Happy to announce that The Final Score will make a triumphant return after a couple months off, this Friday afternoon at 3pm PST / 6pm EST. The show still features the core players in Scott, Brian and Nicole, but in addition to other guests here and there, the one major new edition is YOU! That’s right, our plan is to involve listeners more than ever.
To start with, we will take live calls during the show, and let you in on the topics right along with the hosts. We have felt for a very long time that TFS listeners should have more of a voice on the show, and we meant that quite literally. 
The format of the show moving forward will be more of an open forum rather than news recaps, or new releases. We’ll talk about he games we’re all playing, the big topics going on in the gaming industry week to week, and still squeeze an old-school pick in there. Of course the whole thing will continue to be on the podcast feed shortly after the show ends each week, so you can listen whenever you like. Here are the details you will need to get involved:
– Video / Audio Stream and IRC chat information
– Live call number: 801-770-4244
– Time: 3pm PST / 6pm EST (-7 GMT)
Topics tonight include: Valves incredible growth & what it means for the PC and other parts of the industry, video game designer sentenced to death for making a video game, can anyone do anything new with MMO’s post-Blizzard, and new consoles at E3 this year.
Have questions? Reply in this comment thread, or throw us an email at podcast@finalscoreshow.com
This is what I wanted from this show. Podcasts aren’t for news anymore, they are for personalities. If y’all have ever watched Totalbiscuit’s The Mailbox (I download the audio as a podcast), that is what I am expecting, except with live call-ins. This is going to be great.
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This news makes very happy! You see, it was TFS that introduced me to Frogpants. For some time, TFS was the only Frogpants podcast I listened to. Now I am a big fan of The Instance TOR, The Morning Stream, and App Slappy. I was worried that the format of the show would be in for a complete overhaul, so I’m happy to see that many of my beloved features remain intact. Hopefully, more folks will get on-board with TFS so that it attains more acceptable ratings. It is an excellent podcast!
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Interesting idea. Live calls are a risk, though, since you can’t predict their “quality”, both in terms of Skype/phone quality and regarding whether or not the caller has anything interesting to say : p In fact, the GameSpot podcast recently abandoned live calls for that reason. Then again, those hosts aren’t as easy-going with fans as Scott can be, so maybe it’s a non-issue, but look at TMS : live calls were a much more prominent feature in the past, yet the show has evolved to the point that they’re now pretty rare.
Overall, I’m kind of worried that it won’t work, to be completely honest, but I do agree that the show needed a revamp, so I’ll definitely give it a try, and hey, we’ll see !
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Glad to see its coming back, im on of those who really like this show, hope oldschool doesnt get too stripped down
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Ouf. I am so happy to see you back ! This podcast is the best one I listen too. Love the interactions between you all.
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I do the live call thing all week long on TMS…it’s not really that hard.
And if someone’s quality sucks, we hang up, and if someones conversation sucks, we cut it short. Radio 101.
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The show abruptly stopped as Scott was saying “You work for the CI–” (sorry, can’t give a time code). I don’t know if this is an iTunes problem or a feed problem or what — I notice that iTunes is now rewinding about two minutes even if I pause the episode for *two seconds* to do something, so it may have to do with some change from them.
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