Massively OP Podcast

This week on the show we have a very special guest: Brian "Psychochild" Green. Green is one of the creators of Meridian 59 and has been involved in the MMORPG industry since, having worked on Storybricks, EverQuest Next, and Camelot Unchained. It's a no-holds-barred discussion over a sifter of whisky and a crackling fire!

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• Intro
• The explanation behind "Psychochild"
• Meridian 59
• Storybricks and EverQuest Next
• Dealing with disappointment
• Dungeons & Dragons Online
• Tabletop love and FFXIV
• Roleplaying
• The future of the MMO industry
• Interesting upcoming MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Theme" from Meridian 59
• Your show hosts: Justin
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Massively OP Podcast episode 65: Make yourself at home

Massively OP Podcast Episode 64: To boldly return

Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry / MassivelyOP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry

There was not one, but two big gaming conventions this past weekend, and Massively OP reporters were on the ground at both PAX East and EVE Fanfest! Join us for a lively and informative hour of con reports from Eliot and Brendan. What can they glean about the future of MMOs from these shows? Find out!

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• Intro
• Fanfest report with Brendan
• The Fanfest experience and atmosphere
• New projects in testing
• Project Nova
• Official EVE mobile app
• Industrial citadels
• EVE Online's direction
• Coming interviews
• A big secret
• PAX East report with Eliot
• The PAX East experience
• Eliot's impressed by [EMBARGO]
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Overwatch
• Shroud of the Avatar
• Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
• Livelock
• Other Square-Enix announcements
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Seven Clans" from EVE Online
• Your show hosts: Bree, Justin, Eliot, and Brendan
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Welcome to Update-a-Rama, the only rama that basks in the glow of hearty MMORPG updates! Bree and Justin are your tour guides through an amazing week of game updates and launches. Also, there's a call for Massively OP community cookbook recipes. We might have gotten a little off-topic.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft
• News: Legion launch date announced
• News: Ascent: The Space Game officially launches
• News: Guild Wars 2 teases April update
• News: Star Trek Online season 11.5
• News: RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended
• News: LOTRO brings out the Battle of Pelennor Fields
• News: Funcom quickies
• Mailbag: The Secret World suggestions
• Mailbag: The WoW Killer!
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "The Pelennor" from Lord of the Rings Online
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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When the world of private and illegal emulators comes crashing down upon the heads of thousands of gamers, how will they ever express their anguish? Bree and Justin sift through the emotional wreckage of the Nostalrius shutdown during this week's show, tackling once again the topic of emulators and their place and purpose in the MMO industry.

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, World of Warcraft
• News: Blizzard cracks down on popular private World of Warcraft server
• News: En Masse hit by layoffs
• News: Black Desert is doing quite well so far
• News: Chapter 13 for SWTOR is coming in early May
• News: DDO still struggles with tech woes
• Mailbag: Keeping Kickstarter people happy
• Mailbag: Tabula Rasa leftovers
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Legends of Azeroth" from World of Warcraft
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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With April Fools' Day out of the way, we can get back to the ultra-serious business of talking about video games and all of the shenanigans that the industry and community produces! Bree and Justin return for another lively episode to talk about their favorite internet pranks, big MMO patches, and the welcome return of Super Adventure Box!

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• Intro
• Adventures in MMOs: Marvel Heroes, Guild Wars 2, Project Gorgon, World of Warcraft
• News: MMO April Fools' Day and the return of Super Adventure Box
• News: EVE Online starts another massive battle
• News: Final Fantasy XI signs off on consoles
• News: The Secret World does Arabian Nights
• News: WildStar opens Arcterra
• News: Guild Wars 2 legendary weapons
• Mailbag: Why do players want a similar experience?
• Mailbag: Customer support
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Victory!" from Guild Wars 2
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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Surprise! It's a bonus episode of the Massively OP Podcast this week -- hope you don't mind! After bringing your questions to Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs in the last show, we had so many left over that he agreed to do a follow-up episode with more answers. Jacobs gets into topics such as the subscription model, classes, and foundational principles.

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• Intro
• Why are you doing subscriptions?
• Strategies for cheaters and hackers
• Educational videos
• Animation cancelling
• Hardest foundational principle to stick to?
• What would you be doing if not Camelot Unchained?
• Takes on classes, scouts, and healers
• How to support war without engaging in PvP
• Air Warrior and underdog realms
• Maps and keeping players together
• Travel time and designed downtime
• Policing CUBE player content
• Listening and reacting to players after launch
• Will there be a grouping tool?
• Lessons from previous MMOs
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Menu Patcher Music" from Camelot Unchained
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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After taking in scads of questions from our readers about Camelot Unchained, we roped in Mark Jacobs to see how many of them he could answer in a tight hour! It's everything you wanted to know about this Arthurian RvR title -- and then some. Even if you're not into Camelot Unchained, we think you'll find this episode a fascinating look into the development process.

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• Introduction
• Crunch and beta prep
• Building an engine from scratch
• What is Camelot Unchained?
• How are you handling servers?
• Free trials and open beta
• Tutorials and player guides
• PvP design goal for the whole game
• How will CU's PvP be better than DAoC's FFA PvP?
• Economic PvP design goal
• Trading at 3:00 a.m.
• How will you balance 30 classes?
• What does CU bring to the genre that's new?
• Addressing visual chaos
• Outro

• Podcast theme: "Main Menu Patcher Music" from Camelot Unchained
• Your show hosts: Bree and Justin
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