Flash Point: An Oceanic Gamer Podcast

We welcome David Carr back as guest co-host this episode and we talk a lot of MMO news plus a little of console gaming, pop culture and tech. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Changes in BioWare’s community team, SWTOR in 2015 (link) Others: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns expansion announced (link), Cowtastrophe in […]

It’s our pre-Christmas edition prior to a month break, so we pack in quite a bit this episode. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Third Anniversary celebrations (link), 3.0.1 bug fixes Others: Warlords of Draenor My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Life Day Recipe for Wookiee Ookies (link) 2. General Gaming News – Dawn […]

In our second-last episode for 2014, we dig into a bunch of MMO news and a healthy dose of Star Wars Ep 7 to boot. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Shadows of Revan (limited) impressions, Ten Ton Hammer’s impressions (links), Joystiq’s impressions (link), DDOS attack (link) Others: Star Citizen exceeds yet another stretch […]

With special guest David Carr, we tackle the Warlords of Draenor launch, a health dose of SWTOR and a whole bunch of other goodies. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Las Vegas Cantina thumb drive (link), Pretty Little Sith’s blog post on the Cantina catch-up (link), Ootini Cantina (link) Others: Warlords of Drainer review, launch […]

Simon and David cover off a bunch of MMO news plus plenty of other snippets. For those that get past half way you’ll understand why we’ve called this the Barrycast (although embarrassingly it appears it was an audio driver issue that I could only hear although you may hear a slight echo effect and other […]

We get excited about Shadows of Revan and provide lots of semi-informed filler – what else could you want? Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Shadows of Revan (link), Disciplines (link), Class quest lines. Others: WoW, Destiny (check out Ben McJannet’s ongoing Destiny coverage for our website) My Lore Is Stuck In Your Canon: Yavin 4 2. […]

We always try to provide a mixed bag and this week is no different with SWTOR, Star Citizen, Destiny, World of Warcraft and Pong (ok not the last one). Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: New York Community Cantina (link), Ootina Spoilercast coming up soon,  item missing from Constable’s Pack (link) Others: Brief chat […]

We get a little bit obsessive over Destiny this week, but still manage a very healthy dose of SWTOR and a bunch of other tech / gaming and pop culture discussion. Even better – ODS-1 gives us the low-down on the legacy of the Rakata. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR:  Thank you to […]

We’re really pleased to have Hillary Nicole from SWTOR’s community team on for a chat, plus we cover a lot of ground on SWTOR, WoW, Dr Who and a great lore update from ODS-1 on The Hutts. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: Hillary Nicole Interview, Galactic Strongholds reaction, Gamescom Community Cantina flash drive […]

After a 3-week break we’ve got a backlog of stuff to talk about, and hopefully you think we’ve covered some decent ground this episode. Points of discussion: 1. MMO News SWTOR: PvP Season 2 Rewards (link), 2.9 hits the PTS (link), 2.9 PTS Patch Notes (link), unlocking Guild Flagships (link), upcoming Cantina in Cologne to […]