Massively OP Podcast

It's never easy to watch the slow-motion downfall of an online game, especially when you consider all of the players and studio employees that it affects. This week on the show, Bree and Justin sort through the Red 5 mess and speculate about a Firefall that could have been.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Guild Wars 2, SWTOR, Shroud of the Avatar
• News: Firefall's studio is laid off
• News: Demon Hunters coming to WoW on August 9th
• News: StarCraft Universe starts open beta
• News: Guild Wars 2 allows guild memorials
• News: A look at Age of Wushu 2
• News: A new RIFT expansion?
• Mailbag: Getting into MMOs early or late?
• Mailbag: Permadeath squads
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Login Screen Theme" from Firefall
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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One of the secrets of Massively OP's success is that we obtained -- we won't tell you how (garage sale) -- a genuine magic crystal ball that tells us oracles of future MMO developments. How else could you explain that we know what we know? Press releases? Hah.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, Stardew Valley, World of Warcraft, SWTOR, WildStar, Pillars of Eternity
• Final Fantasy XIV's patch and player milestone
• Guild Wars 2 readies season 3
• Turbine talks about DDO and LOTRO development
• Neverwinter launches on PlayStation 4, has update coming in August
• Black Desert is getting naval warfare and controversy
• Shards Online AMA
• World of Warcraft's RP mess
• Mailbag: What do I boost to 80 in GW2?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Eveningstar 1" from DDO
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Is Pokémon GO an MMO? Is it going to consume society as we know it? Is it making virtual reality super-jealous? You just know that Bree and Justin had to tackle this global phenomenon as they get back into the swing of things.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Justin's new computer, World of Warcraft, Exploding Kittens
• News: Pokémon GO sweeps the globe
• News: Trove announces console versions
• News: SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne announced
• News: World of Warcraft drops Patch 7.0
• News: Guild Wars 2 starts talking about living world season 3
• Mailbag: Depression and MMOs
• Mailbag: Elder Scrolls Online advice
• Ad apology
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Walking (Map Theme)" from Pokémon GO
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Today on the show we have a very special guest: Artix, the lead developer on the upcoming AdventureQuest 3D. During the hour, Artix talks with us about the making of this scrappy cross-platform MMORPG and how it might just shake things up in a stale genre.

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• Intro
• History of AdventureQuest franchise
• What is AdventureQuest 3D?
• Cross-platform
• Bathroom discussion
• How is this not a pared-down World of Warcraft?
• World Events
• The Inn
• Class system
• Getting ready for the October release
• Favorite MMO
• Meat of the game
• Dungeons and botters
• What will AQ3D do and not do?
• Delays and wipes
• Business model
• The Fishbowl
• Fight Club
• How you can play right now
• Outro

• Podcast theme: AdventureQuest 3D trailer
• Your show hosts: Justin and Artix
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Beach parties, fireworks, and meaty MMORPG summer updates are all the signs of the dog days of summer -- and that ain't a bad thing at all, my friends. Bree and Justin sip from glasses of ice tea, fan themselves, and yammer on about all of these big game patches that are landing this month.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Stardew Valley, Ultima Online, The Secret World, The Stanley Principle
• News: Riders of Icarus is ready for prime time
• News: Landmark adds new races... for a price
• News: Age of Conan's 5.0 update
• News: RIFT 3.7 brings 64-bit client and dungeon veterans
• News: Aion's Echoes of Eternity patch is almost here
• Mailbag: EVE and tension
• Mailbag: Wurm Online
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Riders of Icarus
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Larry hops on the show with us this week to talk about the new "Dark vs. Light" campaign in Star Wars: The Old Republic -- and why it has the community in an uproar. Also, Bree coins the term "Orcy Orcy Newtown." Make it a meme, internet!

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Show notes:

• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Brothers: Tale of Two Sons, Tales from the Borderlands, World of Warcraft
• News: SWTOR's Dark vs. Light event
• News: Shroud of the Avatar's pseudo-launch date
• News: WildStar sells boost to the max
• News: EverQuest II's new servers and expensive guild halls
• News: LOTRO's new raid
• Mailbag: Steam summer sale
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Voidstar" from Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Your show hosts: Justin, Bree, and Larry
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 70: E to the three

Massively OP Podcast Episode 69: WildSteam

Massively OP Podcast Episode 68: Dark and light

On the show this week, Bree and Justin devote the entire hour to catching up on listener mailbag questions and topics. Your voice will be heard (and so will theirs)! Enjoy the holiday, everyone.

It's the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you'd like to send in your own letter to the show, use the "Tips" button in the top-right corner of the site to do so.

• Intro
• Mailbag: Data mining
• Mailbag: MMOs without gear
• Mailbag: MOP choice of coverage
• Mailbag: MMOs updating too fast
• Mailbag: Gamer entitlement
• Mailbag: Watered-down games
• Mailbag: Getting into games late
• Mailbag: How did you get into journalism?
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme (Snappy)" from Glitch
• Your show hosts: Justin and Bree
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