Bitmob Community Podcast: The Updating Continues

Editor's Note: Just wanted to highlight the latest news about the Bitmob community podcast, which now has a name. Sounds like you guys already have a way for people to submit short segments, but I've heard good things about houndbite.com, too! -Demian


Hello once again fellow Bitmobbers! I'm back with the second round of updates on the Bitmob community podcast. We've been doing a whole lot of research, emailing, twittering, and other online interactions trying to set up the best possible show for everyone here. We're still working on nailing down a lot of things, but there is some information that I'm happy to share with everyone today.

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who responded so enthusiastically to the last post with ideas for names, segments, and overall suggestions. Also, to all the staff members that took the time to encourage us and give a little advice, you are showing exactly why the idea for this podcast came into existence. So without further ado, let's end this whole nameless podcast routine!

PixelRevolt Logo

The Bitmob community podcast will henceforth be known as Pixel Revolt! (Unless anyone has issues with it, in which case we can definitely change it.) Suggested by Brett Bates, the name Pixel Revolt embodies the excitement and energy of the community which we hope to capture, as well as references the Bitmob name. There has also already been a twitter feed set up for the podcast @pixelrevolt.

Next, for our second podcast segment, I've come up with a couple of solutions as to how people can submit audio clips to be used in the show. The easiest way would be for any of you on Skype, simply give a call to PixelRevoltDL and leave a message on the answering machine that has been set up there. I've set the maximum time to 3 minutes, but please try and keep your submissions to 1-2 minutes.

If you don't have access to Skype, you can also record a sound clip on your computer and upload to any file hosting service and send the link to either the twitter feed above or email it to PixelRevoltDL (at) gmail.com .We just ask that you speak in a clear voice and if you are worried about audio quality, believe it or not, the Rock Band mic provides surprising clarity.

Now, on to what's important, the topic all of you will be contributing to! Since this will be our first shot, we thought we would keep the topic broad and maybe help the Bitmob staff out at the same time. So here's the question for the beta episode of Pixel Revolt:

"What feature or features would you most like to see on a gaming website?"

Although the question is short and to the point, I'm really excited to hear some of the creative ideas all of you can come up with on this. We'll most likely be accepting sound clips until the middle of next week, when we hope to try and get a recording session set up. I'll leave everyone again with all the links you will need and hope to hear great things from everyone and string together a good beta podcast soon.


Skype (to leave audio messages) - PixelRevoltDL

Email (for non-Skype audio submissions) - PixelRevoltDL (at) gmail.com

Twitter - @pixelrevolt

Derek's Twitter - @valke

 

EDIT: Since a few people have asked, I've put together another post to better explain how you can get involved with the first podcast. Check it out here

Comments (12)

Derek, you're really doing a bang-up job getting this off the ground. Major props!
Brett Bates , May 29, 2009
Love the logo. Name's good too. Good work!
Lee Bradley , May 29, 2009
This is looking/sounding great! Can't wait to hear this thing already!
Greg Ford , May 29, 2009
Looks great, can't wait to hear it sound great!
Lance Darnell , May 29, 2009
Excited as well. As for features I'd like to see, how about a "Rest of the Crap"ish feature. If Seanbaby has the inclination of course. That alway's brightened my day.
Thomas Ingallinera , May 30, 2009
Thanks for the kind words everyone! And thanks to Demian for promoting this post to the front page and suggesting an alternate way to upload sound clips.

I'm hoping to get a lot of great clips from people for the show.
Derek Lavigne , May 30, 2009
Looking forward to listening to this as well. Way to go guys
Toby Davis , May 30, 2009
So anyone in the community can submit themselves talking for a few minutes on a topic and then someone with *crosses fingers* legitimately good editing skills, will throw it all together and put it on the internet?

sounds fun
Duncan Hamilton , May 30, 2009
@Duncan That's the idea! But no one has submitted for the current topic yet. Cmon people get your ideas in!
Derek Lavigne , May 30, 2009
I'll submit yet, but I don't have my headset with me so you'll have to deal with the crappy built-in mic on my macbook
Duncan Hamilton , May 30, 2009
Does it have to be audio? Is that the point? I'd love to help do some audio, but I just can't think of anything great to contribute. And I actually have the Rock Band mic!
J. Cosmo Cohen , June 02, 2009
@J. Cosmo anything you can think of that to answer the question of "What features would you love to see on a gaming site?" would be great. If you'd like to just type out and email you response in, you can do that as well!
Derek Lavigne , June 02, 2009

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