Hello, we are Ric Morgan and Jamie Trinca. Gamewank is our podcast. It combines our lifelong love of gaming with our passion for writing and comedy. We’re very proud of the show and the fact that it has over 3000 regular listeners, to whom we are infinitely grateful for being depraved enough to enjoy our monthly game-themed filthmongering.

The following FAQs are unfinished – I’ll do it later, Richie!

(reasonable) FAQs

Why monthly?

Unfortunately a monthly release schedule is the most frequent we could ever hope to stick to. It takes a lot of time and effort to put these together and we’re lazy shits, which doesn’t help.

What software/equipment do you use to do this?

I get asked this a lot by people looking to do their own podcasts, and I love it! Bear in mind that this set-up is probably overkill for the vast majority of people. It’s equipment that’s been purchased over the years primarily for music production, most podcasters just need a couple of half decent USB mics and a dollop of spare time.

For recording we use 2x Shure SM58 mics - Industry stalwarts. They cost about £85 a pop but they’re incredibly versatile and they’re the most rugged piece of audio equipment you could buy.

10 channel Behringer project mixer w/2x  XLR pre-amps  – A budget solution for pre-amping the mics, also used for routing audio between two soundcards, audio monitors and an Xbox.

Tascam VL-X5 nearfield studio monitors – Do your mixes sound shit on everyone else’s speakers but great on yours? You need a pair of flat frequency response audio monitors. Most commercial PC speakers “colour” the sound by boosting or cutting certain frequencies in order to make their equipment sound impressively punchy and loud, so when you use them for audio production your mixes come out tailored for that particular speaker set. Monitors like these, which are a decent budget set (these things can go up to £20,000 for ONE – you don’t even get these in a stereo pair!) are designed to colour the sound as little as possible. It makes a massive difference and negates a lot of frustration, trust me.

TBC

(shits & giggles) FAQs

Why did Ric delete his twitter like a cunt?

Because he’s a cunt.

Your reviews are scripted, it’s so obvious. What gives? (seriously, this is an actual complaint we’ve had)

It amazes me how many people have said this, or variations thereof. I wish I understood why. We make no secret of the fact that our reviews are “scripted” (or “written”). They need to be distinct from the meat & potatoes chat element of the show – I’ve listened to many podcasts with a “reviews” segment which manifests itself as a change of topic and little else. I don’t see the point in doing that.  A review requires a degree of focus and individual attention that the chat format simply does not cater for.

In addition, this is such a stupid thing to moan about. The idea that all content of this type MUST be off-the-cuff is petty nonsense.

Size, in feet, of Ric’s boabie?

Like a WHOLE bunch of ‘um