Alden's Amazing Roblox Review

Hi all!

We're ending our 'life-update' series of podcasts with this episode, primarily for two reasons.

That last one was a killer. RIght after we recorded this episode, we *attempted* to do a live stream of Doors 2, with Geek joining through Discord. And saying we 'attempted' to record was being incredibly gracious.

When I opened the recording to work on it, I realized that the audio from the game wasn't captured at all. That occurred during the first Doors episode we recorded a while back, and I literally had to re-create over 90 minutes of audio from the game that took a few years off my life.

Even worse, Geek's trash microphone was cutting in and out of Discord. He also was yelling into the mic, which sounded like a bunch of white noise half the time. Luckily it was on a different audio track, so I could simply remove it from the show, but then...

Both Alden and Wish were literally brain dead during the recording. Beyond reacting do what they were seeing on the screen, nothing was being described, explained or explored. Plus, shouting at Geek half the time made it just as confusing for the listener who didn't have a video to work from.

And I figured all this out after I had created a pretty cool intro using the AI voice of David Attenborough and the rain effects that come from the beginning of the game. Spend a day on it, and opened the source audio file looking to work on it. I gave up after ten minutes.

SO, we're going back to Alden and I having a conversation and playing a game together so that if he completely checks out mentally and just grunts at the visuals on the screen, I've got you covered.

And that episode is already recorded and done. I just have to produce it, which should be infinitely more easier than that garbage recording I was confronted with last week.

Anyway, hope you're enjoying yourself and getting ready for Halloween. And if you're in the US and have registered to vote, VOTE! 🇺🇸

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Btw, our Discord has devolved into about three people sharing memes. Alden visits to see who he can play with, so if you seen him there, spam him with emojis. You have my permission since he never reads these.

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Hope this episode finds you well, and we'll be back on regular schedule next week.

I know, I know... these aren't the 40-60 minute episodes you're used to, and the podcast isn't titled 'Alden's Amazing Life Review', so I can understand why you're confused.

But, Alden is still playing Roblox, and has been playing a LOT of 'Fight for Survival', which we will probably do a review of pretty soon.

But here's the deal... if you want something more than streaming games and actually an episode in the style of what they used to be, I'm going to have to open up a Patreon to justify it.

If there's not enough people willing to donate, then we're sticking with updates and the occasional review when time allows. Wish it were different, but offline responsibilities are priority and spending 30-40 hours a week on an episode is something that I just don't have time for at the moment.

But if you’d just like to watch, check out the AARR YouTube Channel. We stream every weekend.


⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@aldensamazingrobloxreview2328?si=jfMOSSH6W4doMyjw
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And if you'd like to join our dead chat Discord where no one seems to be around, you're more than welcome to. I go there lots, but Alden tends to just come if he knows his school friends are there. And don’t forget, you get an incredibly fun free gift... a lucky day of your choosing:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  ⁠ ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/ayCqs2aJCq⁠⁠

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  

⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Hope this episode finds you well, and be sure to answer the poll about going to Patreon. :D

Wow!  An episode turnaround faster than 10 months!  I would be proud of me since no one else will be. 🙂

We’re recording another episode either today or tomorrow, but this was last Saturday since Tyler and Alden tried out the mods. They *kind of* worked, and got me to leave putting mods on manually and just use Modman with all its crashing… but at least it has profiles.

By the way, do you play Cookie Clicker? We’ve only ascended once and we’re up to nonillions of cookies. It’s insane. Oh, we’re also collecting cats in Battle Cats, but Alden doesn’t play it anymore. He’s more interested in building maps in Geometry Dash and watching other people work on YouTube during his downtime. He’s also built a Flood Escape 2 map that he completed but I don’t think anyone is playing.

Beyond what’s here, Alden and I have been going on Flag Wars servers and attempting to wipe out the entire team and make them quit. I know, it sounds bad, but you have people who are like 417 level and need to touch some grass and see what Earth is like outside. So we feel like we’re doing a public service when we’re decimating these “pros” with snipers and 300 bullet machine guns. Come find us and you can join us in domination.


But if you’d just like to watch, check out the AARR YouTube Channel. We stream every weekend.


https://youtube.com/@aldensamazingrobloxreview2328?si=jfMOSSH6W4doMyjw


And if you'd like to join our dead chat Discord where no one seems to be around, you're more than welcome to. I go there lots, but Alden tends to just come if he knows his school friends are there. And don’t forget, you get an incredibly fun free gift... a lucky day of your choosing:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  ⁠ https://discord.gg/ayCqs2aJCq

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910⁠⁠

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Hope to see you online, in the stream, or on a server!

*opens the door to the AARR podcast*

Man, this place is super dusty.  Where are the light switches?

Yep, it’s been 10 long months since we put anything up on the podcast.  I guess when it came to overproducing episodes and having 6-8 recordings in the hopper, all enthusiasm for getting it done went out the window… that and getting the house in order.

This time around, we’re doing weekly recordings where we give updates on what’s going on with the both of us and doing our gaming recordings on YouTube as streams.  It’s just much easier to document what Tyler and Alden are doing rather than trying to insert a new sound effect every 15-30 seconds.  It was fun to do, but spending 30-40 hours on each episode was a bit too much.

So if you’d like to check out the AARR YouTube Channel, you can find it here:https://youtube.com/@aldensamazingrobloxreview2328?si=jfMOSSH6W4doMyjw

And if you'd like to join our dead chat Discord where no one seems to be around, you're more than welcome to. You never know what's going to happen there, and you get an incredibly fun free gift... a lucky day of your choosing:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:

https://discord.gg/ayCqs2aJCq

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910⁠⁠

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Sorry for the long break, and we’ll see you in another episode fairly quickly.  I’m working on last Sunday’s episode tomorrow. 😀

At this point, I have to treat these podcast episodes like music album releases. They take a long time to produce for one person, and I just can't churn them out fast enough. So, consider them quarterly installments from this point forward until something changes in our collective schedules here. 😁

Anyhoo, we're back with our 50th episode! Alden and his best friend Wish join a couple of our cohorts on Discord (Jester and TiMO) to try and beat Doors for the first time. I join in as well, though I kept my expectations at rock bottom (I had never played before this episode recording).

Beyond the game, here's what's been happening with us:

Oh, and Alden's soccer team is 0-8 going into their final two games. Alden's been doing decent at goalie, but a good portion of the team is completely new to soccer and they've been getting beaten pretty bad. Still, they attend practices, have fun with each other and make the most of it.

If you'd like to join our dead chat Discord where no one seems to be around, you're more than welcome to. You never know what's going to happen there, and you get an incredibly fun free gift... a lucky day of your choosing:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  ⁠https://discord.gg/fTHrhg758W⁠

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910⁠

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Thanks for checking out our podcast and mucho gracias to everyone who's been consistently listening to our shows... even if we're totally lame and don't post every month.

Hope this finds you well, and I hope you have some restful holidays coming up. See you!

Greetings from the hot state of Texas!

This release will be a short, review only episode, with the bigger one coming later in August.  This one didn’t require thirty thousand years of production, though my microphone cut out right when we started recording.  As such, you’ll see me boosting the audio in post-production and hear me hitting our stupid Yamaha sound board with a pool noodle just to get it working properly.

In the meantime, we go through reviews… kind of.  At the time of the recording, iTunes was doing its usual glitch-fest and decided to randomize all of the reviews we’ve ever gotten, all the way back to 2019!  We went with it and reflected on our time during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a few reviews we had never seen before.  Hopefully if we do this again, we won’t run into this sort of nonsense.

So, a brief upload before starting production on a rather involved 2 hour gaming session with Alden and his friend Wish (previously Romo).  Looking forward to swimming through that soup of ‘what are they talking about?’ kind of thing.

And while you’re trying to listen to me talk through a tunnel on this episode, feel free to click on the link below for some random banter about memes, fan art and a tree bot that we occasionally water from time to time:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  https://discord.gg/fTHrhg758W

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910

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Thanks again to Jester's for giving us an image to post for our review episode!  I’m still waiting for you to try an AI image generator.  I think our Discord will be saturated with experiments when he does.

Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you in a few weeks.

Well hello there!

We've successfully figured out a way to release an episode shorter than six months. In involves recording the entire thing and then doing 40-60 seconds to edit it every day. The end result is an episode so overproduced and filled with sound effects that I could probably post 20+ clips on social media. Hell, I don't even remember what the beginning of the episode even sounds like at this point.

But rest assured, you're going to get plenty of Item Asylum play-by-play in this episode. Whether it's Jester rambling about everything and anything to Romo speaking thirty feet away from the microphone, we have you covered. Oh, and YouSawNothing and Tyson join with two dollar microphones crammed into their armpits as they shout over everyone during some pretty active game play.

One last thing... the sound effects you're going to hear in this episode are taken from a wide variety of games. The audio clips are also from a wide variety of movies and TV shows. As a result, I've probably put this podcast in jeopardy with the sheer amount of copyright violations I may have committed (I really don't know). But I'm sure Jester yelling 'COPYRIGHT' over and over again has cleared me of any wrong doing.

By the way, if you've been listening to this podcast for the 3+ years we've been publishing our stuff and you still haven't joined our Discord, you're doing yourself a disservice. Click on the link below for some endless (but temporary) happiness and joy:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  https://discord.gg/fTHrhg758W

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on an upcoming podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910

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And this episode, we're featuring Jester's artwork for our podcast! Thank you very much for creating it for us. You really do have a talent for art. Keep at it please. 😁👍

Oh, and if you're interested in submitting your own avatar/logo for the show, stop by the Discord and bedazzle us with your amazing applications of art.

Thanks for listening! See you next time.

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PS - Our apologies to Tyson for not allowing him to sign off. I didn't realize we had forgotten him in our haste to wrap up the show. We'll give him a proper signoff the next time he joins us.

Well, well well... it only took six months to get this episode done! At this rate, we should hit 100 episodes by the time Alden is 24 years old. That or I can make a million dollars and start doing this full time. Or get an entire production team to make it happen. Maybe both?

Anyway... in this episode, we get into Silent Library, STARR tests that are currently happening for reading, math and science (which Alden is rather stressed about), essays about trampoline safety and substitute teachers, teaching Alden to pursue his interests and the end of Battle Cats (yep, Alden's done with it). Then, we meet up with Romo and play a few rounds of Flee the Facility! Apparently, I can't find a computer to hack to save my life (literally).

We're still active on Discord whenever Alden isn't completely immersed on his Switch with the newest Mario Rabbids. If you  If you want to take a peek, you know what to do:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  https://discord.gg/fTHrhg758W

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on our podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910

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Also, thanks to Oli Down Under for the new logo! We'll be rotating these out as fans of the show produce their own artwork for it. If you're interested in putting in your latest Midjourney creation or hand drawn masterpiece, stop by the Discord and share with us.

As always, thanks for listening to the show and we hope you are doing well. 👍

I guess we're at a 'once a month' pace of sending these out, which is fine.  With Alden's school in full-swing, there may be time to do additional episodes... but no promises.  My terrible track record speaks for itself. 😁

In this episode, we talk about Alden's friend who seems to be going a bit nuts, Battle Cats seeding, our new dog and finally, a third venture into everyone's favorite game... Tower Defense Simulator with all the new updates, graphics and frustrating nerfing that the developers seem to be doing with every tower unit they scrutinize.  Special thanks to Tyson for joining and playing with us for another episode!

Finally, we've been popping into the Discord every so often.  Yes, there are the usual postings of 'dead chat' and non-activity, but dems da breaks.  It usually consists of Alden asking if anyone is on voice chat to get a game going, and that's it.  I started a Battle Cats channel and have been posting some custom game videos there.  If you want to take a peek, you know what to do:

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  https://discord.gg/fTHrhg758W

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on our podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910

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We'll see you in a month or so.  Hopefully sooner than 30 days.  Post interesting (but child friendly) memes in the Discord to remind me to publish.  It helps. 😁

Oh, and by the way... a nice little 'Heya Hiya!' to Oli Down Under.  Thanks for listening to our show every so often.  Hope you are doing well. :)

Well it's been a LONG time hasn't it? :D

The explanation is simple.  Alden was simply enjoying his summer break and I was busy making sure he was enjoying summer break.  We did actually record two other episodes but I haven't had any time to produce them (see the above about being with Alden on summer break).  So, there are more coming.  But for now, know that we're back and we'll be releasing more episodes in the near future. 

And I know we haven't been hanging out in the Discord as much, but apparently the time zones for Australia and Dallas are not compatible with one another.  That and we only seem to be able to come on at 8:00 pm at night to game for 30 minutes.  But hey, at least we message back.

Speaking of which, why not pop by our Discord for five minutes and never come back to it again?  It's fun! 😁👍

>> Join the AARR Discord and get a lucky day for FREE!:  https://discord.gg/fTHrhg758W

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Feel free to give us a review on iTunes or email us your game suggestions and/or Roblox stories at alden (at) aldengaming.com.  We'll take time to read them on our podcast.

>> Leave us a review on iTunes!:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aldens-amazing-roblox-review/id1436553910

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Thanks for being patient with us during our 16 billion year hiatus.  Hope you enjoy the episode, and we'll see you in the next millennia!