Shining Podcast!

[Musashi]

Hope I'm not too late to the party; I'm not sure how my radio voice stacks up, but I'd be up for being on the panel, regularly or occasionally. I've played most of the old world Shinings, some of them multiple times, and I always appreciate meeting gamers who've played the old and obscure RPGs, or attempting to extoll their greatness to newcomers.

[legalize freedom]

Hope I'm not too late to the party; I'm not sure how my radio voice stacks up, but I'd be up for being on the panel, regularly or occasionally. I've played most of the old world Shinings, some of them multiple times, and I always appreciate meeting gamers who've played the old and obscure RPGs, or attempting to extoll their greatness to newcomers.

Not late at all. Just giving this a little time to marinate to make sure all the regulars see it.

[Nuburan]

I would be interested. I have a good voice, and I've got a little bit of experience in radio and voice-over work.

I have played all of the classic Shinings from SitD to the Premium Disk, with the greatest focus probably being on SFIII.

[Alpha]

I'm interested... it's been a long time since I talked about the lore of the original games, but it might be something I could do.

Imma give this some thought.

I mean, I'm pretty sure TUM could easily fill an hour just on the surrounding lore of SF1.

[Omega Entity]

Sure, I'm up for a thing. Not sure how I line up compared to some of the folks around here, but I can fill the chick quota

[LordOddEye]

Hey All,

Looks like we have quite the cast is there any updates on when this is going to begin and what platform it will be posted on?

Best Regards,

LordOddEye

[legalize freedom]

We are getting the potential hosts organized at the moment and will begin proper planning shortly. It will be a slow burn at any rate.

We have a YouTube channel in the works which will host the video version. I'm guessing that will just be the audio version with images that change with the topic. I'm not sure if we will have issues with the featured music on YouTube, so we'll see how that works out.

As for the MP3 version, I'm not sure where that will be hosted. Ideally, the podcast would have its own page here at SFC, but someone with that access would need to set it up.

[Hattari]

Is Moogie aware of this project?

[legalize freedom]

I emailed her, but haven't heard back.

[MXC]

She's been pretty busy with a lot + continued health issues. I wouldn't count on her being able to respond anytime soon.

[legalize freedom]

I assumed as much.

Moogie is loved and appreciated greatly by the shining community and it would be too perfect for her to be involved in whatever capacity she was able.

Even something as small as recording an opening for the show would be great. As long as she is included in some way.

[zylo353]

Just signed in back to my old account and saw this today. Nice to see people still around this site! would be amazing to hear a podcast on the Shining Force games! no one that i know of personally knows anything about Shining Force so it would be fantastic to discuss these amazing games with other people. I would be able to contribute anything towards Shining in the Darkness/Shining Force/ Shining Force 2 discussions as i have played and beaten these 3 games too many times to count lol i have plenty of time to research any topics you may need. it would be awesome to be a guest as well! ive never worked on or edited audio or video so i am of no use their lol but If there are other ways to contribute i would be more than willing to try my best to get this thing going!

[Hattari]

She's been pretty busy with a lot + continued health issues.

Without overstepping her right to privacy of course, can you share a bit more detail on the health situation (how serious/physical or mental/etc)? And, is there a way for us to reach her outside of here that she'll actually see (fb/twitter/etc)?

In any event, I really hope she's doing better, and getting better. Without her, we wouldn't even be here.

Regarding the Shining show: it would be ideal to host it at SFC. But, if that ends up not being an option, or if we chose to share it on other platforms in addition (to reach a wider audience), what sites are being considered? There's obviously Youtube and Vimeo, but has anything else come up yet? These are two I've used in the past - don't know how popular they are, but they've been around for a while, and have potential:

https://www.spreaker.com
PROS: free, streamlined, viewers can DL

CONS: audio only, not a large gaming platform

http://www.blogtalkradio.com
PROS: visual, call-ins an option

CONS: not 100% free for full options, typically not a gaming platform

With our community residing all over the world, it's important any website we chose to use would be equally accessible in most territories. Not sure if these two check out there; just making mention.

Random question: does the podcast have a name yet?

[Omega Entity]

Shining Coffee-Talk (no, I'm completely not serious lol)

[legalize freedom]

It's called the Shining Podcast!

We have the YouTube channel set up and ready for content. It's called "Shining Force Magic!". I'll probably post the Retropalooza vids there just to get the party started. I was trying to figure out how to move a vid to the new channel while keeping comments and views, but I don't guess that's possible. I'll share it when I get them up.

In conjunction with the YouTube channel, we also have an email address:
shiningforcemagic@gmail.com

These aren't necessarily just for the Shining Podcast!, but will be available for any project they are needed for.

I'm confident we'll be able to get a page set up here when the time comes. It really should live here and that is my stance. Even without a page, we can post the mp3s to the FTP.

She has an issue with bloodclots. Beyond that I'm not sure how she's been or how much her inactivity here has to do with health and it's not really my business... except for getting the housekeeping done for this podcast. I probably wouldn't even respond that much, but I know you are well meaning, Hattari (Prodakah!) and I believe she's made that much public.

I believe we have an initial meet up day and time that works for all the potential hosts (next sat). Don't expect any finished product any time soon, but we are getting the ball rolling.

[MXC]

She's been pretty busy with a lot + continued health issues.

Without overstepping her right to privacy of course, can you share a bit more detail on the health situation (how serious/physical or mental/etc)? And, is there a way for us to reach her outside of here that she'll actually see (fb/twitter/etc)?

In any event, I really hope she's doing better, and getting better. Without her, we wouldn't even be here.

I don't know specifics myself, and while I do know how to contact her, I don't want to overrun her with SFC stuff. It's best to just drop a line via PM here

[Hattari]

That's more than fair, MXC. Thank you and Freedom for responding; it's always delicate inquiring about these kinds of situations. I'll follow your suggestion and try a PM. Beyond that I tweeted her, and that's as far as I'll go. I'll bet there's some natural remedy/ies that can help with her condition, whatever it may be... I'll try to reach out and see how receptive she is to the idea.

It's called the Shining Podcast!

I was trying to figure out how to move a vid to the new channel while keeping comments and views, but I don't guess that's possible.

Simple, short, and precise. I like it! Yeah man, I'm almost 100% certain that functionality no longer exists due to those stupid changes YT made recently. It may still be a feature, but it's the kind of thing that would only be accessible to "YT partners" at this point - and they require channels to hit AND maintain a certain threshold of subs+watch minutes to qualify. They just had to go and get all elitist on us

[legalize freedom]

The first meet up went well.

We will be reaching out to potential guests in the near future.

[GenmaTheSamurai]

Hello everyone, new here lol. So I don't know if I'd be able to help with much in terms of being an expert. I actually just started playing the series this year.

I am, however, a huge fan of Camelot's work on Golden Sun. The games I have played are Shining Force 1, Shining Force 2, a little of CD, and currently Shining Force 3. I have interest in trying out "In the Darkness" and "Holy Ark" though. Like I said though, I'm a fairly new fan, so I wouldn't even call myself an expert on any of these.

I really like Shining Force 2, and I like 1, but 3 (so far) is definitely my favorite. I would talk about CD, but.....It isn't really grabbing me.

Anyway, hope this helps

[Noma]

Just wanted to pop in and say I'd be willing to talk on an episode if needed, mostly have SF1 and 2 knowledge as those are my favorites of the bunch, though I do have a decent interest in the overall interconnected lore of a lot of the games, too.

In any case, looking forward to listening to finished episodes. Sounds really interesting.