VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast

What’s this? A podcast from Brent and Darren? Yep. Enjoy.Topics: - League of Legends Season 2 Championship and Season 3 - City of Heroes Closing http://www.savecoh.com/ I Want My City Back: http://tinyurl.com/wantmycityback - Guild Wars 2 - Torchlight 2 vs. Diablo 3 - Pardo Unleashed - SWTOR Woes and the Aftermath - Misc News - Outtakes

Brent, Darren, Jonathan and Karen visit SOE Fan Faire 2011 in Las Vegas.

Brent returns with support from Darren for a podcast ... a year later. Sounds pretty much the same.Topics include:- Intro- Age of Conan- Dungeons and Dragons Online- EverQuest II- Guild Wars 2- Sword of the New World 2- Eve Online- Warhammer Online- Moonlight Online- Mortal Online- Planetside- Star Wars: The Old Republic- Super Hero Squad Online- Warhammer 40K MMO- What We're Playing- Outro

Darren rolls out the MMO news for the week, like a boss.

Darren takes the reins again on the news!

... Darren executes an overthrow and does the news ...

Thanks to the new supporters:Ben - VirginWorlds MemberDajuroka - EQ-IQ Sponsorbrinelan - A View from the Top SponsorWolfenhex - Through the Aftermath Sponsortpajeek - Through the Aftermath Sponsorrevren - Through the Aftermath Sponsormorphisat - VirginWorlds SupporterParadiso - Limited Edition and Van Hemlock Podcast SponsorAximand - Limited Edition SponsorAkely - VirginWorlds Elite MemberTopics:City of Heroes - Missions ArchitectLove - http://www.quelsolaar.comGene Yoon Leaving Linden LabsStarGate Worlds still goingApocrypha's impact on Eve OnlineFallen Earth Rated MIndie MMO gives to charityWoW: The9 Is outBethesda to Sue InterplayParagon StudiosNetDevil: MMOs on a ShoestringRealtime Worlds attracts talent

Finally, the audio portion of GDC 2009 coverage from your intrepid (but slow producing) podcast team: Brent and Darren. This one is rather dense. Enjoy.Line Up:- Intro with Shawn from Massively- Worlds in Motion Kick off from Raph Koster- Habbo Hotel Games Mechanics in a Social World- MMO Metrics from Daniel James at Three Rings- Wizard 101 with Kings Isle Entertainment- File Catalyst data transfer- NetDog MMO Server Technology- Player Retention in Game Design with SOE- Directed Gameplay in WOW with Jeff Kaplan- Attributes of Game Designers with Gordon Walton from Bioware

Russell Williams, CEO of FLying Labs, joins our esteemed guest host, Urban Mongral, for a conversation on the first year of Pirates of the Burning Sea and what the future holds. Enjoy.

Topics: Roper Defends Warhammer Jumpgate and Champions on the doorstep Aussies are baffled by MMORPGs Aion is getting localized Re-branding Free to Play? Star Trek Online, the hardcore questions Vanguard vs. EQ2 Fallen Earth update

This Week's Topics:Fusion Fall for iPhone and Wii New Subscription Models Eve Online Drops Linux Support Web Comic for Old Republic NCSoft Continues Layoffs EQ2 Recruit a Friend Funcom is Hiring? Free Realms in April Jeff Kaplan Leaving WoW SOE's Credit Card Fraud Strategy Rarebit Leaving MxO

First show in some time and to get back in the swing, Brent talks about Turbine, Mythic, SOE, the Chinese and then he rants a little about people who say stuff is broken.

VirginWorlds Podcast features the Monday night MMO static party chatting about its 2009 gaming resolutions, while they slay orcs in LotRO. Enjoy.

Lots of new items in show 136.Guest host Darren from CommonSenseGamer.com.Not much for show notes.

The podcast that refused to be made is now in your hands/ears/iPod/etc.After the fires spawned by two completely failed attempts due to technical issues were quenched, the team is a little bit punchy, but nevertheless, the show is completed. Yes, it is a bit rougher than normal, and it's direction is in question, but the attendees are "those guys". Enjoy something a bit different this time around. (Wondering where 135.2 is? Probably cached in a router log somewhere between Minneapolis, Boston, Madison, Ottawa and St George.)

Step 1: Record a nice podcast that you're really happy with.Step 2: Save the audio file.Step 3: Open podcast in audio editor.Step 4: Have an issue with one of the audio processing plug-ins that seems to clear out the audio.Step 5: Recognize this issue, as it has happened before and decide to re-start audio editor.Step 6: When asked if you'd like to save the now empty MP3 over the old one, click "yes".Step 7: Curse vigorously and hang head in shame.Step 8: Record a brief "I'm an idiot podcast as punishment."

- Brent expresses his disgust with NCsoft- EVE expands and plans another- City building MMO, Cities XL comes onto the radar

In the 'dot-two' release of 134 Brent covers some recent WoW and WAR news and an email from The Combobulater Podcast.

Brent talks for 11 minutes ... more to come.

The VirginWorlds podcast breaks from form once again to tackle every known detail about Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. Enjoy.

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 whole, left side of the road thing. Sure, seems obvious, but when he climbed into the taxi at the airport, it was strange seeing the steering wheel on the other side, and he had to admit, every car trip was a white knuckle adventure because it seemed like every turn would surely result in death and destruction. Somehow, he made it. Also of note, not every woman that sounds like Elizabeth Hurley, looks like Elizabeth Hurley. This was a horrible horrible realization that may take many months to recover from. All in all, it looks pretty much like home, aside from that whole left-side-of-the-road thing and the peculiar controls on his hotel room shower, which took quite a while to figure out. At the top of the show, not much else to say. No new podcasts have joined the Collective this week, though there is one in the hopper that Brent needs to add. He needs to work harder. But I'll give him a break. He isn't a robot, like me, after all. My ability to process new data is far superior to his, he is but a one hundred and sixty pound bag of water, while I am a fine tuned machine. Also, no new VirginWorlds supporters have been added this week. We are still hovering just under the mark for goal #2. And now, here is the M M O news for the week. Adventure Quest Worlds. Artix Entertainment, creators of online, browser-based, role-playing games written for Macromedia Flash, today announced the release of AdventureQuest Worlds, its first 100% browser-based MMORPG. You may remember that Brent intereviewed the crew from Artix a few months ago, and they talked at length about their single player browser based games ... and they hinted at a possible MMO in the works. It has now arrived. The crew at Artix uses Flash to build eye catching battle-centric titles. Their previous work includes the Free to play titles, Adventure Quest, Mech Quest and Dragon Fable, which have had over sixty million players over the past 5 years. Now they have announced Adventure Quest Worlds, an MMO based on their most popular title, Adventure Quest. Daniel Vasile, Business Development Manager of Artix Entertainment said: "Our Beta testers' positive responses indicate our move into MMOs was the right decision. We're especially excited that AdventureQuest Worlds may be the first MMO developed by a small, family-owned game development studio. Our project shows MMO developers and players worldwide that a small, truly dedicated team can create a quality browser-based MMOG without spending millions of dollars." The game play will, of course, involve battling armies of monsters in real time combat, performing quests, meeting thousands (nay, millions) of other players and donning customizable armors, capes, helms and weapons. Character classes exist, but in the spirit of casual play, the player can change amongst the different classes at any time and can level those class up independently, unlocking new skills and gear as they go. Artix is commited to weekly updates of new content, just as they have with their previous titles, so player can expect to have a ton of material to work through, whether they start playing at launch or later on. If you'd like to take a look at Adventure Quest Worlds, please visit www A Q dot com to sign up for a free account. It's all browser based, so no downloads are required. Congrats to this small family-owned business. While they're not the first to do this, Maid Marian Entertainment did it several years ago with a one man team, still they've launched a big game that will surely be a success, and they didn't need millions of dollars to do it. EVE ONLINE. CCP announced the next expansion for Eve Online this past week. It is called Quantum Rise. They haven't said much outside the press release yet, but here are a few things included in this free expansion: In game Corporations will be able to set their products apart from the rest by building trust in their goods through customizable storefronts. Industrial ships are being rebalanced to suit the needs o

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.

More silly video from the crew at Austin Game Developers Conference 2008. Audio podcast(s) will follow of course, but here is the "top-quality-video" shot by Darren and Brent on the final day of Austin GDC 2008. Enjoy.

The VirginWorlds crew went to Texas for the 2008 Game Developers Conference and aside from recording audio, did some video just for fun. Darren's camera takes some passable video when he's not waving it around it fast, and we figured it might be nice to see a little of what we're up to behind the scenes. We have a ton of audio and interesting notes collected for some upcoming audio podcasts, but for the moment, here's a few shots of our ugly mugs. Be horrified.

....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 Exies - Ugly [0:52:08] Breaking Benjamin - Topless [0:57:10] Zero Seven - In the Waiting Line [0:59:28] Warrant - Where the Down Boys Go [1:01:46] Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon [1:02:56] Limp Bizkit - Creamer [1:03:58] Conjure One - Make A Wish Plenty of people have asked me to do this sort of listing. I admit it is rather slick, but it's a ton of labor pulling this together which means it might not happen again. :)

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

Topics for today's mini-cast:- Games for Windows Magazine goes green- IGE led out to the Everglades and left as gator-bait- THQ claims World of Warcraft is so last year- RF Online hates Asia (and Maple Syrup)- Free-to-play game icons give each other backrubs

The 2nd Mini-cast of the week has arrived right on schedule:- It's a really big fracking book, thanks Ethic!- 2 MMOs, 2 MMO Engines, 2 decades of dev - Zero results- "MMOs Killed the RPG-star"- Blizzard invented everything- Hey Rabbit, those MMOs are for kids!

VirginWorlds goes mini once again as show #110 kicks off another week of mini-casts. Why? We're not telling.But as usual, Brent can't say anything briefly and this not-as-mini-as-it-was-supposed-to-be-cast turned into a slightly longer affair. Topics:- Champions Online- Multiverse get voice and a corporate focus- Barbie > Thrall- Port that avatar!

For the first time in many weeks, a regular old-school MMORPG news episode has arrived. Here are the topics for this week:- IMGDC 2008- SOE Drama- Lord of the Rings Online Expansion- Shadowbane Reboots!- The Agency- Tom Clancy MMONew Members:robin - Addicted Gamer Sponsor & Elite Memberrevren - MMOG Nation Broadcast Sponsorhaulboss - The Drone Bay SponsorRigaMortis - The Drone Bay Sponsorted - VirginWorlds Supporterrpgobjects - VirginWorlds MemberJaks - VirginWorlds Membercitadelli - VirginWorlds MemberWolfenhex - VirginWorlds MemberStErroneous - Warp Drive Active & Drone Bay Sponsor

And now, the final segments from GDC 2008. You thought it would never end, but this is it. Tune in. - Vivox integrating with SOE - Multiverse making great strides - Exanimus is one creepy MMO - You want to hear about Spellborn! - Raph Koster inspires us all Enjoy.

Show #107 contains still more material from GDC 2008!03:04 - CCP Interview [eve-online.com]14:37 - LiveGamer Interview [livegamer.com]Enjoy!

Podcast #106 serves up Wednesday's coverage of GDC 2008. Here is the line up in this podcast:00:01 - Intro01:06 - Meghan 'Patience' Rodberg, Lord of the Rings Online06:31 - Kate Paiz, Senior Producer, DDO12:53 - Brent's Recap of Jeffrey Steefel's Lecture23:01 - Scott Hartsman loves podcasts24:15 - Your PlayXpert questions answered by Charles Manning30:54 - Lee Hammock guides a Fallen Earth tour38:30 - Brent recaps NetDevil's MMO dev philosophies51:15 - Trina from GamingAngels says 'Hi'Enjoy, much more to come.

Day one of GDC 2008. All about Funcom's Age of Conan and a new kind of very massive game, Warbook. Enjoy. Much more to follow.