The best of The HotSpot (2005) -- highlights podcast

Is it my connection or is the link slow as hell?
 
Edit: Seems like it's the links faults as other downloads are doing fine. Could anyone re-upload this to a faster source? I wanna listen to it, seems like a great idea.

" Is it my connection or is the link slow as hell?  Edit: Seems like it's the links faults as other downloads are doing fine. Could anyone re-upload this to a faster source? I wanna listen to it, seems like a great idea. "

" Also might I suggest a different host? The speed from the link is atrocious. "

" I know I already posted here but I wanted to bump it and say something. I listened to it twice while doing my Zombie Genocider achievement in Dead Rising. It peaked my interest to hear some more classic Hotspot stuff, because I never really listened to it, and so I did some YouTube searches. In somebody's video they used the newer episodes with Tom Mc Shea and all of those people I hate. What I'm trying to say is I hope you don't go into the present, and stop when all of the key problem have gone. Looks like you should only be going into 2007 though so it looks like it'll be fine. "

• The HotSpot through to 2007
• Giant Bombcast through to 2010
• 1UP Yours through to 2009 (they either stopped late 2008 or late 2009)
• The Adam Carolla Show for 2006

RSS me now!

The link was fast for the first 4-5 seconds, then slowed to like 25kbs. I thought it was just my connection, but if you just pause and start the download repeatedly it will go much faster.

(I don't mean to revive the thread, but I need to ask for some feedback so I hope that's okay.)
 
I've done the recap for The HotSpot 2006, ie. the sequel to this. All I need to do now is to record the voice over. However: the episode is just over eight hours long. 
 
Eight hours of The HotSpot recap is no problem, but how best should I split this up? I'm thinking into two four hour MP3s. But is there anybody who would vote for four two hour episodes?

 I'm finding the download speed for this to be really slow. Unlike the 2006 one which was much faster to get.

Thank you man, lotta love for this!

GLEN MANCANNON! 
 
I was listening to parts of this the other day, like people have said certain parts are doubly interesting with hindsight. God, the whole Halo 3 segment about the man-cannon was amazingly funny, I was walking around the city centre at the time trying not to look like a crazy person laughing for no good reason.

This is pretty awesome. I loved listening to these podcasts back in highschool... the good ole' days.

Downloadin' :) 
 
I still miss the intro music from the old hotspot episodes, though it was Midnight Brown music so I guess it went with Jeff. The new song they're using is okay as a song and all it just, doesn't suit my tastes at all. 
 
Edit: Oh, this was old.

I just started listening to the hotspot of 2005. I've got this question: will they ever become longer than 15 minutes?

These were the best. Can't wait for the rest! When Rich said he was leaving my heart almost broke. 

Just started listening to these This Year collections. I was more of an On The Spot watcher than a Hotspot listener, so this was nice to hear the a compilation of the best moments of the podcast.

I'll say, the one thing that kinda disturbed me (if that's the appropriate term) was stuff talking about Jack Thompson and anti-violent video game bills and other bad shit that was going on. Even without listening to a lot of the Hotspot, those type of news stories I remember being a lot more noticeable than they are today. Again, probably due to Jack Thompson being active then. Felt crazy back then, and is kinda weird for me thinking back on that (sorta makes my blood boil thinking that stuff actually happened).

Wow I'm sure I just saw this thread yesterday... Somehow...
 
ANYWAY I just listened to the whole Gizmondo saga and oh my god! That is nuts! I wish something that crazy was happening now.

Oh man, I read Initial Vector when it came out ages ago, despite only having the original game. I haven't touched it since (I was 14?), but good lord it sounds so much worse than I remember and the talk is funny. I never listened to the HotSpot, though now I'm pretty interested.

Listening to this on the cusp of a new hardware cycle seems oddly appropriate.