XboxEra Podcast |OT| - Better than the other one you listen to

2 Likes

As the main person that advocated for the forums existing at all, I am with you. I love having a longform discussion board, and that will never change. But yes, I do want to tie in all of it together - give-aways included.

As Jesse rightly points out, running giveaways on Discord is automated and pretty simple to do. There is a correct path forward, weā€™ve just got to figure it out.<3

3 Likes

Hey guys. Love the show. I check it out every week. This week on Xbox two Jez and rand were guessing the Xbox handheld could launch in 2026 with the console comming in 2027. What do u think the chances are of that happening

Like with anything in life youā€™re not going to have the perfect solution right away. Also, this is all still largely centered around volunteers so your capacity is limited.

Having a separate patron discord chat for subscriber questions, a patron thread here for questions, and a dummy subscriber-only video on YouTube asking people to comment their questions for next weekā€¦ That would cover all the bases, right? Itā€™s just triple the work, unfortunately.

Which is why I think us fans need to put it on ourselves to share Xbox Era as widely as possible. Their works on YouTube (reviews and headlines are something I need to share more of), this websiteā€™s articles, and this forum itself (if we triple the traffic, maybe we can triple the ad revenue)ā€¦it all adds up.

I keep forgetting to use my Amazon Prime sub for the Xbox Era Twitch channel ā€œTheXboxEraā€. Just did it now. But if 100 people from the forum could do it, that would help quite a bit.

I feel compelled to say all this because I see other initiatives like Last Stand Media raking in a lot of revenue and offering 1/5 of what Xbox Era offers. Iā€™m going to try to make it a point to get three other people to start consistently following Xbox Eraā€™s content by the end of the year.

5 Likes

I only just read this comment, thought to myself I should do the Amazon Prime sub as well. I couldnā€™t figure it out, so had to search out how to do it. Finally learnt how, linked the two and have given them the sub. It would be nice if it was a reoccurring sub instead of needing to return to do it monthly. Do you know by chance if itā€™s for a calendar month or a month since the sub?

2 Likes

I believe itā€™s a month since the sub and it is a pain because you have to recommit to it all the time and I often forget. I think I went for a year or so without doing it.

2 Likes

Cheers, Iā€™ll set up a reminder on my phone, Iā€™ll forget myself otherwise Iā€™m sure.

Would be amazing if it was recurring on its own, but they know most people forget and donā€™t use it (saving them money).

2 Likes

@99ruken Pizza Sandwich

Two spinach and feta slices placed crust side out. It was glorious.

3 Likes

Just missing pineapple

4 Likes

@Shpeshal_Nick @Doncabesa

Iā€™m not sure if youā€™re aware but you can install Heroic Game Launcher on the SteamDeck within a few minutes, using the built in discover centre.

This gives you access to all your games on Epic and GOG just like the rest of your steam library, without all that fiddly configuration and browsing.

It also works with online games as it played Rocket League flawlessly (if you donā€™t already own it on Steam).

2 Likes

I think the reason why there were no names on the Google Docs form was that when I filled out the form, the fields for name and categories were not set up, you could only complete the question field of the form. I know because I tried to complete the form myself.

By the way, can the category field be set up as a drop down menu?

Nick made me get rid of the extra fields and I just put ā€œsay your name, category, and question in hereā€ and people didnā€™t seem to realize. So I put it back to a full form.

2 Likes

I can confirm itā€™s working now.

2 Likes

Can anyone else get this to work? :thinking:

It mentions there are 74 tracks but nothing shows inside the playlist.

Well shitā€¦ there is no way to make the uploads public. what a waste.

1 Like

Only solution I could find, I uploaded everything to the XboxEra discord. I pulled 35 videos suno made that still existed and uploaded all nearly 80 mp3 files I have in the ā€œJesseā€™s Stupid AI Musicā€ channel underneath ā€˜gamingā€™.

2 Likes

Is it Grubbmas this weekend?

@Shpeshal_Nick can correct me if Iā€™m wrong, but I believe that is the one between XMAS and NYE (28th)

1 Like