“Tom and Eric have excellent chemistry and are very easy to listen to.
I persevered for a year or so with the Mandi & Suzanne episodes (both of whom I enjoy individually/when they have been guests). Unfortunately I now tend to just listen every other week.
Some of the reasons for this decision:
In the M&S weeks the intro is a dreadful saccharine sped up version of the ‘regular’ intro. Please change it! It makes my ears bleed.
Another of the problems feels structural. Tom plays so many games (he is a full-timer); in contrast M,S and E just don’t play as many and seem less knowledgable.
This is almost certainly because they are also holding down day-jobs and don’t have time to play as many as Tom. However, the effect on the podcast is noticeable. With no Tom to anchor the episode, sometimes it all feels a bit thin.
Finally I find M and S just a bit too saccharine and happy. I am a grim northerner though, so that’s to be expected.
Geoff Engelstein is unfailingly very interesting!
All of this is clearly subjective. But then again, this is a review: what else did you expect?”
Starkadder via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/26/19