Late Night Vacuum - A Star Citizen Podcast: Recent Episodes
DoublarThackery and Grakees
A weekly chat about all things Star Citizen, plus other games as and when they reach into our brains and say hello.
In this episode we cover CitizenCon 2017, including the Xi'an language, the Pioneer, and what else will come after 3.0
We also talk a bit about Grakees' health. Some stuff has been happening, and we thought it best to share.
In this mini-episode, we look at lighting of faces, the dramatic cull of bugs and what that means for evocati, and we look at the importance of 3.0
Also, Grakees is a fucker. You heard it here first.
A mini-episode, covering off the highlights of the week that was - looking at Stamina, the 600i Q&A, the burndown, and a few other bits and bobs.
We reference Batgirl's awesome Bensday with Batgirl & Ben - which is on Youtube. You can check out the specific ep we talk about here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9b2oK3boU
We're back!
Sorry for being away - reasons are at the start of the show.
In this ep, Grakees and DoublarThackery talk about Gamescom, the 600i, and a few other odds and sods. Enjoy!
More updates and clarifications on the CCUs - and we get deep into the moons (as well as talk about the new Friday the 13th game what is out).
Grakees Discord channel: https://discord.gg/zTzpeuW
(apologies for the audio - Grakees had a lightning strike that took out his tech).
Time to talk about CCU's. CIG have made a few statements, and we look to understand the potential meaning.
(pre show chat included)
QA is important. CIG talk about QA, and so do we. Also, we look at the possibility of Star Citizen becoming an e-sport.
We chat about the Banu Defender (and Doublar gets facts about how the Banu would operate such a ship painfully wrong), as well as the Banu culture - delving into issues of slavery and other such things.
Also, we discuss that there updated referral system, and the competition that has just been launched...
We finish off talking about some of our ME:A encounters, and then talk about the confirmation of player housing in Star Citizen, and what this could mean...
Also, to celebrate Space Week on Twitch, check out BadNewsBaron's one hour chat/interviewathon with CIG staff - including Erin Roberts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2AgRdY918s
To celebrate the release of Mass Effect Andromeda, Grakees and Doublar talk about the game, and answer questions from chat about it.
Note: This is a spoiler free review of the game, so you're safe. :)
http://www.stuff.tv/game-reviews/mass-effect-andromeda/review
We delve into Item 2.0 and clothing, as well as theorising about what our characters will look like...
...and thus, Operation Grakees was born.
We go deep into CIG's excellent Happy Hour Design a Creature stream, as well as looking at the release of the Anvil Hurricane, and Grakees and DoublarThackery go head to head in a quiz. Dun dun DUUUUUUNNNNNN.
DoublarThackery and Grakees get waaay too into Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, before we move onto recent Star Citizen news, and have a bit of a conversational ding-dong about exclusives.
This episode is brought to you by nightmares in technology, followed by beer.
(We were pretty certain we lost an episode - this is probably it. Oh well).
This ep we talk about the Vanduul and Xi'an languages, as we explore ConLang and Star Citizen. Get your nerd hats on - we're going in deep!
Apologies! Both for the silence and for the horrible audio issues this episode. Doubleplus ungood. We had nightmare tech issues. Amazed we got a show out of it.
In this ep, we catch up on a few things that have gone on in our absence, and generally chat nonse - as is usual.
Delving more into Star Citizen planetary procedural generation!
(also, Grakees and Steve Boom go camping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85WO-D_10zI)
CitizenCon part 2 - where we talk more about Squadron 42, and what they showed.
(ps wash your hands) x
My word - Grakees goes away for a couple of weeks to Twitchcon and CitizenCon, and we have a bumper show to make up for it. Cor blimey.
We talk a lot about CitizenCon this week, looking at the ins and outs - both from a person who watched remotely (DT), and a person who was there (G). Breaking this into two parts so you can go poop inbetween.
A bumper episode that we've broken into two parts in order to make it easier to consume. In this second part we finish up talking about modularity, and then move onto Kotaku's article on Star Citizen, as well as recap the Saitek acquisition.
A bumper episode that we've broken into two parts in order to make it easier to consume. In this part we talk about Star Citizen's facial animation, as well as base/part modularity.
What a week! We look at character art, theorise what two ships will be live for 3.0, and we talk about the difference between insertion and just the tip.
Now that Gamescom is over, and the week after exhaustion has faded, we look at Derelicts, Dragonflies, and Interdiction. Also, Grakees makes editing this podcast hard. Shame shame SHAME.
Oh man! Wasn't Gamescom cool?
Grakees and Doublar are beyond knackered, so this weeks episode is pretty much the last of our energy for the week :) Sorry bout that.
This ep we cover our personal reactions to No Man's Sky, and then our experiences of Gamescom.
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Doublar and Grakees do a catchup of the last few weeks, talk about 2.5 on PTU, and then move onto Gamescom!
This is the BritizenCon Dev Panel, where the staff of Foundry42 talked about Star Citizen and answered several questions.
Tune into our regular show - where both BritizenCon and all recent developments will be covered! :)
A special episode.
Doublar was at BritizenCon, and these two episodes (part 1 and 2) cover the panels of the day.
This episode has the opening speech - a Call to Arms for Operation Pitchfork, and the Content Creators panel.
On the panel were:
BoredGamer (https://www.youtube.com/user/BoredGamerUK) SuperMacBrothersRyan (https://www.twitch.tv/supermacbrothersryan) Myre (https://www.twitch.tv/myre_test)
and Doublar (http://www.twitch.tv/doublarthackery)
ATV is in Texas this week, so we talk about all things PU, as well as catch-up on the news from the previous week.
Britizencon is on the 23rd July! Get your Britizencon tickets here (DT is on a panel): http://www.britizencon.uk
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Incidental Music: Infected Mushroom - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
In-between colds and various illnesses, we talk about Ewoks and semi-scientific research. Oh, and Star Citizen.
Britizencon is on the 23rd July! Get your Britizencon tickets here (DT is on a panel): http://www.britizencon.uk
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Incidental Music: Infected Mushroom - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
This week Grakees and Doublar pour themselves a long glass of 10 for the Brian Chambers. Lots of fun little bits and bobs in this ep - including a joining of the dots...
Also, nipples.
Bulkheads is a thing. Check it out here: http://www.bulkheads.tv
Get your Britizencon tickets here (DT is on a panel): http://www.britizencon.uk
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Incidental Music: Infected Mushroom - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
We're back!
A bit of a general ramble of an ep this time round, as we dust ourselves off. As ever though, Grakees talks sense, and Doublar needs to learn to speak faster.
Bulkheads is a thing. Check it out here: http://www.bulkheads.tv
Get your Britizencon tickets here (DT is on a panel): http://www.britizencon.uk
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Incidental Music: Infected Mushroom - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
In this week's ep: Health, the Vive, Civil War (spoiler free), 2.4, and how much do we love mining?
(Apologies for the sound quality. As soon as we finished we realised what caused it. Poop).
Get your Britizencon tickets here:http://www.britizencon.uk
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees
DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Incidental Music: Infected Mushroom - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
In this week's ep: Procedural generation, getting things lined up for persistence, and driving with a wide load. Oh, and Ballistics.
(As an aside, chat and Grakees have teamed up on Doublar. For this entire episode he's in a living hell. Also, India the cat makes a guest appearance).
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Incidental Music: Infected Mushroom - The Pretender - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
We're back!
We talk EVE, BvS, and get into Star Citizen - including a look at 2.4 and beyond! (Also, massive chunk of our post-show chat is included - where we talk about the Idris)
(Doublar spent ten hours the day before drinking shots every twenty-thirty minutes, so is barely able to speak. Big shout to Grakees for remaining sober. Hell, if he didn't, this would be an episode of mouth-dribbles).
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
DoublarThackery is exhausted. After recording this he didn't so much as fall asleep as become seriously unconscious. Wow. Grakees saves the day as he has all the information about what has happened this week (Instancing! AI! Other stuff!), as well as excellent suggestions about 2.3 - while Doublar burbles like a small child who has been given his first taste of moonshine.
Vids. WWWWW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJA7l1dW47c Some Pedro - https://youtu.be/05RO97iqy58?t=46m5s
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
Grakees has 2.2 PTU in his filthy hugging hands, so this week we are spending the whole episode covering it. With questions from Doublar and the audience, here's a chance to hear what 2.2 is like - what is working, what is borked, and what shows promise.
Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery
Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission
Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
It has been a quiet couple of weeks, and Grakees has drank a lot of relaxing Kava Tea - which has left him like a mellow puppy. Most confusing. We talk NDAs, special projects, dataforge, and generally embrace the lull of pre 2.2. http://www.roguegamegear.com/mek-fu-controller/ Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permission Closing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
Can we just say how much we hate Skype? Grakees and Doublar talk about the last couple of weeks of Star Citizen, from tokens to LOD, to jousting tournaments and ship redesigns - where heads butt over what is good feedback and what is entitlement. https://www.stream-academy.com/ Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Opening Music: Infected Mushroom - Now is Gold - used with permissionClosing Music: Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight - used with permission
This week we have: Shiiiiiiiiip pipeline chit-chat, and discussions of what we think will be out in future releases of the PTU - along with noodle comparisons... Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesCapn_Flint - twitch.tv/Capn_Flint Music: Carl Brecon - I've detected precious metals, used with permission
Wow! We're in Season 2 already? A recap of the last couple of weeks, along with a talk about the new Ship Shape, and what is next for Star Citizen. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - I've detected precious metals, used with permission
No show this week - Grakees is turning into a beautiful butterfly. Normal winged and flappy service resumes with our next ep. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Grakees and DoublarThackery waffle on about the last year of Star Citizen Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
It is Xmas! A time for cheer! Grakees and DoublarThackery quiz each other about all things Star Citizen! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
The CIG Holiday Livestream is upon us. What seekrit do we think they'll announce? We give our thoughts. Also, can a man with two sticks be truly happy? Finally, can one man in the happy throes of Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 take on a Connie in a mano v shipo throwdown? Hit and Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfHmgRm8MBo Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
In this weeks episode, Crasskitty joins Grakees to chat about Elite Dangerous, and her first impressions and hopes for Star Citizen. There's also a much needed call out against exclusion vs inclusion in gaming. (Answer: Let's hug it out) If you'd like to get in on Crasskitty's Elite Dangerous RP Server - here's the link! http://goo.gl/forms/yFlJOdLtBp Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesCrasskitty - twitch.tv/Crasskitty Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Two nerds with PTU 2.0 access and no fear of crashes. Yeah, you can guess what we're talking about... Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Recorded straight after the CIG Anniversary Livestream, we look at the news of the week - from 2.0 on PTU, to Mark Hamill! MARK HAMILL! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
GO CLICK NOW! Infinity: Battlescape is in the last stretch of its Kickstarter. Fund it and spread the space sim love. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/309114309/infinity-battlescape In this week's episode, Capn_Flint stops by! Much convo is had: we discuss updates to the Cutlass, our plans in the Verse, and much much more! Capn_Flint - twitch.tv/Capn_FlintGrakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Go click now! Infinity: Battlescape is in the last stretch of its Kickstarter. Fund it and spread the space sim love. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/309114309/infinity-battlescape In this week's episode, we get giddy over alien languages, make Pingu blush, and have another round of our quiz. This week: ships! (and murder!) Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
DT finds dodgy pictures of Elijah Wood and gifs of cows with wigs. Will the detailed discussion about Flight Control surivive? Also, Infinity: Battlescape is in the last stretch of its Kickstarter. Fund it and spread the space sim love. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/309114309/infinity-battlescape Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Game talk, 1.3 talk, Star Map talk - and a Quiz where we see how well Graklina knows his home turf... Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
CitizenCon! We talk about what happened at the event. And Concorde! Community Hub upvotes: http://bit.ly/1LqDMjwGrakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
We cover the latest news regarding Star Citizen, chat about Battlefront, and make predictions about what we will see at CitizenCon! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
A little bit of post-show nonsense... Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
A week of drama. DoublarThackery and Grakees cover the recent attack on Star Citizen and its staff, and then get altogether rather happy talking about the new ship by MISC - the Endeavor! And we have a Quiz! Today it is on... FPS. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
When two tired people talk ships, Voltron happens. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Due to Twitchcon coming up, we are recording our show on Thursday and Tuesday - today's ep is on ships - most notably the Cutlass. Community Hub upvotes: http://bit.ly/1LqDMjwGrakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
"New Stick" Talk, a review of the events of the week, and the tough call on what to melt for the Endeavor... We also have another round of "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Bonus Quiz! Can you tell how drunk/sleepy one of us is? Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Aftershow chit-chat. Tons of Q&A in this one. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Social Module feedback! Discussions about the PU, and EWAR! Graks and Doubs chat about the week in Star Citizen, and are giddy about the recent updates! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission Social Module and the PU - http://bit.ly/1i9mHPREWAR update - http://bit.ly/1Ki9eSg
We get our first taste of Social, Grakees gets his Tali dreams answered, and will DoublarThackery crash and burn in a round of "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
It is the calm before the storm. Listen as Doublar and Grakees go through all of the key points of the week - as well as get into an interesting conversation with chat about non-combat activity. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
This week we cover the CIG event in Germany. We also have another round of "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
No animals were harmed in the making of this aftershow. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
This week we talk about CryEngine, the new module announcement of Elite Dangerous, and we noodle about what we think we'll see in the Star Citizen Gamescom presentation. We also have round four of "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
This week we talk about missiles in Star Citizen, riffing off a rather excellent post from the RSI forums. We also have round three of "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
1.1.5 PTU is out! Rejoice! The time is at hand! Many things are discussed, including reactions to the biggest 10ftC so far, along with the best Smart Bomb ever. We also have round two of "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
More chat, with chat! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
More chat, covering the week in SC (yet again the CryEngine is pushed further). Also, we have the very first "The Great Star Citizen True False Quiz Which Also Has Answers That Are Not True or False" Quiz! Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Where we chat with... chat! Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
After Ben Lesnick posts a fantastic series of responses in the RSI forum, we pick apart the juiciest morsels - and go off on our own mini rampage. Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
From Edumicational migjiggymiggy to system repair - and squeaky DoOoOoOMM! Grakees - twitch.tv/Grakees DoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission
Start your engines! DT and Grakees get into more of Star Citizen and what is coming out the tasty pipes of CIG. Grakees - twitch.tv/GrakeesDoublarThackery - twitch.tv/DoublarThackery Music: Carl Brecon - Reinforced (from The inevitability of peace), used with permission