The structure of gaidens
Added 2025-04-15 21:14:11 +0000 UTCHey folks! This is brandon. We have some gaiden content from GDC that I'm not sure how best to structure, so I thought I'd ask for your input, and maybe that'll shape how gaidens work going forward as well.
As you may know, usually at GDC I go around and ask people a bunch of questions - this time I did it with specific theming so we didn't get the usual "talking about stuff" vibe, but I did do two separate 15 minute conversations that were that. Liz Ryerson also did that at slug world for another 15 minute chunk. Then she also did a "walking around the expo show floor and talking about all the booths there" thing.
The question for me is - though you don't exactly know the content - would you prefer these as individual very short (gaiden) episodes, which was my initial feeling, or as a longer katamari/hour and a half episode, which I think might appeal more to folks who have too much stuff to listen to in general. What appeals most to you?
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Every long form is several short, also. Ps Is it better to ask one question a month or should I like minigun for a bullseye
FeetsnifferWeasley
2025-04-22 17:39:36 +0000 UTCI'd kind of like both? Which is a wishy-washy-ass answer to this, but as a fan of the gaidens, the idea of a big smørgåsbord excites me. And on the other hand, having more bite-sized IC in my feed is also enticing. So I'm no use. Side note, just to showcase my undecidedness even further: I loved Brandon's take on the Proust questionnaire, it made for one of the best gaidens yet. But I also don't want to see the loosy-goosier regular event chats (con-versations?). In short, ignore me, and do what you are most interested in, it seems like I'll enjoy it either way.
Karl Ruben Weseth
2025-04-17 09:03:54 +0000 UTCIf you split it I would do it in 2 instead of 4, like Brandon Edition and Liz Edition.
Waltimedes
2025-04-16 12:05:00 +0000 UTCI always love the long, multi-day tours of GDC that you do each year, so I'd rather it be one episode unless it gets too long.
Rin
2025-04-15 22:23:44 +0000 UTCI would enjoy having a longer edit with them stitched together. I usually listen to more than one episode in a session, and I get into a different brain space during the GDC or other show episodes. Sometimes it's jarring to jump right back to the regular format
Dylan
2025-04-15 21:32:02 +0000 UTC
