“Spoiler Alert for episode 117.
I decided to listen because I’d heard an ad for Deep Cuts on another podcast I listen to. I clicked the most recent one, Earthworm Jim, and was excited to hear about the tarnished legacy of its creator. 20 minutes in and I knew more about one of the dude’s blended family dynamics than I did about Earthworm Jim’s creator. 30 minutes in and I felt like they were finally going to get to the meat of the subject. They mention two off-colour lines from the original video game, allude to how dark it’s going to get, say “we’re getting there”, but then they meander again.
50 minutes in, and after lots of rambling they basically just say the guy is a conservative. There was no proper story telling format, and by the time I found out what the tarnished legacy was, I was bored, and honestly annoyed. You need proper rising action for the climax of a story to be entertaining. I’m all for a good bashing of right wing idiocy, but this was just way too slow paced for me to enjoy. Maybe because the podcasters like video games so much, it was hard for them to stay on track?
I’m going to try one more episode and I’ll report back. Two stars for now.”
Lafemme687526738 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
06/15/22