Sat, 6 October 2012
What’s this? A podcast from Brent and Darren? Yep. Enjoy. |
Wed, 13 July 2011
Brent, Darren, Jonathan and Karen visit SOE Fan Faire 2011 in Las Vegas. |
Sun, 16 May 2010
Brent returns with support from Darren for a podcast ... a year later. Sounds pretty much the same. |
Mon, 29 June 2009
Darren rolls out the MMO news for the week, like a boss.
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Mon, 22 June 2009
Darren takes the reins again on the news!
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Tue, 16 June 2009
... Darren executes an overthrow and does the news ...
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Sat, 18 April 2009
Thanks to the new supporters:
Ben - VirginWorlds Member Dajuroka - EQ-IQ Sponsor brinelan - A View from the Top Sponsor Wolfenhex - Through the Aftermath Sponsor tpajeek - Through the Aftermath Sponsor revren - Through the Aftermath Sponsor morphisat - VirginWorlds Supporter Paradiso - Limited Edition and Van Hemlock Podcast Sponsor Aximand - Limited Edition Sponsor Akely - VirginWorlds Elite Member Topics: City of Heroes - Missions Architect Love - http://www.quelsolaar.com Gene Yoon Leaving Linden Labs StarGate Worlds still going Apocrypha's impact on Eve Online Fallen Earth Rated M Indie MMO gives to charity WoW: The9 Is out Bethesda to Sue Interplay Paragon Studios NetDevil: MMOs on a Shoestring Realtime Worlds attracts talent |
Tue, 7 April 2009
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 |
Tue, 17 March 2009
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.
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Sun, 22 February 2009
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 |
Sun, 15 February 2009
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Sun, 8 February 2009
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.
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Sat, 3 January 2009
VirginWorlds Podcast features the Monday night MMO static party chatting about its 2009 gaming resolutions, while they slay orcs in LotRO. Enjoy.
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Mon, 22 December 2008
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Fri, 12 December 2008
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.) |
Sun, 7 December 2008
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." |
Sat, 22 November 2008
- Brent expresses his disgust with NCsoft
- EVE expands and plans another - City building MMO, Cities XL comes onto the radar |
Wed, 19 November 2008
In the 'dot-two' release of 134 Brent covers some recent WoW and WAR news and an email from The Combobulater Podcast.
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Tue, 18 November 2008
Brent talks for 11 minutes ... more to come.
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Sun, 2 November 2008
The VirginWorlds podcast breaks from form once again to tackle every known detail about Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. Enjoy.
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Sun, 19 October 2008
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 of haulers and
industrialists-including the latest edition to the fleet, a massive
capital industrial ship dubbed the Orca. A new certificate system will
give a quick and verifiable means to discern a pilot's skill level in
trading, gunnery or countless other professions, providing plenty of
bragging rights. Let's face it, ego is a big part of M M O gameplay.
The release of Quantum Rise, much like previous expansions, will be
done in multiple stages. The upgrade began with the recent
implementation of technological breakthroughs such as Stackless I O and
EVE 64 which upgraded the server hardware and streamlined communication
between server and client to severely reduce lag. In order to enhance
the ability for hundreds of ships to take place in combat at the same
time, CCP will be making significant hardware and server improvements,
they say, and I quote "to bring the most massive player vs player
experience available, expanding a boundless universe into a limitless
one." End quote. More to be revealed in the coming weeks. For further
discussion of Quantum Rise, I, Robotic Brent, recommend the EVE Online
Podcasts that you'll find on the VirginWorlds Podcast Collective, such
as Warp Drive Active, The Drone Bay and Micro Warp Cast. Also be sure
to check out two other Eve Podcasts that have sprung up somewhat
recently, FlyReckless and Titan Weekly, you can find them linked on
VirginWorlds.com.
Pirates of the Burning Sea.
Blizzard's Next MMO.Major avatar combat revisions are in development for Pirates of the Burning Sea.
Kevin Maginn, Lead Designer at Flying Lab Software, has written a dev blog on the subject.
Here is what he said: (Quote)
“Over the last few months, I’ve been working almost completely off the radar on just that: a major iteration of the avatar combat system. At the same time, most of the content team has been doing the same for the avatar missions; the animation team has been revising all the swordfighting animations; the UI team has been revising the UI and the particle effects; and the sound team has been iterating all the sounds of avatar combat.
In short, we’ve been stripping avatar combat down to its foundation and building up again. We’ve learned a lot from the first major iteration of the system; we know what worked and what didn’t, what was fun and what was dull. We’ve gathered a lot of feedback from you as well as feedback from our internal test team. We’ve applied that knowledge to create a new system that (in my naturally biased opinion) is much more fun and engaging, as well as easier to learn and easier to use.” (End Quote)
This
is probably an extremely good idea as most people felt that the avatar
combat system was just 'ok' and somehow, the ship combat, while
effective, didn't seem to carry the title on its own. Kevin did not
give any details regarding when this content would release, but let's
hope it is soon.
Sword of the New World.
Update 4 is currently launched or mid-launch.
There was a lengthy blog post on the subject, and I'd tell you about it, but if you are not a Sword of the New World player, it would not mean anything to you. Let's summarize. Sword of the New World is still getting very active additions, and as Brent has said in the past, this is a rather solid game for a free to play port from the east, perhaps the best one he has seen. I, Robotic Brent, didn't particularly like it, because, like Darren from Common Sense Gamer, I find ani-may style graphics emasculating and when you have a dual core processor and 3 gigs of ram, you should be very macho, not playing elfen looking boy-girls in lace and ribbons. One note worthy addition to this game is the new premium subscription program, with a full customer support addition. All other players will only get basic support (game client issues, bugs, etc). That means if you are not premium but buy gold (via microtransactions), you will not get support. They are also working to get name change, gender change and character restoration options available to all players (these are paid changes). The 3 available Premium packs look like this: Basic Pioneering Pack (Trial Pack) [$4.95 once a month] Includes: * 500 gold * 1 Mystery Box Veteran Pioneering Pack [30 Days for $8.95, 90 Days for $24.99, 180 Days for $45.99] the Veteran Pioneering PackIncludes: * 2000 gold * 2 Mystery Boxes * Receive 5% off on additional Gold purchases for the duration of the package. next is the Expert Pioneering Pack [30 Days for $14.95, 90 Days for $39.99, 180 Days for $74.99] the Expert Pioneering PackIncludes: * 4000 gold * 3 Mystery Boxes * Receive 10% off on additional Gold purchases for the duration of the package. and finally, the Master Pioneering Pack [30 Days for $24.95, 90 Days for $69.99, 180 Days for $129.99] the Master Pioneering Pack Includes: * 8000 gold * 6 Mystery Boxes * Receive 20% off on additional Gold purchases for the duration of the package. Thanks to Jay for bringing this news to Brent's attention.
Surprise
suprise, Michael Mor haim said the next MMO from Blizzard, which was
confirmed as "happening", is not World of Warcraft 2. Well duh. Even I
could have told you that, and I'm just a bunch of circuits with a
pretty aluminum frame. I was talking to Human Brent about this a few
days ago and he started to give in to the idea that Blizzard might in
fact be building a Starcraft MMO to follow on the Starcraft 2 release,
just like they did with Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft. He still
thinks that is lame, but is starting to accept it as a predictable and
boring possibility. In other, some what related Blizzard news, the leaders from Blizzard and Mythic have been participating in some interesting mudslinging about who let who into which beta, game imbalance, who will win in the long run and so forth. It is rather ridiculous. I am shocked, completely shocked, that Jeff Kaplan from Blizzard was allowed to say anything to the gaming press about his expereince with Warhammer online or his thoughts. Typically Blizzard just remains silent and stoic as if to silently indicate that their competitors should, "Bring it". Mark Jacobs from Mythic, on the other hand, continues to talk the same way he did when Mythic was independent and not part of EA. This means, he pretty much says whatever he wants. In this case, I think he would be best served by being silent as well, and not implying that in the long term, war might beat wow, because that's crazy talk. My favorite part was when he said “If you look at ‘Warhammer,’ there were so many points [where] we consciously made the decision not to be like wow and to try to push the envelope. I think you’ll find that if you’re actually going to compare the two products, I would say wow is certainly a more polished game now than Warhammer is, of course they’ve had four years and billions of dollars, but if you look at the innovations in ‘Warhammer,’ you’d be hard-pressed to find as many in wow.” End Quote. After reading that, I laughed so hard, I had to reboot and defrag. Pushing the envelope? Innovations? Uh oh, segmentation fault-
City of Heroes. Quick bit on City of Heroes and Villians. Zombies have arrived for the Halloween season. Go kill them. End of story. Love. Human
Brent, being completely out of touch with the MMO world (gotcha) hasn't
talked about this one before, but it is billed as a
procedurally-generated moderately-multiplayer online world by one-man
studio, Eskil Steenberg. As a computer, I took particular interest in
the fact that this game or world or experience or whatever it is, is
supposed to be procedurally generated and was made by a single fellow
with a laptop, not that unlike myself. Rock Paper Shotgun .com , a
great gaming website, has the first trailer video form this game, and
calls it, quote, "A wondrous, impressionistic MMO world that
facilitates player
creativity and encourages co-operation, that looks incredible and
sounds too ambitious to be true. It’s a bold, brave project of
independent game development." end quote. And based on the video, this
is true, though I have to admit, I was surprised at the level of
violence depicted in this game called, Love. Or maybe I should not
have been surprised. You humans do tend to be a tad ironic. To follow
the development of this one-man MMO, visit: http://www.quelsolaar.com Wrap Up. Ok, short show for today, partly because news was light this week and partly because you're probably tired of listening to Robotic Brent. I'm sure Human Brent will surface soon enough. In the meantime, go check out some of his favorite sites, Massively.com and Gaxonline.com. Be sure to become a supporter of the site and various podcasts if you are willing and able, several podcasts still are seeking sponsors. Have a good week gaming, and please be kind to your computer, we're amaziningly sensitive sometimes. Bye. |
Sun, 12 October 2008
This week's subjects include:
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Sun, 5 October 2008
VirginWorlds Podcast 130 is full of MMORPG news... first non-conference show in some time. Here are the topics:
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Sun, 21 September 2008
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: 0:00 K2 Networks/Gamers First: 3:59 Crisp Thinking: 11:55 Leigh Alexander: 22:01 Vasco: 37:06 Icarus Studios: 48:08 Terremark Worldwide: 52:14 Cuppy: 57:38 Outro: 1:04:33 This 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. |
Fri, 19 September 2008
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.
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Fri, 19 September 2008
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.
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Mon, 18 August 2008
....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.
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Sat, 16 August 2008
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. |
Sun, 3 August 2008
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 |
Thu, 24 July 2008
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.
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Wed, 16 July 2008
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 |
Mon, 14 July 2008
Very Brief Show. More to come. Mini-cast week begins again. (Woot.)
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Sun, 29 June 2008
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. :) |
Thu, 26 June 2008
Random chatter about Age of Conan, The Agency, EverQuest II, Concerto Gate and Saga of Ryzom (gasp).
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Sun, 15 June 2008
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 |
Sun, 8 June 2008
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. |
Sun, 1 June 2008
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 |
Mon, 12 May 2008
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.
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Sun, 11 May 2008
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 |
Mon, 28 April 2008
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 |
Sun, 20 April 2008
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 |
Thu, 10 April 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 |
Wed, 9 April 2008
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 |
Mon, 7 April 2008
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! |
Sun, 6 April 2008
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! |
Sun, 23 March 2008
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 MMO New Members: robin - Addicted Gamer Sponsor & Elite Member revren - MMOG Nation Broadcast Sponsor haulboss - The Drone Bay Sponsor RigaMortis - The Drone Bay Sponsor ted - VirginWorlds Supporter rpgobjects - VirginWorlds Member Jaks - VirginWorlds Member citadelli - VirginWorlds Member Wolfenhex - VirginWorlds Member StErroneous - Warp Drive Active & Drone Bay Sponsor |
Mon, 17 March 2008
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. |
Sun, 2 March 2008
Show #107 contains still more material from GDC 2008!
03:04 - CCP Interview [eve-online.com] 14:37 - LiveGamer Interview [livegamer.com] Enjoy! |
Sun, 24 February 2008
Podcast #106 serves up Wednesday's coverage of GDC 2008. Here is the line up in this podcast:
00:01 - Intro 01:06 - Meghan 'Patience' Rodberg, Lord of the Rings Online 06:31 - Kate Paiz, Senior Producer, DDO 12:53 - Brent's Recap of Jeffrey Steefel's Lecture 23:01 - Scott Hartsman loves podcasts 24:15 - Your PlayXpert questions answered by Charles Manning 30:54 - Lee Hammock guides a Fallen Earth tour 38:30 - Brent recaps NetDevil's MMO dev philosophies 51:15 - Trina from GamingAngels says 'Hi' Enjoy, much more to come. |
Thu, 21 February 2008
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.
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Sun, 17 February 2008
Brent and Darren slap together a quick, unstructured, informal show
before packing up and leaving for GDC 2008. These show notes are
equally unstructured. Enjoy.
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Thu, 14 February 2008
In this mid-week technology feature, Brent talks with Charles Manning from PlayXpert about a technology billed as "The massively extendable, customizable in-game toolset that will change the way you game." Cool technology and some exciting announcements as well.
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Sun, 10 February 2008
New Podcasts
- The Addicted Gamer - Face the Nation Topics - Bioware - FreeRealms - Myst Online - Nintendo - Sid Meier - Saga of Ryzom - RMT - Second Life - Plans for the upcoming weeks New Members - Psyik - pitot65 - theaddictedgamer.com - whoaday - jansaell - jan.saell.org |
Tue, 5 February 2008
Topics:
Age of Conan The Agency Armada: Kingdoms Dungeons & Dragons Online Earthrise EVE Online EverQuest and EverQuest II Kingdom Under Fire Saga of Ryzom The Secret World Star Wars Galaxies World of Warcraft New Members! |
Mon, 28 January 2008
Clocking in at just under 3 hours in length, show 100 has finally arrived. There are probably 30+ familiar voices on this show and you'll find plenty of raw commentary and information as well as more laughs than any other episode of the VirginWorlds Podcast.
Special thanks to ALL of the contributors to this special 100th episode. It has been a great run and there WILL be 100 more podcasts from VirginWorlds! Guests include: Brenden from Another Here Jonathan from TOGA Darren from TCSG and SUWT John from The Ancient Gaming Noob Dennis from Potshot Michael from MMOG Nation Craig from Voyages in Eternity Lauren from Mystic Worlds Aimee from the Official SOE Podcast Ethic from Kill Ten Rats William from Ramblings of a Bildo Yivvits & MrBubble from swgpodcast.com Shawn from GuildCast, TabulaCast and OMGRL Beau and Leala Scytale 2 from The MMOE Blog Adam from Witty Ranter Kami from Comutiny Patrick from Azeroth.fr ...and more... Have fun listening! |
Mon, 21 January 2008
Oops, it isn't show 100 yet, but here's a good show where Brent covers some listener mail and a handful of other random topics.
Enjoy and thanks for listening. |
Sat, 5 January 2008
Drawing ever closer to show 100. Number 99 is a special show featuring the annual joining of forces by VirginWorlds (Brent and Brenden) and Massively Online Gamer (Ryan and Gary). As you would expect we talk about MMOs, we cuss, we talk about non-MMOs, we make references to obscure pop culture, we talk about console games, we carpet bomb the podcast with f-bombs, and we spend some time making fun of each other. Not your typical VirginWorlds Podcast, but that is what makes it fun. If you're adverse to intense language, stray away. If you're a fan of both shows, you won't want to miss it.
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Mon, 31 December 2007
Podcast 98, the final podcast of 2007 features Brent, Darren from Shut Up We're Talking and Common Sense Gamer, Shawn from GuildCast, TabulaCast and OMG Real Life and Michael from MMOGNation. Join these familiar voices as they talk about the highs and lows of 2007, the game mechanics they want to see killed, the trends in MMO gaming and a listing of the MMO industry heroes of 2007. Have a happy new year!
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Fri, 28 December 2007
Finally, the podcast that struggled through the holiday week has been completed, and it is a big one. Darren from Common Sense Gamer and Shut Up We're Talking joins Brent for a lengthy rundown of the MMO news over the past couple of weeks.
Topics include: - Blizzard's new MMO project - Cryptic Studios - Darkeden - Sony Online Entertainment news - Linden Labs - MMORPG.com's Reader's Choice Awards - MMOG Data - Might and Magic MMO - Warhammer Online - The Word of the Year - The Gnomies - Listener Mail - What We're Playing New Equipment Sponsor: Johnedw2 New Elite Members: - Saylah from Mystic Worlds - LadyBhaal - Blue15 New Supporters: - Sheldrake - Blacktop New Member: - asakawa |
Sun, 9 December 2007
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Sun, 2 December 2007
Topics in VirginWorlds Podcast #95:
Mobhunter Sponsor: noahk17 - www.fftrealm.com Equipment Sponsor: Adam Voyages of Vanguard Sponsor: Lucifrank - tenfoldhate.wordpress.com The Online Gamers Anthology Sponsor: robg EQual Perspectives Sponsor: KazeDreams RingCast Sponsor: Jonathan from The Online Gamers Anthology OMG Real Life Sponsor: Inhibitor - lagorama.blogspot.com Elite Members: UrbanMongral from Warp Drive Active KevinC - www.theserverisdown.com Ceadrick - www.knightsoftheinternet.com VirginWorlds Supporters: batavner Morgardin - trollonfire.wordpress.com Galaji Sente QforQ - www.UberguildsRadio.com potshot - potshot.wordpress.com cdsorden - random-battle.com Corrin RadarX - www.tentonhammer.com krones - www.plaguelands.com thejaxx - www.ahazi.org Barolo RFWarrior VirginWorlds Members: crazykinux - www.crazykinux.com Ariannel ajhfiddler amaret - www.wowaddonspodcast.com Kriss Crowheart |
Sat, 24 November 2007
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the US. I hope you had a fine meal
or two and had some free time to spend hunting mobs (and visiting your families.) Here are the topics for this week.
Topics: -EverQuest II -EverQuest -Legends of Norrath -Lineage II -Marvel Universe Online -Space Time Studios -World of Warcraft -The VirginWorlds Membership Plan New Sponsors: Sponsoring the VirginWorlds Podcast: Cuppycake and Michael Sponsiring Shut Up We're Talking: Belo, Hugh (hughnme) and John (wilhelm2451, TAGN) Sponsoring TabulaCast: hauntshade and GreenGel Sponsoring Warp Drive Active: StErroneous Website Sponsor: Craig/DamianoV from Voyages in Eternity New Members: -Louis, the first member! -Lucifrank -Wye -isanox -DarkenedKnight -d1551d3nt -josejones -Van Hemlock -pvthudson -chimps -Ammon777 |
Sun, 11 November 2007
VirginWorlds seems to be back to the weekend shows, finding the mini-casts far too unpredictable and here is your dose of MMORPG news from the last week. You'll never guess who the host is. (nm, it's just Brent.) Here are the news topics for the week:
City of Heroes Dragonlance Movie Elder Scrolls Online EverQuest II Kwari Lord of the Rings Online Vanguard Enjoy. |
Tue, 6 November 2007
Another week of MMORPG news mini-casts from VirginWorlds! Topics today include:
EVE Fanfest 2007 News wrap-up Playboy's Annual Girls of Video Games Vanguard Producer's Letter What is WebWars: EVE? Enjoy! |
Thu, 1 November 2007
Mini-cast lesson #1: Sometimes the news is scarce and one must resort to contesting ideas that other people blog about. (Sorry Cameron and Cuppy!)
Topics in today's show: - Warhammer Online further delayed. Hang tough, it'll work out. - Station Launcher tour - Blizzard is building something... but what? - Not everything can or should be free (plus the Free-Triple-A-Challenge) Enjoy and thanks for listening. Links: To MMO or not to MMO? Blizzard Is Making a New MMOG |
Wed, 31 October 2007
Welcome to another mini-podcast, this time with bonus Halloween chills. Today's frightful topics include:
- Sony's Station Launcher's Creepy Features - Electronics Arts dresses up in spooky costumes woven out of human ... logic - Habbo Hotel scares 80 million toons - Sword of the New World wins the costume contest - Warhamma.com launches a frighteningly good podcast Listen with the lights on. |
Tue, 30 October 2007
Today it is not just a mini-cast. It is a mini-mobile cast. I've clearly lost all sense, but I'm still delivering the MMORPG news. Here are the topics for today:
- Lucasarts and Bioware Corp to Develop "Ground-Breaking Interactive Entertainment Product" - gee- wonder what that is? - Pirates of the Caribbean Online is launching. Surprise! - Tabula Rasa is Launching. Surprise! - The Chinese pwn us in WoW. - Toga! Toga! TOGA! |
Mon, 29 October 2007
A VirginWorlds MMORPG news minicast? That's right - it is a bite sized chunk of news and you'll be getting them all week.
Why? Because it might be fun. Today's MMORPG news topics include: -Bethesda and ZeniMax find some money in the couch cushions -Dreamlords goes back into development -The making of MMOvie -UO gets slightly trampled |
Mon, 22 October 2007
Show 90 has finally arrived. Brent battled the demons of Skype-lag, weak laptops and bad luck, but the show has arrived and it is a monster. First we'll address the weekly MMORPG news.
Topics: - BioWare, Pandemic, and EA - Codemasters and RF Online - Gods and Heroes - Guild Wars 2 - Lord of the Rings Online - Metaplace - Stargate Worlds - Vanguard - World of Darkness - Mini-news items - New podcasts to check out - What I'm playing And then we'll roll the 2007 Podcast Roundup with guest hosts Troy from Voyages of Vanguard and Brenden from AnotherHere.com. The featured podcasts include: Medispective (AKA VGN Radio) - www.videogamenews.com PC Gamer Podcast - pcgamerpodcast.com Buzz Out Loud - podcast.cnet.com Alpha Rant - alpha-shade.com This week in Tech - twit.tv GFW Radio - gfw.1up.com Lucky Bitch Radio - wandawisdom.com WoWCast - wowcast.net Guerrilla Radioshow - guerrillaradioshow.com MOG - gaxonline.com (sorta) In Our Time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 EQ2 Daily - eq2-daily.com SWGPodcast - swgpodcast.com Grammar Girl - grammar.quickanddirtytips.com |
Thu, 11 October 2007
VirginWorlds hits the road. Once again Brent risks life, limb, potholes and road rage as he takes the show mobile to discuss Gods and Heroes, Ryzom, EverQuest, Turbine Entertainment, Pirates of the Burning Sea and Warhammer Online. Special guest segments include Brenden from AnotherHere.com and Troy from Voyages of Vanguard.
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Sat, 29 September 2007
This week Brent works through a couple pieces of MMO news (Star Trek
Online and Ultima Online) and then breaks into miscellaneous news,
listener mail, dev profile of the week, beta key updates and more.
Topics: -VirginWorlds milestones -Website updates -Star Trek Online's various shortcuts -Ultima Online's 10th Year -Lineage's next update -WoW Voice Tools -CCP continues to ambulate -Gollum begins to ambulate in LotRO -SOE is getting ready to launch the launcher -Guild Wars for Digital Download -What I'm Playing -Dev Profile of the Week: Matt Firor -Listener mail -PotBS beta keys -Wrap up Thanks for listening! |
Sun, 23 September 2007
Welcome to the new listeners this week and thank you for downloading
the VirginWorlds weekly MMORPG news podcast. This week we have a bite
sized show of massive goodness for you.
Topics: -The Agency: How persistent is it? -38 Studios: A new kind of studio? -Darkfall: Beta? Huh? -Gods and Heroes: Apocalypse Now? -Metaplace: Raph Koster announces the plan! -Pirates of the Burning Sea: Pre-order date is announced -Special gifts: What could it be? |
Tue, 18 September 2007
Finally. A normal week. One host. MMORPG news. A clinking headset. Crickets. Raw info. Here are the topics:
-Auto Assault Ends -EverQuest 2 GU 38 -Second Life Documentary -Tabula Rasa release date and first impressions -NC Soft and the PS3 -WoW and Southpark Win -Gordon Walton on post-WoW MMORPGs -Profile of the Week: Damion Schubert -New blogs: Off the Record by Scott Hartsman Finding Fiero in Game Design Lisa Boleyn -New Podcasts: Keen and Graev ChannelMassive Epic Dolls -New Sites: GaxOnline.com (MOGArmy) |
Mon, 10 September 2007
Austin GDC 2007 has come to close and Brent has all the details. This two hour epic podcast includes details on the keynote speech from Mike Morhaime President of Blizzard Entertainment, David Perry CEO of Gameconsultants.com and his MMORPG projects, EVE Online's economy and voice communication technologies, White Wolf's World of Darkness, Icarus Studio's MMORPG development platform, a presentation on online gaming's biggest opportunities from industry leaders, a discussion on alternative game press and much more. Enjoy.
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Sun, 26 August 2007
Another week without Brent means another guest host! This week the show is hosted by seasoned podcaster and game connoisseur, Kami from Comutiny. Kami brings you this week's news wrapped up in a neat little package with a nice accent too. You've heard Kami before and you'll certainly him again, especially if you check out his show. This week Kami talks about AGC, The Agency, AOC, EQ2, Fallout, GW, LOTRO and MXO. Enjoy.
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Wed, 22 August 2007
Brent is taking a breather this week, but you still need your MMORPG news right? Here it is! This week Marc was kind enough to stand-in on the VirginWorlds Podcast and (Brent thinks) you might want to hear him from now on. Marc covers topics such as Saga, Dungeon Runners, EVE Online and Mia Rose's World of Warcraft adventures.
Enjoy the comical (and informative) break from hearing Brent prattle on and on and give Marc a thumbs up on a refreshing change for this week. (Be sure you listen all the way to the end of this one. Seriously.) |
Mon, 13 August 2007
VirginWorlds Podcast #82 has arrived. Here are the topics of the week:
-BlizzCon Report from Patrick -SOE Fan Faire Hallway Conversations -Pirates of the Burning Sea Interview -Age of Conan is Delayed -Vanguard Servers to Merge Soon -Wild West Online -Tabula Rasa approaches release? -The VirginWorlds Store Outro Track by Sighlo |
Sat, 4 August 2007
VirginWorlds #81 covers the first day of SOE Fan Faire 2007 and the 2007 Summer Community Summit. Topics include:
- What is the Community Summit and what did we talk about - What is going on at Fan Faire. - SOE's new game: Legends of Norrath - SOE's Free Realms - SOE's 2007 Block Party Presented by Brenden Enjoy. |
Sun, 29 July 2007
Part two of this year's top ten list is now available for your enjoyment/ridicule/fury/love/praise/rebuttals/etc. Last year
we ranked the top ten MMOs of the past decade and this year we look forward to the
top ten most anticipated/important/cool/innovative MMOs on the horizon. The panel consists of Brenden from Another Here.com, Michael from MMOGNation and Darren from SUWT and The Common Sense Gamer. Be sure to check out Part One first!
Just like Part One, a couple little audio issues with my audio track, but overall it's good and doesn't lose anything. Lesson learned there. Enjoy. |
Wed, 25 July 2007
The show you've surely been waiting for all year, this year's top ten list, has arrived. Last year
we ranked the top ten MMOs of the past decade (much to the dismay of
some) and this year we decided to flip it over and look forward to the
top ten most anticipated/important/cool/innovative MMOs on the horizon.
This year Brenden and I decided to let a couple more guys in on the secrets of our scientific methods. Michael from MMOGNation and Darren from SUWT and The Common Sense Gamer joined us for the fun.
And now I must do something I've never (ok, rarely) felt compelled to do before. Apologize for a little audio snafu. Turns out that when the talking to 3 other people at once and trying to record my part of the conversation - I should NOT use a crappy old laptop. This resulted in a little skipping on my tracks now and then. Really sucks. If you're wondering what that game we're talking about is that got blurred out - it's Age of Conan. Other than that you'll find the audio quality to be pristine. Enjoy. |
Sun, 22 July 2007
Bioware. Bioware Bioware Bioware. More specifically, Bioware Austin. It is a secret fortress protecting the identity of a future MMO that is in development there. We have no clue what they're up to. All we know is that they're licensing every technology and tool under the sun to make this thing.
SOE. New EQ2 Game Update (#37). Fan Faire! Block Party! New EQ2 Magazine! Vanguard server merges! Will Exanimus, the zombie MMO in development, be a bigger deal than I initially thought? Perhaps. These are the topics of discussion this week. Enjoy and thanks for the support. |
Wed, 18 July 2007
Have you ever asked yourself, "What would happen if Brent didn't prepare for an episode of the podcast? Would he do a show anyway? Would he stumble like peg-legged pirate on a greased plank? Would there be any useful information? Would the podcast suck?"
Ask these questions no longer. Podcast 77 had zero prep. Darren from Shut Up We're Talking and The Common Sense Gamer was lurking on Skype so he got swept into the suicide mission that is: an impromptu podcast. Here it is. You can be the judge as to whether it is better to have podcasted from the seat of the pants, or not done a show at all. |
Tue, 10 July 2007
Topics this week:
- Blizzard sets priorities. - Auto Assault, things do not look good - Be a chicken in Lord of the Rings Online - Mythos, Hellgate's little brother - Pirates of the Caribbean delayed - Star Trek Online: some real info finally |
Wed, 4 July 2007
Podcast 75 is unofficially Netdevil-Week, or so it seems. We have all kinds of Netdevil news, both positive and negative. In the positive column Lego Universe is full speed ahead and Jumpgate is getting a complete refresh. In the negative column we must bid farewell to Auto Assault. Other news includes Anarchy Online's new business model and the publishing deal for Pirates of the Burning Sea. The profile of the week features Jack Emmert of Cryptic Studios. The big question is: what is Brent playing this week? Find out in podcast 75.
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Sun, 24 June 2007
It is summer now and the VirginWorlds podcast is bringing you the ultimate in "day at the beach" immersion. Tune in to hear birds, bikini girls, a gentle summer breeze, a couple jet engines and a small dose of Massively Multiplayer gaming news. Brent talks about Eve Online's new additions, the next Guild Wars expansion, Saga - an upcoming MMORTS, and the summer's massive fan conventions.
Eve TV Saga SOE Fan Faire BlizzCon |
Tue, 19 June 2007
Brenden of anotherhere.com joins Brent for another week of Massively Multiplayer Gaming News. Topics this week include:
EverQuest 2 -GU 36 Free Realms -What can we say? SecondLife -Playboy, the tamest thing on the grid, probably. Vanguard -Dave Gilbertson isn't very talkative -Server merge is a reality WoW -On the decline - already? http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/15/world-of-warcraft-player-activity-in-decline/ Listener Submission Alvin's review of Sword of the New World Profile of the Week Mark Kern of Red 5 Studios VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, Lord of the Rings Online and many many more. The VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast is the flagship podcast of the VirginWorlds MMO Podcast Collective found at http://www.virginworlds.com |
Mon, 11 June 2007
In the 72nd VirginWorlds Podcast you'll find some brief MMORPG news followed by a wonderful interview with the CEO of Icarus Studios,
Jim Hettinger. He answers a slew of questions related to Icarus's newly
announced virtual world toolset which can be used to build MMOGs,
simulators and collaborative and educational products. Following the
interview you'll hear why Brent thinks MMORPG designers could learn a
few tricks from that lovely spelunker Lara Croft.
Thanks for listening! Complete a short survey about VirginWorlds Podcast VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Sun, 3 June 2007
Yes, I know that I say this is #72 in the
podcast, but that is wishful thinking, this is #71. Here are the topics
in this week's MMORPG news podcast. Enjoy.
Topics: Thanks for listening! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Tue, 22 May 2007
The long awaited Making of a Podcast show is
finally done and ready for your consumption. No MMO news in this one -
just details on how to make a podcast the VirginWorlds way. I'm
certainly no expert, but after 70 shows I've learned a few tricks that
have served me well. Hopefully they will serve you well too. Following
is a list of tools and sites I reference during the show. Enjoy, and
thanks for listening.
-Brent Software: Audio Editing Software Adobe Audition Audacity Garage band Waves Diamond Bundle Voice over IP Software Skype Powergramo Pamela Gizmo Project Misc Software Filezilla FTp iTunes paint Shop Pro Gimp Ultra Edit Hardware: Plantronic DSP 500 iAudio U2 Rode Podcasting Mic A decent AKG condenser mic M-Audio interfaces Marantz recorders M-Audio Microtrack Pop guard Foam! Resources: Ascap BMI SESAC Sound Exchange Liberated Syndication Podcast Directories VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Sun, 20 May 2007
Darren from CommonSenseGamer.com and Brenden of FalconTwin.com and AnotherHere.com join Brent for a lively blend of news and commentary on the week's massive gaming events.
MMORPG News Topics of the Week: Thanks for listening! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Sat, 12 May 2007
Despite being a relatively light news week
VirginWorlds managed to piece together an interesting show consisting
of the following topics.
VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Mon, 7 May 2007
Show 67 has more news than you can swallow.
Seriously. It is really dense. Chew thoroughly before swallowing.
VirginWorlds.com will not be responsible for its listeners choking on
MMO news. (And yes, it has been a long day.)
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Mon, 30 April 2007
For once, there's nothing special going on and
we have a normal news show. The MMO news this week is not voluminous,
but it is rather interesting. Here is podcast 66. Prepare for a deep
dive today.
VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Mon, 23 April 2007
Podcasting from abroad this week, I've been sent
to Cologne, Germany for work, but that isn't about to stop you from
getting the Massively Multiplayer gaming news. Armed with a Kolsch, a funky laptop adapter and the iAudio recorder I'm reporting news on the following subjects:
VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Mon, 16 April 2007
This weekend the first annual Indie MMO Game Development Conference was held in Minneapolis, MN. Adam from the Maelstrom Podcast
joins Brent to discuss the event in detail. Richard Bartle, Brian
Green, Kelly Rued, Celia Pearce and Robert Rice were among the noted
presenters.
VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Sun, 8 April 2007
Another slow news week, but we mix it up with a guest appearance from occasional co-host extraordinaire Brenden from FalconTwin.com. Topics this week include:
- Age of Conan is taking beta signups. - Guild Wars 2 - Lord of the Rings Online World Tour - Voyage Century launches - Gaming Industry salaries - Brenden's GDC highlights - What we're playing - Contest winner - Featured podcast: CoMutiny - Featured Blog: Cuppytalk Thanks for listening! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Sun, 1 April 2007
This week the MMO news slowed to a crawl, but
there's still some great stuff in this podcast that you will not want
to miss. Topics this week include:
-Areae is certainly not what I thought. -Project Top Secret skids off the road -Dev profile: Rich Vogel -Lord of the Rings Online review from The Common Sense Gamer -Write a good article and win a Sansa e250 MP3 Player Thanks for listening! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Mon, 26 March 2007
GDC Summary and Highlights, EverQuest's 8th Anniversary, EverQuest II Game Update 33, Funcom goes digital, Gods and Heroes 'Posse' System, Guild Wars Eye of the North and Guild Wars 2, Huxley brings the twitch play, Kaneva mashes up MySpace and Second Life while preparing to beat down Linden Labs, Lineage II and the Chaotic Throne, Lord of the Rings calls all musicians, Spellborn makes you look cool, Sword of the New World keeps your hands full, Vanguard teleports you and MMO growth reached $1 billion in 2006.
VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Mon, 19 March 2007
An odd show this week. I decided to take a week off, but still am releasing a 50 minute show. That makes no sense. I couldn't very well leave you empty handed could I? Of course not.
Here is a brief intro regarding the first year of the podcast, followed by two in-depth interviews from GDC. First we talk to Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment about Stargate Worlds. This is a very detailed look at what you can expect from this upcoming title. Following that we had a candid discussion with the folks from Netdevil. They told us about their new FPS game Warmonger and then we discussed the Lego MMO, and finally you will have an answer as to why Auto Assault isn't on the XBox 360. The answer is not what I expected to hear! Enjoy. VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |
Sat, 10 March 2007
And finally, here is part one of day five from GDC 2007. Within, Brenden and I discuss several of the roundtables we attended and afterwards you'll find interviews with Lockpick Entertainment (Dreamlords), Frozen North Productions (a new MMO company with some great ideas), and Multiverse. Part two will follow within the next few days and will feature Cheyenne Mountain and Netdevil. Enjoy!
VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com |