About Us
Neverwinter Nights Podcast
Founded in November 2006, the Neverwinter Nights Podcast is a periodic podcast discussing the Neverwinter Nights series of PC role playing games. NWN1 originally produced by Bioware and published by Infogrames. Neverwinter Nights 2 produced by Obsidian, and published by Atari. And now in 2011 a new OMG called simply Neverwinter, being produced by Cryptic Studios.
The Podcast offers the Latest News, Interviews, Reviews, Tips & Tricks, and more for the Neverwinter Community.
For more information on Neverwinter Nights in general, we recommend you check out the entry in Wikipedia .
The NWNP Team would like to give a huge THANKS to Gary Darnell who did voice overs for the show.
Neverwinter Nights Podcast Staff
Recognition
We are grateful to have been one of three finalists for the 2007 Golden Dragon Award for Community Contribution by the Academy of Modding Excellence.
And then Winner of the 2008 Golden Dragon Award for Community Contribution by the Academy of Modding Excellence.
Podcasts in General
Podcasting is essentially Tivo-radio. Of course, you’ve been able to download MP3 files from the ‘net for years, but what makes a Podcast special is the use of RSS feeds to “push” content to your computer transparently, requireing no effort on your part. You subscribe to Podcasts using aggregators, or “podcatchers,” that constantly check for updates. When one is detected, it is downloaded to your computer, or directly to your portable MP3 player, waiting for you to simply hit the play button.
Popular aggregators include iPodder , iPodderX , and the latest version of iTunes .
For more information on Podcasts, and podcasting in general, we recommend you check out the entry on Wikipedia .
How We Record and Produce the Show
We are frequently asked what programs we use to make the podcast, and what our work flow is like. Here’s how it breaks down.
- Everyone joins a Skype conference, hosted by Brian. Skype is voice-over-ip software with very little latency and quite good quality. We use the same program to call our guests on the phone, using the SkypeOut service.
- The Skype conversation is recorded by a second computer, and the raw audio file is edited in Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio and Audacity and finally mixed together using Sony ACID Music Studio . This is where we overlay music and sound effects, and tighten up the raw conversation. We then render out the MP3 and use ID3-TagIT to add the artwork and assign the podcast genre.
- The music is from Freeplay Music , or from the Neverwinter Nights game itself.
- Listener questions are submitted via Skype , it’s free for internet calls. You can leave us an audio question or comment by calling NWNPodcast.
As the popularity of podcasting grows we will see more custom software released. Keep your ear to the ground, because there is almost certainly software being written right now that simplifies each step of the process. Have fun!
Listener Supported!
The NWN Podcast is a listener supported podcast, if you enjoy the show and would like to financially support our efforts we have setup a PayPal Donate account. Thanks for you support.
