Episode 38: Bennett the Sage
Written by Transmission Awesome Wednesday, 18 November 2009 23:19
- Bennett the Sage's special announcements! What's Bennett doing?
- Youmacon! Joe speaks about the big convention!
- Forum Focus! We learn the truth about TA Let's Plays!
- Awesome Blog of the Week!
- ... much more on this sexy edition of Transmission Awesome!
Awesome Blog of the Week Links
-Zombie Land Review
-Rock Band Marathon for Child's Play
-Top 10 Disturbing Movies
-The Conventioning
Forum Focus Links:
-Nintendo Named "World's Best Company" By Business Week
-Worst Game-Ending Glitches
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11.18.2009 - 23:46 | Stained Sword
You hit the nail on the head, Bennett. I don't dislike reading, I just don't know of anything I like or think I would like. If you ever put a draft out there, I would love to read it.
1000 Rockband songs for charity? Wow. Good luck to them.
Paw, you've got to start standing up for yourself!! Well, if you can still stand up... (J/K, please don't hurt me.)
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11.19.2009 - 01:06 | PublicEnemy
I think ya guys took the fat jokes a lil too far this time. Normally it seems like good natured teasin (hell, my friends and I are like that) but it seemed a lil more like bullying this time.
Other than that, still a great podcast, lookin forward to the live donation drive
And whoever said Nintendo is the best company ever...yeah, no. In the 80s and 90s, maybe. Now, no
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11.19.2009 - 01:55 | DeathsHead419 - Ya
Next time you do a Let's Play, actually PLAY the game infront of us. I know, it's counter intuative and sounds quite boring, but honestly the more their is the better it is. The last two were more like highlight reels rather than Let's Plays.
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11.19.2009 - 02:03 | SCXCR - About Nintendo
First off, thanks for the awesome blog Joe (though I didn't film the closing ceremonies. No worries, numerous other people on YouTube did.)
Second, Nintendo is only part-perception and part-reality. The perception of Nintendo is largely centered around the Wii and to a lesser degree the DS, but the reality is they also have all the toys, card games, and other company involvements (e.g. majority ownership of the Seattle Mariners)
On the same token, the perception is the Wii has no games, no momentum, and isn't selling at all. There is some validity to that in that the sales for the Wii have fallen each of the last eight months. At the same time the PS3's sales are growing. The reality is this: the initial sales from the Wii were so high they had nowhere to go but down, and to say that they've fallen steadily since is like saying Sean is fat. (Sorry, I blame the Sage for that one)
For example, here are the sales figures according to a US NPD market research group of consoles and handhelds over the last month globally (source, PC World):
507k - Wii
458k - Nintendo DS
321k - PlayStation 3
250k - Xbox 360
175k - PSP
118k - PlayStation 2And as far as being ranked higher than Apple and Google, the only thing I can think of would be that Nintendo does much better than them at selling internationally.
Perception and reality, guys.
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11.19.2009 - 02:12 | sg15z
Wow the song in the Paw's Button was very hypnotizing. I may not be able to watch Hook without this song popping up again....
BTW that Carl Sagan song is still in my head...I refuse to type out the name or I'll be singing it all night....again....
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11.19.2009 - 03:19 | mwong04
Even though the Wii is losing to the other two dominant consoles due to their awesome controls I mean who wants to control a gun with a remote? But however DS sales have outwon PSP a long time ago. Why? They don't have a constant repair costs such as the analog.
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11.19.2009 - 03:50 | DanManX
Okay. So I'll agree that the reasoning of "Nintendo has a clear path for the future" is odd. Nintendo has ALWAYS been secretive about future plans until they're ready to be announced. Even then, they tend to delay things a bunch of times. So yeah, that part was pretty much wrong.
However, you guys seemed to focus on that subject EXCLUSIVELY. What about the past? Nintendo as a company has been around for more than 100 years. They have evolved to what they are now. They've had downtimes, sure. The Gamecube era is testament to that. But how does a company stay in business for over 100 years? By being profitable. Nintendo has had *1* unprofitable fiscal period in the last 20 years or so. You know how many Microsoft has had on the video game front? All of them. While their margins on the 360 are improving, Microsoft has lost money on both Xbox consoles from day 1. I'm not saying it impacts the company as a whole terribly much; it's Microsoft, they could buy the businesses that report those statistics (and then install Vista, so they wouldn't be able to compute them). But the fact remains that Nintendo has, with VERY rare exceptions, always been profitable. Sure, sales of the Wii have gone down. They're still making money on every console sold, and while this argument can't be used to excuse software sales, it IS possible that everyone who wants a Wii is finally getting one. Sales can't remain on an upward trend indefinitely, it's mathematically impossible.
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11.19.2009 - 09:53 | NorthNightwatchmanJR
I really don't think it is fair to refer to Nintendo as the same company we know today before 1975 when they first entered the video game industry.
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11.19.2009 - 08:44 | ballstothewallgamer
The song in Paw's button (Bangarang) puts me in a trance every time I hear it. If it was not for Angry Joe's twitter page, I would have never found Bangarang.
Nice job with this podcast keep them coming.
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11.19.2009 - 11:12 | Clan of the Gray Wolf
Thanks for the nod, Paw. But yeah, if it was just the 4 of us playing 1000 songs straight, that would be more like a suicide pact than a charity drive.
There'll be 6 of us rotating in and out all weekend. Maybe we'll grab another friend or two to help out on a couple of songs. Depends if my wife wants to be on camera...
Anyway, great podcast again guys!
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11.19.2009 - 12:08 | Moffen
Great podcast, nice to hear some stuff about what Bennet is doing.
Though I must say, Bennets story at the end made me think he inspired some insane fan-fics, a desperate attempt to get more material for Fanfic Theatre? Or was he really hitting on Paw

Can't wait for Rollo T to do a Christmas related? A Christmas Carol perhaps?
Anyway, great podcast as always.
EDIT:
Oh yeah, and the Rock Band guys, MAJOR props! That's amazing.
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11.19.2009 - 14:47 | DaxStrife
Hopefully if you guys make it to Detroit again next year I'll be employed and have money to actually attend Youmacon.
Which casino did you and Linkara hit, Joe? MGM Grand, Greektown or Motor City? We opened up legal gambling years ago and sadly it hasn't boosted the city's income as much as was hoped.
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11.19.2009 - 16:17 | Coldguy - re:Stained Sword wrote:You hit the nail on the head, Bennett. I don't dislike reading, I just don't know of anything I like or think I would like.
...What do you think Spine Breakers is about silly?
We give you a small taste of books we read and let you know who might like the book in question. Also if you ask a good Liberian things that you like they can generally point you in a good direction on where to start.
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11.19.2009 - 16:23 | No Limit
Personally, I am a big fan of books. So I'd like to check out what you've got sometime, Bennett. ^_^
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11.19.2009 - 19:15 | Cferra
Bennett, I'm really looking forward to seeing your comic. I'm curious to see what your imagination comes up with. We need good honest comic writers here. I know Linkara's one and you've got one coming and so does Dena IIRC.
Looking forward to the live event and as always the Wiki team WILL cover it. =D
Expect my donation!
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11.19.2009 - 20:07 | TheDramaticMonarch
So AngryJoe's hooked on Pocky now, huh?
Is rehab on the horizon? 
So that explains what happened with that TA Let's Play that was left hanging. Cursed apples!
38 episodes and Transmission Awesome is still bringing the fantastic.

Huzzah for Pogo!
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11.19.2009 - 22:53 | WebVidAddict
Knew someone was going make that Sean Fat joke.
Man he was acting like a complete douche towards Sean
Yay Ustream.
JustinTV sucks, football is sooooo SLOW!!!
Bennett reminds me of me,
I also have no life.
No wonder y we haven't seen any lets plays anymore,
YAY CR!
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11.20.2009 - 12:17 | nachomac - Google
Google just buys smaller companies. That's where a lot of their stuff comes from.
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11.20.2009 - 16:55 | DeamonCohln
You may have gone to Youmacon, but that means you stepped foot in Detroit.
My god have mercy on your souls.
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11.21.2009 - 07:14 | SCXCR - re:DeamonCohln wrote:You may have gone to Youmacon, but that means you stepped foot in Detroit.
My god have mercy on your souls.Actually Youmacon was in Dearborn, which is just outside of Detroit.
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11.22.2009 - 12:36 | Ailmyrin
Awesome as always, guys! I hope I get to read Bennett's stuff. One AngryJoe's comment just cracked me up:
"I'm eating a POCKY!"
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