Gamer Andy
03-15-2007, 05:06 AM
Hey all,
Sorry it took me so long to make this post - I finally got around to reading some of the controversy that hit last month bout how we left AGI, and I just wanted to take a second to talk about that and what's next for us
As to the circumstances behind our leaving: I've said this a few places, but GamerAndy Live! left AGI because the live show was taking too much time and energy. All the major players within the show were having life-changing events happening, and there just wern't enough hours in the day to make the show decent. For a time we tried to commercialize GamerAndy.com and maybe make a living off it, but that quickly fell through and it left me personally scrambling to find a job. I ended up going to work at the family business, which I'd been avoiding, and actually I'm happier now than I can remember being in a long time. Around the time we left, I had a run-in with Scot on a personal matter that left both of us feeling a bit off, but our deciding to entirely unrelated to that. I have no ill will towards Scot though his style of radio is something I find a little abrasive. Those without very thick skin for on-air razzing should be warned before joining their dark alliance :)
As to the "live show": I approached Allgames at GDC '06 and met with them for the first time on day 2 with the idea of doing our show LIVE over their network. I worked closely with Bobby B (who is a god among men, let me say) and they helped us make it happen. The two hour "time limit" was a silly thing, before going live, GAL was usually 45 min-1:30 - When we went live things got a little crazy because we added additional hosts, etc. Bottom line was that whoever said we got too ambitious was correct. With all the other things going on in our lives, the show pretty much collapsed in on itself.
As to the future of GamerAndy Live!: My website, GamerAndy.com has had hosting problems for almost half a year now, and I'm finally calling it quits on that side of things. I love our community, and I've made a TON of friends off that whole project but honestly I feel like we could benefit, and frankly have fun, if all our attention was focused on the show. With that in mind, I've started shopping GamerAndy Live! around to several decently sized blogs/gaming sites and have been getting very positive responses. I'm looking to attach GamerAndy Live! as the official podcast of one of those sites, with all their support, etc. When that happens, we plan on bringing the show back to Allgames - either in a 1st run pre-recorded form, or in a Live form. I spoke with Bobby B at legnth about that last week at GDC
I'm told there is a saturday slot available :)
So thats it - if you have any questions, I'll be around to answer them. Any comments are welcome as well.
Adam "Andy" Levine
Editor, GamerAndy.com
Host, GamerAndy Live!
edit: Bobby, if this post should be somewhere else, please move it.
Sorry it took me so long to make this post - I finally got around to reading some of the controversy that hit last month bout how we left AGI, and I just wanted to take a second to talk about that and what's next for us
As to the circumstances behind our leaving: I've said this a few places, but GamerAndy Live! left AGI because the live show was taking too much time and energy. All the major players within the show were having life-changing events happening, and there just wern't enough hours in the day to make the show decent. For a time we tried to commercialize GamerAndy.com and maybe make a living off it, but that quickly fell through and it left me personally scrambling to find a job. I ended up going to work at the family business, which I'd been avoiding, and actually I'm happier now than I can remember being in a long time. Around the time we left, I had a run-in with Scot on a personal matter that left both of us feeling a bit off, but our deciding to entirely unrelated to that. I have no ill will towards Scot though his style of radio is something I find a little abrasive. Those without very thick skin for on-air razzing should be warned before joining their dark alliance :)
As to the "live show": I approached Allgames at GDC '06 and met with them for the first time on day 2 with the idea of doing our show LIVE over their network. I worked closely with Bobby B (who is a god among men, let me say) and they helped us make it happen. The two hour "time limit" was a silly thing, before going live, GAL was usually 45 min-1:30 - When we went live things got a little crazy because we added additional hosts, etc. Bottom line was that whoever said we got too ambitious was correct. With all the other things going on in our lives, the show pretty much collapsed in on itself.
As to the future of GamerAndy Live!: My website, GamerAndy.com has had hosting problems for almost half a year now, and I'm finally calling it quits on that side of things. I love our community, and I've made a TON of friends off that whole project but honestly I feel like we could benefit, and frankly have fun, if all our attention was focused on the show. With that in mind, I've started shopping GamerAndy Live! around to several decently sized blogs/gaming sites and have been getting very positive responses. I'm looking to attach GamerAndy Live! as the official podcast of one of those sites, with all their support, etc. When that happens, we plan on bringing the show back to Allgames - either in a 1st run pre-recorded form, or in a Live form. I spoke with Bobby B at legnth about that last week at GDC
I'm told there is a saturday slot available :)
So thats it - if you have any questions, I'll be around to answer them. Any comments are welcome as well.
Adam "Andy" Levine
Editor, GamerAndy.com
Host, GamerAndy Live!
edit: Bobby, if this post should be somewhere else, please move it.