Thank You and Goodbye For Now

At this time “The AFK Podcast” in it’s current iteration has ended.

We don’t have any plans for a farewell episode because, as in years past, there is always the possibility of a return.  This break however may be our longest yet.

The reason behind this has noting to do with our relationships as hosts, our friendships are stronger than ever.  We are simply getting older, and our responsibilities are pulling us in different directions.

As for me personally (Flynn), gaming has not been the center of my free time for a long time now.  I’ve been spending more time away from the keyboard, actually AFK.  I’ve found other hobbies and interests that I would rather devote more of my time doing.   I just no longer have the passion, or desire, to keep up with gaming, and the industry.  The AFK Podcast has always been a passion based project for me.  Without the passion, it’s just not enjoyable.

The community will remain as long as you do and, unlike in years past, this website will remain.  Please join our Discord and keep in touch.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for listening, and hanging out with us over the years.  We’ve had allot of fun and made allot of good friends, and memories.

Best Regards,

Flynn, and The AFK Podcast Host’s (Past and Present)

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Want a free game from your Steam wish-list?

🎮 Attention Flynn’s Arcade Gamers! 🎮

Get ready for some epic gaming sessions as we kick off our monthly game nights! Starting next week on Wednesday, December 27th, at 8 PM Central, we’ll be diving into the immersive world of “Demeo.”

🕹️ Game Night Details:
📅 Date: December 27th
🕗 Time: 8 PM Central
🎲 Featured Game: “Demeo”

🛒 Purchase “Demeo” on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1484280/Demeo/

🎉 Join us for a night of fun, strategy, and camaraderie. Don’t forget to share your excitement and game suggestions for future events in the comments!

Let’s make this an unforgettable gaming experience at Flynn’s Arcade! See you there, gamers! 👾

A random participant will receive a free game from their Steam wishlist, so update those lists!

RSVP
https://discord.gg/6zMPRaNX?event=1186780079523647540

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# 342 “Holiday 2023”

Playlist:
Jim

  • Star Citizen
  • Last weekend

Logun 

  • Songs of Conquest
  • StarCraft 2
  • Eldenring

Curls

  • Much needed Holiday vacay
  • The Callisto Protocol
  • Horizon Forbidden West via PlayStation Portal
  • Generating lots of art
News:
Topics:
Our gaming year in review.

  • Our top games played.
  • Most disappointing game of the year. 
  • Games we started but were unable to finish for whatever the reason.

Our entertainment year in review.

  • Favorite streaming/tv/movies
  • Biggest Disappointments in the same.

What we are looking forward to in 2024 (games/tv/movies/anything)

Jim

  • Getting the podcast back to a weekly schedule or as close to it as possible.
  • Streaming Star Citizen on the regular
  • LAN party

Chat Q & A

You can find the AFK podcast at theafkpodcast.net  There you will find links to our Twitch stream, YouTube, and Discord.  Join our Discord for more pc gaming and hardware discussion.

Additional Support for the show:
Podsafe music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org
Intro-music: Skate by Kamiku
Outro-music: Battle of Pogs by Kamiku
The opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual and NOT the opinion’s of The AFK Podcast as a whole.

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Join Our Discord!

🎙️🚀 **Join The AFK Podcast Community on Discord!** 🚀🎙️

Hey Awesome AFK Listeners!

We hope your headphones are ready because we’re about to take your experience with The AFK Podcast to a whole new level! 🎧✨ We’re excited to invite you to join our vibrant Discord community – the ultimate hub for AFK enthusiasts like yourself!

🌐 **Why Discord?**
Discord is where the magic happens! It’s not just a chat platform; it’s a dynamic space for all things AFK. Connect with fellow listeners, share your thoughts on the latest episodes, and dive into discussions about your favorite games, tech trends, and all things geeky!

🚀 **How to Join:**
It’s as easy as a mouse click! Simply look to the right side of our webpage, and you’ll spot the Discord icon. Click it, and voila! You’ll be whisked away to the heart of our community.

🌟 **What Awaits You:**
– **Live Chats:** Engage in real-time conversations with other listeners during episodes.
– **Exclusive Content:** Get access to behind-the-scenes content, sneak peeks, and special announcements.
– **Gaming Hangouts:** Join fellow gamers for epic sessions – from casual gaming to competitive showdowns.
– **Community Events:** We’re cooking up exciting events, challenges, and giveaways that you won’t want to miss!

🎉 **Spread the Word:**
Love The AFK Podcast? Help us grow the community by inviting your friends, gaming buddies, and anyone who shares a passion for all things AFK! The more, the merrier!

🌈 **Connect with Us:**
Follow us on social media and stay updated on all things AFK. We want to hear from you – your feedback, your favorite moments, and your ideas for making The AFK Podcast experience even better!

So what are you waiting for? Click that Discord icon, join the conversation, and let’s make The AFK Podcast community the most awesome place to geek out together!

🚀🎙️ **Happy Listening!** 🎙️🚀

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# 341 “Free Fly Griefer”

Playlist:
Jim
– Star Citizen

Logun

  • Borderlands 2
  • Songs of Conquest
  • Black Friday Haul

Curls

  • Fall Guys with the youngin
  • Got my christmas present early
  • Generating a lotta art
News:
Ubisoft says game-interrupting ads were a mistake

AMD Radeon Anti-Lag feature getting gamers banned?

3D Printers for Kids

Ryzen 7800X3D for $299

Steam Autumn Sale

Fortnite “New Beginning” Next Month

The Expanse telltale series

https://heroicgameslauncher.com/

Topics:
What ya watchin?
Jim

  • Holiday themed movies and tv

Logun

  • Invincible 
  • Antman and Wasp: Quantumania
  • Star Wars Despecialized Edition (fan made)
  • Trying to understand why HDR does not work on my PC to TV setup

Curls

  • Mrs. Doubtfire
  • Lots of youtube
You can find the AFK podcast at theafkpodcast.net  There you will find links to our Twitch stream, YouTube, and Discord.  Join our Discord for more pc gaming and hardware discussion.

Additional Support for the show:
Podsafe music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org
Intro-music: Skate by Kamiku
Outro-music: Battle of Pogs by Kamiku
The opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual and NOT the opinion’s of The AFK Podcast as a whole.
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# 340 “Back Again”

Play list
Jim

  • Starfield 300+ hours
  • Star Citizen
  • Ryzen 9 5900x, a tale of misery and woe, and wasted money.  Bought a Ryzen 9 5950x and will RMA the 5900X.  Then pop that one in my main, when I get a replacement. 

Logun

  • EldenRing 140hrs
  • Vampire Survivor
  • Halls of Torment
  • Last Epoch
  • Marvels Midnight Suns
    • Not my kind of game Art work, Combat style, and not into cards
  • Civilization IV
    • UI doesn’t scale on large screens
    • Could not get mods to work
  • Assassins Creed Directors Cut
    • Can’t run on big screen
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V
    • Cannot finish the game due to bugs :/
  • Songs of Conquest
    • Early access 
    • Turns base strat inspired by HoM&M
  • Borderlands 2
    • Fffffffuuuuuuuck I’m stuck. If I play in Hard mode I one shot everything. If I try Ultimate Vault hunter mode then every enemy is a bullet sponge. Golden keys do nothing to improve my current play level
  • New computer build
    • Currently have 7700K from 2016. GPU is 3080Ti. 
    • Thinking about moving to 7800x3d – DDR5 and Nvme Gen4
    • Keeping mobo at 650 level for Gen4 vs 670 and getting Gen5 no noticeable difference.
    • Use case is gaming only
  • Solidigm P44 Pro

Curls

  • Heavy into music
  • Doing AI art now with Stable Diffusion (started last week)
  • Games?
    • Starfield (finished)
    • Slay the Spire
    • Horizon Forbidden West (finished)
    • Dead Space Remake (finished)
    • The Calisto Protocol
    • Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (finished)
News
Star Citizen Free Fly Event and IAE

New Squadron 42 Trailer and News
– Game is feature complete and in the polishing phase.  No release date yet.

Steam Deck OLED

Topics
What are we streaming or movies we’ve seen?

Jim

  • Shameless TV series
  • ReReRe watching the Expanse
  • Indiana Jones and Dial of Destiny
  • The Witcher
  • Ahsoka

Logun

  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • Star Trek Deep Space 9
  • Castlevania Nocturne
  • The Witcher
  • Loki
  • Secret Invasion
  • Ahsoka
  • Invincible
  • Gen V
  • Blue Beetle
  • Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
  • The Flash

Curls

  • Star Trek Strange New Worlds
  • Star Trek Discovery
  • Star Trek Picard
Community News
The discord server has a new name “Flynn’s Arcade”  click the link below to join us.  If you want to talk about games, or interact with us, join our Discord.
Credits:
You can find the AFK podcast at theafkpodcast.net  There you will find links to our Twitch stream, and Discord.  Join our Discord for more pc gaming and hardware discussion. Follow us on Twitter @theafkpodcast for notification on new episodes and streaming. 


Additional Support for the show:

Podsafe music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

Intro-music: Skate by Kamiku

Outro-music: Battle of Pogs by Kamiku

The opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual and NOT the opinion’s of The AFK Podcast as a whole

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# 339 “Adulting Sucks”

Play list
Curls

  • A whole lotta a little bit here and there
  • Tiny Tina
  • Borderlands 3
  • Making Music
  • Hackintoshing
  • Plotting next upgrade New Builds
  • Entered a beat contest (Soundcloud)

Jim 

  • Halo Infinite  on PC
  • Space Marine (Steam Deck)
  • Got Fable 3 working on Steam Deck (looking forward to my second playthrough)
News
Homeworld 3 Delayed

Alan Wake 2 in October

Star Trek Resurgence released

Total War Pharaoh Announced

Topics
NVME m.2 all the things.  4tb NVME prices continue to drop.  

  • I’m pulling all SSD’s out of my machine and replacing them with m.2.  Makes for higher performance  an extremely clean build with a whole lot less wires.  Basically every machine has a 1tb OS NVME drive and a 4tb NVME game drive.  The editing machine has an NVME raid card with 4 2tb Samsung 970’s in raid 0.  Any rig with only 1 nme slot was given a 4tb nvme card. This was only an issue on 2 micro ATX rigs.  
  • Finally retiring older desktops and laptops from the x58 era.  
  • I have a ton of used  SSD’s that I’ll be dropping into my server projects.

What are we streaming?

Jim

  • Below Deck
  • Ancient Aliens
  • History’s greatest mysteries
  • Alone
  • Black Adam
  • John Wick 4

Curls

  • Star Trek Picard
  • Star Trek New Worlds
  • Power: Book II
  • Youtube
  • The Diplomat
Community News
We are on Twitter @theafkpodcast  

If you want to talk about games, or interact with us, join our Discord.

Listener Emails:
iTunes/Google-Play Shout Outs:
Credits:

You can find the AFK podcast at theafkpodcast.net  There you will find links to our Twitch stream, YouTube, and Discord.  Join our Discord for more pc gaming and hardware discussion.



Additional Support for the show:

Podsafe music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

Intro-music: Skate by Kamiku

Outro-music: Battle of Pogs by Kamiku

The opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual and NOT the opinion’s of The AFK Podcast as a whole

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# 338 “Flynn Solo”

This week Flynn explains the reason for the long break.

Jim
– Reasons for the break.
      – Space Marine (Steam Deck)

  •  CodMW Multiplayer (Season 3)
  • COD infinite warfare
  • Halo Infinite Campaign.
  • Chat GPT loves us.  We had no idea.
  • pup-ternity leave

    News:
    Bluesnews.com this week. 

    Topics:
    Any new tech purchases?
    Jim
    3 builds in progress, doing build videos
      – Podcast, streaming, editing rig 

       – VR Rig (Valve Index)

       – Guest Rig

       – Main Rig PSU and storage upgrade
      – Cool Extended Battery for Steam Deck

    What are we streaming?
    Jim

    • The Departed
    • We own the city
    • Parks and Rec..again
    • Yellowstone
    • High Score documentary

      Community:
      Flynn is committed to Streaming the podcast weekly, even if I have to go solo.  If you’re a member of the community and would like to be on the podcast for an interview (community spot light) please DM flynn in Discord.   Flynn will be returning to Twitch streaming at least twice a week to start.  Possible limited series on YouTube.  

      If you want to talk about games, or interact with us, join our Discord.
      Additional Support for the show:

      Podsafe music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

      Intro-music: Skate by Kamiku

    • Outro-music: Battle of Pogs by Kamiku

      The opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual and NOT the opinion’s of The AFK Podcast as a whole

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# 337 “Holiday Special 2022”

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This week we discuss;

Play list
Jim

  • SWTOR
  • MW2 Multiplayer

Logun

  • God of War Ragnarok
  • Vampire Survivor
  • Installing Launchbox and spinning the retro games back up

Curls

  • Metroid: Prime
  • Overwatch 2
  • Linux Game testing on laptop
  • PC Building Sim 2
News
Mysterious Star Wars Game Testing in Sweden

Nvidia Killing Game Stream

Steam Winter Sale Next Week, Gaming Nominations

Chris Metzen returns to Warcraft as an advisor

Amazon Games Publishing next Tomb Raider?

The Withcher III Next Gen update released

AMD Radeon RX 7900 and RX 7900 XT Launch

The Game Awards Games of the year 2022

Topics
What are we streaming?

Logun

  • Black Adam
  • Karate Kid (Netflix)
  • Andor (Disney+)
  • Christmas movies
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Family Man
    • Jingle All the Way
    • Scrooged
    • Christmas Carol (Muppets and Disney)
    • Die Hard

Jim

  • The Black List (Ray Reddington is my role model)
  • Christmas Movies
  • Top Gun Maverick
  • Hunter Killer

Curls

  • Ready to Love
  • From Scratch

You can find the AFK podcast at theafkpodcast.net  There you will find links to our Twitch stream, YouTube, and Discord.  Join our Discord for more pc gaming and hardware discussion.



Additional Support for the show:

Podsafe music courtesy of freemusicarchive.org

Intro-music: Skate by Kamiku

Outro-music: Battle of Pogs by Kamiku

The opinions expressed in this podcast are that of the individual and NOT the opinion’s of The AFK Podcast as a whole

 

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We’re Still Here

We are still here and will return as soon as possible.  After 12 years of service Flynn’s podcasting rig up and died.  He is in the process of rebuilding the rig and the podcast studio.  Back Soon!  — The AFK Podcast.

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