Plaid Hat Podcast

[joepinion]

Good listen, would love to hear more about Bistro's Itharia writings, where he's headed with it, how much he has sketched out, etc.

[Tulathis]

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but the addition of the intro song by Alex makes this podcast 27% better.

(Mis)quoted in episode 57? I believe Colby said 21% when in fact my scientific research has shown Alex and his intro song have increased the gooditude of the podcast by 27%. In all fairness, the margin of error was +/- 6%. So I'll let it slide, just this once.

[joepinion]

Oh yeah, notification, new podcast is up:
http://plaidhatgames.com/podcast/57

It won't say "1 new" at the top of yours screen because of the screwy way they released episode 58 already.

Alex Eding is the subject of this origin story.

[JanE]

Comments on Episode 57:
It was good that you acknowledged that some people are 'allergic' to Jesus talk and apologized that a bit. I am cool about that, it is interesting that people share what is important to them and how they see the world.

And I do not think that you lost any Dougs for that, or at least you did not lose me. It was interesting.

It is often interesting to hear people speaking of their beliefs and Colby had good observations there, e.g. "Times are changing and Christianity has to change to survive." But it is not that interesting to hear people telling how good their religion is and after that mocking other people's beliefs... I do not know anything about Oprah (her show does not air in Finland) but I think Alex crossed a line there (with his attitude). At least he knows he has a problem...

So +1 and one thumb up for Colby and for Alex as many minuses and thumbs down as he gained with his excellent Plaid Hat Podcast theme song.

-JanE

[Alex]

Comments on Episode 57:
I do not know anything about Oprah (her show does not air in Finland) but I think Alex crossed a line there (with his attitude). At least he knows he has a problem...
-JanE

Hi Jan,
My comment about Oprah was a joke about how her celebrity status has gained her an incredibly large group of devoted followers. There is no religion tied to Oprah at the moment, but I also have a sinking feeling that if she were to ever action her position of influence, she would be a force to be reckoned with as she leads an army of immense proportions.

A small part of that worry is that I have seen clips of her show where she has spoken against some core tenents of my beliefs, and with her influence as heavy as it is on large parts of America, I just don't want to see people taking what she had to say about certain parts of scripture and running with it to the detriment of their own faith.

I'd say the comment was 99.9% making a joke more dangerous cults are out there.

[PePe QuiCoSE]

I'd say the comment was 99.9% making a joke more dangerous cults are out there.

Heard awful stories about one that makes their followers use some head garment in the middle east of USA.

[Carthoris]

I don't know how Oprah has positioned herself "against your beliefs," Alex, but her entire media phenomenon has borrowed a great deal from the American evangelical tradition. There's some fascinating scholarship on the religious dimensions of Oprah's enterprise. This NYT article gives a light taste. I didn't mind hearing about your piety on the podcast, but I'm hoping for more gaming and less church in future episodes.

[joepinion]

I don't know how Oprah has positioned herself "against your beliefs," Alex, but her entire media phenomenon has borrowed a great deal from the American evangelical tradition. There's some fascinating scholarship on the religious dimensions of Oprah's enterprise. This NYT article gives a light taste. I didn't mind hearing about your piety on the podcast, but I'm hoping for more gaming and less church in future episodes.

Interesting article. Sounds more like she borrowed the style rather than theology ("beliefs") though. I think some Christians take issue with Oprah's message of an ultimate goodness of humans, and of the need to help oneself by finding the strength that exists inside each person. Biblical Christianity (you could argue) takes a much more pessimistic view of human nature... that although we have great value and are stamped with God's image, created for great things, something has gone wrong and we are totally broken, stained, and beyond fixing, except by an act of God... So a Christian's proper response to the human dilemma is not finding the light inside or believing in yourself, but rather a trembling humility before God. Not an internal solution but an external one. (However I'll agree plenty of Christian preachers are much closer to Oprah's message than they are to that idea.)

[Corre]

I didn't mind hearing about your piety on the podcast, but I'm hoping for more gaming and less church in future episodes.

Interesting to know from a perspective of what shaped the PHG people into being who they are helping/working for the company, but that only needs a little bit of coverage, not a ton.

If you can't get Wil Wheaton on maybe you could get Rich Sommer on since you already know he plays.

[joepinion]

Heard awful stories about one that makes their followers use some head garment in the middle east of USA.

Packers fans?? (assuming you meant midwest)