. Activision continues to cut its baffling path through the industry, as Chris and Steve discover that an enemy never forgets. With special guest star Video Games. | 4/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 6: Shoveling Your Hat and Crow | Special guest Sean Vanaman joins us on a slow motion journey through strategy and space as we talk about the Infinity Ward kerfuffle, the most honest week in StarCraft history, and how from the outside, bullet time looks really fast, and dumb. We think it | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 5: His Cyborg Familiar | Thumbs returns from its whirlwind tour of every convention and expo one could reasonably cram into two weeks, to ruminate on the rise of connectivity, the future of "real games," and whether or not Nicolas Cage will ever leave the bathroom. Also lots of g | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 4: Super Expert Pro | In a daring escape accompanied by expert commentary, The Idle Thumbs Podcast crew managed to narrowly evade being overrun by a rampaging army of BigDogs flying the Sony flag, aided only by a pneumatic rifle and a an infinite supply of parachutes. Video ga | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2010: Phaedrus 2010 | GDC 2010 ends and we emerge, stumbling through our sleep-deprived, Will Wright-fueled mental haze, to bring you this podcast. We're joined by special guest Sean Vanaman of Telltale Games. 2010. | 3/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 3: "Your Buddy, Space Marine" or "The Capper" | Video game news explodes, as two unrelated sentient robots -- one good, one evil, both out of control -- battle to the death for headline dominance. Amidst the wash of corporate power-plays, decapitations, and ASCII art, we also talk about the Indie Fund, | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 2: Scoops Horn | This week the past returns, distilled to its core and a little prettier. And on a hex grid, most likely. Also discussed: Scoops horn. If video games made you fly, that would probably be really scary. | 2/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 1: THE GREAT GATLING-GUNSBY | Idle Thumbs is dead. Long live The Idle Thumbs Podcast. It took a little longer than we thought, but we're here. Chris, Jake, and Steve catch up on the last few months, talk about video games a lot. Welcome back! | 2/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 50: "Farewell, Video Games" or "The S****y Wizard" | Idle Thumbs goes out with some attempt at a bang, by way of a two and a half hour mega episode. The unrelenting Dragon Age revokes Nick's gamer card, Chris can't stop playing Torchlight, and Jake keeps spinning around on the floor. Also featuring farewell | 11/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 49: Bargo Busters | For all your bustin' needs, we present: video games. We create a scale and proceed to visit both ends, taking gentle, guided adventures with famed explorers and robot pals, while our asses are gingerly handed to us by murderous hoards and off-brand knocko | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 10/27/10: With Max Schaefer | After putting the finishing touches on Torchlight, Runic Games co-founders and Diablo co-creators Max and Erich Schaefer did what game industry luminaries always do after wrapping a project: drive over to the Idle Thumbs podcast. We chat at | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 48: In Space | As the darkness draws in and the last days creep ever closer, we're joined by 2K Marin's Steve Gaynor for a rousing discussion of video games in the outer reaches of space. While there, we discuss the PS3's recent trips to polar opposites of the hand-hold | 10/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 47: The Lord of the Donk | All rise. At his command, Chris and Jake play a bunch of Brutal Legend, while Nick frantically stockpiles gas cans to make it through Left 4 Dead 2's Scavenger mode, all the while trying to come to grips with his feelings on Borderlands. Plus a song about | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 46: First Annual Year | The Idle Thumbs podcast turns one year old on Saturday, and to celebrate we bring you a regular episode. This week we wipe a curmudgeonly tear from our classic PC gaming eye, and find yet again that making fun of something we thought could never exist | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 45: Episode Forty-Five | Bred in a top secret government lab, or maybe an orphan or a robot or something, this episode hopes to punch you in the face and call you a bitch. Our marketing research shows that this appeals to you. Really, though, we talk about some games. | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 44: Salacious Thumb | With Nick Breckon out on assignment, things go a little bit wrong. 2K Marin's Steve Gaynor joins us for this week's descent into a tempest of hard-boiled corruption and deceit, where no one knows who to trust or where to turn. We're pretty sure ODST is li | 9/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 43: Jeff "Gone" Goldblum | This week Chris and Nick don some custom callsigns to check out Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer, become terrified by the high definition frog face of Zuma's Revenge, and almost steal Jeff Goldblum's shoes. As for Jake? He is only good at keeping people foc | 9/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 42: The Dreamcast | For just one night, into your face we cast not pods, but dreams. Our dreams are powered by robot hands with pistol grips, three part harmonies and too many microphones, but we're thinking you'll find something you like. | 9/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Standalone Expansion PAX 3: BioWare's Mac Walters | Idle Thumbs brings its PAX 2009 coverage to a close with a quick talk with Mass Effect 2's lead writer, Mac Walters. In Space. | 9/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Standalone Expansion PAX 2: Valve's Chet Faliszek | Nestled amongst rowdy board game players, the Idle Thumbs crew pins down Chet Faliszek of Valve to discuss Left 4 Dead 2 and how Madden offers but small comfort to Browns fans. | 9/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Standalone Expansion PAX 1: Ron Gilbert | Idle Thumbs kicks off its PAX coverage and continues its trend of interviewing Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert on a bidecennial basis with this hastily-edited affair. Enjoy. | 9/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 41: Space Boss: The Lord of Space | We play catch-up this week, clearing out both our backlog of nearly-current games, and our overflowing bag of reader mail. | 9/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 40: Idle Thumbs 40,000 (Nobody Beats the Blizz) | We're back from BlizzCon, abuzz with the latest biz from the Blizz. Also sampled: The Monk, The Wiz(ard). | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 39: Video Game Baby | Following a double-barreled podblast assault, this week's baffling episode sees the Idle Thumbs valiantly but vainly struggle to stay on topic and discuss a new video game, despite dubious double entendres and threatening voice mails. How's our driving? T | 8/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 08/17/09: With StarCraft II 2 | With fleeting, ghostly visions of long- decommissioned Dragoons still haunting their minds, the Thumbs crew attempts to discuss StarCraft II while staving off the effects of sleep deprivation. Jake draws pictures. Plus, rumor has it Far Cry 2 makes its tr | 8/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 08/13/09: With Brutal Legend | Chris and Nick got a chance to sit down with the multiplayer component of Double Fine Productions' upcoming Brutal Legend and are ready to share their hands-on impressions with you. Will Chris describe it in terms of Pikmin 2's versus mode? Will Full Thro | 8/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 38: Up On This Boss | This week on the Thumb we dive into the many meanings of Nintendo's mysterious inflatable horse peripheral, reel at how many GameCubes are turned on right now, and debate whether "Castroid" is a game genre or horrible medical condition. | 8/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 37: You Gotta Have Spice | A 386 perfectly captures his slam dunk. Looking down from space, you see the Earth and smile. Mid-swing, the game asks you to recalibrate, and you do it just this once. Sometimes, you gotta. | 8/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 08/01/10: Surprise! | Sometimes a podcast goes off the rails and is killed for the betterment of mankind. People occasionally ask why. Hopefully this provides an answer. Freshly exhumed from the lot out behind Chris' apartment, enjoy the moist wreckage of the Idle Thumbs Episo | 7/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 36: Shambling, Goofy | After an earlier attempt to record goes down in flames, we bring you this tale of mice and mods and Miyamoto, of nerds, their noises and Neo Tokyo, of DOTA clones and questions asked, of adventures past and pods cast. Enjoy. | 7/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 35: A Great Way to Have Fun | Join us as we take a safely-secured look at Wii Sports Resort, and spoil exclusive food news. A connection to the Internet is required to listen to this episode. | 7/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 34: The First Age of Extreme | Thumbs accidentally traveled back in time to an age when beards reigned, in this arcade- and strategy-flavored episode. | 7/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 33: "The Kane of Lynch" or "This Crazy Robot" or "Rock the Mouse" | Lengthy discussions abound in this cast-and-a-half. We go off on the experiences unique to shorter, tighter games, the dying art of an equal player vs CPU ruleset, the American Civil War, and what it really feels like being the king. Plus: More video game | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 32: The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of | Ingredients: Co-op grappling-based wizard platforming, never-ending falling blocks, Peter Molyneux, Pyramid Head. Season to taste or until awakened screaming. | 6/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 06/29/09: With StarCraft II | Special Report! Nick's back from Blizzard's preview event, ready to offer up his hands-on impressions of the StarCraft II multiplayer beta. Also, lots of side topics and diversions you can't do without. But mostly StarCraft II. And a gay pride parade. | 6/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 31: The Future of Games | You can't shut your eyes. A small child spots you, waves eagerly. You try to reach him, but are stopped short as the cables restraining your fingers go taut. Struggling against wires and straps binding your shoulders and feet, you get one last glimpse of | 6/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 06/24/09: Without Nick Breckon | With Nick still out of town, we're passing the time with more from last week's cutting room floor. We'll be back soon with real podcasts. | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 06/18/09: With Cheese Plate | Where we come from the games beat themseles. There's a shaved Muppet around every corner, and Samus Aran can't shut up. It will please you, with a depth that might surprise you. Featuring Steve Gaynor as Mr. Dream. | 6/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 30: Idle Thumbs E30 | We're back from E3, filled with hands-on impressions, tales of awkward industry encounters, and an important question: Who needs a motion wand when you have a ten year old boy trapped in your TV? | 6/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 29: Dreaming of Gillen | Sometimes the past is just as good as you remember it. Sometimes it's better. Nick turns back the clock ten years to explore the less traveled branching paths of adventure gaming, Jake is revamped and thrown back by Nintendo's latest offerings, and Chris? | 5/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 28: Other People Get It | After taking a week off in silent honor of the Duke, we return. Lawsuits fly and franchises fall as they try to get you to ride around on a fake skateboard. E3's coming back. I probably have Swine Flu. Don't worry, other people get it. | 5/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs: No Podcast This Week | With Chris gone to GDC Canada, we're taking the week off. See you soon. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 27: What is Game? | This week you, the readers, take control, as we spend the entire episode with our grubby mitts elbow deep in the Idle Thumbs mailbag. With special guests Steve Gaynor of 2K Marin, and each and every one of you readers listening along at home. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 26: Raising the 'Bargo | We return from break full of questions. Why are all the best games about America made in Europe? Does your game dialog sound more like Steven Seagal or John McClane? Is there going to be a twist? We don't know, but we really want to tell you why the Moon | 4/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 25: Pause Theme from Battletoads | With the fight against Robo-Manus safely on hold, our co-hosts are free to discuss the love/hate battle with ruthless games, the slow decline of the mod community, and the science gone mad of achievements paired with grinding, all with a funky back beat y | 4/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 24: Shadow and Colossus: Back in Action | Like good games on the DS, we are back. With GDC a fond and distant memory, we tackle the surprising stack of good new titles for Nintendo's handheld, learn some new moves from a hobo, see the latest from BioWare and Double Fine, and shed a tear as Wander | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Conf Grenade 4: [Transmission Lost] | The final Conf Grenade pops and fizzles its way into your ear, offering our closing thoughts on the Game Developers Conference. Join us for some last words before the GDC book slams closed for another 51 weeks. | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Conf Grenade 3: Morality, the Medical Surprise | Steve Gaynor and Duncan Fyfe join us for the penultimate Conf Grenade, blasting through GDC's midsection at a rate so fast, you might not survive the trip. Put on your game designer hat and buckle up. | 3/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 03/27/09: With Free Monster Samples | I don't even know what to say. | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2: Don't Look at Me, I'm Hideo | Partake in a virtual luncheon with a pantheon of gaming greats. Witness the changing of Will Wright's mind. Scream as you are wholly seared into the fourth dimension of experimental gaming. We're joined by guests Alex Ashby, Lawrence Bishop, and B. M. Bro | 3/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs Conf Grenade 1: A Fish Called Extreme | GDC is warming up, and so are we. Idle Thumbs alums Marek Bronstring, Duncan Fyfe, and Lawrence Bishop join in for an look at GDC's first days of Indie-focused content, our anticipated panels, fabricated sex scandals and more. We love GDC this much. | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 23: At the Mountains of Money | You lie on the ground, the last breaths leaving your body as you look up into the glowing, burlap sack-wrapped eyeholes of the man who ended your life. As voices recede and the world drifts away, you realize your dying thought will be "I wish I'd spent th | 3/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 22: Put On the Top Ghost | Sometimes a game blows up in your face, 106 moves in. Sometimes a tutorial man tells you the controls backwards, just because. Sometimes, no matter what you try, the old man just can't kill that snake. When the world's got you feeling down, do what we do, | 3/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 03/09/09: Countdown to Tears | Five years ago, prophecies by Steven Spielberg and EALA's Neil Young charted a course of new, untold emotional resonance, and the future of video games was irrevocably changed. As Game Developers Conference 2009 approaches, the clock ticks ever closer to | 3/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 21: The Hypersonic Effect | Virtual worlds fall around you. Objectives appear before your eyes, cluttering your vision. Everything falls silent. As tears stream down your space visor you realize, too late, that it has you. Welcome to The Hypersonic Effect. | 3/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 02/26/09: With Saitek Cyborg | Special Report! Awesome robot robot robot; actually, he's a cyborg, and he comes bearing contests. Saitek Cyborg, at your service. | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 20: Idle Thumbs 2000 | Has your desire to explore and investigate given way to a guided experience that just wants to hold your hand? Find out at the next waypoint. Join us as we offer up impressions from the DICE Summit, discuss this week's surprise assault of great games, and | 2/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 19: Upping the Majesty | Special guest Steve Gaynor joins us as we sail over grassy dewswept mountains resplendent with gaming's bounty, then crash-land into an F-bomb laden cutscene. Plus: Watch your cursor drift towards the "buy" button as Nick fills us in on the Dawn of War II | 2/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 18: Citizen Killzone | Following modern trends, this episode eschews its core gameplay for a series of scattered but crowd-pleasing showpieces. Hop in a Big Stompin' Mech with F.E.A.R. 2, use a mandatory turret to defend your favorite FPS titles, and perform an overly-animated | 2/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle News Podblast - 02/05/09: With Joe Pesci | Special Report! Duck for cover, commandeer a Jeep, and man a turret: Resident Evil is back, and Idle Thumbs is blasting through the gates of a midnight embargo. With Joe Pesci. Sometimes something comes up mid-week that we want to talk about. This time w | 2/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 17: War of the Broses | Grab a brew and waste the Space Fuhrer with your friends from the quad. Chris weighs in on Killzone 2, Nick weighs the good and bad of two upcoming strategy titles, and Jake weighs the importance of a polished first play experience... with your mom. How m | 2/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 16: The Sources' Duel | Confidential informants collide and megatons are dropped in this week's high-speed episode. We talk about gaming narrative as a pastiche of tone and suggestion, but you just want your damn cutscenes. Plus: Wired's Chris Kohler joins us to dismember your n | 1/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 15: I'll Kill the Last Alien | Kaz Hirai says you'll truly appreciate the complexity of this podcast in about nine and a half years. What's that? Gonna cry? Nick Breckon says you're a baby who likes baby games. And a cheat, too, I bet. | 1/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 14: Interface with the Animus | BioShock 2 lead level designer JP LeBreton joins us for this accidentally retro-filled episode to recount the rich tapestry of game music, talk up the LucasArts classics, and dream of a world where Grand Theft Auto was reimagined as a 1930's Warner Bros. | 1/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 13: Manipulated Through Time | We loudly ring in Year of the Video Game with a double episode of post-holiday potluck warmth. Like a worried mom, we lecture about driving under the influence of video games. Like a drunk uncle, we can't shut up about "ol' Spelunky." You know (wink), "th | 1/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs XI-2: The Legend of Big Bird's Bones | Concluding our trio of podcasts recorded two weeks ago due to holiday issues, the crew remains joined by 2K Marin's Steve Gaynor to discuss psychopathic murderer Gordon Freeman, John Madden getting a government bailout, classic network sitcom Coach, and t | 12/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs XI: Extremes | Last week, Thumbs invited 2K Marin's Steve Gaynor to help pre-record a low- key cast on nuclear plant sims, traffic sims, sewage construction sims, bus sims, boat sims, and ghosts. Riveting stuff. | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 10: The Ballad of John Riccitiello | As the CEOs of EA and Activision engage in an epic battle for the hearts and souls of gamers, our co-hosts consider Spike VGA-related game unveilings, fool significant others into buying consoles, look at some IGF 2009 entries, and propose Netflix achieve | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 9: The Confestabaloo | Our co-hosts sedated themselves a bit this week in deference to special guest Chuck Jordan, Telltale designer and veteran of Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island. Amidst discussions of Disneyland and ARG-based PR, we start to plan for Games of the Yea | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 8: Green Lantern is the Blindfolded Fool | Idle Thumbs U.S. returns from vacation fists a'swingin, battering you senseless with tales of lives reconsidered (and rewound), friends (lists) lost, and having to sit and watch someone else really suck (at your favorite game). | 12/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 7: Stop Doing Interviews | Special guest Steve Gaynor of 2K Marin, last seen in Idle Thumbs 3: Field of Dreams, joins us once again as we drop hot scoops about the Ensemble Studios closing, wrap up discussion of Steve's favorite game ever Fallout 3, and debate bizarre Left 4 Dead t | 11/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 6: Explode Mode | Your old Xbox is about to become your new Xbox, but that might mean you just start using your Netflix account again. Special guest Brad Shoemaker of Giant Bomb gently guides us through the minefield of this week's industry scandals, helps us finally close | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 5: The Wizard | This week, Nick was left for dead at Valve's offices where he played some kind of video game, Chris and Jake have experienced what's so amazing about LittleBigPlanet, and we keep attempting to cajole you into playing Far Cry 2. Plus: Will Gears of War 2 b | 11/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 4: The Fable of Love | We're a day early and possibly still a dollar short. Weeks of Fallout 3 coverage culminate with Nick's full completion-informed opinions. (Mutants allowed.) Chris and Jake dive into the polarizing world of Far Cry 2, and Fable 2's bizarre romances are set | 10/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 3: Field of Dreams | Did you hear BioWare is working on a Star Wars MMO set in the KOTOR universe? Oh, you did? Nick and Chris talk about their day at the Old Republic reveal event, Thumbs alum and BioShock 2 designer Steve Gaynor of 2K Marin joins us as a special guest, Jake | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 2: The Fanboy's Lament | Tokyo Game Show and BlizzCon may be over, but they live on in our hearts, and our podcast. Stay awhile and listen for hands-on reports, commentary, and the heart-rending ballad of a once-proud console warrior. This episode probably not sponsored by Gamer | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIdle Thumbs 1: Let the Games Begin | Throw away your bifocals and burn your books. Why rely on reading comprehension when you can sit on your ass and listen to us talk? Idle Thumbs is back, now with 100% fewer articles, and we've been hitting the preview events just for you. | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 93 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
One of the better games podcasts
Made by three guys who work in the games industry; they come from the 90's PC gaming scene; they talk about the new games; they're smart dudes; you should listen. The host, Chris Remo, is my favorite videogame podcaster. I am actually interested in hearing what he has to say about games. I usually listen to game podcasts for the jokes or for background noise, but Remo is actually worth paying attention to. Dudes involved: Chris Remo (Now: gamasutra, Used to be: EIC of Shacknews) Jake [something] (Telltale games) Nick Breckon (Shacknews)
You cannot go wrong
Really. Just subscribe. You'll like it. You can trust me, I'm a guy on the internet.
Worth Listening to
I've been digging around for game-industry related podcasts and all the ones before this I could not tolerate for long (either boring, recycling news, etc). Now I'm looking foward each week to Idle Thumbs to hear what these guys are talking about. It's always insightful, interesting, and funny.
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