Virginworlds Mmorpg Podcast

Topics this week:- Blizzard sets priorities. - Auto Assault, things do not look good- Be a chicken in Lord of the Rings Online- Mythos, Hellgate's little brother- Pirates of the Caribbean delayed- Star Trek Online: some real info finally

Podcast 75 is unofficially Netdevil-Week, or so it seems.  We have all kinds of Netdevil news, both positive and negative.  In the positive column Lego Universe is full speed ahead and Jumpgate is getting a complete refresh.  In the negative column we must bid farewell to Auto Assault.  Other news includes Anarchy Online's new business model and the publishing deal for Pirates of the Burning Sea.  The profile of the week features Jack Emmert of Cryptic Studios.  The big question is: what is Brent playing this week?  Find out in podcast 75.

It is summer now and the VirginWorlds podcast is bringing you the ultimate in "day at the beach" immersion.  Tune in to hear birds, bikini girls, a gentle summer breeze, a couple jet engines and a small dose of Massively Multiplayer gaming news.  Brent talks about Eve Online's new additions, the next Guild Wars expansion, Saga - an upcoming MMORTS, and the summer's massive fan conventions. Eve TV Saga SOE Fan Faire BlizzCon  

Brenden of anotherhere.com joins Brent for another week of Massively Multiplayer Gaming News.  Topics this week include:EverQuest 2-GU 36Free Realms -What can we say? SecondLife-Playboy, the tamest thing on the grid, probably. Vanguard-Dave Gilbertson isn't very talkative-Server merge is a realityWoW-On the decline - already?http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/15/world-of-warcraft-player-activity-in-decline/Listener SubmissionAlvin's review of Sword of the New World Profile of the WeekMark Kern of Red 5 Studios VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, Lord of the Rings Online and many many more. The VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast is the flagship podcast of the VirginWorlds MMO Podcast Collective found at http://www.virginworlds.com

In the 72nd VirginWorlds Podcast you'll find some brief MMORPG news followed by a wonderful interview with the CEO of Icarus Studios, Jim Hettinger. He answers a slew of questions related to Icarus's newly announced virtual world toolset which can be used to build MMOGs, simulators and collaborative and educational products. Following the interview you'll hear why Brent thinks MMORPG designers could learn a few tricks from that lovely spelunker Lara Croft. Thanks for listening!Complete a short survey about VirginWorlds PodcastVirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Yes, I know that I say this is #72 in the podcast, but that is wishful thinking, this is #71. Here are the topics in this week's MMORPG news podcast. Enjoy. Topics: The Agency Entropia Universe Dungeon Runners Icarus Studios Knight Online Second Life Ultima Online Warhammer Online World of Warcraft Profile of the week: John Donham Innovation or Evolution analysis by Urban Mongral Thanks for listening!VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

The long awaited Making of a Podcast show is finally done and ready for your consumption. No MMO news in this one - just details on how to make a podcast the VirginWorlds way. I'm certainly no expert, but after 70 shows I've learned a few tricks that have served me well. Hopefully they will serve you well too. Following is a list of tools and sites I reference during the show. Enjoy, and thanks for listening. -Brent Software: Audio Editing Software Adobe Audition Audacity Garage band Waves Diamond Bundle Voice over IP Software Skype Powergramo Pamela Gizmo Project Misc Software Filezilla FTp iTunes paint Shop Pro Gimp Ultra Edit Hardware: Plantronic DSP 500 iAudio U2 Rode Podcasting Mic A decent AKG condenser mic M-Audio interfaces Marantz recorders M-Audio Microtrack Pop guard Foam! Resources: Ascap BMI SESAC Sound Exchange Liberated Syndication Podcast Directories  VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQ

Darren from CommonSenseGamer.com and Brenden of FalconTwin.com and AnotherHere.com join Brent for a lively blend of news and commentary on the week's massive gaming events.  MMORPG News Topics of the Week: Auto Assault - Post Mortem BioWare - Be a World Designer EverQuest - Video Contest Winners FFXI - New Expansion Pirates of the Carriebean Online in beta Vanguard - Purchased by SOE World of Warcraft- Play Naked The VirginWorlds MMO Podcast Collective What We're Playing  Thanks for listening! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Despite being a relatively light news week VirginWorlds managed to piece together an interesting show consisting of the following topics. New VirginWorlds Podcast(s)? Entropia pawn shops EverQuest and EverQuest 2 announce expansions Lord of the Rings conquers all Phylon beats Huxley to the punch New Funcom MMO What sucks about WoW? Game companies rake in the presidents Profile of the Week: Jessica Mulligan  VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Show 67 has more news than you can swallow. Seriously. It is really dense. Chew thoroughly before swallowing. VirginWorlds.com will not be responsible for its listeners choking on MMO news. (And yes, it has been a long day.) Topics this week: Blizzard isn't building a Starcraft MMO, or so says I Colony Studios is super experienced EverQuest takes it down a notch EverQuest 2 gives us free evil IGE bought by MMO Public Enemy Number One The Burning Sea smolders a bit longer Runescape is 'teh winner' Star Wars Galaxies gets wild Tabula Rasa moves ahead Vanguard and SOE - What does it all mean? What I'm playing and the return of Listener Mail!

For once, there's nothing special going on and we have a normal news show. The MMO news this week is not voluminous, but it is rather interesting. Here is podcast 66. Prepare for a deep dive today. Anarchy Online turns 6 Blizzard is building something(s) EVE Online's Technology EverQuest II PvP Servers Merge E for All - Is it really for all? Lineage 3 heist Star Wars Galaxies demolition day Warhammer Online faces a slight delay Dev Profile of the week and What I'm Playing   VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Podcasting from abroad this week, I've been sent to Cologne, Germany for work, but that isn't about to stop you from getting the Massively Multiplayer gaming news. Armed with a Kolsch, a funky laptop adapter and the iAudio recorder I'm reporting news on the following subjects: Various MMO Events Asheron's Call is still growing City of Heroes and Villains Issue 9 EVE Tv forever! EverQuest II Game Update 34 Guild Wars gets harder Lord of the Rings Online Expands, gets fancy and releases Sony fits a square peg into a round hole World of Warcraft coughs up secrets   VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

This weekend the first annual Indie MMO Game Development Conference was held in Minneapolis, MN. Adam from the Maelstrom Podcast joins Brent to discuss the event in detail. Richard Bartle, Brian Green, Kelly Rued, Celia Pearce and Robert Rice were among the noted presenters.  VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Another slow news week, but we mix it up with a guest appearance from occasional co-host extraordinaire Brenden from FalconTwin.com. Topics this week include: - Age of Conan is taking beta signups. - Guild Wars 2 - Lord of the Rings Online World Tour - Voyage Century launches - Gaming Industry salaries - Brenden's GDC highlights - What we're playing - Contest winner - Featured podcast: CoMutiny - Featured Blog: Cuppytalk Thanks for listening! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

This week the MMO news slowed to a crawl, but there's still some great stuff in this podcast that you will not want to miss. Topics this week include:   -Areae is certainly not what I thought. -Project Top Secret skids off the road -Dev profile: Rich Vogel -Lord of the Rings Online review from The Common Sense Gamer -Write a good article and win a Sansa e250 MP3 Player  Thanks for listening!  VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

GDC Summary and Highlights, EverQuest's 8th Anniversary, EverQuest II Game Update 33,  Funcom goes digital, Gods and Heroes 'Posse' System, Guild Wars Eye of the North and Guild Wars 2, Huxley brings the twitch play, Kaneva mashes up MySpace and Second Life while preparing to beat down Linden Labs, Lineage II and the Chaotic Throne, Lord of the Rings calls all musicians, Spellborn makes you look cool, Sword of the New World keeps your hands full, Vanguard teleports you and MMO growth reached $1 billion in 2006. VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

An odd show this week. I decided to take a week off, but still am releasing a 50 minute show. That makes no sense. I couldn't very well leave you empty handed could I? Of course not. Here is a brief intro regarding the first year of the podcast, followed by two in-depth interviews from GDC. First we talk to Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment about Stargate Worlds. This is a very detailed look at what you can expect from this upcoming title. Following that we had a candid discussion with the folks from Netdevil. They told us about their new FPS game Warmonger and then we discussed the Lego MMO, and finally you will have an answer as to why Auto Assault isn't on the XBox 360. The answer is not what I expected to hear! Enjoy. VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

And finally, here is part one of day five from GDC 2007.  Within, Brenden and I discuss several of the roundtables we attended and afterwards you'll find interviews with Lockpick Entertainment (Dreamlords), Frozen North Productions (a new MMO company with some great ideas), and Multiverse.  Part two will follow within the next few days and will feature Cheyenne Mountain and Netdevil.  Enjoy! VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Day four at the Game Developer's Conference.  Brenden from FalconTwin.com arrives to help with the reporting of GDC Day 4 and a huge help he is as he adds insight to our interview and reactions to the private demonstration of Pirates of the Burning Sea that Flying Labs was kind enough to provide.  Following the demo Brenden and I discuss what we saw.  We also drop by the SOE booth and have a lively conversation with Alan Crosby the Global Director of Community Relations.  We attended some excellent sessions during the day and also had the opportunity to attend two excellent parties this evening, all of which we'll discuss on tomorrow's show. VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com

Day three at the Game Developer's Conference. Mark Jacobs from EA Mythic granted an excellent interview to VirginWorlds today. We started with no real agenda and ended up with some fantastic insight into EA Mythic and Warhammer Online. Afterwards, I spent some quality time with Monty Sharma from Vivox who showed me the latest and greatest in MMO voice communication. Colin Dwan and Lee Hammock from Icarus Studios took me on a tour of Fallen Earth, the post-apocalyptic action-MMO. The day was wrapped up neatly by a panel populated by the kings of the MMO world. Don't miss this show!  VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com