Virginworlds Mmorpg Podcast

As presented by Robotic Brent.--- Podcast 132 This is VirginWorlds Podcast #132 for October 19th, 2008.  I am your host, Robotic Brent, and this is the Massively Multiplayer Gaming news for the past week. --- First, you are probably saying, "Hey, that's not Brent, that's a robot voice."  You are correct.  Brent seems to have contracted a deadly throat slaying ailment on his recent trip to London, and while he doesn't sound all that bad, he can barely get two words out without coughing up a lung, and so, instead you have me, Robotic Brent.  Interesting isn't it that I have nearly as much emotion in my delivery as Brent does. Ha Ha Ha. Yes, Brent flew into the UK this past week for work.  And aside from enjoying Boddingtons Pub Ale on tap and close to its home, he sampled very little of London or the surrounding area.  It was one of those in and out work trips and he didn't get a chance to get away and meet any of the UK podcast crew.  Brent sucks.  He was particularly taken aback by that wh

This week's subjects include: Bioware and Lucas are about to come clean IMGDC goes to Vegas LotRO, now with Mines! Mindfuse building a steampowered, unpronounceable game Metaplace in beta Terminator MMO Turbine social networking WoW: Blizzard has mastered the mute button Garriott offends Brent's sensibilities Listener mail

VirginWorlds Podcast 130 is full of MMORPG news... first non-conference show in some time. Here are the topics: New Podcasts New supporters Archlord grows larger Blizzard pay-per-view Fallen Earth is 'content complete' Combat Arms Pirates of the Burning Sea SOE putting all MMOs on consoles. Everquest 3? Spellborn is real Stargate Worlds is real Star Wars Galaxies mobility Lars Koschin, President and CEO of Gameforge/ Ikarium RF Online leaving the west WAR sells The Pain Vests Top 20 Game Publishers Listener Mail What I'm Playing

VirginWorlds coverage of Austin Game Developers Conference 2008.  Darren and Brent are on hand in Austin to cover the goings on at this year's conference.Show schedule:Intro: 0:00K2 Networks/Gamers First: 3:59Crisp Thinking: 11:55Leigh Alexander: 22:01Vasco: 37:06Icarus Studios: 48:08Terremark Worldwide: 52:14Cuppy: 57:38Outro:  1:04:33This concludes the recorded content from Austin GDC, but there's still more to come.  We have stuff stored in our heads too.  That will coming purged and backed up in podcast format next.

....and part two from SOE Fan Faire 2008.  It's a mini-cast-wrap-up show on some of our thoughts and experiences from Day 2 of the festival.  Once again, Jonathan joins Brent as they report from Las Vegas.

The VirginWorlds crew attends SOE Fan Faire 2008 and here is the Day 1 report.  Lots of love for The Agency, DC Universe Online, and yes, even Free Realms.Check out the Day 1 Pictures here.Enjoy.

Topics this week:- Does Brent deserve a break?- Blackstar's status: precarious- Blade & Soul, NC Soft learns kung fu- Darkfall waffles- DNA, just what our outer space overlords ordered- Wrath of Lich King to arrive in 2008- Saga of Ryzom is reborn- Star Trek Online is for real- Listener Mail on Runescape DH- What I'm Playing

VirginWorlds Podcast #125 covers some of the E3 news that appeared on the scene such as SOE's new Star Wars card game, Bioware's Knights of the Old Republic MMO and many non-Star Wars-related topics as well.  Enjoy.

Was supposed to be a mini-cast.  Oh well.- Age of Conan- VivenActiBlizzarddiVision- Face of Mankind- GoonWorld- Warhammer Online- World of Warcraft- Flagship- Lively- More KOTOR- Runescape HD- DC Universe- Voicemails from Ron and Hoss

Very Brief Show.  More to come.  Mini-cast week begins again.  (Woot.)

The News: - Project Top Secret has a winner - Blizzard tokenizes you - Habbo Empire - WTF. Don't tailgate me. - SOE Fan Faire - Silkroad slays 7+ million - Top 10 Free to Play MMOs - Guild Wars 2 FAQ The Mail: - Matt corrects me - Nathaniel pleas for FFA PvP - Gio makes me give Uwe Boll credit - Jmo hits the nail on the head - Fred gets more Mac info than he anticipated - Kassandra wonders which game is the biggest - Els hits me with a shotgun blast of topics - Alvin's harddrive suffers - Celebrity Mobhunter on the scene - Blake reminds me, UO did that too. Podcast 122's Song Selections [0:04:40] Auto Assault - Azure Torment [0:06:38] Helmet - Wilma's Rainbow [0:07:56] Meshuggah - Obzen [0:09:21] Extreme - Cupid's Dead [0:10:36] Spineshank - Forgotton [0:12:41] Slaughter - Fly to the Angels [0:18:00] Filter - The Wake [0:21:57] The Church - Louisiana [0:23:00] Burn Season - Carry On [0:29:11] Institute - Bullet Proof Skin [0:34:46] Nas - My War (unreleased) [0:38:34] Eminem - Mockingbird [0:47:32] The Exie

Random chatter about Age of Conan, The Agency, EverQuest II, Concerto Gate and Saga of Ryzom (gasp).

Brent struggles through his Windows to Mac audio transition once again, but still delivers a short podcast packed with various tidbits from the MMORPG world.- Harry Potter MMO in the works?- Should MMORPGs and Virtual Worlds collide?- What is a Concerto Gate?- The Agency promises not to nickle-dime you.- Fallen Earth continues talking- Cryptic Studios is a big tease

Topics:    - Age of Conan (Breast reduction, box inflation)    - EverQuest and EverQuest 2 (Living Legacy)    - Tabula Rasa (Financial Flop)    - Turbine (Financial Giants)    - MMOs and Movies (Please, not Uwe)        - Listener Mail    - What I'm Playing    - Wrap up.

Topics for this week: - Collective News- Age of Conan - Sells fast, bans fast - Private Server - Your ticket to license plate design school - SOE - Smed pimps the future, Fan Faire registration opens - Eve Online - Next expansion date set - Neocron 2 - Needs new hard drives - Austin GDC - Speakers announced - Top 20 MMO Peeps - I didn't make the list - Grimwell's Perfect Manifesto - Vivox Interview with Monty Sharma - Patrick analyzes WoW's expansion cycle - Brent's news failure

Show 117 discusses Age of Conan's nudity as well as its beta test, John Smedley's perspective on the MMO industry, Playboy's interest in virtual worlds, Spacetime's Blackstar, EVE Online's 5th year, Dofus's revamp and more.

This special interview show features the team from Artix Entertainment.   Artix is excelling in the online gaming space with three RPG games that more than 12 million people visit each month.  While not Massive in the classic sense, they are truly massive online games nonetheless.  Tune in to learn about their games, their philosophies and their unique sense of humor that keeps people coming back for more. - Adventure Quest - Dragon Fable - Mech Quest

Massively Multiplayer News Topics:- Age of Conan preps for release- APB changes plans / Webzen is AWOL- The Agency has PvP too- Dofus goes mobile- Earthrise design notes- EverQuest II - The Shadow of Odyssey- KingsIsle arrived on the scene- Lineage II expands yet again- The MMO Blue Book (here)- A Wii MMO?- Brent rants- Listener Mail: Timecards and Collector's Editions

Massively Multiplayer Gaming News for this week includes:- Salaries of US-based game developers- Pirates of the Burning Sea reduces server count- EVE Online client code is leaked and posted- MMO games didn't make the top 100 list in past 12 months- 4 MMOs that should have been great- Vanguard update 5- 5 Problems with WoW- SOE Fan Faire 2008

Soon you'll be able to fill a harddrive with mini-casts.  Here's another short blast of MMO news.- CCP thinks virtual currency sellers are big meanies- Crime doesn't pay, but damned if it ain't attractive- CoHPodcast.com drops in a comment (visit them!)- Random words strung together regarding Warhammer 40K- MMOGChart data is sorta depressing