Earlier this month I was contacted by one of my favourite bloggers, Michael Abbott of The Brainy Gamer, about a semi-secret project he was working on called the Gamers Confabulation. He was looking to assemble a pool of bloggers who write about video games, from which he would invite a few every week for an informal round-table discussion on his podcast. Michael described it as a “thoughtful conversation about video games in a casual, lively format aimed at adults.” The list ranged from professional games journalists to motivated enthusiasts like myself. I was thrilled to receive the invitation and hastily accepted.
The flagship episode of the Gamers Confab features Brinstar of Acid for Blood, Manveer Heir of Design Rampage and myself. In it we talk about the culture of SingStar, the big promises made by game designers and how much we love Good Old Games. Thanks again to Michael, Brinstar and Manveer, I had a blast talking with you and I hope you all enjoy listening to us.
September 18th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Aweseome! Can’t wait to listen to you receiving emails, torrenting things illegally and just generally having a nice ‘ol chat.
September 18th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on the Team Fortress 2 PC experience. That’s a game I’d love to get into. Playing The Orange Box on my PS3 was fun, but TF2 certainly felt like the weakest link.
Anyway. Just wanted to drop a line and say that I’m happy to have found your blog. Glad you participated in Abbott’s podcast.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:52 am
You did a great job with the podcast, I thought. Hope you’re on it again soon.
September 19th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
@Ben: Just because it was a torrent doesn’t mean it was illegal :P
(For context, you can hear my computer making noises during the podcast… woops)
@mtvernon/david: Thank you!
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
Oh hey, I missed that post!
It’s funny how I only remembered your french voice. It’s a completely different Matthew. o_O
I’m only halfway through the podcast, but it got me hooked. Congrats on being invited, that’s super cool!!
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
@Renaud: I was surprised to hear myself as well, I sound much manlier in my head :P Glad you enjoyed the podcast!