Podcast Reviews

Well i thought of a novel idea whilst listening to Ricky Gervais the other day; i listen to podcasts so why have i never thought of reviewing them on here? Search for them on itunes to find them
Anyway lets go

Can of Nothing podcast
An extremely random podcast from the guys who did that pokemon paint video on youtube (shown below). Pretty amusing, but too much of it is them talking about their site (canofnothing.com) which is pretty dull
3 Stars



The Ricky Gervais Show
Got me into listening to podcasts. Pretty faultless... the Ricky / Steve Merchant / Karl combo is unbeatable and works to perfection. However, you do have to pay to download the main seasons - though it's worth it. Also Karl was probably more amusing back in the days of their XFM radio show.
4.5 Stars

GoNintendo Podcast
Not bad, especially when they have the soundboard up and running. The crew have amusing personalities, especially 'Lubesmash' Lube and Mombrain. However, it obviously focuses only on Nintendo news, and is far too long for a weekly podcast.
3 Stars

PlayDigital
Does this count? It's a video podcast so i dunno. Anyways, it's a videogame review show presented by the 'geekalicious' Kathrine Fletcher. Anyhoo, its pretty good, and bonus points are awarded for giving N+ a good review.
4 Stars

The N-Europe Show
Another video game podcast. Could potentially be quite good, but they record with shitty microphones on fucking Skype, which automatically renders it a pile of nigh unlistenable wank. Good hosts and i won a free virtual console game off it gets it...
2 stars

The Lost Initiative
Stemming from the channel 4 podcast, the Lost initiative is the official Lost podcast for the UK. It's extremely well produced, always a good and consistent length of 30 minutes, has great hosts (Iain Lee, 'Geeky Tom', and Pault Terry, 'editor of Lost magazine'), and interesting chat about the show. Especially good at the moment as the show is actually quite good currently. Perhaps better back in the channel 4 days when they had different guests each week but yeh,
5 Stars

Dan and Jon's Random Bonanza
Definitely 5 Stars

Discus
I've shown a couple videos on this blog already i think. Anyways, the host is amusing but abit cringeworthy, and the DVD reviews are pretty good. Also teh 'piggy piggy snack snacks' section (see what i mean, cringing) is an amusing extra.
3.5 Stars

Ninja Storm
Only one podcast, but it is pretty funny....
4 Stars

Ricky Gervais on XFM - Download here
'Prequel to the podcasts', these are the XFM radio shows in which Karl first met Ricky and Steve. They are brilliant, and it's great to see the progress of Karl; the episode where Ricky and Steve revealed Karl's GCSE results to him was a particular classic. And perhaps most importantly Karl seems to really ejoy himself here, laughing along an all.
5 Stars

The Official Lost Podcast
The US one this time then, made by excecutive producers Damon Lindleoff and Carlton Cuse. Quite amusing but not as much discussion, obviously because they make the show and hence cant really theorize about it. They answer fan questions every episode which is nice, and teh pair are quite humorous. Still, it's actually not as good as the UK one...
4 Stars