Welcome to Show 151,

Join us for a discussion on Sony, The Interview, another round of videogame hacking, and the Warlords of Draenor.  

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Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show 150!

Join us for an interview with GM Tranzor from Wicked Interactive. We talk about first person shooters, Killer clowns with claymore cakes and more!

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Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show 149 - The Final Fantasy Special (part 2)

This time out we discuss why a McDonalds hamburger wrapper in your glove compartment will keep your game from starting and evil Doctor Seuss. We also discuss mandatory dungeons, Looking for (and evading) player abuse, gaming catheters and spotted dick.

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Julie, Fran, Chris and Slunker

Welcome to Show 148,

This time out we welcome Slunker and Chris from 2Lasy2BOtaku and the resulting combination is a show filled with fun and laughter. The subjects this time out are as follows:

1.       Final Fantasy 14  - Prelude

2.       Square Enix, catalogic wads, teabags and other stories

3.       Game of the week club

4.       Imitation is the sincerest  form of making a player comfortable

5.       Anime, pink police tanks, and other stories

6.       Leaving 2.5 billion on the dresser

7.       The story of the fortnight

Welcome to Show 147,

Guest  Jessica  “Allahweh” Brown from gaminggoddess.net returns to the show.  Join us for laughs and interesting conversation.  The subjects are as follows:

1.       Touring the games industry out of existence

2.       Are they really listening or recycling concepts?

3.       Early Access – paying to test part of a game

4.       Get started early to beat the rush to leave the game.

5.       Keep the money coming – clearing the barriers to entry

6.       Beating the game –  When games kill

7.       The future of gaming

8.       Demographics of gaming –the same old trope

9.       Casual gaming – killing me softly with your greed

This time out it appears that Saylah has drunk the ArcheAge Kool-Aid and spit the Wildstar Kool-Aid out.  Join us for laughs and fun as we explore the next “it” game out there: ArcheAge. What is it? How does it work?  What is it not?  Is it like other imports such as Voyage Century? Find out on the ArcheAge Special with guest Saylah from Mystic Worlds.

Fran and Julie

Welcome to Show 145,

This time out we welcome Keegan White, game master from Suba Games, to the show. Join us as we have a great time talking to Keegan about their latest games, his favorite games and ours and the industry.

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Julie and Fran

WELCOME TO THE WILDSTAR SPECIAL!

Wildstar has been out a bit over a month now and we are wild about wildstar.  Spend some time with Julie, Fran and Saylah from Mystic Worlds as they discover what is in now that it is out - and what is out and why.

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Julie, Fran and Saylah

Welcome to Show 143

O.K. we could have sworn we uploaded this one but we see it didn't make it all the way to Virginworlds - mia culpa (ouraculpa?).  This time out we sat down and spent some time talking with the man who is called "The Disney of Steampunk" none other than Eric "Lord Bobbins" himself.   Eric is the founder and driving force behind Teslacon.  He has worn many hats in his time, amoung them is working on Star Wars. We have spoken about him many times and now here he is.

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Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show 142,

Welcome to the science fiction show. In the first half of the show three of us sit down and talk about the king of the monsters who has a new movie out - Godzilla. In the second half of the show we welcome gaming author Tom Wright to the show.

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Julie, Fran and Evelyn

Welcome to Show 141!

This time out we sit down with R.W. Harper and discuss Elder Scrolls Off and Online as well as Wildstar.   The subject and sites discussed are below:

Subjects:

1.       Elder Scrolls On and Off line – the straight skinny

2.       Trends in Game Design

3.       Star Wars the Old Cash Grab and other Business Models

4.       Moon Pies, R.C. Cola, and Cornbread south of Kentucky

5.       Wild about Wildstar and Carbine Studios

6.       Broadsword games, Disney and Lucas Arts

7.       AAA vs. Flappy Poo

Cites and Sites:

http://www.broadsword.com/about.html

 http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/

Welcome to Show 140!

This time we welcome Saylah from Mystic Worlds back to the show to talk about about the news of the day.   This time out the main topics of discussion are paying to not play and Elder Scrolls Online.  Total topics are below.

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Julie and Fran

1. Paying for not playing, let me know if I had a good time.

2.  EQ Landmark - when is a game not a game? When there is no game play.  

3. Playing to get paid, Empty Landmarks.

3.  Elder Scrolls Online - Have it our way. Skyrim is about You, Elder Scrolls Online is about everyone. Everything old is old again. 

4. Star Citizen - drinking the Koolaide, the giant on the horizon.

5. Women in the military.

6. Virtual reality sickness

Articles:

Forbes Magazine articles

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/02/predicting-the-biggest-disaster-of-2014-the-elder-scrolls-online/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/09/will-the-elder-scrolls-online-have-the-last-laugh-with-its-subscription-fee/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/02/08/the-elder-scrolls-online-should-choose-between-60-up-front-or-15-a-month/

Welcome to show 139,

This time out we have gone mobile - time to talk about the offerings for mobile gamers out there. We have been through some Elder Scrolls Online beta and talk a bit out that as well. Here are the subjects and articles cited (below).

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Julie and  Fran

Welcome to  Show 139.

Here are the subjects this time out. 

1.       Chris Robert’s Star Citizen

2.       Order and Chaos Online – go mobile or go home

3.       Greedy Birds Go – a letter from a dad

4.       Is “free to play” killing mobile gaming?

5.       Dungeon Keeper,  Wallet Reaper, Dollar Keeper

6.       Lego my ego

7.       Elder Scrolls Online (some early impressions)

Articles:

http://www.themarysue.com/nintendo-losing-tons-of-money/

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/210254/EA_says_Dungeon_Keeper_rating_system_makes_it_easier_for_players.php

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26118022

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10956-Dungeon-Keeper-Mobile-Review-Wallet-Reaper

Welcome to show 138!

This time we welcome Saylah from Mystic Worlds back to the show.  The main topic of the show this time is CCP's Eve Online.  As long time players of the game factionn warfare has always been something that has both attracted and mystified us.  Saylah his here to share laughs and show us all how to get started. In the second part of the show we talk about Chris Robert's Star Citizen versus Eve Online.

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Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show 137!

This time out we welcome Chris Dodson back to the show.  We spend time talking about Everquest Landmark and Everquest Next -and Julie has to eat some crow.  Along the way we talk about computer securty.  We end up the session talking about what makes a great game bad and a good game great.

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Julie Whitefeather

1. Credit where credit is due -  Sony Online

2. Everquest/Everquest Landmark

3. Down and out in Norrath - shining SOE moments

4.  Where your roots are - and not where your grandma came from

5. Computer Security - Security Now - Leo LaPorte

6.  the failure of a great game

7.  What makes a good game great?