“Removing a star for each new episode with horrible accents. Seriously it’s so cringey and needs to stop. (We started at 4 stars).
Have to say up front I love this podcast for the variety of opinions, backgrounds, and interesting discussion topics among all the various participants. Dmitri and Jennifer provide some of my favorite episodes but all of the members of the group bring something unique to the table. I also appreciate how they address and discuss important issues in gaming and topics that many other podcasts simply won’t touch. Where it can really fall flat for me sometimes is with the hosts. Both are very enthusiastic which can result in talking over the other members, cutting them off before they were done speaking or finishing thoughts for them, or in general monopolizing the conversation rather than guiding it and letting the other members have their moment. So many times I find myself screaming something along the lines of “LET THEM TALK!!!” or “Let THEM answer the question!!” because I am truly interested and invested in what they are saying and want to hear more from THEIR perspective on the topic. Especially because most (all?) of the special topics are selected by the participants not the host. There was a particularly painful episode of this behavior (which was addressed and apologized for) and I will say that it has gotten a little better since then. It still could use some work though and I truly feel this podcast can be even better than it is now with a little bit more restraint and patience on the part of the hosts. Hope that wasn’t too harsh and I’ll gladly revisit my review in the future, hopefully to report an upgrade from 4 to 5 stars :) update: nope. The accents just keep coming and it really drags the show down.”
UnrealSquare via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/19/21