Shacknews Daily: Mar 27, 2012 - Robert Bowling resigns

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• Good video, but I wish the shacknews logo was in there more. I like that thing. : Igthuse
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  So, uh, are you just reading the front page stories to us? : mancide
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    sadly, this should probably done with an attractive female lady : spiderfill
    • ShackNakedNews. : Masem
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      Get Alice a camera!! : K1Bond007
      • We couldn't understand what she was saying. : mancide
      • It would look something like this... http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=27839533#item_27839533 : OutlawSundown
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      Question for you, if you say "sadly" then why should that be? : Garnett Lee
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        because the choice typically appears to be done simply for the sex appeal given the audience. that isnt t... : spiderfill
        • OOPS i misread your question. you meant why should people do it that way if its a sad practice. because a... : spiderfill
      • Because more people would watch it and therefore it would be better for Shacknews. : OverloadUT
      • ME INTERNET MALE. ME LIKES SEXY WOMEN. : DeBurgo
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        Garnett, has anyone told you that you have a face for podcasting? : BlackCat9
        • I think you just did. And thanks. :P : Garnett Lee
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      Well, I'm aiming for us to deliver a great daily video game news show. Most important thing for me hostin... : Garnett Lee
      • i like the editorial spin youre adding in there because not many gaming news includes that stuff and that... : spiderfill
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        If it's important that the host knows their stuff, who are you going to get to handle everything that isn... : Haxim
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          Your mom :P : Garnett Lee
          • Shut it all down, I just got burned by Garnett Lee :( : Haxim
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        I don't think you should aim for this. You are going to be two days behind if you aim for daily news. I w... : mancide
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          http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25361187#itemanchor_25361187 Is that what you want? : Haxim
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            That's like every wtf242 thread ever, it's not like we don't deal with monster threads in the chatty now. : mancide
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              It's not really about how it impacts chatty users, it's how it impacts the people that actually listen to : Haxim
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                are you being reasonable here? wtf is going on? : Degenerate
                • I like to imagine he posts good stuff and then evil Haxim berates him for it and says "my precious" a lot : Dave-A
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                I don't understand the mashing all the warning questions and listener responses together in one unmanagea : mancide
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                  Ok, I see that is a thread the week of the redesign, and it looks like one guy did all of the complaining... : mancide
                  • The podcast community would be "segregated" anyways due to the fact that the majority of the discussion h : Haxim
          • I think people would settle down after it gets posted in the chatty a couple of times. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • just have a rumors segment using rumors lifted from neogaf : spiderfill
        • I agree. More editorial content in the videos from Garnett and other shack staff (if possible) would be c... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    well its not like you read them yourself : Degenerate
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      Because I already read them 6 hours before they got posted here. : mancide
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        sometimes yes but you also post stuff in the chatty mirroring current news articles that are hours old. : Degenerate
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          I'm sure we've all done this from time to time, but you have to admit the news cycle here is on average b... : mancide
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            yeah it happens but you have to admit youre guilty of it more than most. I dont think you even check the ... : Degenerate
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              Wait, are we talking about me reposting things that are in the chatty or reposting news articles, because... : mancide
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                I was originally talking about posting things that already have a news article and then brought in chatty... : Degenerate
                • The chatty thing has happened to me quite a bit lately, I can't really recall it happening that frequentl... : mancide
  • It's a new feature. They still need to figure out what works best and what doesn't. I think it's a good f... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    We're taking the top stories of the day. If you read the front door, you'll have already seen the stories... : Garnett Lee
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      Is there a plan for an .rss feed or something? Or a video podcast subscription, maybe? : Dave-A
      • Yessir, just easing up to that as we try to get our process down and improve the show too. : Garnett Lee
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      I hope you read the other comment I made too about expanding the editorial side of things in the video. I... : mancide
      • Defo read it (I read everything I can on the site) and setting the balance for my editorializing is part ... : Garnett Lee
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  I like the discussion he got into with Manveer Heir: http://www.edge-online.com/news/call-duty-creativ... : Fred Garvin
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    I like what Heir was saying. I'd much rather the "face" of games be the actual people working on them. It... : Haxim
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      that would just mean that person would have two jobs. theres a reason why daily white house press goes th... : spiderfill
      • That reason is plausible deniability : rodneystubbs
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      It may be there aren't any well spoken devs at the company or it may be paranoia that if someone gets kno... : Fred Garvin
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        Oh I can understand why. I just wish it didn't have to be like that. : Haxim
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          you dont want game directors to be pr guys. they have bags under their eyes and they never shave : spiderfill
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            All of them. : Fred Garvin
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              look at all these dopey motherfuckers http://media.edge-online.com/files/imagecache/article/articles/fea... : spiderfill
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                Who is that last one? Looks like a homeless dude. : Haxim
                • Probably the greatest name in PC Gaming...Gabe Newell. : rottdcorpse
            • Matt Higby is dreamy :3 : MercFox1
          • I don't want them to be PR guys, I want them to be more associatable(?) with their work. : Haxim
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    If he doesn't like labels, then why did he change his job title from "Community Manager" to "Creative Str... : the archvile
    • Probably so he could make more money : bozer
• Oh Garnett, you are trying so hard :( : chepito_
• Hey, it's nice to watch. Me likes it. : Kub666
• this is neat. : wurt
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  Where's the socksta and fleabug segment? : Wolfanoz
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    You know I was watching one of the dailies last week and I had the exact same thought!!! =*( : fleabug
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      I would like to add that I am extremely happy to see videos being posted by the Shacknews staff. Back wh : fleabug
      • Hey guys, socksta and fleabug may be back! :D : Wolfanoz
      • Go for it! : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    If Garnett did dramatic readings of dognose posts, we'd have a hit. : BlackCat9
    • Nothing against Garnett but maddog will always be my first choice to do readings for anything : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• I hope there will be a way to view these on a Roku box in the future. I know WC can be accessed on the Me... : RuffasBluetain
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  Any hope for iPad support? : bozer
  • ^^^^^^^^ : fsck
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    Yeah c'mon what year is this guys. : rodneystubbs
    • The year of Linux! : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • Isn't there some kind of Java support issue holding this back? : capt tripps