MMOG Podcast Roundup: August 22nd - September 5th
As such, every so often we'll try to update you on the podcasting world. Keep your eyes on this space for links to your favorite MMO-commentary celebs. Good and bad, straight-man or blue-mouthed, they all have something to offer about this amazing style of gameplay.
This week it's well worth highlighting the fantastic new Noob Review podcast. This show is a great mult-faceted look at our favorite games, with one 'cast touching on the veteran viewpoint and the other touching on the brand-new player's perspective. Right now there's just one pair of casts released, looking at EQ2 from both sides. Well worth checking out!
Joystiq Network Podcasts:
- Massively Speaking: Episode 20. Brenda and Darren sit in to help Michael deal with his Shawn-less-ness. We talk all about the EQ and EQ2 expansions plus news from the upcoming DDO Module 8. Episode 21. We're talking about PAX, baby. Shawn and Kyle lay out the MMAwesome from up in Seattle.
- WoW Insider Show: Episode 53. The pre-expansion mega-patch goes under the knife, plus talk of the phasing tech and graphical updates.
VirginWorlds Featured Podcasts:
- VirginWorlds: Episode 127. Episode 128. Brent, Jonathan, and the VirginWorlds crew report from Fan Faire about Free Realms, DCUO, The Agency, and all those other games SOE makes.
- Voyages of Vanguard: Episode 52. The Fan Faire Special! Episode 53. Beau flies solo to talk about the magic and mystery of Telon.
- RingCast: Episode 27. Patch notes ramping up to Moria, plus news about the expansion and snippets from the Turbine part at PAX.
- Shut Up We're Talking: Episode 28. Darren, Karen, Julie, and Mike run down the whole WAR shebang from front, back, and sideways.
- Witty Ranter: Episode 11. Adam is joined by Luper, John, and Syncaine to talk all about the big features of modern MMOs.
- Van Hemlock: Episode 15. Frank answers about corp-running in EVE plus talk of the Tuesday Night Guild Wars runs. Episode 16. People still play Conan? Who knew?
- The Combobulator: Episode 6. VW's resident WoW podcast does a post-mortem on the Burning Crusade. Plus, talk of guild issues and what you can do about them.
- Hyborian Herald: Episode 8. A long-expected patch, plus plenty of class changes and bugs in the tree of Woe. Episode 9. Dev interviews from Dragon*Con! Check it out.
- No Prisoners, No Mercy: Episode 3. Bill Roper, Richard Garriott, fighting nuns, and much much more. Episode 4. Waaghing about Warhammer.
- Limited Edition: Episode 1. VirginWorlds' superhero MMO/comic book show kicks off with spandex and sweat!
- The Noob Review: Episode 1 Veteran. Episode 1 Noob. This brand-new split format show takes on EverQuest II from both sides of the fence! Check it out.
Community Podcasts:
- How I WoW: Episode 9. WoW Insider and Massively's mega-star Turpster sits in on this Azeroth-focused podcast.
- ChaosCast: Episode 6. What they'll do on Day 1, plus a rundown on the last pre-launch newsletter.
- DDOcast: Episode 82. Previews of Mod 8 and Mod 9! Episode 83. The folks at DDOTrader sit in on the cast. Be sure to check out their writeup of PAX as well!
- Channel Massive: Episode 56. The coming of the WAR preview weekend. Episode 57. A Final Fantasy fix in the midst of the WAR hoopla? True!
- Epic Dolls: Episode 49. Talking of the expansion features, plus the new mounts, inscriptions, etc!
- Legendary Thread: 08/28/2008. Interviews with not only Blizzard's Chilton and Brack, plus Warhammer's Barnett and Hickman!
- Pet Food Alpha: Episode 115. NM adjustments and community music tracks. Episode 116. Captain rank, and how to earn it.
- SWGwYaMB: The pair @ Fan Faire. The podcast discussion panel.
- The Instance: Episode 116. Recruit-a-friend == subsidized multi-boxing? Episode 117. Hey, you got your WAR in my WoWcast!
- Jester's Court: Episode 106. The City of Heroes Architect disassembled.