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Idle Thumbs Progresscast #6

Update #14 · Mar 21, 2012 · 16 comments

In the final hours of our Kickstarter campaign, enjoy this unusually progress-oriented Idle Thumbs Progresscast. 

Much news is discussed, most crucially our upcoming partnership with the strategy game podcast Three Moves Ahead. Read our announcement and check out their website. We're excited.

Also enjoy our potentially-disastrous End-of-Campaign Livestream, to be hosted by Twitch.tv and produced by Twitch.tv's own TheGunRun. We're hoping to kick off around 6pm Pacific Daylight Time over on our streaming site. It'll run until 8pm or so. Expect video games. And maybe other things.

Until then, please sample our cast pod.

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      Creator Theo Walther on March 22, 2012

      Jared: I'm not a Thumb so don't take this as the word of God or anything, but I'm guessing the main reason behins the 3MA deal is to increase exposure. Currently it's just a bunch of links on a subpage of Troy Goodfellow's blog, and while it's a good blog and all I guess it's not necessarily the first thing people will stumble across when looking for podcasts? I don't know. There's also the benefit of cross pollination as Idle Thumbs readers discover Three Moves Ahead and vice versa. And forums and other infrastructural stuff as mentioned on the ProgressCast.

      For me, Three Moves Ahead is the only podcast I've ever really enjoyed that isn't Idle Thumbs, so it seems like a perfect match to me. I hope the folks from the two casts start appearing as guests on each others' casts more often, too.

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      Creator grumbeld on March 21, 2012

      Now I want to play Pikmin 2. :(

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      Creator Jared on March 21, 2012

      I'm not sure I really get the "WE HAVE SUBSUMED THREE-MOVES-AHEAD INTO OUR GLORIOUS BULK" thing.

      Is it a hosting-costs thing? Or a content curation thing? Or a regular guests thing?

      So yes, please name that thing.

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      Creator slipdisco on March 21, 2012

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      Creator Idle Thumbs on March 21, 2012

      @Ben: That would be Jake misquoting Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo. He's the only one who ever says it. Jake is a weird guy.

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      Creator Ben Halliburton on March 21, 2012

      I'm thrilled that my two favorite podcasts will be working together, couldn't be more pleased.

      On a complete and utter side note, can I ask where the "color your hair" meme comes from? It's the only one you guys repeat that I can't place. Heavy Rain maybe, judging from the voice?

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      Creator Idle Thumbs on March 21, 2012

      It'll be recorded as it happens and uploaded to our Twitch.tv page. No worries!

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      Creator Brandon Lennie on March 21, 2012

      NOOOO!!! I'll be in school when the live stream starts. Would you be able to upload the live stream to idlethumbs.net or something similar? Just like you did with "Burnin' Down the Wolfman". I need to see this!

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      Creator George Blott on March 21, 2012

      Adding 3MA was a great idea. Cheers to all involved! Also, I wont be around for the countdown, so congrats, thumbs. No pressure ;)

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      Creator Jonah Gregory on March 21, 2012

      I love that you guys still call us "The Readers". It makes your fans sound so ominous.

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      Creator Eric (deleted) on March 21, 2012

      Oh man that's 2 AM here but I can't not stay up for this. Also I didn't know the busiest man in Starcraft 2 was a fan of Idle Thumbs. Cool beans!

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      Creator notepad on March 21, 2012

      thegunrun seems like the coolest guy, always helping

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      Creator IHaveAShrinkRay on March 21, 2012

      Congratulations to the Thumbs on the well deserved success of their Kickstarter. I can't wait for the show proper to come back. Now I have some Three Moves Ahead to listen to.

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      Creator Ravenlight on March 21, 2012

      Cast podded.

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      Creator KevinCogneto on March 21, 2012

      Listening to my first 3MA podcast now. It's Terrific!™

      In all seriousness, I'm listening to their discussion of Alpha Centauri now and I'm really enjoying it, I can tell that they'll be a perfect fit alongside Idle Thumbs.

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      Creator EpicVessel Games on March 21, 2012

      Congrats on the campaign guys, you deserve it! Can't wait for the live show!

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