Podcast Reflection

When first introduced to this assignment, there were already numerous video games that came in mind to be covered. Narrowing it down to one was definitely a challenge for me and my partner, Graciela. We eventually chose a game we were both familiar with and had tons of fun playing, Super Smash Bro. We chose this game because it was exciting and had a lot of cool features that made it such an exhilarating game every time we played it. Throughout the process of developing the context of the podcast, the script was divided between me and Graciela and different ideas were shared between us and the content was building up. We gained inspiration through previous episodes to include another person within our episode, but rather than interviewing him, we decided to make him apart of the conversation and had him become an extra variable for interest.

The overarching concept that we envisioned for this podcast episode was there to be a conversation between two friends, me and Graciela, that shared a love for playing Super Smash Bro. Brawl. We came up with the introduction piece by thinking about how people get really riled up playing the game, so we decided to play the game then agree to rematch, in which it got serious, yet funny with the announcer voice declaring it. We originally planned to have added more content in regards to the us playing the video game, but had to cut it down due to time. Also, with recording, because neither of us have used Audacity before, it took us awhile to work with the system and get the sound how we wanted. Despite the couple of obstacles we faced, I was really pleased with how the podcast turned out, considering this was my first time constructing one.

I’ve had experience in mixing audio in other software and recording using a mic, so I think those skills became very useful for me throughout this process. Through this podcast I definitely have taken it account Digital Citizechip and how I can use online spaces to express different variations of literature. This podcast episode made me realize the public will listen to what I had to say and possibly use it as a resource of knowledge whereas before I used others’ sources to gain input, so it being the other way around is really a learning opportunity I rarely get to experience. I feel as if this podcast assignment definitely got me exposed to new works outside of standard literature and opened my eyes to what I would need to improve on for future episodes, such as the organization of the conversation and gauging the audience more through more intriguing dialogue. In conclusion, I really enjoyed this experience and have learned a lot of new, meaningful things that I could put to use outside class.