We published our first episode! I must admit, I’m pretty happy about how well that worked out. Now we’re waiting on feedback to see if that concept would actually take off. Time to gather some thoughts about it.
My initial impulse for taking part in such a project was when I noticed that many Savage Worlds products didn’t have a lot of reviews on DriveThruRPG, some didn’t even have a single one. I noticed that most (in-depth) reviews were apparently elsewhere, on blogs and other websites. So what I wanted to do at first was writing informative reviews for Savage Worlds stuff while shining as much spotlight on the products and creators as I could. Listening to the podcast, I don’t think we did much of a service to Travis Legge in terms of advertisement – but as long as we did a service to the listener with an honest review, I guess that’s fine. I hope we didn’t come across as mean, gloating or anything. At least, that was not our intention.
Regarding the length, I read that the “perfect” length of a podcast is supposed to be around 22 minutes. Considering that the best-produced podcasts I listen to clock in at 30-45 minutes while the RPG podcast I enjoy the most1 goes on for well over an hour, I thought we could safely ignore that 22 minutes mark. I couldn’t imagine how to comfortably fit a complete review in that timeframe anyway. So I aimed at around 45 minutes.
Boy, did we miss that mark once we got started.
I hope you can find the time to listen to nearly one and a half hours of both of us talking. If you found it to be too long, let us know, especially if you can tell us which part dragged on. Likewise, if you liked the length of it, please let us know so I don’t frantically try to change things that you actually liked.
I’ll be holding tight for feedback. Thanks for listening!
1 That would be System Mastery, by the way.
