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General Category => General Chaos => : Addled GM January 23, 2012, 09:04:53 PM
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Anyone know of some good ones. I've been listening to these as I drive in addition to audio books (nothing like an hour commute).
One's that I've found and would recommend for RPPR fans is We're Alive: A Story of Survival. It's a pretty good zombie survival story thus far.
I like the stuff from Redline Theater.
Also, despite the fact that they're ancient, The Shadow and Gangbusters have their moments. Oddly enough I don't like the Superman ones though.
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If you haven't gotten into OTR (Old Time Radio) yet, www.archive.org has tons of old Radio Dramas that are produced alot better dramatically speaking (at least most of them) a few that I recommend are
Sci Fi:
http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Dimension_X_Singles
http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles
For Horror/Suspense some really good ones are
http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Suspense_Singles
http://www.archive.org/details/Escape_HQ_192
That being said, the best NEWER Audio Drama I've heard, aside from the World War Z audio book dramatization is http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Claybourne_Singles
For other random Audio Drama,
http://www.archive.org/details/VoyageOfTheScarletQueen - a really well done Nautical themed drama with pirates, cannibals and gunplay based in the early to mid 1900s
For Comedy, one of the best duos from the Vaudville age that made it into and successfully on Radio
http://www.archive.org/details/FibberMcgeeMolly1930s
Or the ever present Mel Blanc, master of Voices and in a ton of Bugs Bunny/WB cartoons:
http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Mel_Blanc_Singles
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Also a some good podcasts that are good for Long drives (or short ones depending on the story length)
www.escapepod.org
www.pseudopod.org
www.podcastle.org
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I've already exhasted most of the good OTR out there and not to be an ungrateful arse for free entertainment but the one thing that I hate most in an audio drama is when its sounds is muffled. In old radio shows I can forgive it but some of the new stuff has this problem as well.
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yeah I agree, that's why I don't really listen to much modern audio drama, though the Claybourne was done for a New Zealand Radio program and have actual actors in it so the quality is good and the acting isn't cheesy, unlike alot of the indie audio dramas people are putting out. Good tries but alot of them really need some decent audio production/voice acting
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That being said, the best NEWER Audio Drama I've heard, aside from the World War Z audio book dramatization is http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Claybourne_Singles
This is indeed very good, cheers for the recommendation.