"That Podcast" is done, but never fear: the crew (expanded!) is back with Thu'umcast, a gameplay diary for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim . This will be the last post into this feed; if you want to hear the rest of Thu'umcast, then subscribe to the new feed You can subscribe to the new podcast in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . Visit the Thu'umcast page for all the details. Technorati Tags: skyrim , thuumcast , games , elder scrolls...
Nov 06, 2011•34 min
Welcome to episode 24 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . Today is pretty much the end of the road for "That Podcast" - we wrap up the latest (and last) DLC, "Lonesome Road", and offer a few retrospective ideas on the game. Along the way we mused a bit about where the franchise might go from here. Thanks for listening! We'll likely have one more (very brief) audio update to announce the particula...
Sep 22, 2011•29 min
Welcome to episode 23 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James are joined by maki, and guest host Austin Healy, one of our regular listeners. The topic - what else: the last DLC, "Lonesome Road". We cover the entire DLC except for the ending, as - at record time - only Austin had finished the DLC. Next podcast we'll go over the possible outcomes, and likely wrap t...
Sep 21, 2011•27 min
Welcome to episode 22 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James talk about the various locations and special weapons in the Big Empty, as well as some of the funnier stuff - especially when you have "Wacky Wasteland" turned on. This our last podcast about "Old World Blues", but we'll be back again next month when the last DLC comes out. You can subscribe in iTunes ...
Jul 24, 2011•29 min
Welcome to episode 20 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James talk about the final quest in "Old World Blues" - and touch on some of the side quests. We'll be doing one more podcast on this DLC, in order to talk about some of the side quests in more depth. If you don't want to know how OWB ends, fair warning - don't listen to this episode yet :) You can subscribe...
Jul 21, 2011•20 min
Welcome to episode 20 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James give their first impressions of "Old World Blues" - the latest DLC for Fallout: New Vegas. So far - it's a big thumbs up!. This just covers our first take on the DLC - we'll be back with more soon. Also on the podcast this week - audio feedback from a listener, and some feedback we took from our iTunes...
Jul 19, 2011•22 min
Welcome to episode 19 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James cover the three possible endgames for "Honest Hearts":. Side with Joshua, kill the White Legs. This upsets Daniel Side with Daniel, lead the Sorrows out of Zion. Joshua helps Kill Joshua and Daniel, siding effectively with the White Legs That wraps up the podcast for the next little while - we'll be ba...
May 19, 2011•22 min
Welcome to episode 18 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael returns to talk about "Honest Hearts" with James. We covered the first act of the DLC - i.e., not the endgame, where you have to go in one of two directions. We'll be back to talk about that after Michael finishes his playthrough. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for ...
May 18, 2011•23 min
Welcome to episode 17 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, I'm joined by guest host Michael Fincher again. Now that I've finished "Dead Money" properly, we took another look at it, start to finish. I built a new character with this DLC in mind, and that's what we spoke about. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . You...
Feb 11, 2011•41 min
Welcome to episode 16 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, I'm joined by guest host Michael Fincher - another XBox player who has recently (minutes before we recorded) completed "Dead Money", the topic of tonight's podcast. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . You can get to the podcast directly in iTunes via this l...
Jan 04, 2011•19 min
Welcome to episode 15 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James talk about mods for the PC edition of the game. There's a lot of stuff there, even though it's still eary days in terms of mods. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . You can get to the podcast directly in iTunes via this link . You can also...
Dec 15, 2010•24 min
Welcome to episode 14 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James talk about luck, and a pacifist approach to playong the game. Michael just did a playthrough without killing anything - and it turns out that such a playthrough is a lot more practical than it sounds. He also did that playthrough with a luck of ten (casino ejection time!), while on hardcore mode. You c...
Dec 11, 2010•23 min
Welcome to episode 12 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael, James and Maki talk about the final battle when you side with Caesar, and take a look ahead at what they hope to see in terms of mods and dlc. Michael and Maki also express their displeasure at the XBox exclusive first DLC coming later this month, while James lords it over them :) This may be the last of these ...
Dec 08, 2010•35 min
Welcome to episode 12 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and James talk about the dreaded Vault 34 (Brrrrr), working for Caesar, a few mods you can get for the PC version of the game and - believe it or not - Lady Gaga . To see what we mean about that last one, follow the link to the YouTube video. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or t...
Dec 01, 2010•42 min
Welcome to episode 11 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Makalua and I talk about our more careful followup playthroughs, where we've tried to explore the entire map and push the plot back until the end. Michael isn't on this cast - he's on a work trip to Europe. We also discovered another Fallout oriented podcast - The GNR podcast . I've subscribed in iTunes, you should too ...
Nov 21, 2010•38 min
Welcome to episode 10 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael talks about his new playthrough siding with the Legion, while James talks about his map wanderings, including the "Legendary Geckos" in the southeast. James also talks about getting FNV to run on his Macbook using an XP VM in Parallels - with surprising success. For more details, you might want to check out this...
Nov 15, 2010•31 min
Welcome to episode 9 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Michael and I talk about the two endgame scenarios we've run: NCR Victory Courier takeover of New Vegas We also discussed the other endgame outcomes we intend to try out - which will get talked about on the next podcast! You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . Y...
Nov 11, 2010•31 min
Welcome to episode 8 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, Makahlua joins us again as we skirt around the end game. We talked aboiut crashes (we've started hitting them big time), companion quests, and some of the more remote areas of the game map, like Guardian Peak. We also mention a couple of spots with good treasure you might have missed - but the hidden cache I mentioned to...
Nov 08, 2010•34 min
Welcome to episode 7 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, we talk about the huge number of side quests available in the game, and James goes into some detail about solving Cassidy's (one of the companions) problems. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . You can get to the podcast directly in iTunes via this link . Yo...
Nov 03, 2010•23 min
Welcome to episode 6 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith, Makahlua, and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, we talk about the DeathClaws at the Quarry, the Ultra Luxe (and how Michael and Maki dealt with it more rationally than James did). Meanwhile, James got back onto the plot, siding with the NCR. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . You can get to th...
Nov 01, 2010•30 min
Welcome to episode 5 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, we talk about the wackiness in Utobitha, the Brotherhood quests, and a fascinating glitch with Veronica at Vault 34. We also talked about our further adventures with the Legion, and James' "Merciful Thug" status with them. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition ....
Oct 27, 2010•19 min
Welcome to episode 4 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . On today's podcast, we have a special guest - Makahlua, one of the regular co-hosts of Polycast , which covers everything about Civilization . This is the "White Glove Treatment" podcast - we talk about the Vegas Strip, a bunch of side quests that can sidetrack you on your way there, Lake Mead, and the impossible to deal with DeathClaws. Al...
Oct 25, 2010•29 min
Welcome to episode 3 of "That Podcast: An FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . This is the Repconn podcast - we talk about the quest to rid the Repconn test facility of ghouls, and the different ways the two of us approached that. Along the way a few other locations came up, including the murder mystery in Novac. You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed , or this one for the AAC edition . You ca...
Oct 23, 2010•24 min
Welcome to episode 2 of "That Podcast - a FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . Today we delve a bit deeper into the wastes In this episode, we talk about our first encounters with some of the bigger players in the game - the Legion, and the NCR. Michael also made it to the vegas strip, and has a few tips on getting there without spending a fortune. Meanwhile, I documented my challenges getting to Novac :) The schedule...
Oct 21, 2010•20 min
Welcome to episode 1 of "FNV Diary" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith and I document our trials and tribulations in Fallout: New Vegas . We both got the game yesterday - Michael via Steam on the PC, me via UPS truck for the XBox 360. We got started pretty much immediately :) In this episode, we talk about the early game as we saw it. If you don't want spoilers, don't listen in - we are talking about what we saw, how we dealt with what we saw, and what the options looked like. This isn't a re...
Oct 20, 2010•23 min
