Filed under: Podcasts

Massively Speaking Episode 77

by Shawn Schuster Nov 18th 2009 at 4:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 77 is back with Rubi and Sera joining Shawn for discuss on the week's MMO news. Discussion includes: Funcom's beta promotion for The Secret World, Stargate World's new screens, Blade & Soul teaser and a ton of Star Trek Online news.

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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APB video podcast introduces the criminals of San Paro

by James Egan Nov 14th 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Video, Lore, New titles, All Points Bulletin, Crime

All Points Bulletin is definitely on the radar for a number of fans of urban crime games seeking a deeper multiplayer environment. While many of us would enjoy a perpetual cascade of felonies (or arrests), Realtime Worlds wants players to have a sense of San Paro as a fleshed out urban setting where they can create their own stories. Realtime Worlds Lead Creative Designer Stephen Hewitt (aka 'KitKat') discusses the stories that will run throughout All Points Bulletin in the latest video podcast and introduces viewers to the criminal organizations players will tangle with at some point.

We get a look at the G-Kings gang, who are essentially punks clawing their way up the criminal hierarchy of San Paro. Hewitt also gives us a glimpse at the Blood Roses, an organization comprised of trust fund club kids dipping their toes into a life of crime just for the thrills. Stick with us after the jump for the latest All Points Bulletin video podcast, The Organizations of San Paro.

Massively Speaking Episode 76

by Shawn Schuster Nov 11th 2009 at 5:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 76 returns this week with Shawn and Rubi discussing the week's news, including Aion's fourth quarter sub numbers, Guild Wars 2's projected launch date, Mythic's recent layoffs and much more.

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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EVE Online's CSM candidates debate live on today's Planet Risk radio show

by James Egan Nov 4th 2009 at 3:15PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Podcasts, EVE Online, Culture, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, Politics

A number of EVE Online fans who've needed their podcast fix have been tuning in to Planet Risk in recent months, a great mix of music and commentary from players who spend most of their EVE time exploring the uncharted expanses of wormhole space. Planet Risk is a live show that airs on Split Infinity Radio on Wednesdays; hosts Luminus Aardokay and Quivering Palm make Planet Risk available as a podcast afterwards and we recommend you check it out if you haven't already. Today's show should be interesting as they will host a debate between four candidates for EVE's next Council of Stellar Management, the player-elected body that represents the wishes of the subscribers when dealing with CCP and how EVE Online is evolving.

We mentioned last week that the 4th CSM candidates have been announced but not everyone in the running had their positions on issues fleshed out in time for the CCP announcement. Since that day, more info about the 49 candidates is becoming available (thanks for pointing this out Darth Sith). Today's debate on Planet Risk will have CSM candidates TeaDaze (known to many for his commentary during the Alliance Tournament), Song Li (from the Missions Collide podcast), Helen Highwater and Mike Azariah.

Massively Speaking Episode 75

by Shawn Schuster Nov 4th 2009 at 1:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 75 is back this week as Rubi Bayer once again joins Shawn for talk of MMOs news, including Star Trek Online Eurogamer impressions, Jagex's cancellation of MechScape, WAR's free trial and much more.

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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MicroWarpCast interviews EVE lead game designer Noah Ward

by James Egan Oct 28th 2009 at 3:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Podcasts, EVE Online, Contests, Game mechanics, Interviews

The EVE Online-focused podcast MicroWarpCast returned this week, hosted by our friend CrazyKinux with guest Noah Ward (aka CCP Hammerhead), who is a Lead Game Designer at CCP Games. We mentioned a while back that the winner of a contest CrazyKinux was running would get to interview an EVE developer on the podcast. People entered by writing an article on planetary control and how this could be implemented in EVE Online. The winner was Xiphos83 from the EVE blog "A Misguided Adventurer" who wrote about about a siege system that could be used in planetary conquest. As the contest winner, Xiphos83 posed questions to Noah about some of the current or controversial issues in the game.

This led to Noah explaining CCP's reasons for limiting the use of the directional scanner with a timer -- a major issue cited by many players who either hunt others or want to evade attackers -- due in part to player macroing of directional scans. The directional scan will never go back to how it was since that system was too easily exploitable, but he asserted that the devs have tried to balance performance for the players with server demands.

Massively Speaking Episode 74: Back from GameX

by Shawn Schuster Oct 28th 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 74 is back this week with Shawn and Sera discussing the latest news, including Sera's trip to GameX in Philadelphia. Topics include Star Trek Online's closed beta, our LotRO: Siege of Mirkwood dev tour, Global Agenda, Lee Hammock's epic beard and more!

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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Massively Speaking Episode 73

by Shawn Schuster Oct 21st 2009 at 3:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 73 returns with your regularly-scheduled Shawn -- in association with Sera Brennan and Rubi Bayer -- to bring you this week's latest news. Topics include Star Trek Online's confirmed release window, APB's confirmed closed beta and DDO's confirmed awesomeness.

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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Massively Speaking Episode 72: Hi-jacked!

by Shawn Schuster Oct 15th 2009 at 5:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 72 is a Shawn-less episode with Sera and Kyle taking over the show for a day. They discuss Aion, Champions Online, Planetside "Next", Love, more Aion and then even more Aion.

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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Massively Speaking Episode 71: Breaking games with Gary Gannon

by Shawn Schuster Oct 6th 2009 at 3:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 71 is a special early edition which features Gary Gannon this week, formerly of GAX Online and the Massively Online Gamer podcast. He joins Shawn to discuss everything from CrimeCraft's F2P news, APB's rumored beta, Age of Conan's patch plans and much more!

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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Massively Speaking Episode 70

by Shawn Schuster Sep 30th 2009 at 11:00AM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 70 returns this week with Rubi Bayer rejoining Shawn for some MMO news discussion, including SWTOR's beta news, Planetside 2, LotRO's expansion date, Choose my Adventure and more!

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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Massively Speaking Episode 69

by Shawn Schuster Sep 16th 2009 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 69 is back with Colin Brennan joining Shawn for talk about Star Wars Galaxies closing servers, MMOs dominating the Steam and D2D charts, The Secret World and more!

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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All Points Bulletin video podcast a first look at gameplay

by James Egan Sep 14th 2009 at 4:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Video, New titles, All Points Bulletin, Crime

It's no secret that some of us at Massively are looking forward to playing All Points Bulletin, an urban crime title on the way from Realtime Worlds. We learned a bit more about the game at PAX 2009 but we're always hoping to find out more. Fortunately, the company released a new video podcast today filmed at GamesCom 2009 in Cologne that many of our readers have been waiting for -- one with actual gameplay.

The series of videos released prior to this focused on the extensive customization options All Points Bulletin will offer. Although we see quite a bit of gameface from the audience in this latest video podcast, we also see a bit more of that attention to detail emphasized in the previous video footage playing out in the mean streets of the waterfront district. Among other things, the footage shows some very detailed gun animations w. shell ejects and, unsurprisingly, a lot of polish on the look of the vehicles. The user interface is also rather unobtrusive, particularly with the clear compass to guide players.

Interested in checking it out? We've got an HD video embed of APB Video Podcast 9: Viva Cologne for you after the jump.

Massively Speaking Episode 68: Dragon*Con and PAX impressions

by Shawn Schuster Sep 9th 2009 at 1:00PM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 68 is our look back at last weekend's two big gaming culture conventions. Kyle talks about his experiences and interviews at PAX, while Shawn talks about his time at Dragon*Con.

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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Massively Speaking Episode 67: Return to WAR

by Shawn Schuster Sep 2nd 2009 at 10:00AM

Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Opinion, Massively Speaking

Massively Speaking Episode 67 features Massively writer Brooke Pilley who joins Shawn to talk about his recent return to Warhammer Online. They also discuss the latest news, including EVE Online's newest expansion announcement, Turbine's lawsuit with Atari, our Dragon*Con plans and more!

Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot us an email to podcast AT massively DOT com. Maybe we'll read your letter on the air!

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